Biography
Highlights
  • Dr. Jacobs holds the Mondale Chair for Political Studies
  • Dr. Jacobs directs the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance in the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute.
  • Politicians Don't Pander has received three separate awards
  • Dr. Jacobs edited with James Morone, Healthy, Wealthy, and Fair, a pioneering study of the interconnections of inequality, public policy, and health.
  • Dr. Jacobs was Chair of the American Political Science Association's distinguished 15 member Task Force on Inequality and American Democracy. The Report has been published as a forum in the December 2004 issue of Perspectives on Politics and as a book by Russell Sage Publications.
  • Dr. Jacobs serves as the Campaign Analyst for the CBS affiliate in Minnesota (WCCO, Channel 4)
  • Dr. Jacobs has recently received grants from both the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Ford Foundation




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