Rate My Professor Jennifer Hayes Clark

Her scholarship has been published in leading journals including the American Political Science Review, Legislative Studies Quarterly, State Politics & Policy Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, and American Politics Research. Notable publications include Minority Parties in U.S. Legislatures: Conditions of Influence (University of Michigan Press, 2015), co-authored with Tanya G. Bagashka, “Electoral Rules and Legislative Particularism: Evidence from U.S. State Legislatures” (American Political Science Review, 2016), “Ideology and Polarization among Women State Legislators” with Tracy Osborn, Rebecca Kreitzer, and Emily Schilling (Legislative Studies Quarterly, 2019), “‘They Were Laughing’: Congressional Framing of the Blasey Ford Sexual Assault Allegations on Twitter” with Jamie M. Wright and Heather K. Evans (Political Research Quarterly, 2022), “The ‘PERFECT’ Call: Congressional Representation by Tweet in the Midst of the Ukraine Whistleblower Scandal” with Seth C. McKee and Heather K. Evans (American Politics Research, 2022), and “When Women Run: Explaining the Emergence of Women State Legislative Candidates” with Gathoni Kimondo (The Journal of Legislative Studies, 2024). She co-authors the textbook Governing Texas, 6th edition (W.W. Norton & Company, 2023). Additionally, she serves on the editorial board of the American Political Science Association’s Legislative Studies Section (Section 3).