Jeremiah C. Olson
Department of Political Science
1615 Patterson Office Tower
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
(980)-621-4950
Jeremiah.Olson@uky.edu
http://polisci.as.uky.edu/users/jcol222
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Political Science, Degree in Hand (expected) May 2013
Dissertation Successfully Defended on January 25th, 2013
University of Kentucky
Major Fields: Public Policy, American Political Institutions
Committee: Richard Waterman (chair), Richard Fording, Mark Peffley and Nicolai
Petrovsky (Martin School of Public Policy and Administration).
Master of Public Administration, May 2008
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, August 2006
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Minor: Women’s Studies
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Organizational Theory
Public Policy Analysis
State and Local Politics
Criminal Justice Policy
Bureaucratic Decision Making
Race, Ethnicity and Politics
Publications
“The Teleprompter Presidency: Comparing Obama’s Campaign and Governing Rhetoric” (with
Yu Ouyang, John Poe, Austin Trantham and Richard Waterman). Forthcoming at Social Science
Quarterly
Under Review
“Punitive Views and Punishment Decisions: Representative Bureaucracy in US State Prisons.”
Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
“Beyond the Imprisonment Rate: The Impact of Race and Politics on Inmate Treatment in State
Prisons.” (with Richard C. Fording). Under review at Social Science Quarterly
Conference Presentations
"Social Construction and the Treatment of American Prison Inmates," accepted for presentation
at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, January 3-5th, 2013,
Orlando, Florida.
“Punitive Views and Punishment Decisions: Representative Bureaucracy in US State Prisons,”
accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
April 12-15th, 2012, Chicago, Illinois.
“When the President Acts: Bureaucratic Responsiveness to Presidential Executive Orders” (with
Yu Ouyang) accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, April 12-15th, 2012, Chicago, Illinois.
“Beyond the Imprisonment Rate: The Impact of Race and Politics on Inmate Treatment in State
Prisons,” (with Richard C. Fording) presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, September 1-4, 2011, Seattle, Washington.
“Beyond the Imprisonment Rate: The Impact of Race and Politics on Inmate Treatment in State
Prisons,” (with Richard C. Fording) presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political
Science Association, January 8th, 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Awards and Honors
Research Grant. 2012. University of Kentucky, Graduate School ($3,000)
Research Grant. 2012. University of Kentucky, Department of Political Science ($750)
Research Grant. 2012. University of Kentucky, Department of Political Science ($500)
Travel Grant. 2011. American Political Science Association ($400)
Travel Grant. 2010 and 2011. University of Kentucky Graduate School ($400)
Travel Grant. 2011. University of Kentucky Department of Political Science ($400)
TEACHING
2009-2012
University of Kentucky. Teaching Assistant for Richard Waterman, Introduction
to American Politics and Emily Beaulieu, Introduction to Comparative Politics.
Research Assistant for the Martin School of Public Policy
2006-2008
University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Teaching assistant for James Piazza
and John Szmer, Political Science Methods and Laboratory.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Political Science Association
Southern Political Science Association
Midwest Political Science Association