性视界传媒

Professor of Political Science

Year Joined RCNJ: 2005

Contact Information

• Phone: (201) 684-6286
• Email: jteigen@ramapo.edu
• Office: B-211
• Office Hours: On Sabbatical for Spring 2026

OnEducation:

• B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Ph.D. University of Texas

Courses Offered:

• American Government
• Political Methodology
• Campaigns and Elections
• Political Behavior
• Military, Politics, and Society

Teaching Interests:

• American government
• Elections
• Voter Behavior
• Research Methods

Research Interests:

• Elections and Electoral Behavior
• Political Participation
• Military veterans

Scholarly Activity:

• Why Veterans Run: Military Service in American Presidential Elections, 1789-2016. Book published by Temple University Press, 2018.
• 鈥淢ilitary Service and Political Participation in the United States: Institutional Experience and the Vote,鈥� (with David Leal). 2018. Electoral Studies. 52: 99-110.
• 鈥淒ensity, Race, and Vote Choice in the 2008 and 2012 Presidential Elections,鈥� (with Daron Shaw and Seth McKee). 2017. Research & Politics. 4(2).
• 鈥淭he New Blue: Northern In-Migration in Southern Presidential Elections,鈥� (with Seth McKee). 2016. PS: Political Science & Politics. 49(2): 228-233.
• 鈥淓xperimental Methods in Military and Veteran Studies.鈥� 2014. In Soeters, J., Shields, P. M., and Rietjens, B. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Military Studies. New York: Routledge.
• 鈥淢ilitary Experience in Elections and Perceptions of Issue Competence: An Experimental Study with Television Ads,鈥� 2013. Armed Forces & Society. 39(3): 415-433.
• 鈥淐onventional and Distinctive Policy Preferences of Early Twenty-First-Century Veterans.鈥� 2012. In Ortiz, S. (ed.), Veterans鈥� Policy, Veterans鈥� Politics. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida.
• 鈥淏arack Obama鈥檚 鈥楢merican鈥� Problem: Unhyphenated Americans in the 2008 Elections,鈥� (with Brian Arbour). 2011. Social Science Quarterly. 92(3): 563-587.
• 鈥淥rphan Counties and the Effect of Irrelevant Information on Turnout in Statewide Races,鈥� (with Keena Lipsitz). 2010. Political Communication. 27(2): 178-198.
• 鈥淧robing the Reds and Blues: Sectionalism and Voter Location in the 2000 and 2004 U.S Presidential Elections,鈥� (with Seth McKee). 2009. Political Geography. 28(8): 484-495
• 鈥淐onscription vs. Security?: Georgian Military Institution Building and NATO Enlargement, 1991-2008,鈥� (with Julie George). 2008 European Security 17 (2 & 3): 339-366
• 鈥淓nduring Effects of the Uniform: Previous Military Experience and Voting Turnout.鈥� 2006. Political Research Quarterly. 59(4): 601-607.