Jeffery A. Jenkins

jajenkins@virginia.edu Phone: 434 243-4963

Jeffery A. Jenkins , Field: American Politics (U.S. Congress, U.S. Political Parties, American Political Development, Positive Political Theory)

Jenkins works at the intersection of mainstream American Politics and American political history. His research focuses on the origins and development of American political institutions, notably congressional and partisan institutions, as well as the use of historical data to test contemporary theories of legislative organization and behavior. His work has been published in such journals as the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Electoral Studies, the Journal of Economic History, and Studies in American Political Development. He is currently finishing a manuscript, co-authored with Charles Stewart III (MIT), entitled, Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government, which is under contract at Princeton University Press. He is a current editorial board member of Congress & the Presidency and a former editorial board member of Legislative Studies Quarterly.

http://faculty.virginia.edu/jajenkins/