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Jennifer Merolla

Ph.D in Political Science, Duke University

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Teaching & Research Interests
Applied: Campaigns and Elections, Public Opinion, Political Psychology, and Congress. Methods: Statistics, Research Design, Social Choice, and Game Theory

Jennifer Merolla is the Mary Nicolai-George Blair Assistant Professor and department chair in the Department of Politics and Policy, School of Politics and Economics. Her research areas include American politics with specialization in campaigns and elections, public opinion, political psychology, political behavior and Congress, and the interaction of behavior by elites and the masses, and linkages of political parties and interest groups. The primary focus of her research is to examine how elites can help citizens overcome information and coordination problems.
 
Curriculum Vitae
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Courses
PP 302 American Political Behavior
PP 306 Legislative Process & Public Policy
PP 313 Representation & Elections
PP 314  Parties & Elections in America
PP 322   
PP 329  Public Opinion
PP 481 Quantitative Research Methods
PP 482  Advanced Quantitative Research Methods

 

 

 

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