Jessica Trounstine, Ph.D.

jtrounstine@ucmerced.edu

University of California, Merced

Country: United States (California)

About Me:

I am an associate professor of political science at the University of California, Merced.  My research seeks to explain the process and quality of representation primarily in American cities.  My scholarship is conscientiously mixed-method; reliant on historical analysis, qualitative data, and quantitative/ statistical methods.  I am the author of numerous articles on local politics, elections, voting, turnout, and political economy.  I am the author of Political Monopolies in American Cities: The Rise and Fall of Bosses and Reformers (University of Chicago Press, 2008) and Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities (Cambridge University Press, 2018).  I received my PhD in 2004 from the University of California, San Diego and was assistant professor of politics and public policy at Princeton University from 2004-2009.

Research Interests

Urban Politics

State and Local Politics

Local Politics

Elections

Political Representation

Segregation

Countries of Interest

United States