Jack H. Nagel Faculty Profile

Jack H. Nagel
Professor of Political Science and Business and Public Policy

PhD, Yale University, 1972; MPhil, Yale University, 1970; BA, Swarthmore College, 1966

Research Areas
Democratic theory; elections; political participation; political power; voting theory; decision making

Recent Consulting
Voting procedures, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 1987-89; National service, Public/Private Ventures, 1994-97

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1978-present. University of Pennsylvania: 1971-present (Director, Washington Semester Program, 1994-present; Graduate Chairperson, Department of Political Science, 1987-90, 1984-86; Acting Dean, School of Public and Urban Policy, 1981-82; Associate Dean, School of Public and Urban Policy, 1980-81; Chairperson, Graduate Group in Public Policy Analysis, 1977-79). Visiting appointments: Swarthmore College; Bryn Mawr College; University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Fulbright Scholar, 1986; IRIS Scholar, 1994; Outstanding Professor Award from the Greek System at Penn, 1997

Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Co-Editor, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1994-present; Editorial Board, Electorial Studies, 1997-present; Editorial Board, Political Science, 1997-present; Education Advisory Committee, Center for Voting and Democracy

Representative Publications
"Social Choice in a Pluralitarian Democracy: The Politics of Market Liberalization in New Zealand." British Journal of Political Science, 28 (April 1998).

"The New Public Management in New Zealand and Zealand and Beyond," special issue of Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Summer 1997-- editor of introductory essay, "Radically Reinventing Government".

(with John E. McNulty) "Partisan Effects of Voter Turnout in Senatorial and Gubernatorial Elections." American Political Science Review, 90.4, (December 1996).