Jan Leighley

Professor at American University School of Public Affairs

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  • American University School of Public Affairs

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American University School of Public Affairs

Degrees

PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

Bio

Jan E. Leighley''s research and teaching interests focus on American political behavior, voter turnout, media and politics, and racial/ethnic political behavior. She has published in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, and American Politics Quarterly, among others. She is a co-author with Jonathan Nagler, NYU, of Who Votes Now? Demographics, Issues, Inequality and Turnout in the United States (Princeton: 2014). Previous books include Strength in Numbers? The Political Mobilization of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, published by Princeton University Press, and Mass Media and Politics: A Social Science Perspective. She served as editor (with Kim Quaile Hill) of the American Journal of Political Science from 2000-2004 and as editor of The Journal of Politics with Bill Mishler from 2009-2014. She also served as Interim Senior Associate Dean in the School of Public Affairs from 2012-2014.

Teaching

Spring 2018

GOVT-310 Intro to Political Research

GOVT-310 Intro to Political Research

Fall 2018

GOVT-310 Intro to Political Research

GOVT-898 Doctoral Continuing Enrollment

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