Teaching & Research Interests
American Politics; Women & Politics; Public Policy; Religion & Politics; Charismatic Leadership

Jean Schroedel is a Professor in the Department of Politics and Policy. Areas of specialization include policy making at the national level, religion and politics, women and politics, American political development, and public policies affecting women and children.  In 2001 Schroedel’s book, Is the Fetus a Person?  A Comparison of Policies Across the Fifty States, was awarded the American Political Science Association’s Victoria Schuck Prize.  In 2009 the Russell Sage Foundation published a two volume collection, Evangelicals and Democracy, co-edited by Schroedel.  She is currently completing a multi-year project examining changes in the foster care system over the past half century and working on local project studying the impact of community gardening on at-risk youth.  Schroedel also is collaborating with colleagues and students from psychology and political science on a major research project studying the use of charismatic rhetoric in presidential campaigns.  She also is a regular commentator on both conservative and liberal media outlets.