| Doris Appel Graber | |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1923 |
| Birth Place: | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Death Place: | Evanston, Illinois |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Professor and Author |
| Period: | 1949 to 2018 |
| Known For: | As of 2012, when she retired, was among the top 100 most cited scholars in political science[1] |
| Spouse: | Dr. Thomas M. Graber |
| Alma Mater: | Columbia University (Ph.D., 1949) Washington University (M.A., 1942; B.A., 1941) |
| Discipline: | Political Science and Political Communication |
| Workplaces: | University of Illinois at Chicago (1963 to 2012);[2] Northwestern University; University of Chicago; and North Park College.[3] |
| Notable Works: | First Editor of the journal Political Communication |
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.[4] Doris Appel earned bachelor's (1941) and master's (1942) degrees in political science from the Washington University in St. Louis, and completed a doctorate at Columbia University in 1949.[5] [6] She studied international law and relations and her dissertation was titled, The Development of the Law of Belligerent Occupation: 1863-1914, A Historical Survey.[7] 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.[8] Graber was founding editor of the journal Political Communication.[9] She won the academic Goldsmith Book Prize in 2003, for Learning From Television in the Internet Age, published in 2001.[10] She retired from teaching at UIC in 2012.[8] The Political Communication Section of the American Political Science Association has awarded the Doris Graber (Book) Award since 2000, in her honor.[11] [12]
Doris Appel was married to Thomas M. Graber from 1941 until his death in 2007.[4] [6] The couple had five children, including Lee Graber, an orthodontist.[6] [8] Doris Appel Graber died in Evanston, Illinois, on 17 February 2018.[4] [8]