Doris Graber

Doris Appel Graber (11 November 1923 – 17 February 2018) was an American political scientist.

Doris Appel was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on 11 November 1923, to Ernst and Marta Appel. She had a sister, Ruth.[1] Doris Appel earned bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from the Washington University in St. Louis, and completed a doctorate at Columbia University.[2] She taught at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and North Park College, prior to accepting a position as lecturer at University of Illinois at Chicago in 1963.[3] Graber was founding editor of the journal Political Communication.[4] She won the academic Goldsmith Book Prize in 2003, for Learning From Television in the Internet Age, published in 2001.[5] She retired from teaching at UIC in 2012.[3] The Political Communication Section of the American Political Science Association has awarded the Doris Graber (Book) Award since 2000, in her honor.[6][7]

Doris Appel was married to Thomas M. Graber from 1941 until his death.[1][2] The couple had five children, including Lee Graber, an orthodontist.[2][3] Doris Appel Graber died in Evanston, Illinois, on 17 February 2018.[1][3]