Jonathan E. Collins
Educational Background
Ph.D. Political Science, University of California - Los Angeles
M.A. African American Studies, University of California - Los Angeles
B.A. English, Morehouse College
Scholarly Interests
Professor Collins is a political scientist who focuses on how politics and democratic governance shape education policy and schooling outcomes. Collins has written on urban school reform, school board governance, civics education, and school-based democratic innovation initiatives like participaptory budgeting. Collins has a deep passion for conducting community-engaged research, while simlutaneaously focusing on large-scale national-level data collecton efforts and the development of new technologies that make local governments more accessible and equitable.
Selected Publications
Collins, Jonathan. (2022). 鈥淭he Politics of Re-Opening Schools: Explaining Public Preferences Reopening Schools and Public Compliance with Reopening Orders During the COVID-19 Pandemic.鈥 American Politics Research. .
Collins, Jonathan. (2021). 鈥淒oes the Meeting Style Matter? The Effects of Exposure to Participatory and Deliberative School Board Meetings.鈥 American Political Science Review. .
Collins, Jonathan. (2021). 鈥淪hould School Boards Be in Charge? The Effects of Exposure to Participatory and Deliberative School Board Meetings.鈥 Peabody Journal of Education. .
Scott Jamil and Jonathan Collins. (2020). "Riled up about running for office: examining the impact of emotions on political ambition." Politics, Groups, and Identities. 1-16.
Collins, Jonathan and Ray Block Jr. (2018). 鈥淔ired Up or Ready to Go? The Impact of Declining Enthusiasm on African American Political Participation in the Post-Obama Era.鈥 Political Behavior. .