
Associate Professor
Contact Information
jvictor3@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-3202
Fairfax Campus, Aquia Building, Room 325
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
MSN: 3F4
Personal Websites
Biography
Jennifer Nicoll Victor is an associate professor of political science at 亚洲AV鈥檚 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 the听Oxford Handbook of Political Networks听(2017). Victor is the coauthor (with Nils Ringe) of听Bridging the Information Gap: Legislative Member Organizations in the United States and the European Union听(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 亚洲AV鈥檚 Teaching Excellence Award.
Victor is a cofounding contributor to the political science blog 鈥淢ischiefs of Faction,鈥 and is a contributing writer for GEN by Medium. Her public scholarship has also appeared in听the 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 University of Pittsburgh. She joined the faculty at 亚洲AV in 2012.
She holds a BA in political science from University of California, San Diego (Magna Cum Laude, 1997), and an MA (1999) and PhD (2003) in political science from Washington University in St. Louis.
Curriculum Vitae
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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 University (Aug.2015 鈥 Present)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, 亚洲AV (2012 鈥 2015)
American Political Science Association, Congressional Fellowship (2004 鈥 2005)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh (2003 鈥 2012)
BOOKS
Jennifer Nicoll Victor, Alexander H. Montgomery, and Mark Lubell, eds. 2017 The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ringe, Nils and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 2013. , with Christopher J. Carman. Ann Arbor: University 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. 鈥.鈥 Political Research Quarterly, March, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer Nicoll and Gina Yanitell Reinhardt. 2016. 鈥淐ompeting for the Platform: How Organized Interests Affect Party Positioning in the United States.鈥 Party Politics. First published on-line December 29, 2016.
Victor, Jennifer Nicoll and Gregory Koger. 2016. 鈥淔颈苍补苍肠颈苍驳 Friends: How Lobbyists Create a Web of Relationships among Members of 颁辞苍驳谤别蝉蝉.鈥 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. 鈥淜eeping 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. 鈥淟egislating versus Campaigning: The Legislative Behavior of Higher Office Seekers.鈥 American Politics Research, 39(1): 3-31.
Victor, Jennifer Nicoll and Nils Ringe. 2009. 鈥淭he Social Utility of Informal Institutions: Caucuses as Networks in the 110th U.S. House of 搁别辫谤别蝉别苍迟补迟颈惫别蝉.鈥 American Politics Research, 37(5): 742-66.
Koger, Gregory and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 2009. 鈥淧辞濒补谤颈锄别诲 Agents: Campaign Contributions by Lobbyists.鈥 PS: Politics & Political Science, 42(3): 485-488.
Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 2007. 鈥沦迟谤补迟别驳颈肠 Lobbying: Demonstrating how Legislative Context Affects Interest Groups鈥 Lobbying Tactics鈥 American Politics Research, 35(6): 826-845.
Bottom, William P., Gary J. Miller, Cheryl L. Eavey, and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 2000. 鈥淭he Institutional Effect on Majority Rule Instability: Bicameralism in Spatial Policy Decisions.鈥 The American Journal of Political Science. 44(3): 523-540.
BOOK CHAPTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 2019 (forthcoming). 鈥淟obbying 狈别迟飞辞谤办蝉,鈥 in The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Persuasion, Elizabeth Suhay, Bernard Grofman, and Alexander Treschel, eds. Oxford University Press: New York.
Victor, Jennifer Nicoll and Elsa T. Khwaja. 2019 (forthcoming). 鈥淣别迟飞辞谤办 Analysis: Theory and Testing鈥, 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) 鈥淧olling Place Practices,鈥 in Kathleen Hale and Bridgett A. King, eds. The Future of Election Administration, Palgrave.
Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 2017. 鈥.鈥 Statistics and Public Policy4 (1): 1鈥3.
Ringe, Nils, Jennifer Nicoll Victor, and Wendy Tam Cho. 2017. 鈥淟别驳颈蝉濒补迟颈惫别 狈别迟飞辞谤办蝉,鈥 in Oxford Handbook of Political Networks, Jennifer Nicoll Victor, Alexander H. Montgomery, and Mark Lubell, eds. Oxford University Press.
Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 2016. 鈥.鈥 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. 鈥淕ridlock Lobbying: Breaking, Creating, and Maintaining Legislative Stalemate.鈥 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. 鈥淒ynamic Agenda Setting on the U.S. Supreme Court: An Empirical 础蝉蝉别蝉蝉尘别苍迟.鈥 Harvard Journal on Legislation, 39(2).
UNDER REVIEW AND IN PROGRESS
Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 鈥淟别驳颈蝉濒补迟颈惫别 Partisan Entrenchment and the Limits of Congressional Networks.鈥 Working Paper.
Reinhardt, Gina Yanitell and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 鈥淎 Dynamic Theory of Political Parties: Party Positioning and the Success of Organized Interests.鈥 Working Paper
Victor, Jennifer Nicoll, Stephen Haptonstahl, and Nils Ringe. 鈥淢耻濒迟颈辫濒别虫 and Longitudinal Legislative Networks and the Potential for Caucuses to Alleviate Partisan Polarization鈥 Working Paper.
Morin, Alexander, Jennifer Nicoll Victor and Brian Alexander. 鈥淎尘产颈迟颈辞苍 Pays: Specialization, Campaigns, and PAC Donations.鈥 Working Paper.
Allen, Kristen Coopie, Ian Palmer Cook, Zachary Auter, and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 鈥沦别肠辞苍诲 Street Gangs: Ad Hoc Policy Commissions in the Senate.鈥 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
鈥淟别驳颈蝉濒补迟颈惫别 Networks and Partisan 贰苍迟谤别苍肠丑尘别苍迟,鈥 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 University, Ames, Iowa, April 20, 2018.
鈥淭he role of caucuses in partisan entrenchment in Congress,鈥 presented at the 10th Annual Political Networks Conference, Columbus, Ohio, June 16, 2017; American Political Science Association Meetings, San Francisco, CA Aug 31 鈥 Sept. 2, 2017.
鈥淐an Caucuses Alleviate Congressional Polarization?,鈥 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.
鈥(厂别濒蹿)-翱谤驳补苍颈锄颈苍驳 the Legislature: Committees, LMOs, and Community Structures in EP and US Congress,鈥 paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 2-5, 2015.
鈥淔颈苍补苍肠颈苍驳 Friends: Legislators, Lobbyists, and the Pervasive Influence of Campaign Finance,鈥 with Gregory Koger. Paper delivered on a panel at the 8th annual Workshops & Conference on Political Networks. Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. June 17-20, 2015.
鈥淟别驳颈蝉濒补迟颈惫别 Member Organizations in a Comparative Perspective: Exploring the Bridging Nature of LMO Ties in Three Parliaments,鈥 with Nils Ringe. Paper delivered on a panel at the meetings of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. Aug.28-31, 2014.
鈥(厂别濒蹿)-翱谤驳补苍颈锄颈苍驳 the Legislature: Committees, Intergroups, and Community Structures in the European 笔补谤濒颈补尘别苍迟,鈥 with Nils Ringe. Invited paper presentation at 鈥淧olitical Networks in a Transatlantic Perspective Workshop.鈥 July 14-15, 2014, University of Colorado, Boulder.
鈥(厂别濒蹿)-翱谤驳补苍颈锄颈苍驳 a Legislature: How lawmakers' institutions reveal policy preferences and priorities鈥, with Nils Ringe. Political Networks Conference, McGill University, Montreal, Ontario, Canada. May 29-May 31, 2014
鈥淛ane of all Trades, Master of None: The Representational Trade-off of Female Members of 颁辞苍驳谤别蝉蝉.鈥 Presented at the Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2-5, 2014.
鈥淐oordinating the Congress: Explaining Caucus Persistence in the United States House,鈥 with Nils Ringe. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 29-September 1, 2013.
鈥淢耻濒迟颈辫濒别虫 Legislative Networks and the Power of Caucuses to Alleviate Partisan Polarization,鈥 with Stephen Haptonstahl and Nile Ringe. Presented at the 6th Annual Political Networks Conference, Bloomington, Illinois(Indiana University), June 27-29,2013; paper delivered on a panel at the meetings of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. Aug. 28-31, 2014.
鈥沦辞濒惫颈苍驳 Congressional Partisan Polarization one Caucus at a Time,鈥 with Nils Ringe (University of Wisconsin, Madison). Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago, Ill, April 10-14, 2013.
鈥淐ompeting for the Platform: The Politics of Interest Group Influence on Political Party Platforms,鈥 with Gina Yannitell Reinhardt (Texas A&M University). 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)
鈥沦别肠辞苍诲 Street Gangs: Ad Hoc Policy Commissions in the Senate,鈥 with Kristen Coopie Allen, Ian Palmer Cook, and Zachary Auter (University 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 University), June 27-29, 2013.
(Older conference presentations available upon request)
GRANTS
National Science Foundation (#1558713), 鈥淲orkshop: Support for Political Networks Conference and Training 奥辞谤办蝉丑辞辫蝉,鈥 PI: Jennifer N. Victor, $212,471(2016-2019)
George Mason University Provost Summer Research Award, $5,000 (2016)
University of Pittsburgh Provost鈥檚 Central Research Development Fund $5,000 (July 2010)
Manner鈥檚 Award, University Center for Social and Urban Research, $10,000 (June 2010)
Visions in Methodology conference travel grant, University of Iowa, $400 (March 2010)
Society for Political Methodology travel grant, $500 (Yale University) (2009)
Visions in Methodology conference travel grant, Ohio State University, $400 (October 2008)
University of Pittsburgh Third Term Research Stipend, $4,000 (2007)
Congressional Research Award, The Dirksen Congressional Center, $3,500 (2001)
HONORS AND AWARDS
George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award, 2019.
, hosted by The Ohio State University, May 7 鈥 10, 2018.
鈥淧olitical Ties Award,鈥 2017 APSA Political Networks Section best political networks paper published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2016-2017 for 鈥淔颈苍补苍肠颈苍驳 Friends: How lobbyists create a web of relationships among members of 肠辞苍驳谤别蝉蝉,鈥 Interest Groups Advocacy, 5(3): 224-262.
George Mason University, School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs Teaching Award (2015)
Pi Sigma Alpha (political science honor society) honorary inductee, GMU chapter (2015)
鈥淧谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤 of the 驰别补谤,鈥 presented by students of IFC/NPHC, University of Pittsburgh (2009)
APSA Congressional Fellowship (2004-2005)
顿别补苍鈥檚 Award for Teaching Excellence, Washington University (2000 - 2001)
顿别补苍鈥檚 Dissertation Fellowship, Washington University (2001 - 2002)
Washington University Graduate Student Fellowship (1997 - 2001)
Washington University Dean's Award Supplement (1997- 2001)
Highest Honors in Political Science, University of California, San Diego (1997)
Outstanding Senior, Muir College Alumni Award, University 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 Students鈥Chair
Nelson, John, PhD (2019), 亚洲AV, Computational Social Sciences
Alexander, Brian, Ph.D. (2015), George Mason University, Political Science. Tenure-track position at Washington & Lee University.
Allen, Kristen C., Ph.D. (2013), University of Pittsburgh, Political Science. Tenure-track position at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, as of August 2013.
Former Students鈥擟辞尘尘颈迟迟别别 Member
Ibrahim, Ayah, PhD (2018),George Mason University, Political Science
Kikuchi, Hirokazu, Ph.D. (2012) University of Pittsburgh, Political Science. Now a researcher at University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Gross, Justin H., Ph.D (2010) Department of Statistics and Heinz School of Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University. Now, a tenured Associate. Prof. of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Ringe, Nils, Ph.D (2005) Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh. Now, a tenured Associate Prof. of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Current 厂迟耻诲别苍迟蝉鈥Chair, GMU
Grant, Aubrey, (2020) Public Policy
Snyder, Matt (2020)Political Science
Current 厂迟耻诲别苍迟蝉鈥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
鈥淭he Future of Political 笔补谤迟颈别蝉,鈥 John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, May 21, 2018.
Visions in Methodology, Distinguished Scholar. Ohio State University, May 8, 2018.
St. Louis Area Methods Meeting (SLAMM). Invited presentation at Iowa State University, April 20, 2018.
鈥淲丑测 the Senate is 叠谤辞办别苍,鈥 American University 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 鈥 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 鈥 August 6, 2016
St. Louis Area Methods Meeting (SLAMM). Invited presentation at American University, April 22, 2016.
鈥淐ongressional Gridlock and Legislative Politics鈥 presented to the National Association of County Collectors, Treasurers, and Finance Officers. Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC, February 19, 2016
鈥淪ocial Network Analysis and the Study of Politics.鈥 Guest Lecturer (invited), Prof. Alan Abramson, George Mason University, Public Administration program, February, 2015.
University 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.
University of Denver, May 20-21, 2014.
Center for Social Complexity, George Mason University, October 25, 2013.
American University, January 7, 2013 (National Capital Area Political Science Association). University of Virginia, October 5, 2012.
Woodrow Wilson Center, Democracy Project of the Bipartisan Policy Center, October 17, 2012. Georgetown University, September 21, 2012
University of Wisconsin, Madison (American Politics Workshop), April 19, 2010.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBRESHIPS
American Political Science Review, 2016 鈥 present
American Politics Research, 2015 鈥 present
Political Analysis, 2019 鈥 present
PS: Political Science & Politics, 2015鈥 2018
JOURNAL PEER REVIEWS (most recent review)听
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 University 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 University 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 University 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 University service
Director, Undergraduate Programs, Schar School of Policy & Government, 2014-2018.
Undergraduate Council, 亚洲AV, 2017 鈥 2018.
Search Committee Chair, Assistant Professor of Political Methodology, 2017
Search Committee Member, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, 2016
Appointed Member, Provost鈥檚 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鈥檚 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 (顿别补苍鈥檚 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
University 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鈥檚 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 University 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, University 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 University, June 2009; Duke University, 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 University in St. Louis) (1999- 2003)
Participant at 鈥淟iberty and Hierarchy鈥 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, University of California, San Diego (1996-1997)
PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP
Paid Submissions- GEN for Medium
Victor, Jennifer. 2019. 鈥.鈥 Medium. July 24, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer. 2019. 鈥.鈥 Medium. July 9, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer. 2019. 鈥.鈥 Medium. June 28, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer. 2019. 鈥溾 Medium. June 20, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer. 2019. 鈥淧别迟别 Buttigieg Has a Plan to Ruin the Supreme 颁辞耻谤迟.鈥 Medium. June 14, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer. 2019. 鈥.鈥 Medium. June 6, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer.2019. 鈥.鈥 Medium. May 29, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer. 2019. 鈥.鈥 Medium. May 21, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer. 2019. 鈥沦丑辞耻濒诲 Democrats Try to Impeach Trump? 鈥 Featured 厂迟辞谤颈别蝉.鈥 Medium. May 14, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer. 2019. 鈥.鈥 Medium. May 8, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer. 2019. 鈥.鈥 Medium. May 2, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer. 2019. 鈥.鈥 Medium. April 24, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer. 2019. 鈥.鈥 Medium. April 18, 2019.
Invited Submissions
Victor, Jennifer. 2018. 鈥.鈥 The Conversation. January 20, 2018.
Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 2017. 鈥淭o Understand Modern Politics, Focus on Groups, Not Individuals.鈥 OUP blog. December 20, 2017.
Victor, Jennifer. 2017. 鈥.鈥 Medium. April 7, 2017.
Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. 2017. 鈥.鈥 USAPP (blog). March 13, 2017.
Victor, Jennifer. 2016. 鈥溾 The Conversation. Accessed September 22.
Victor, Jennifer. 2016. 鈥溾 The Conversation. July 27.
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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. 鈥.鈥 Vox. April 22, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer N. 2019. 鈥.鈥 April 1, 2019.
Victor, Jennifer. 鈥溾 Vox, October30, 2018.
Victor, Jennifer. 鈥.鈥 Vox, October 8, 2018.
Victor, Jennifer.2018. 鈥.鈥 Vox. October 1, 2018.
Victor, Jennifer. 2018. 鈥.鈥 Vox. February5, 2018.
Victor, Jennifer. 2017. 鈥.鈥 September 6, 2017.
Victor, Jennifer. 2017. 鈥.鈥 August 28, 2017.
Victor, Jennifer N. 2017. 鈥.鈥 Vox. May 29, 2017.
Victor, Jennifer N. 2017. 鈥.鈥 Vox. April 3, 2017.
Victor, Jennifer N. 2017. 鈥.鈥 Vox. March 6, 2017.
Victor, Jennifer N. 2017, January 30, 2017. 鈥.鈥 Mischiefs of Faction, Vox.com
Victor, Jennifer N. 2016, November 18. 鈥,鈥 Mischiefs of Faction, Vox.com
Masket, Seth and Jennifer N. Victor. October,5, 2016. 鈥溾 Mischiefs of Faction, Vox.com
Victor, Jennifer N. 2016, September21. 鈥.鈥 Mischiefs of Faction, Vox.com
Victor, Jennifer N. 鈥.鈥 May 25, 2016. Mischiefs of Faction on Vox.com.
Victor, Jennifer N. 鈥.鈥 March 14, 2016. Mischiefs of Faction on Vox.com.
Victor, Jennifer N. 鈥.鈥 February 8, 2016. Mischiefs of Faction on Vox.com.
Victor, Jennifer N. 鈥溾 January 29, 2016. Mischiefs of Faction on Vox.com.
Victor, Jennifer N. 鈥.鈥 January 16, 2016. Mischiefs of Faction on Vox.com.
Victor, Jennifer N. 鈥.鈥 October30, 2015. Mischiefs of Faction on Vox.com.
Older blog posts available upon request.听
Potentially of interest, my Erd枚s 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 贰谤诲枚蝉.
- 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 贰谤诲枚蝉.
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