Jeremy Teigen
Adjunct Professor
Biography
Expertise
- American Government
- Political Methodology
- Campaigns and Elections
- Political Behavior
- Military, Politics, and Society
Research Areas
- Elections and Electoral Behavior
- Political Participation
- Military veterans
Appointments
- Board of Education member, Emerson Public School District, Emerson, New Jersey. Elected to three-year terms in April 2014 and November 2017
- Board of Advisors member: “VeteransCampaign” organization, Washington, D.C. since 2010
- Volunteer Tutor, Literacy Volunteers of Pascack Valley (English as a Second Language community service organization), 2013
- Member, American Legion, Post 269, Emerson, NJ since 2013
Education
- University of Texas at Austin, PhD in Government. Major Fields: Political Behavior, American Institutions and Processes. Minor Field: Comparative Politics, 2005
- University of Texas at Austin, MA in Government, 2001
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, BA in Political Science and English Literature, Honors, 1996
Prior Experience
- Professor of Political Science, School of Humanities and Global Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey
- Assistant and Associate Professor of Political Science, School of Humanities and Global Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey
- Lecturer in Department of Government, University of Texas
Awards & Distinctions
Henry Bischoff Excellence in Teaching Award, 2013
Fulbright Scholar, Tbilisi State University (Georgia), American Studies Center, Fall 2011
Separately Budgeted Research Award (internal). “The Impact of Candidates’ Military Service on Election Outcomes.” Ramapo College, summer 2006 and 2007
Selected Publications
Leal, D. L., & Teigen, J. M. (2018). Military service and political participation in the United States: Institutional experience and the vote. Electoral Studies, 53, 99–110
Teigen, J. M., Shaw, D. R., & McKee, S. C. (2017). Density, race, and vote choice in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. Research & Politics, 4(2)
McKee, S. C., & Teigen, J. M. (2016). The New Blue: Northern In-Migration in Southern Presidential Elections. PS: Political Science & Politics, 49(2), 228–233
Teigen, J. M. (2014). Experiments in Military Studies. In Routledge Handbook on Research Methods in Military Studies (pp. 228–237). New York: Routledge
Teigen, J. M. (2012). Military Experience in Elections and Perceptions of Issue Competence. Armed Forces & Society, 39(3), 415–433