Lonna Atkeson | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 2, 1965 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA, 1987, University of California, Riverside PhD, 1995, University of Colorado Boulder |
| Thesis | Divisiveness or Unity? Reassessing the Divisive Nomination Hypothesis in the Presidential Selection Process (1995) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of New Mexico |
Lonna Rae Atkeson (born July 2,1965) is an American political scientist. She is the LeRoy Collins Eminent Scholar in Civic Education &Political Science and director of the LeRoy Collins Institute at Florida State University. She is also an associate editor of the political science journal Political Analysis . Her research focuses on campaigns,elections,election administration,public opinion,political behavior,survey methodology,gender,and race and ethnicity.
Atkeson was born on July 2,1965. [1] She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of California,Riverside and her doctoral degree in the same subject from the University of Colorado Boulder. [2]
Atkeson joined the faculty of political science at the University of New Mexico in 1995 as an assistant professor and was shortly thereafter promoted to UNM Regents' Lecturer. [2] Beginning with the 2006 United States elections,Atkeson has published an election administration report detailing a systematic examination of New Mexico's November General Election. Some of her suggestions for improvement,such as ballots on demand were included in later election systems to increase efficiency. [3] In 2010,Atkeson's work on the election process in the state of New Mexico earned her the Jay Taylor Best in Government Award from Common Cause New Mexico. [4] She was also appointed the director of the University of New Mexico's Center for the Study of Voting,Elections and Democracy and later to the Institute of Social Research. [2]
In 2018,Atkeson was appointed an associate editor of the official journal of the Society for Political Methodology and the Political Methodology Section of the American Political Science Association Political Analysis . [5]
Atkeson joined the faculty of political science at Florida State University in 2021 as the LeRoy Collins Eminent Scholar in Civic Education &Political Science and director of the LeRoy Collins Institute.
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