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administrator
Shannon Jenkins, PhD she/her/hers
Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs & Undergraduate Education
Academic Affairs / Provost
Contact
508-910-9593
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Foster Administration 320
Education
| 2003 | Loyola University Chicago | PhD in Political Science |
| 1993 | University of Notre Dame | BA in Government and Computer Applications |
Teaching
- American Politics
- State and Local Politics
- Public Policy
- Women and Politics
Teaching
Programs
Programs
- Political Science BA
- Political Science Online BA
- Public Administration BA, BS
- Public Administration Online BS
Teaching
Courses
Training and discussion pertaining to leadership theory, styles, practices, and applications, followed by a student developed community based initiative. Through this project, students will be asked to explore their own understanding of and abilities in leadership and civic engagement. This course provides a capstone experience for students in the Leadership and Civic Engagement minor.
Research
Research activities
- Fulbright Scholar - Japan: Yokohama National University and Tokai University (2019)
- Manning Prize for Teaching Excellence (2019)
- Fulbright Scholar - China: East China University of Political Science and Law (2012)
Research
Research interests
- State Legislatures
- State and Local Political Parties
- Women and Politics
- Political Science Education
Select publications
- Shannon Jenkins, J. Cherie Strachan, Lori Poloni-Staudinger, and Candice D. Ortbals (2020).
Why Don’t Women Rule the World? Understanding Women’s Civic and Political Choices.
CQ/Sage - Shannon Jenkins and Douglas D. Roscoe (2021).
Amateur Hour: The Dominance of Purposive Benefits among Local Party Chairs.
Social Science Quarterly - Shannon Jenkins, Lori Poloni-Staudinger, and J. Cherie Strachan (2021).
Linked Fate, #MeToo, and Political Participation
Politics, Groups, & Identities - Shannon Jenkins (2016).
The Context of Legislating: Constraints on the Legislative Process in the United States.
Routledge Press - Douglas D. Roscoe and Shannon Jenkins
Local Party Organizations in the 21st Century.
SUNY Press
Shannon Jenkins is the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Undergraduate Education. She started at UMass Dartmouth in 2004 and is a Professor of Political Science. She served as chair of the Political Science Department from 2012-2018 and was the Academic Director of Online Learning in Online and Continuing Education from 2015 to the 2020. She served as the Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 2020-2024. Her primary research focuses on decision-making in state legislatures, with a specific focus on the role of political organizations and gender in shaping outputs in these institutions. She also researches the effect of engaged learning pedagogies on college students’ political interest and engagement; she was awarded the Manning Prize for Teaching Excellence in 2019 in recognition of this work. She is the author/co-author of three books and has received two Fulbright awards, one in China in 2012 and one in Japan in 2019.