Alauna Safarpour

Dr. Alauna Safarpour is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Gettysburg College and faculty fellow at the University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement. Her research interests include American politics, public opinion, and participation.

Her research has been published by numerous outlets including Political Behavior, the Journal of Experimental Political Science, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Public Opinion Quarterly, the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, the International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Research and Politics, Nature Human Behavior, Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, PS: Political Science & Politics, and The Washington Post. A list of Professor Safarpour's publications is available on her CV. 

Dr. Safarpour was the 2020 public opinion fellow at The Washington Post where she assisted in polling the general public on the coronavirus pandemic and the 2020 Presidential Election. She also worked as an election night analyst for The Washington Post examining exit polling and election returns following the 2020 Presidential Election, the 2022 midterm elections, and the 2024 Presidential Election. 

Dr. Safarpour rejoined The Washington Post as a pre-election polling analyst for the 2026 midterms. She is also working for ABC News as an election night exit polling analyst for the 2026 midterms.

Prior to joining the faculty at Gettysburg College, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy and a postdoctoral fellow at Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute (dual appointment).

For further information, please see Professor Safarpour’s website: https://safarpour.sites.gettysburg.edu

Name Pronunciation: Ah-LAW-nuh Sah-FAH-poor