Research
Political psychology
Compromise
Emotion
Self-esteem, self-confidence, personality traits
- Stapleton, Carey E., and Jennifer Wolak. Forthcoming.
Political Self-Confidence and Affective Polarization.
Public Opinion Quarterly.
- Stapleton, Carey, Jacob Oliver, and Jennifer Wolak. 2023.
The Political Consequences of an Optimistic Personality. Political Behavior 45:585–606.
- Wolak, Jennifer. 2022.
Conflict Avoidance and Gender Gaps in Political Engagement.
Political Behavior 44:133–156.
- Baird, Vanessa, and Jennifer Wolak. 2021. Why Some Blame Politics for Their Personal Problems. American Politics Research 49(5): 478-489.
- Wolak, Jennifer. 2020.
Self-Confidence and Gender Gaps in Political Interest, Attention, and Efficacy. Journal of Politics 82(4):1490-1501.
- Wolak, Jennifer, and Carey E. Stapleton. 2020.
Self-Esteem and the Development of Partisan Identity.
Political Research Quarterly 73(3):609-622.
Ambivalence
procedural justice & LEGITIMACY
Patriotism
Political socialization
Public opinion
Affective polarization and party identification
- Stapleton, Carey E., and Jennifer Wolak. Forthcoming.
Political Self-Confidence and Affective Polarization.
Public Opinion Quarterly.
- Wolak, Jennifer. 2023.
How Political Content in Us Weekly Can Reduce Polarized Affect Toward Elected Officials.
PS: Political Science & Politics 56(4):525-530.
- Wolak, Jennifer, and Carey E. Stapleton. 2020.
Self-Esteem and the Development of Partisan Identity.
Political Research Quarterly 73(3):609-622.
- Wolak, Jennifer, and Andrea McAtee. 2013.
Parties in the Public Eye.
State Politics and Policy Quarterly 13:398-421.
- Wolak, Jennifer. 2009.
Explaining Change in Party Identification in Adolescence.
Electoral Studies 28:573-583.
- Keele, Luke, and Jennifer Wolak. 2006.
Value Conflict and Volatility in Party Identification.
British Journal of Political Science 36:671-690.
Macropolitics
Opinions, knowledge and participation in subnational government
- Wolak, Jennifer, and Srinivas Parinandi. 2022.Does the Public Hold Governors Accountable for Policy Outcomes? Political Research Quarterly 75(4):1051–1064.
- Wolak, Jennifer. 2020.
Why Do People Trust their State Government?
State Politics and Policy Quarterly 20(3): 313-329.
- Langehennig, Stefani, Joseph Zamadics, and Jennifer Wolak. 2019.
State Policy Outcomes and State Legislative Approval.
Political Research Quarterly 72: 929-943
- Wolak, Jennifer. 2018.
Feelings of Political Efficacy in the Fifty States.
Political Behavior 40: 763-784.
- Jaeger, William P., Jeffrey Lyons, and Jennifer Wolak. 2017.
Political Knowledge and Policy Representation in the States.
American Politics Research 45:907-938.
- Wolak, Jennifer. 2017.
Public Expectations of State Legislators.
Legislative Studies Quarterly 42(2):175-209.
- Wolak, Jennifer. 2016.
Core Values and Partisan Thinking about Devolution.
Publius 46(4):463-485.
- Fitzgerald, Jennifer, and Jennifer Wolak. 2016.
The Roots of Trust in Local Government in Western Europe.
International Political Science Review 37:13 -146.
- Wolak, Jennifer, and Andrea McAtee. 2013.
Parties in the Public Eye.
State Politics and Policy Quarterly 13:398-421.
- Lyons, Jeffrey, William P. Jaeger, and Jennifer Wolak. 2013.
The Roots of Citizens' Knowledge of State Politics.
State Politics and Policy Quarterly 13:183-202.
- McAtee, Andrea, and Jennifer Wolak. 2011.
Why People Decide to Participate in State Politics.
Political Research Quarterly 64:45-58.
- Wolak, Jennifer, and Christine Kelleher Palus. 2010.
The Dynamics of Public Confidence in U.S. State and Local Government.
State Politics and Policy Quarterly 10(4): 421-445.
- Kelleher, Christine, and Jennifer Wolak. 2007.
Explaining Public Confidence in the Branches of State Government
Political Research Quarterly 60:707-721.
Political knowledge
- Wolak, Jennifer, and Eric Gonzalez Juenke. 2021.
Descriptive Representation and Political Knowledge.
Politics, Groups, & Identities 9(1):129-150.
- Wolak, Jennifer. 2020.
Descriptive Representation and the Political Engagement of Women.
Politics and Gender 16(2):339-362.
- Jaeger, William P., Jeffrey Lyons, and Jennifer Wolak. 2017.
Political Knowledge and Policy Representation in the States.
American Politics Research 45: 907-938.
- Lyons, Jeffrey, William P. Jaeger, and Jennifer Wolak. 2013.
The Roots of Citizens' Knowledge of State Politics.
State Politics and Policy Quarterly 13:183-202.
- Wolak, Jennifer, and Michael McDevitt. 2011.
The Roots of the Gender Gap in Political Knowledge in Adolescence.
Political Behavior 33(3): 505-533.
- Wolak, Jennifer. 2009.
The Consequences of Concurrent Campaigns for Citizen Knowledge of Congressional Candidates.
Political Behavior 31: 211-229.
- Wolak, Jennifer. 2006.
The Consequences of Presidential Battleground Strategies for Citizen Engagement.
Political Research Quarterly 59:353-361.
Age of politicians
Gender and politics
- Wolak, Jennifer. Forthcoming.
Partisan Bias and Evaluations of Women in Congress.
Politics, Groups, and Identities.
- Wolak, Jennifer. 2022.
Conflict Avoidance and Gender Gaps in Political Engagement.
Political Behavior 44:133-156.
- Wolak, Jennifer. 2020.
Self-Confidence and Gender Gaps in Political Interest, Attention, and Efficacy.
Journal of Politics 82(4):1490-1501.
- Wolak, Jennifer. 2020.
Descriptive Representation and the Political Engagement of Women.
Politics and Gender 16(2):339-362.
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- Wolak, Jennifer, and Michael McDevitt. 2011. The Roots of the Gender Gap in Political Knowledge in Adolescence.
Political Behavior 33(3):505-533.
Congress and state legislatures
Interest groups
- Lowery, David, Virginia Gray, Jennifer Wolak, Erik Godwin, and Whitt Kilburn. 2005.
Reconsidering the Countermobilization Hypothesis: Health Policy Lobbying in the American States.
Political Behavior 27:99-132.
- Gray, Virginia, David Lowery, and Jennifer Wolak. 2004.
Demographic Opportunities, Collective Action, Competitive Exclusion, and the Crowded Room: Lobbying Forms among Institutions.
State Politics and Policy Quarterly 4:18-54.
- Wolak, Jennifer, Adam J. Newmark, Todd McNoldy, David Lowery, and Virginia Gray. 2002.
Much of Politics is Still Local: Multi-State Lobbying in State Interest Communities.
Legislative Studies Quarterly 27:527-555.
- Wolak, Jennifer, David Lowery, and Virginia Gray. 2001.
California Dreaming: Replicating the ESA Model, Unusual Cases, and Comparative State Political Analysis.
State Politics and Policy Quarterly 1:255-272.