- Gary Jacobson
Gary C. Jacobson is a Professor of
Politics and the Director of Undergraduate Studies at theUniversity of California , San Diego, where he has been since 1979.He was born in Santa Ana and raised in the
Los Angeles area, graduating fromCulver City High School. He received his A.B. from Stanford in 1966 and his Ph.D. fromYale in 1972. From 1970 to 1979 he taught at Trinity College, Hartford. He has also taught at U.C. Riverside (1968), Yale (1973) and Stanford (1986-87). During 1990-91 he was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.He has served on the Board of Overseers of National Elections Studies (1985-93), the Council of the American Political Science Association(APSA) (1993-94), the APSA’s Committee on Research Support, and as Treasurer of the APSA (1996-97). [http://www.wws.princeton.edu/bushconf/Jacobson.pdf]
He is recognized as one of the premier scholars in the study of Congressional Campaigns and Election, publishing numerous books and articles on the subject. He is also a frequent commentator for news programs [ [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=anYjIiGHtYI0&refer=us Bloomberg.com: U.S ] ] and radio commentary such as NPR. [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6423952 NPR: With Democratic Sweep Predicted, Looking for Parallels ] ]
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External links
[http://polisci.ucsd.edu/faculty/jacobson.htm Jacobson's UCSD website]
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