Lawrence R. Jacobs
Lawrence R. Jacobs (born March 6, 1959) is an American political scientist and founder and director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance (CSPG) at the University of Minnesota. He was appointed the Walter F. and Joan Mondale Chair for Political Studies at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs in 2005 and holds the McKnight Presidential Chair. Jacobs has written or edited, alone or collaboratively, 17 books and over 100 scholarly articles in addition to numerous reports and media essays on American democracy, national and Minnesota elections, political communications, health care reform, and economic inequality. His latest book is Democracy Under Fire: Donald Trump and the Breaking of American History. In 2020, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Lawrence R. Jacobs in 2015 | |
| Born | March 6, 1959 New York City |
| Spouse | Julie Schumacher |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College (B.A.) Columbia University (Ph.D.) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political science |
| Institutions | Humphrey School of Public Affairs at University of Minnesota Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford University, 2019-2020 Associate Member, Nuffield College, Oxford University, 2013 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
| Notable works | Politicians Don’t Pander Health Care Reform and American Politics Talking Together Fed Power |