She is the Marvin Hoffenberg Chair in American Politics and Public Policy at University of California, Los Angeles and a contributing columnist to The New York Times.
Vavreck attended Midpark High School in Ohio, where she was inspired by her chemistry teacher to pursue her interests.
[2] She then became an assistant professor of political science at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2001 and co-founded the Cooperative Campaign Analysis Project (CCAP).
[6] Beginning in April 2014, Vaverick became a contributing columnist for The New York Times' publication, The Upshot after Nate Silver retired.
[10] Vavreck later collaborated with Chris Tausanovitch to collect data through the 2020 elections with a data-gathering and analysis project called Nationscape.