Paul Gronke is the founding director of the Elections & Voting Information Center (EVIC), a professor of political science at Reed College, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Public Service. Gronke is a nationally known scholar of American politics, elections, and research methods. Under Gronke’s leadership, EVIC has become a national center of excellence for policy research and publicly engaged scholarship into election administration, election reform, and electoral integrity. A major focus of Gronke's current research is the Local Election Official (LEO) Survey, which EVIC has been undertaking since 2018. Gronke is regularly featured in national and regional media outlets as a commentator on politics and elections. Gronke currently serves on the Advisory Board for the MIT Election Data Science Lab (MEDSL) and the National Vote at Home Institute's Circle of Advisors. Gronke received a PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan and has been a member of the faculty of Reed College in Portland, OR, since 2000. In his spare time, Paul is an avid gardener, cook, and he likes to ski, hike, and experience the great outdoors.