Samara Klar is an American political scientist and professor at the University of Arizona. She founded the Women Also Know Stuff database in 2016.

Klar earned a B.A. in political science and sociology with distinction from McGill University in 2005.^[1] She completed a M.A. in political science with a focus on American politics and journalism at the Columbia University in 2006.^[1] She earned a M.A. (2009) and Ph.D. (2013) in political science with a focus on American politics and quantitative methodology from Northwestern University.^[1] Her dissertation was titled, The Influence of Identities on Political Preferences.^[1] James Druckman was her doctoral advisor.^[1]

Klar researches the relationship between an individual's personal identities and social surroundings and their political attitudes.^[2] She joined the University of Arizona school of government and public policy in 2013 as an assistant professor.^[1] She was promoted to associate professor in May 2018 and professor in May 2023.^[1] She founded the Women Also Know Stuff in 2016 and served on its editorial board until 2023.^[2][1] It is a website designed to combat implicit bias and sexism in academia and promote female scholars in political science.^[3]

• Klar, Samara; Krupnikov, Yanna (2016). Independent Politics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-13446-1.^[4]
• Druckman, James N.; Klar, Samara; Krupnikov, Yanna; Levendusky, Matthew; Ryan, John Barry (2024). Partisan Hostility and American Democracy. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-83365-1.

• Official website
• Appearances on C-SPAN