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"Understanding the Sins of the Fathers"
Jean Schroedel is a professor in the Department of Politics and Policy at Claremont Graduate University. Her areas of specialization include policy making at the state and national level, religion and politics, women and politics, and American political development. She has an extensive publication record including articles in journals, such as Presidential Studies Quarterly, Public Administration Review, Women, Politics & Policy, Policy Studies Journal, and Studies in American Political Development, as well as five books. In 2001, the American Political Science Association gave her the Victoria Schuck Prize for her book, Is the Fetus a Person? A Comparison of Policies Across the Fifty States. In 2009, the Russell Sage Foundation published a two-volume collection, Evangelicals and Democracy in America, co-edited by Schroedel. She currently is working on two major projects: a multi-year study of voting right litigation involving Native Americans, and a collaborative project with students exploring presidential candidates’ use of different forms of rhetorical constructs including those designed to appeal to religious communities. Schroedel holds a B.A. from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.