Table of Contents
- Academic Positions
- Temporary Positions
- Education
- Publications
- Work in Progress
- Courses Developed and Taught
- Fellowships and Awards
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Academic Positions
2020 to present
Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
2012 to 2020
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
2005 to 2012
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
Temporary Positions
2022-present
Faculty Director, Arts & Sciences Honors Program, University of Colorado at Boulder
2016-2019, 2020 to present
Associate Chair of Political Science, Director of Graduate Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder
2016-2017
Visiting Professor, Örebro University,Örebro, Sweden
2008
Fulbright Research Fellow, Sciences Politiques Bordeaux, France
2006
Visiting Researcher, Sciences Politiques Bordeaux, France
Education
Ph.D. in Political Science | Brown University, Providence, RI | 2005
M.A. with Honors in International Relations | University of Chicago, Chicago, IL | 1997
B.A. in Political Science and French | Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | 1994
Training in French and Economics | Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France | 1992
Publications, Peer-Reviewed
Books
Fitzgerald, Jennifer. 2018. Close to Home: Local ties and voting radical right in Europe. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge Series in Public Opinion and Political Psychology. (Named best book of 2018 by the European Politics and Societies section of the American Political Science Association.)
Zuckerman, Alan S, Josip Dasović and Jennifer Fitzgerald. 2007. Partisan Families: The Social Logic of Partisanship in Germany and Britain. Cambridge University Press. (Named best book of 2008 by the International Society of Political Psychology.)
Articles
Fitzgerald, Jennifer, and Pavel Bacovsky. Forthcoming. “Young Citizens’ Party Support: The ‘When’ and ‘Who’ of Political Influence within Families” Political Studies.
Görtz, Carl, Carolin Zorell, and Jennifer Fitzgerald. 2022. "Casting light on citizen's conceptions of what is 'political'." Acta Politica. February.
Bacovsky, Pavel, and Jennifer Fitzgerald. 2021. "Raising a politically engaged generation: When parental linfluence matters most." Youth & Society. August.
Fitzgerald, Jennifer, and Hannah Paul. 2021. “The dynamics of issue salience: Immigration and political behavior.” Polity 53(3): 370-393.
Fitzgerald, Jennifer, and Ronald Inglehart. 2020. “Beneath the Surface: Two Accounts of Status Threats and Electoral Change in Democratic Systems.” Political Psychology: Debate or Dialogue Series (Review essay). https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12641
Fitzgerald, Jennifer, and Jennifer Wolak. 2016. "The roots of trust in local government in western Europe." International Political Science Review 37(1): 130-146.
Fitzgerald, Jennifer, David Leblang and Jessica Teets. 2014. “Defying the Law of Gravity: The Political Economy of International Migration.” World Politics 66(3): 406-445.
Fitzgerald, Jennifer. 2013. “What Does ‘Political’ Mean to You?” Political Behavior 35(3): 453-479.
Fitzgerald, Jennifer. 2012. “Social Engagement and Immigration Attitudes: Panel Survey Evidence from Germany.” International Migration Review 46(4): 941-970.
Fitzgerald, Jennifer, and K. Amber Curtis.* 2012. “Partisan discord in the family and political engagement: A comparative behavioral analysis.” The Journal of Politics 74(1): 129-141.
Fitzgerald, Jennifer, K. Amber Curtis* and Catherine L. Corliss.* 2012. “Anxious Publics: Worries about Crime and Immigration.” Comparative Political Studies 45(4): 477-506.
Fitzgerald, Jennifer. 2011. “Family Dynamics and Swiss Parties on the Rise: Exploring Party Support in a Changing Electoral Context.” The Journal of Politics 73(3): 783-796.
Fitzgerald, Jennifer, and Duncan Lawrence.* 2011. “Local Cohesion and Radical Right Support: The Case of the Swiss People’s Party.” Electoral Studies 30(4): 834-847.
Fitzgerald, Jennifer, and Vanessa Baird. 2011. “Taking a Step Back: Teaching Critical Thinking by Distinguishing Appropriate Types of Evidence.” PS: Political Science & Politics 44(3): 619-624.
Fitzgerald, Jennifer. 2011. “Public opinion on bilingual education in Colorado and Massachusetts.” The Social Science Journal 48(2): 371-396.
Book chapters
Fitzgerald, Jennifer, and Christopher Jorde. 2018. “Political attitudes in partisan context.” In Robin Tillmann, Marieke Voorpostel, Peter Farago (Eds), Social Dynamics in Swiss Society: Empirical Studies Based on the Swiss Household Panel. Springer Publishing.
Zuckerman, Alan S., Jennifer Fitzgerald and Josip Dasović. 2005. “Do Couples Support the Same Political Parties? ‘Sometimes.’ Evidence from British and German Household Panel Surveys.” In The Social Logic of Politics: Family, Friends, Neighbors, and Workmates as Contexts for Political Behavior, Alan S. Zuckerman, ed. Temple University Press.
Other publications
Fitzgerald, Jennifer. 2020. "Locally embedded political behavior: My town is my steeple." American Political Science Association, Comparative Politics Organized Section Newsletter. Issue 1, Spring 2020.
Fitzgerald, Jennifer. 2015. "Dynamic public attitudes and electoral behavior." American Political Science Association, European Politics and Society Organized Section Newsletter. Summer 2015.
Zuckerman, Alan, Malcolm Brynin, Josip Dasović, and Jennifer Fitzgerald. 2003. “The Dynamics of Partisanship in Established Democracies: The Implications of Evidence from British and German Panel Surveys,” Working Paper No. 2-03. The BMW Center for German and European Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.
Fitzgerald, Jennifer. 2006 "Reforming European Welfare States: Germany and the United Kingdom Compared by Jochen Clasen." Perspectives on Politics 4(3): 610-611.
Work in Progress
Working papers
"Undercutting the radical right by drawing attention to local inequality" with Jeffrey Nonnemacher
"Politicized Policing and Public Opinion: UK Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Dynamic Perceptions of Crime and Immigration" With Brett Bessen
"Does it matter whether global warming is ‘political’? Exploring the relationship between citizens’ conceptions of the ‘political’ and their patterns of political participation" With Carl Görtz and Viktor Dahl
“Breaking Alienation: The role of radical right parties in boosting political engagement” With Erik Amnå
“The Popularization of Unpopular Ideas: Discord Among Friends and Intolerance Toward Immigrants” With Erik Amnå
“Rebel at home, chicken at school: Effects of partisan discord in different relationships on political engagement” With Erik Amnå
“Concentric Contexts: The Effects of Political Disagreement on Turnout.” With K. Amber Curtis
“Why young people avoid parties: The effects of parental discord.”
Courses Developed and Taught
Graduate
PSCI 7108: Comparative Political Behavior
PSCI 7012: Seminar in Comparative Political Systems
PSCI 7902: The Comparative Politics of Diversity
PSCI 7092: West European Politics
PSCI 7108: American and Comparative Political Behavior (with Jennifer Wolak)
PSCI 7008/7018: Teaching Political Science I & II
Undergraduate
PSCI 4002: West European Politics
PSCI 4028: Order and Disorder in Europe
PSCI 4213: Europe in the International System
PSCI 2012: Introduction to Comparative Politics
PSCI 4715/4725: Honors Thesis in Political Science
Fellowships and Awards
Research Awards
2019
Institute for Behavioral Studies, University of Colorado: “Understanding Public Opinion about Native Americans” With Carew Boulding, Jennifer Wolak and Raymond Foxworth
2018
Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences, University of Colorado, for "Politicized Policing" project
2016
Vice Chancellor’s Visiting Professorship, Örebro University, Örebro Sweden
2011
Time-sharing Experiments in the Social Sciences (TESS) Grant
Funded by the National Science Foundation
“Racial Prejudice and Paternalism in Mass Support for Foreign Aid”
With Andy Baker
2010
Colorado European Union Center of Excellence (CEUCE) Gran
“The Puzzle of Foreign Aid: Why is Development Assistance so Popular in Europe?”
With Andy Baker
2008
Innovative Seed Grant, University of Colorado Vice Chancellor for Research
“Regular people and politics: Perceptions of the term ‘political’”
Dutch Fulbright Commission, Travel Award to Utrecht, Netherlands
“Radical Right Support in Western Europe”
French Fulbright Commission, Research Fellowship to Bordeaux, France
“Local Context and the Politics of Immigration in France”
2007
CARTSS Scholars Program, University of Colorado
Research grant for public opinion research on France
2005
CARTSS Scholars Program, University of Colorado
Research grant for Immigration Initiative (Co-P.I. with David Leblang)
2004
DIW, Berlin, Germany
Travel and research grant for work in Berlin
2003
The Graduate School, Brown University, Providence, RI
Stanley J. Bernstein Graduate Fellowship for the academic year 2003-2004
Consortium for Qualitative Research Methods, Tempe, AZ
Institute attendance and travel award
2001-05
The Graduate School, Brown University, Providence, RI
Summer Research Grants
Honors
2021
University of Colorado at Boulder, Graduate Mentor of the Year Award
2019
American Political Science Association, European Politics and Societies Organized Section
Best Book of the Year Award for Close to Home
2019
Parents Association, University of Colorado, Marinus Smith Faculty Recognition Award
Department of Poltical Science, University of Colorado, Graduate Student Special Mentor Award
2015
Parents Association, University of Colorado, Marinus Smith Faculty Recognition Award
2012
Department of Political Science, University of Colorado
Departmental Teacher of the Year Award
2010
Department of Political Science, University of Colorado
Departmental Teacher of the Year Award
2009
Department of Political Science, University of Colorado
Departmental Teacher of the Year Award
2008
International Society of Political Psychology
Alexander George Best Book of the Year Award for Partisan Families
Department of Political Science, University of Colorado
Departmental Teacher of the Year Award
2004
New England Political Science Association
Robert Wood prize for best paper by a graduate student presented at the 2003 New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting
1998
Committee on International Relations, University of Chicago
Morton Kaplan Prize for best MA paper by a recently graduated honors student