Clint Swift is a Data Scientist and Policy Strategist on the VoteShield and Elections teams working to ensure free and fair elections and providing analysis and assessment of our voter roll monitoring program. Prior to joining Protect Democracy, Clint taught courses in state politics, social science research methods, and statistics at the University of the South. His academic research can be found in peer-reviewed journals such as State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Political Science Research and Methods, and Environmental Politics. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Missouri.