Department of History and Political Science

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3134
Email: jwalsh@apu.edu
Office Location: Ronald Building 122
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; By appointment

Jennifer E. Walsh, Ph.D., is an associate professor of political science. Her areas of teaching emphasis include American government and U.S. political institutions, including Congress, the presidency, the federal judiciary, constitutional law, and state and local politics. Her primary research interests include crime policy, such as the Three Strikes sentencing movement, prosecutorial decision-making, and the implementation of public policy at all levels of government. Walsh’s research on California’s controversial Three Strikes law has been widely disseminated in the scholarly community and among state lawmakers. In addition to her teaching and research activities, Walsh also serves as the campus pre-law advisor and the director for the Common Day of Learning.

Ph.D. - Claremont Graduate University, 2000
M.A. - Claremont Graduate University, 1998
B.A. - University of California, Riverside, 1992

Presentations
Walsh, Jennifer E. "Utilizing Faith-Based Programs for Re-Entry Courts: A Summary of Issues and Recommendations," Co-presented with Dr. Denise Herz at the Sixtieth Semi-Annual Meeting of the Association for Criminal Justice Research (California), San Diego, 2004

Walsh, Jennifer E. "Tough for Whom? Assessing the Impact of Discretion on California’s “Three Strikes” Law," Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, 2004

Walsh, Jennifer E. "Policymaking by decree: Assessing the Impact of Internal Policies on the Implementation of the California Three Strikes law," presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Denver, 2003

Walsh, Jennifer E. "Foul Ball? Assessing the Impact of the Ninth Circuit Ruling on the California 'Three Strikes' Law," presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, 2002

Publications
Walsh, Jennifer E. Three Strikes Laws. Westport: Greenwood Press, (2007).

Walsh, Jennifer E. and Herz, Denise C. "Faith-Based Programs for Reentry Courts: A Summary of Issues and Recommendations." Juvenile and Family Court Journal, Fall, (2004): 15-25.

Research
Walsh Jennifer E. "Assessing the Impact of Internal Policies on the Implementation of the California Three Strikes Law in Los Angeles County," proposal funded by The Salvatori Center at Claremont McKenna College, 2003

Industry Experience
Program Chair, 64th Semi-Annual Conference, Association of Criminal Justice Research

Director, Common Day of Learning, Azusa Pacific University, 2007-08

Chair, "Judicial Legislative Attacks on Crime: Do They Work?," Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, 2002

American Government (POLI 150)
Current Events (POLI 210)
State and Local Government (POLI 220)
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (POLI 326)
Seminar on American Politics (POLI 400)
Political Topics (POLI 471)
Senior Seminar: Religion and Politics (POLI 496)