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Jennifer N. Victor

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Contact Information

jvictor3@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-3202
Fairfax Campus, Aquia Building, Room 325
4400 ĢAV Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
MSN: 3F4

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Biography

Jennifer Nicoll Victor is an associate professor of political science at George Mason ĢAV’s Schar School Policy and Government.

She studies the U.S. Congress, legislative organization and behavior, social network methods, political parties, campaign finance, organized interest groups, and lobbying. She is the coeditor of theOxford Handbook of Political Networks(2017). Victor is the coauthor (with Nils Ringe) ofBridging the Information Gap: Legislative Member Organizations in the United States and the European Union(U. Michigan Press 2013). She has published research in the American Journal of Political Science, the British Journal of Political Science, American Politics Research, Party Politics, Interest Groups & Advocacy, P.S.: Political Science and Politics, and elsewhere. In 2019, she was awarded George Mason ĢAV’s Teaching Excellence Award.

Victor is a cofounding contributor to the political science blog “Mischiefs of Faction,” and is a contributing writer for GEN by Medium. Her public scholarship has also appeared inthe New York Times, The Conversation, OUPblog, and LSE U.S. Politics blog. She serves on the Board of Directors of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, is the past president of the National Capital Area Political Science Association, and past chair of the APSA-organized section on Political Networks.

In 2005, she served as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow in the office of Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND). From 2003-12, she was an assistant professor of political science at the ĢAV of Pittsburgh. She joined the faculty at George Mason ĢAV in 2012.

She holds a BA in political science from ĢAV of California, San Diego (Magna Cum Laude, 1997), and an MA (1999) and PhD (2003) in political science from Washington ĢAV in St. Louis.

Curriculum Vitae

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(Updated July 25,2019)

Schar School of Policyand ҴDZԳԳ
George Mason ĢAV
4400 ĢAV Drive, 3F4 Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 993-1400 (main)
(703) 993-3202 (direct)

e-mail: jvictor3@gmu.edu

Twitter: @jennifernvictor

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 2003
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS, Political Science Fields: American Politics, Formal Theory and Methodology

M.A. 1999
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS, Political Science

B.A. 1997
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, Highest Honors in Political Science, Magna Cum Laude

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor of Political Science with tenure, George Mason ĢAV (Aug.2015 Present)

Assistant Professor of Political Science, George Mason ĢAV (2012 – 2015)

American Political Science Association, Congressional Fellowship (2004 2005)

Assistant Professor of Political Science, ĢAV of Pittsburgh (2003 – 2012)

BOOKS

Jennifer Nicoll Victor, Alexander H. Montgomery, and Mark Lubell, eds. 2017 The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks. New York: Oxford ĢAV Press.

Ringe, Nils and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 2013. , with Christopher J. Carman. Ann Arbor: ĢAV of Michigan Press.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLISHED ARTICLES

Stein, Robert Stein, Christopher Mann, Charles Stewart III, with Zachary Birenbaum, Anson Fung, Jeb Greenberg, Farhan Kawsar, Gayle Alberda, R. Michael Alvarez, Emily Beaulieu, Nathaniel A. Birkhead, Frederick Boehmke, Joshua Boston, Barry C. Burden, Francisco Cantu, Rachael Cobb, David Darmofal, Thomas C. Ellington, Terri Fine, Charles J. Finocchiaro, Michael Gilbert, Victor Haynes, Brian Janssen, David Kimball, Charles Kromkowski,Elena Llaudet, Ken Mayer,Matthew R. Miles, David Miller, Lindsay Nielson,Yu Ouyang, Costas Panagopoulos, Andrew Reeves, Min Hee Seo, Haley Simmons, Corwin Smidt, Rachel VanSickle-Ward, Jennifer Nicoll Victor, Abby Wood, Julie Wronski. “.” Political Research Quarterly, March, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer Nicoll and Gina Yanitell Reinhardt. 2016. “Competing for the Platform: How Organized Interests Affect Party Positioning in the United States.” Party Politics. First published on-line December 29, 2016.

Victor, Jennifer Nicoll and Gregory Koger. 2016. “FԲԳԲ Friends: How Lobbyists Create a Web of Relationships among Members of DzԲ.” Interest Groups & Advocacy. On-line first 24 May 2016. doi:10.1057/iga.2016.5

Ringe, Nils, Jennifer Nicoll Victor, and Justin H. Gross. 2013. “Keeping Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer? Information Networks in Legislative Politics. British Journal of Political Science, 43(3): 601-628.

Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 2011. “Legislating versus Campaigning: The Legislative Behavior of Higher Office Seekers.” American Politics Research, 39(1): 3-31.

Victor, Jennifer Nicoll and Nils Ringe. 2009. “The Social Utility of Informal Institutions: Caucuses as Networks in the 110th U.S. House of Գٲپ.” American Politics Research, 37(5): 742-66.

Koger, Gregory and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 2009. “PDZ Agents: Campaign Contributions by Lobbyists.” PS: Politics & Political Science, 42(3): 485-488.

Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 2007. ٳٰٱ𲵾 Lobbying: Demonstrating how Legislative Context Affects Interest Groups’ Lobbying Tactics” American Politics Research, 35(6): 826-845.

Bottom, William P., Gary J. Miller, Cheryl L. Eavey, and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 2000. “The Institutional Effect on Majority Rule Instability: Bicameralism in Spatial Policy Decisions.” The American Journal of Political Science. 44(3): 523-540.

BOOK CHAPTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 2019 (forthcoming). “Lobbying ٷɴǰ,” in The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Persuasion, Elizabeth Suhay, Bernard Grofman, and Alexander Treschel, eds. Oxford ĢAV Press: New York.

Victor, Jennifer Nicoll and Elsa T. Khwaja. 2019 (forthcoming). “Nٷɴǰ Analysis: Theory and Testing”, in The Sage Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science & IR, Luigi Curini and Robert Franzese, eds. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.

Stein, Robert Stein, Christopher Mann, Charles Stewart III, with Zachary Birenbaum, Anson Fung, Jeb Greenberg, Farhan Kawsar, Gayle Alberda, R. Michael Alvarez, Emily Beaulieu, Nathaniel A. Birkhead, Frederick Boehmke, Joshua Boston, Barry C. Burden, Francisco Cantu, Rachael Cobb, David Darmofal, Thomas C. Ellington, Terri Fine, Charles J. Finocchiaro, Michael Gilbert, Victor Haynes, Brian Janssen, David Kimball, Charles Kromkowski, Elena Llaudet, Ken Mayer, Matthew R. Miles, David Miller, Lindsay Nielson, Yu Ouyang, Costas Panagopoulos, Andrew Reeves, Min Hee Seo, Haley Simmons, Corwin Smidt, Rachel VanSickle-Ward, Jennifer NicollVictor, Abby Wood, Julie Wronski. (forthcoming) “Polling Place Practices,” in Kathleen Hale and Bridgett A. King, eds. The Future of Election Administration, Palgrave.

Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 2017. .” Statistics and Public Policy4 (1): 1–3.

Ringe, Nils, Jennifer Nicoll Victor, and Wendy Tam Cho. 2017. “L𲵾پ ٷɴǰ,” in Oxford Handbook of Political Networks, Jennifer Nicoll Victor, Alexander H. Montgomery, and Mark Lubell, eds. Oxford ĢAV Press.

Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 2016. “.” The Forum 14 (4).

Van Thomme, Jack,Ringe, Nils, and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 2015."Explaining Reelection: Expertise, Influence, and Intergroups." In Kaeding, Michael and Niko Switek (eds.): Die Europawahl 2014. Wiesbaden (Germany): Springer VS.

Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 2012. “Gridlock Lobbying: Breaking, Creating, and Maintaining Legislative Stalemate.” In Interest Group Politics, 8th ed, Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis, eds. Washington, DC: CQ Press. Reprinted in Principles and Practice of American Politics: Classic and Contemporary Readings, 6th ed., Samuel Kernell and Steven S. Smith, eds., Washington, DC: CQ Press (2015).

Epstein, Lee, Jeffrey A. Segal, and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 2002. “Dynamic Agenda Setting on the U.S. Supreme Court: An Empirical Գ.” Harvard Journal on Legislation, 39(2).

UNDER REVIEW AND IN PROGRESS

Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. “L𲵾پ Partisan Entrenchment and the Limits of Congressional Networks.” Working Paper.

Reinhardt, Gina Yanitell and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. “A Dynamic Theory of Political Parties: Party Positioning and the Success of Organized Interests.” Working Paper

Victor, Jennifer Nicoll, Stephen Haptonstahl, and Nils Ringe. “Mܱپ and Longitudinal Legislative Networks and the Potential for Caucuses to Alleviate Partisan Polarization” Working Paper.

Morin, Alexander, Jennifer Nicoll Victor and Brian Alexander. “AپDz Pays: Specialization, Campaigns, and PAC Donations.” Working Paper.

Allen, Kristen Coopie, Ian Palmer Cook, Zachary Auter, and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. ٱ𳦴DzԻ Street Gangs: Ad Hoc Policy Commissions in the Senate.” Working Paper.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Courses Taught at the Undergraduate Level

Introduction to American Politics
Introduction to Quantitative Methods
Congress/Legislative Process
Interest Group Politics
Partisan Polarization in American Politics
Political Networks

Courses Taught at the Graduate Level

American Field Seminar
Legislative Process: U.S. Congress
Interest Group Politics
Introduction to Inferential Statistics
Research Methods

RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS

“L𲵾پ Networks and Partisan ԳٰԳ󳾱Գ,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meeting in Chicago, Illinois, April 4-7, 2019, and Political Parties in Comparative Perspective, Villa Le Balze, Florence, Italy, March 22& 23, 2018; presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meetings in Chicago, Illinois April 7, 2018; presented by invitation at the St. Louis Area Methods Meeting (SLAMM), Iowa State ĢAV, Ames, Iowa, April 20, 2018.

“The role of caucuses in partisan entrenchment in Congress,” presented at the 10th Annual Political Networks Conference, Columbus, Ohio, June 16, 2017; American Political Science Association Meetings, San Francisco, CA Aug 31 – Sept. 2, 2017.

“Can Caucuses Alleviate Congressional Polarization?,” with Stephen Haptonstahl and Nils Ringe. Paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 7-9, 2016; Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 8-10, 2016; Political Networks Annual Conference and Workshops, St. Louis, Missouri, June 23-25, 2016; Midwest Political Science Association, April 6, 2017.

“()-ԾԲ the Legislature: Committees, LMOs, and Community Structures in EP and US Congress,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 2-5, 2015.

“FԲԳԲ Friends: Legislators, Lobbyists, and the Pervasive Influence of Campaign Finance,” with Gregory Koger. Paper delivered on a panel at the 8th annual Workshops & Conference on Political Networks. Portland State ĢAV, Portland, Oregon. June 17-20, 2015.

“L𲵾پ Member Organizations in a Comparative Perspective: Exploring the Bridging Nature of LMO Ties in Three Parliaments,” with Nils Ringe. Paper delivered on a panel at the meetings of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. Aug.28-31, 2014.

“()-ԾԲ the Legislature: Committees, Intergroups, and Community Structures in the European ʲԳ,” with Nils Ringe. Invited paper presentation at “Political Networks in a Transatlantic Perspective Workshop.” July 14-15, 2014, ĢAV of Colorado, Boulder.

“()-ԾԲ a Legislature: How lawmakers' institutions reveal policy preferences and priorities”, with Nils Ringe. Political Networks Conference, McGill ĢAV, Montreal, Ontario, Canada. May 29-May 31, 2014

“Jane of all Trades, Master of None: The Representational Trade-off of Female Members of DzԲ.” Presented at the Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2-5, 2014.

“Coordinating the Congress: Explaining Caucus Persistence in the United States House,” with Nils Ringe. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 29-September 1, 2013.

“Mܱپ Legislative Networks and the Power of Caucuses to Alleviate Partisan Polarization,” with Stephen Haptonstahl and Nile Ringe. Presented at the 6th Annual Political Networks Conference, Bloomington, Illinois(Indiana ĢAV), June 27-29,2013; paper delivered on a panel at the meetings of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. Aug. 28-31, 2014.

ٴDZԲ Congressional Partisan Polarization one Caucus at a Time,” with Nils Ringe (ĢAV of Wisconsin, Madison). Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago, Ill, April 10-14, 2013.

“Competing for the Platform: The Politics of Interest Group Influence on Political Party Platforms,” with Gina Yannitell Reinhardt (Texas A&M ĢAV). Presented at the 2013 Southern Political Science Association Meetings in Orlando, Florida, January 3-6, 2013 & Meetings of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA. Aug, 30 - Sept. 2, 2012 (conference canceled due to hurricane)

ٱ𳦴DzԻ Street Gangs: Ad Hoc Policy Commissions in the Senate,” with Kristen Coopie Allen, Ian Palmer Cook, and Zachary Auter (ĢAV of Pittsburgh). Presented at the 2013 Southern Political Science Association Meetings in Orlando, Florida, January 3-6, 2013 & Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago, IL April 10-14, 2013 & 6th Annual Political Networks Conference, Bloomington, Illinois (Indiana ĢAV), June 27-29, 2013.

(Older conference presentations available upon request)

GRANTS

National Science Foundation (#1558713), “Workshop: Support for Political Networks Conference and Training ´ǰDZ,” PI: Jennifer N. Victor, $212,471(2016-2019)

George Mason ĢAV Provost Summer Research Award, $5,000 (2016)

ĢAV of Pittsburgh Provost’s Central Research Development Fund $5,000 (July 2010)

Manner’s Award, ĢAV Center for Social and Urban Research, $10,000 (June 2010)

Visions in Methodology conference travel grant, ĢAV of Iowa, $400 (March 2010)

Society for Political Methodology travel grant, $500 (Yale ĢAV) (2009)

Visions in Methodology conference travel grant, Ohio State ĢAV, $400 (October 2008)

ĢAV of Pittsburgh Third Term Research Stipend, $4,000 (2007)

Congressional Research Award, The Dirksen Congressional Center, $3,500 (2001)

HONORS AND AWARDS

George Mason ĢAV Teaching Excellence Award, 2019.

, hosted by The Ohio State ĢAV, May 7 10, 2018.

“Political Ties Award,” 2017 APSA Political Networks Section best political networks paper published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2016-2017 for “FԲԳԲ Friends: How lobbyists create a web of relationships among members of DzԲ,” Interest Groups Advocacy, 5(3): 224-262.

George Mason ĢAV, School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs Teaching Award (2015)

Pi Sigma Alpha (political science honor society) honorary inductee, GMU chapter (2015)

“PǴڱǰ of the ۱𲹰,” presented by students of IFC/NPHC, ĢAV of Pittsburgh (2009)

APSA Congressional Fellowship (2004-2005)

ٱ𲹲’s Award for Teaching Excellence, Washington ĢAV (2000 - 2001)

ٱ𲹲’s Dissertation Fellowship, Washington ĢAV (2001 - 2002)

Washington ĢAV Graduate Student Fellowship (1997 - 2001)

Washington ĢAV Dean's Award Supplement (1997- 2001)

Highest Honors in Political Science, ĢAV of California, San Diego (1997)

Outstanding Senior, Muir College Alumni Award, ĢAV of California, San Diego (1997)

Phi Beta Kappa (1997)

DeWitt Higgs Award (1997) (UCSD's outstanding senior in law and public policy)

GRADUATE STUDENTS MENTORED

Former StudentsChair

Nelson, John, PhD (2019), George Mason ĢAV, Computational Social Sciences

Alexander, Brian, Ph.D. (2015), George Mason ĢAV, Political Science. Tenure-track position at Washington & Lee ĢAV.

Allen, Kristen C., Ph.D. (2013), ĢAV of Pittsburgh, Political Science. Tenure-track position at Wright State ĢAV, Dayton, Ohio, as of August 2013.

Former Students—Cdzٳٱ Member

Ibrahim, Ayah, PhD (2018),George Mason ĢAV, Political Science

Kikuchi, Hirokazu, Ph.D. (2012) ĢAV of Pittsburgh, Political Science. Now a researcher at ĢAV of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

Gross, Justin H., Ph.D (2010) Department of Statistics and Heinz School of Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon ĢAV. Now, a tenured Associate. Prof. of Political Science, ĢAV of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Ringe, Nils, Ph.D (2005) Department of Political Science, ĢAV of Pittsburgh. Now, a tenured Associate Prof. of Political Science, ĢAV of Wisconsin, Madison.

Current ٳܻԳٲ—Chair, GMU

Grant, Aubrey, (2020) Public Policy
Snyder, Matt (2020)Political Science

Current ٳܻԳٲ—Committee member, GMU

Armstrong, Andrew, Political Science
Atherley, Scott, Political Science
Beuhlman, Michelle, Political Science
Campbell, Matthew, Political Science
Khwaja, Elsa Talat (2020),Public Policy
Scott, Geoffrey, Political Science
Stuvland, Aaron (2020),Political Science
Tombe, Sandra, Public Policy
Turner, Tiffany, Political Science

INVITED TALKS

“The Future of Political ʲپ,” John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, May 21, 2018.

Visions in Methodology, Distinguished Scholar. Ohio State ĢAV, May 8, 2018.

St. Louis Area Methods Meeting (SLAMM). Invited presentation at Iowa State ĢAV, April 20, 2018.

“W the Senate is ǰ,” American ĢAV Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, October 30, 2017

Introduction to Inferential Statistics (10-day course), Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, Tbilisi, Georgia. Invited instructor on US State Department Grant (PIs: Priscilla Regan and Eric McGlinchey), July 17 – August 4, 2017

Ohio State Election Panel, December 2016, Columbus, Ohio

Wesleyan Median Project Post-Election conference, November 2016, Middletown, Connecticut

Introduction to Inferential Statistics (10-day course), Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, Tbilisi, Georgia. Invited instructor on US State Department Grant (PIs: Priscilla Regan and Eric McGlinchey), July 25 August 6, 2016

St. Louis Area Methods Meeting (SLAMM). Invited presentation at American ĢAV, April 22, 2016.

“Congressional Gridlock and Legislative Politics” presented to the National Association of County Collectors, Treasurers, and Finance Officers. Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC, February 19, 2016

“Social Network Analysis and the Study of Politics.” Guest Lecturer (invited), Prof. Alan Abramson, George Mason ĢAV, Public Administration program, February, 2015.

ĢAV of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. November7, 2014, American Politics Research Workshop, invited talk.

United States Department of State, European Union Bureau and Bureau of Intelligence and Research, July 21, 2014

United States Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research and The National Intelligence Council, July 2, 2014.

ĢAV of Denver, May 20-21, 2014.

Center for Social Complexity, George Mason ĢAV, October 25, 2013.

American ĢAV, January 7, 2013 (National Capital Area Political Science Association). ĢAV of Virginia, October 5, 2012.

Woodrow Wilson Center, Democracy Project of the Bipartisan Policy Center, October 17, 2012. Georgetown ĢAV, September 21, 2012

ĢAV of Wisconsin, Madison (American Politics Workshop), April 19, 2010.

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBRESHIPS

American Political Science Review, 2016 present
American Politics Research, 2015 – present
Political Analysis, 2019 – present
PS: Political Science & Politics, 2015– 2018

JOURNAL PEER REVIEWS (most recent review)

American Journal of Political Science (2019)
American Political Science Review, (2019)
American Politics Research (2018)
British Journal of Political Science (2019)
Business & Politics (2016)
Cambridge ĢAV Press (2018)
Comparative Political Studies, (2015)
Congress & Presidency (2017)
EPJ Data Science (2019)
European Journal of Political Research( 2010)
European Political Science Review (2016)
European Union Politics (2008)
Interest Groups & Advocacy(2018)
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (2017)
Journal of Experimental Political Science (2016)
Journal of Law and Courts (2019)
Journal of Politics (2018)
Journal of Political Science (2013)
Journal of Public Policy (2016)
Journal of Theoretical Politics( 2014)
Journal of Women, Politics & Policy (2016)
Legislative Studies Quarterly, (2019)
Mobilization (2014)
National Science Foundation (2018)
Oxford ĢAV Press (2015)
Party Politics (2019)
Perspectives on Politics (2018)
PLOS ONE (2016)
Policy Studies Journal (2011)
Political Analysis (2018)
Political Behavior(2010)
Political Communication (2014)
Political Research Quarterly (2019)
Political Science Quarterly (2014)
Political Science Research Methods (2019)
Politics & Gender (2012)
Polity (2016)
Princeton ĢAV Press (2018)
P.S.: Political Science & Politics(2018) Research & Politics (2016)
Routledge Press (2013)
Science (2016)
Social Networks (2018)
State Politics and Policy Quarterly (2018)
Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS) (2011)
W.W. Norton & Co. (2018)

Invited discussant: Legislative Studies Virtual Workshop, February3, 2016

RESEARCH INTERESTS

American political institutions: Congress, interest groups, lobbying, political parties, campaign finance.

Methodology: social networks, econometrics, game theory, experiments

UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

George Mason ĢAV service

Director, Undergraduate Programs, Schar School of Policy & Government, 2014-2018.

Undergraduate Council, George Mason ĢAV, 2017 – 2018.

Search Committee Chair, Assistant Professor of Political Methodology, 2017

Search Committee Member, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, 2016

Appointed Member, Provost’s Task Force for a Multidisciplinary Education Platform (appointed) 2014-2017

Coordinator, Undergraduate Research Assistants Program(SPGIA), 2015-present

Coordinator for Workshop for Research in Political Science, 2014-2015

Director of the Bachelor’s Degree in Government and International Politics, School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, GMU, 2014-2015.

PhD Admissions Committee, Public Policy, GMU, 2015

PhD American Politics Field Examinations Committee, Member,2014, 2015

Chair Search Committee (ٱ𲹲’s Appointment), College of Humanities and Social Sciences for the Department of Public and International Affairs, 2013-2014

PhD American Field Examinations, Committee Chair, GMU 2013-2014.

Ph.D. Admissions Committee, Department of Public and International Affairs, GMU 2013, 2014.

Elected member, Faculty Senate, GMU, Admissions Committee, 2014-2016

ĢAV of Pittsburgh service

Committee on Undergraduate Education, Dept. of Political Science(2011-2012)

Department Technology and Alumni Affairs Committee, Dept. of Political Science (2010-2012)

Chair’s Advisory Committee, Dept. of Political Science (2008- 2011)

Graduate Education Committee, Dept. of Political Science (2006-2007)

Methods Speaker Series Committee, Dept. of Political Science (2006-2007)

Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Council (2004-2007)

Search Committee: Junior Faculty in International Relations(2005-2006)

Search Committee: Senior Faculty in American Politics (2003-2004)

Washington ĢAV in St. Louis service

President: Free Union of Graduate Students (2000-2001)
Graduate Student Representative, Methods Search Committee (1999)
Graduate Student Representative to the Department Faculty (1998-1999)

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Political Networks Section, American Political Science Association, Conference Host 2018, 11th Annual Political Networks Conference and Workshops.

American Political Science Association

  • Selection Committee for Congressional Fellowship Program, 2016 & 2013
  • Review Committee for PS: Political Science Politics (appointed by APSA Director), 2013-2014

Center for Responsive Politics: Board of Directors, 2015-present

Political Networks Section, American Political Science Association: Past Chair (2016-2017), Chair (2015-2016), Vice-Chair (2014-2015), Communications Chair (2011-2015)

National Capital Area Political Science Association: President (2016-2017), President-elect (2015-2016), Executive Board (2014-2015)

Presidential Commission on the Administration of Elections, Polling Process of the Future: Study Site Coordinator, 2016 & 2014

Midwest Political Science Association, Legislative Institutions Section: Section Chair, 2014-2015 5th Annual Conference on Political Networks: Program Chair, ĢAV of Colorado, Boulder, June 13-16,2012.

Awards Committee for Fellowships (Chair) to attend the 4th Annual Networks in Political Science Training and Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, June 2011.

Midwest Political Science Association, Award Committee for the PatrickJ. Fett Award for the best paper on the study of Congress and Presidency, 2011.

Policy Committee on Governmental Reform, member: Organizing for America 2008. Networks in Political Science, Program Committee and Awards Committee for meetings at Harvard ĢAV, June 2009; Duke ĢAV, May 2010.

Political Organizations and Parties Section Co-Chair for APSA Meetings in Boston 2008 (2007- 2008).

Political Organizations and Parties Section, APSA, Award Committee, Party Politics Award (2005).

Legislative Assistant, Office of Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND)(2005)

Volunteer Consultant for United Nations Development Project(New Delhi, India) (November- December 2001)

Computer laboratory/Statistics Consultant (Social Sciences Computing Facility at Washington ĢAV in St. Louis) (1999- 2003)

Participant at “Liberty and Hierarchy” Conference on political economy. Presented by The Liberty Fund: Park City, Utah. June 1999. Dr. Michael Munger and Dr. Andrew Rutten, primary organizers.

Research Assistant, Dr. Mathew McCubbins, ĢAV of California, San Diego (1996-1997)

PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP

Paid Submissions- GEN for Medium

Victor, Jennifer. 2019. “.” Medium. July 24, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer. 2019. “.” Medium. July 9, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer. 2019. “.” Medium. June 28, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer. 2019. “” Medium. June 20, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer. 2019. “Pٱ Buttigieg Has a Plan to Ruin the Supreme dzܰ.” Medium. June 14, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer. 2019. “.” Medium. June 6, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer.2019. “.” Medium. May 29, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer. 2019. “.” Medium. May 21, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer. 2019. ٳdzܱ Democrats Try to Impeach Trump? Featured ٴǰ.” Medium. May 14, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer. 2019. “.” Medium. May 8, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer. 2019. “.” Medium. May 2, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer. 2019. “.” Medium. April 24, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer. 2019. “.” Medium. April 18, 2019.

Invited Submissions

Victor, Jennifer. 2018. “.” The Conversation. January 20, 2018.

Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 2017. “To Understand Modern Politics, Focus on Groups, Not Individuals.” OUP blog. December 20, 2017.

Victor, Jennifer. 2017. “.” Medium. April 7, 2017.

Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 2017. “.” USAPP (blog). March 13, 2017.

Victor, Jennifer. 2016. “” The Conversation. Accessed September 22.

Victor, Jennifer. 2016. “” The Conversation. July 27.

Victor, Jennifer. 2016. “.” New York Times, February 25, on-line edition, sec. Room for Debate.

Mischiefs of Faction

I am a co-founder and regular contributor to this independent blog, , which was hosted by Vox.com from 2015-2019 Currently, the editorial team includes: Seth Masket, Julia Azari, Jennifer Nicoll Victor, Hans Noel, Gregory Koger, Jonathan Ladd, Amy Erica Smith, and Richard Skinner. My recent posts include:

Victor, Jennifer. 2019. “.” Vox. April 22, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer N. 2019. “.” April 1, 2019.

Victor, Jennifer. “” Vox, October30, 2018.

Victor, Jennifer. “.” Vox, October 8, 2018.

Victor, Jennifer.2018. “.” Vox. October 1, 2018.

Victor, Jennifer. 2018. “.” Vox. February5, 2018.

Victor, Jennifer. 2017. “.” September 6, 2017.

Victor, Jennifer. 2017. “.” August 28, 2017.

Victor, Jennifer N. 2017. “.” Vox. May 29, 2017.

Victor, Jennifer N. 2017. “.” Vox. April 3, 2017.

Victor, Jennifer N. 2017. “.” Vox. March 6, 2017.

Victor, Jennifer N. 2017, January 30, 2017. “.” Mischiefs of Faction, Vox.com

Victor, Jennifer N. 2016, November 18. “,” Mischiefs of Faction, Vox.com

Masket, Seth and Jennifer N. Victor. October,5, 2016. “” Mischiefs of Faction, Vox.com

Victor, Jennifer N. 2016, September21. “.” Mischiefs of Faction, Vox.com

Victor, Jennifer N. “.” May 25, 2016. Mischiefs of Faction on Vox.com.

Victor, Jennifer N. “.” March 14, 2016. Mischiefs of Faction on Vox.com.

Victor, Jennifer N. “.” February 8, 2016. Mischiefs of Faction on Vox.com.

Victor, Jennifer N. “” January 29, 2016. Mischiefs of Faction on Vox.com.

Victor, Jennifer N. “.” January 16, 2016. Mischiefs of Faction on Vox.com.

Victor, Jennifer N. “.” October30, 2015. Mischiefs of Faction on Vox.com.

Older blog posts available upon request.

Potentially of interest, my Erdös number is 4, by two different paths:

  • I am a co-author with Gary J. Miller (AJPS 2000), who is a co-author with Norman Schofield, who co-authored with Craig A. Tovey, who co-authored with Paul ö.
  • I am a co-author (2019 PRQ with 22-coauthors) with Charles Stewart, III, who has co- authored with Ronald Rivest, who has co-authored with David Avis, who co-authored with Paul ö.

References available upon request.

Areas of Research

  • Campaign Finance
  • Elections
  • Interest Groups
  • Legislatures
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Social Network Analysis
  • U.S. Politics

Affiliations

  • Affiliation: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics