Anthony J. DeMattee, Ph.D.

Anthony DeMattee joined The Carter Center in 2022. His responsibilities include developing standards and best practices around election technologies and campaign finance, media literacy, and social media analyses. He also supports the Center’s special initiatives by creating research designs that integrate many data types for valid and reliable measurement and credible causal inference. He has extensive experience working with NGOs and governments in the Global South on programs emphasizing democratic governance, rule of law, and human rights. DeMattee is formerly a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow for Fundamental Research. He completed his joint Ph.D. in public policy from Indiana University, specializing in comparative politics, public policy, and public administration. He also received a Master of Arts from the Political Science Department at Indiana University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. DeMattee, a first-generation college graduate, completed his undergraduate studies in finance and economics at Illinois Wesleyan University.