Ashley E. Jardina

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Ashley E. Jardina
Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.
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Alma mater University of Michigan (BA), (MA, PhD)
OccupationPolitical scientist, author [1]

Ashley E. Jardina is a political sciencist and an Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy at The Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. She is the author of the award-winning book White Identity Politics published by Cambridge University Press in 2019.

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Studying for her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan, she later became a doctoral student there, gaining her PhD. [2] She was hired by Duke University as a political scientist in 2014. In 2015, the American Political Science Association awarded her the best dissertation in race and ethnic politics. [3]

Career

According to The New York Times , a 2017 study by Jardina found that naming Donald Trump or his policies "racist" turned off some white voters, whereas describing these same behaviors as "white supremacy" did not. [4] In 2018, The Economist covered her research into the difference between general white identity and specific racism or animus against other ethnicities, [5] and in 2019, when Newsweek discussed her analysis further, she said "There is a subset of people in the U.S. who feel their white race is important to them and feel the demographics are changing and the privileges and advantages that they have are under attack. That is different from 'I just don't like black people.'" [6]

In March 2019, Pacific Standard reported Jardina's research that "up to 40 percent of American whites feel solidarity with, and protective of, their racial group". [7] [8] Reviewing poll findings, [9] Jardina drew much of her research on the topic from the American National Election Studies, [10] and has said that white Americans began to show patterns of this behaviour since 2000. [11] In 2019, she authored White Identity Politics which examined the identity politics of white people. [12]

Selected publications

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References

  1. ↑ ""White Identity Politics" and white backlash: How we wound up with a racist in the White House". Salon . 2019-07-17.
  2. ↑ "Portrait of a birther: White conservatives with political knowledge more likely to believe Obama conspiracy". University of Michigan News. 2019-01-15.
  3. ↑ "Fear of a Changing America. Political scientist Ashley Jardina examines the rise in 'white voter identity'". Duke Today . 2019-02-27.
  4. ↑ "When White Nationalism Takes Center Stage". The New York Times . 2019-08-05.
  5. ↑ "Identity politics are stronger on the right than the left". The Economist. 2018-11-01.
  6. ↑ "How Donald Trump Played the (White) Race Card and Reshaped the Democratic Party". Newsweek . 2019-03-06.
  7. ↑ "How White Identity Shapes American Politics". Pacific Standard . 2019-03-25.
  8. ↑ "White identity politics drives Trump, and the Republican Party under him". The Washington Post . 2019-03-15.
  9. ↑ "For Trump, appeals to white fears about race may be a tougher sell in 2020: Reuters/Ipsos poll". Reuters. 2019-08-19.
  10. ↑ "The Disturbing, Surprisingly Complex Relationship Between White Identity Politics and Racism". The New Yorker . 2019-01-19.
  11. ↑ "What does white identity mean in American politics today? Professor's new book delves into topic". Duke Chronicle . 2019-03-15.
  12. ↑ "Republican voters have become more xenophobic as Trump has normalized racist rhetoric". Business Insider . 2019-07-18.
  13. ↑ "Trump's White Identity Politics Appeals to Two Different Groups". The Atlantic . 2019-08-08.
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