Jessica Rich

Jessica A.J. Rich is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Co-Director of the Marquette Democracy Project. Her research and teaching focus on social movements, NGOs, social-welfare policy (with an emphasis on health policy), and state capacity. Regionally, she specializes in Latin America, with a focus on Brazil. Prof. Rich earned her Ph.D. and M.A. degrees from the University of California, and she has held postdoctoral fellowships at Tulane University, in the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research, and at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Prof. Rich's publications include articles on social movements, state-society relations, HIV/AIDS policy, participatory governance, and federalism. Her recently published book, State-Sponsored Activism: Bureaucrats and Social Movements in Democratic Brazil (Cambridge University Press 2019), uses the lens of AIDS policy in Brazil to analyze a new form of political mobilization—in which social movements make aggressive policy demands on the state even while relying on state actors for financial support.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) UC Berkeley (2002 — 2012)
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) Carleton College (1996 — 2000)

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Political Science Marquette University (2014)
• Visiting Fellow The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2018 — 2018)
• Postdoctoral Fellow Tulane University, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (2012 — 2014)
• Ph.D. in Political Science UC Berkeley (2002 — 2012)
• Program Coordinator Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (2000 — 2001)

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Teamwork
• Political Science

Other

Nonprofits, Community Outreach, Public Speaking, International Relations, Teaching, Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation, Statistics, Research