Assistant Professor
Phone: (310) 338-1741
Email: jramos18@lmu.edu
Vita
Fall 2011 Office Hours
W 10-12pm, 2-3pm; R 4:15-5:15pm
Fall 2011 Class Schedule
POLS 361 International Cooperation TR 9:25-10:50am
POLS 265 US Foreign Policy TR 3-4:15pm
Jennifer M. Ramos is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University. Her research focuses on understanding the causes and consequences of political change, with an emphasis on the role of ideas, norms, and identity. In addition, she specializes in US public opinion and foreign policy. Her current research interests include the formation of public opinion on torture and patriotism, and the effects of new media on political change. She has published in Journal of Politics, Public Opinion Quarterly, Journal of Political Ideologies, Human Rights Review, and International Studies Perspectives (forthcoming). Professor Ramos has a forthcoming co-edited volume, iPolitics: Citizens, Elections and Governing in the New Media Era (Cambridge UP) regarding the effects of new media in politics at home and abroad. With a passion for international relations, she has lived, worked, researched and studied in a number of countries, including The Netherlands, Austria, France, Germany, and Mexico.
Education
Ph.D. Political Science, University of California, Davis. June 2008.
M.A. International Relations, San Francisco State University, 2001.
B.A. International Relations and German, University of California, Davis, 1995.
Courses
US Foreign Policy
Introduction to International Relations
Empirical Approaches to Politics
Politics of the European Union
Senior Honors Theses
International Cooperation
International Relations Internship