Most of my research is concentrated in two areas:

• American state government, federalism and intergovernmental relations
• Career patterns of those who work in and around government.

The Governors’ Lobbyists: Federal-State Relations Offices and Governors Associations in Washington. University of Michigan Press, 2016.

Today, approximately half of all American states have lobbying offices in Washington, DC, where governors are also represented by their own national, partisan, and regional associations. Jennifer M. Jensen’s The Governors’ Lobbyists draws on quantitative data, archival research, and more than 100 in-depth interviews to detail the political development of this constellation of advocacy organizations since the early 20th century and investigate the current role of the governors’ lobbyists in the U.S. federal system. Perspectives on Politics published a book review in its June 2018 issue.

Here is a copy of my working paper with Wendy Martinek, “Judges, Parties, Gender and Campaigns: Exploring Attitudes, Activities and Implications,” presented at the annual State Politics and Policy Conference, June 2018.

Here are a few articles that cannot yet be accessed in JSTOR:

• The First State Lobbyists: The Establishment of State Lobbying Offices in Washington during World War II (Journal of Policy History 2011)
• Career Satisfaction and State Trial Court Judges’ Plans to Leave the Bench (Judicature 2011)
• Explaining Congressional Staff Members’ Decisions to Leave the Hill (Congress & the Presidency 2011) — listing this in case you’d otherwise miss its corrigendum.