Jeffery A. Jenkins

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- The Bigger Picture
- Bookclub PodcastAn audio bookclub. Our geeks read and discuss new and classic works in the policy field – fictional and non. Social justice, tech, politics, policy … we cover it all and more. We want to get at the heart of what it means to be a community member in America. Listen on our site here, or subscribe at ApplePodcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Get Involved: Join the conversation about each episode on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Or email us at [email protected].
- LA HashtagsLos Angeles Hashtags Itself, began as a six-episode, limited series podcast, featuring various Angeleno agencies leading the critical trend of using digital media for urban and social development. Season 3, LA Hashtags Herself, will focus on a few of the many women who aim to leave Los Angeles a better place. If you like art, community, cultural journalism, real estate, transportation, and tech generally, we hope you will find something worth hearing. Listen to the individual posts on our site here, or subscribe at iTunes, Soundcloud, or Google Play!
- Our American DiscourseGreat knowledge need not wither on the academic vine. We bring you the smartest minds from the University of Southern California and beyond, wrestling with the defining challenges of our time. In their research, we find wisdom. In their voice, hope. Hosted by Anthony W. Orlando, Our American Discourse reminds us that we’re never too different to learn from each other, nor too divided to find common ground. Listen to the individual podcasts below or subscribe on Google Play, iTunes, or Soundcloud. But most of all, keep the conversation going. Tell us what you thought. Tell others what you heard. Keep our American discourse alive—and healthy.
- The Policy PaycheckCreated and hosted by Serena Allen, a junior studying public policy, with an emphasis on advanced policy analysis, The Policy Paycheck is a nonpartisan podcast dedicated to simplifying the economic side of high profile policies. Often, we only get one side of the coin regarding policy matters. This podcast reaches beyond these boundaries to allow listeners to think critically on political matters that impact their daily lives.
- P.S. You’re InterestingOur newest podcast series is where we discuss new research in Political Science with stars in the field. We hope to bring the research to life. Host Jeffery A. Jenkins hopes to share innovations and implications of research, through conversation and interviews with invited guests. To listen to individual episodes use the player on the episode, or stream & subscribe on your favorite podcasting app – just search “P.S. You’re Interesting” or “usc bedrosian.” Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @BedrosianCenter, @jaj7d
- Policy at the Playhouse“All art is political in the sense that it serves someone’s politics.” – August Wilson Theatre can bolster the status quo. It can foment revolution. It can make us question our identities and the identities of those around us. It makes us yearn and strive. It gives us closure. It leaves us wanting more. Theatre is a weapon. It holds up a mirror. It is politics. Theatre dissolves the distance between people. Theatre exposes humanity and inhumanity. Theatre connects us. The Policy at the Playhouse podcast features conversations about how art, theater in particular, is an integral part of our civic lives allowing us to question and inform our conceptions of citizenship and community. This podcast continues our ongoing efforts to bring policy and its impact into the public discourse, recognizing that citizens inform themselves in many different arenas. Listen to individual episodes on the player above, the Policy at the Playhouse page, or subscribe at iTunes, Soundcloud, or Google Play.
- Reel ReviewReel Review is a film podcast dedicated to thinking about how the media we consume contributes to the public good. Hosted by Erroll Southers, the podcast focuses on visual storytelling, diversity, and the public good. This podcast is sponsored by Price Video Services and USC Bedrosian Center, and continues our ongoing efforts to bring policy and its impact into the public discourse. Download or subscribe at ApplePodcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Get Involved: Join the conversation about each episode on Twitter or Facebook, & Instagram, or email us at [email protected].
- Unfair Nation by (In)equality Fellow, Ehsan Zaffar
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Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, & Law
Bedrosian Chair of Governance & the Public Enterprise
Director, Bedrosian Center
Director, PIPE Collaborative

Ph.D. in Political Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sol Price School of Public Policy
Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall, 201A
Los Angeles, CA 90089

Jeffery A. Jenkins is Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law, Judith & John Bedrosian Chair of Governance and the Public Enterprise, Director of the Bedrosian Center, and Director of the Political Institutions and Political Economy (PIPE) Collaborative. He previously held tenure-stream positions at the University of Virginia, Northwestern University, and Michigan State University.

His research interests include American Political Institutions and Development (with a special emphasis on Congress and political parties), lawmaking, separation-of-powers, and political economy. Much of his work takes a positive political theory (or rational choice) approach, and examines how political actors pursue their interests while being constrained by formal and informal institutional arrangements. His current work involves papers on the ideological content of federal lawmaking in the post-war era and book projects on how civil rights policy has been dealt with in Congress over time and how the Republican Party evolved in the South after the Civil War.

Dr. Jenkins holds a PhD in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MS in mathematical methods for the social sciences from Northwestern University. He has been a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University and Michigan State University.

Jenkins been Editor in Chief of The Journal of Politics since January 2015.

He is also the founding Editor in Chief of the Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, which began publishing in 2020, and Historical Political Economy, which begins publishing in 2021.

He is Editor in Chief of Broadstreet, a blog that focuses on historical political economy, and I host a podcast called P.S. You’re Interesting, where I talk to political scientists about their research.

Publications

Gailmard, S., & Jenkins, J. (2018). Distributive politics and congressional voting: public lands reform in the Jacksonian era. Public Choice, 175(3), 259–275. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-018-0518-4

Gray, T., & Jenkins, J. (2019). Pivotal Politics and the ideological content of Landmark Laws. Journal of Public Policy, 39(1), 115–142. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X1700023X

Clarke, A., & Jenkins, J. (2017). Who are President Trump’s Allies in the House of Representatives? The Forum, 15(3), 415–429. https://doi.org/10.1515/for-2017-0029

Jenkins, J., & Stewart, C. (2018). The Deinstitutionalization (?) of the House of Representatives: Reflections on Nelson Polsby’s “The Institutionalization of the U.S. House of Representatives” at Fifty, 32(2), 166–187. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0898588X18000093

Lowande, K. S., Jenkins, J. A., & Clarke, A. J., Presidential Particularism and U.S. Trade Policy; Political Science Research and Methods; Forthcoming.

Gray, T. R., & Jenkins, J. A., Unpacking Pivotal Politics: Exploring the Differential Effects of the Filibuster and Veto Pivots; Public Choice; Forthcoming.

Clarke, A. J., Jenkins, J. A., & Monroe, N. W., From Rolls to Disappointments: Examining the Other Source of Majority Party Failure in Congress; Political Research Quarterly, 70: 82-97; 2017.

Heersink, B., Peterson, B. D., & Jenkins, J. A., Disasters and Elections: Estimating the Net Effect of Damage and Relief in Historical Perspective; Political Analysis, 25: 260-68; 2017.

Clarke, A. J., Jenkins, J. A., & Lowande, K. S., Tariff Politics and Congressional Elections: Exploring the Cannon Thesis; Journal of Theoretical Politics, 29: 382-414; 2017.

Jenkins, J. A., & Monroe, N. W., On Measuring Legislative Agenda-Setting Power; American Journal of Political Science, 60: 158-74. 2014 Congressional Quarterly Press Award for the best paper on legislative studies presented at the 2013 American Political Science Association meeting; 2016.

Finocchiaro, C. J., & Jenkins, J. A., Distributive Politics, the Electoral Connection, and the Antebellum US Congress: The Case of Military Service Pensions; Journal of Theoretical Politics, 28: 192-224; 2016.

Heersink, B., & Jenkins, J. A., Southern Delegates and Republican National Convention Politics, 1880-1928; Studies in American Political Development, 29: 68-88; 2015.

Jenkins, J. A., & Monroe, N. W., Negative Agenda Control and the Conservative Coalition in the U.S. House; Journal of Politics, 76: 1116-27; 2014.

Jenkins, J. A., & Stewart, III, C., Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government; Princeton University Press. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, Comparative, and International Perspectives. Series Editors: Ira Katznelson, Martin Shefter, and Theda Skocpol. Named as one of Choice’s Editors’ Picks for 2013; 2013.

Jenkins, J. A., & Peck, J., Building toward Major Policy Change: Congressional Action on Civil Rights, 1941-1950; Law and History Review, 31: 139-98; 2013.

Jenkins, J. A., & Monroe, N. W., Buying Negative Agenda Control in the U.S. House; American Journal of Political Science, 56: 897-912; 2012.