JENNIFER WOLAK (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004) joined the faculty of the University of Colorado in 2004. Her research interests include political psychology and public opinion. She has published work in the British Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, and Political Behavior, among others. Her current research projects concern the consequences of emotions in politics, the roots of attitudinal ambivalence, and the effects of campaign intensity on learning and judgment.

undergraduate courses:
PSCI 3051: Public Opinion and Political Behavior
PSCI 4341: Political Communication
PSCI 4221: Political Psychology
PSCI 4731: Progress & Problems in American Democracy

Kelleher, Christine, and Jennifer Wolak. 2007. “Explaining Public Confidence in the Branches of State Government.” Political Research Quarterly 60: 707-721.

Wolak, Jennifer. 2007. “Strategic Retirements: The Influence of Public Preferences on Voluntary Departures from Congress.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 32:285-308.

Wolak, Jennifer. 2006. “The Consequences of Presidential Battleground Strategies for Citizen Engagement.” Political Research Quarterly 59:353-361.

Keele, Luke, and Jennifer Wolak. 2006. “Value Conflict and Volatility in Party Identification.” British Journal of Political Science 36:671-690.