Joshua Tucker

Joshua Tucker is Professor of Politics, affiliated Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, and affiliated Professor of Data Science at New York University. He is the Director of NYU’s Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia and co-Director of the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics. His research focuses on the intersection of the digital information environment, social media, and politics, as well as mass political behavior in post-communist countries.

He is the co-chair of the external academic team for the U.S. 2020 Facebook & Instagram Election Study, serves on the advisory board of the American National Election Study, the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, and numerous academic journals, and was the co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Experimental Political Science. An internationally recognized scholar, he has given over 250 invited research presentations at top domestic and international universities and research centers and writes widely in public venues. He is also a Senior Geopolitical Risk Advisor at Kroll.

Josh first arrived at Frost Valley for a family Memorial Day Weekend in 1977, and has been coming back ever since. He spent 13 summers at Frost Valley as a camper, counselor, VC, and CIT Director. He met his wife Elisabeth “Ellie” Gordon at Frost Valley, and their children are long-time campers and counselors in the adventure camp program.