Holly Ann Garnett is the Class of 1965 Professor of Leadership and a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Economics at the Royal Military College of Canada. She is cross-appointed faculty at the School of Policy Studies and Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University and an Honourary Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia. She was the 2024-2025 Fulbright Research Chair in Canada-US Relations at Johns Hopkins University SAIS and the 2023 recipient of the Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research at the Royal Military College of Canada.
Garnett’s research examines how electoral integrity can be strengthened throughout the electoral cycle, including the role of election management, cyber-security and election technologies, civic literacy, and campaign finance. She is co-director of the Electoral Integrity Project, a global network of academics and practitioners that engages in empirical research, publicly-accessible data collection, and stakeholder engagement on issues relating to election quality around the world.
Garnett holds a PhD in Political Science from McGill University (2017), a Master of Arts from Queen’s University (2011), and a Bachelor of Arts from Nipissing University (2010).
Expertise Keywords
Electoral Integrity, Election Management, Political Behaviour, Canadian Politics, Comparative Politics, Public Policy, Public Administration.