Sharon Gilad is a political scientist who studies public administration. She is a Full Professor at the Political Science Department and the Federmann School of Public Policy and Government. Her work centres on the ramifications of bureaucrats’ and citizens’ multiple social and political identities for their attitudes, behaviours, and interactions. She employs mixed methods to make sense of real-world bureaucratic settings. Where feasible and ethically appropriate, she designs research in collaboration with government organizations. Her most recent interest is in the consequences of political polarization and democratic backsliding on individuals' partisan self-selection into and out of the civil service. Other recent work pertains to citizen strategies in bureaucratic encounters, bureaucratic discrimination of minorities, and the effect of representative bureaucracy.