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). “The Politics of Re-Opening Schools: Explaining Public Preferences Reopening Schools and Public Compliance with Reopening Orders During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” American Politics Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X221135521.
Collins, Jonathan. (2021). “Does the Meeting Style Matter? The Effects of Exposure to Participatory and Deliberative School Board Meetings.” American Political Science Review. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055421000320.
Collins, Jonathan. (2021). “Should School Boards Be in Charge? The Effects of Exposure to Participatory and Deliberative School Board Meetings.” Peabody Journal of Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2021.1943239.
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. https://doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2020.1757806
Collins, Jonathan and Ray Block Jr. (2018). “Fired Up or Ready to Go? The Impact of Declining Enthusiasm on African American Political Participation in the Post-Obama Era.” Political Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-018-9488-y.