Allison Clark Ellis is a professor of political science at the University of South Carolina Upstate. She received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Florida in 2007 and specializes in American politics. At Upstate, Dr. Ellis teaches classes on political behavior, campaigns and elections, the media and politics, Congress, and the presidency. Dr. Ellis was a Fulbright Scholar to Hungary in 2016. She resides in Spartanburg, South Carolina with her husband Zach, two children Jackson and Ali Claire Pingley, and two cats Lyla and Tebow.