Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (2023)

Master of Arts in Political Science (2022)

Master of Arts in Political Science (2018, with honors and distinction)

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History (2016, Magna Cum Laude)

“Political Socialization by Celebrity: Exploring the Influence of Celebrity Activism on Youth Political Attitudes and Behavior”

• My dissertation explores the way that the media environment today with social media, combined with the role of celebrities and influencers, might differentially affect younger Americans’ political socialization. It utilizes both observational survey data and multiple novel survey experiments to explore how individuals today engage in, learn about, and mobilize around political life through social media and celebrities.

• Committee members: Elizabeth N. Simas (chair), Scott Clifford, Allison Archer, and Johanna Dunaway

• Wright, Jamie M., Scott Clifford, and Elizabeth N. Simas. 2022. Forthcoming. “The Limits of Issue Ownership in a Polarized Era.” American Politics Research.

• Wright, Jamie M. 2022. Forthcoming. “Racially-Conditioned Partisans: How Racial Attitudes Influence Presidential Approval, Issue Competencies, and Vote Choice.” Presidential Studies Quarterly.

• Ozer, Adam L. and Jamie M. Wright. 2022. Forthcoming. “Partisan news versus party cues: The effect of cross-cutting party and partisan network cues on selective exposure and persuasion.” Research and Politics.

• Scarrow, Susan, Jamie M. Wright, and Anika Gauja. 2022. Forthcoming. “Party Statutes and Party Institutionalization.” Party Politics.

• Wright, Jamie M., Jennifer Hayes Clark, and Heather Evans. 2021. “They were laughing.”: Congressional Framing of the Blasey Ford Sexual Assault Allegations on Twitter.” Political Research Quarterly.

• Wright, Jamie M. 2017. “The Lingering Red Scare: Fears in Louisiana Methodist Churches in the 1960s.” North Louisiana History 48.2 (Winter/Spring 2017): 31-48.

• Dew, Spencer and Jamie M. Wright. 2015. “God’s Law: Sovereign Citizen Religious Beliefs” in University of Chicago’s Sightings: October 2015.

• Wright, Jamie M., Heather K. Evans, and Jennifer Hayes Clark. 2022. Under Review. “Feeling the Cross-Pressure? Effects of the Intersections of Religion, Race, and Gender on Support for Trump.”

• Wright, Jamie M. 2022. “Political Socialization by Celebrity: The Powerful Effects on Youth Attention and Engagement on Social Media.”

• Scarrow, Susan E., Jamie M. Wright, and JeongKyu Suh. 2022. “New Faces of Party Activism: Evolving Patterns of Women and Youth Participation in Political Parties.”

• Chapa, Samantha and Jamie M. Wright. 2022. “Twitter as a Policy Feedback Loop? Immigration and Law Enforcement Attitudes.”

• Jamie M. Wright. 2022. “Consistent Party Issue Attitudes Across the Generations?: The Effects of Youth Ideology and Socialization on Party Homogeneity.”

• Ozer, Adam L., Jamie M. Wright, and Myriam Shiran. 2022. “When Source Credibility Cues Compete: The Relative Importance of Expertise and Trustworthiness in Polarized Political Media.”