Laura D. Jenkins
Professor
Professor of Political Science, Faculty Affiliate WGSS and Asian Studies
Professional Summary
Laura Dudley Jenkins' research and teaching focus on comparative politics. Her classes include Democracy and Development, Interpretive Research Methods, Poli Sci Fi, and Politics of South Asia. In addition to two Fulbrights, Dr. Jenkins has been awarded fellowships for her research from the Dartmouth Humanities Center and the United States Institute of Peace. Her single-authored books are:
Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019.
Hubert Morken Best Book Award
APSA Religion and Politics Section
Identity and Identification in India: Defining the Disadvantaged. London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon 2003, reissued in paperback by Routledge 2009.
Education
PhD: University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin, 1998 (political science)
MA : University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin, 1993 (political science)
BA: Lawrence University Appleton, Wisconsin, 1991 (government and music)