Jeanne Zaino - Faculty - Iona College Department of Political Science


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Political Science Department Home Political Science at Iona Major Requirements Minor Requirements International Studies Major Faculty Jeanne Zaino Mary Hagerty Robert Lacey Tricia Mulligan Department News Student Activities Internships Links	Faculty- Dr. Jeanne Zaino Jeanne Zaino, PhD Departmental Chair Associate Professor of Political Science & International Studies University of Connecticut, BA, MPO University of Massachusetts, MA, PhD Phone: (914) 633-2697 Email:JZaino@iona.edu Jeanne Zaino earned a bachelor’s degree in political science at the University of Connecticut, Storrs where she was an honors student and a University scholar. Upon graduation, she remained in Storrs to get a masters degree in survey research and work as a research assistant at the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. She continued her graduate work at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where she earned a second masters degree and a PhD in political science. While at UMass she worked as both a teaching assistant and a research assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Social and Economic Research (MISER), as well as a reporter at a local daily newspaper outside of Boston. Her dissertation was directed by Dr. Jerome Mileur and focused on the use of polling in the White House. She is currently Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science at Iona College where she teaches courses in American government, presidency, courts, voting, elections, public opinion, political parties, and research methods. Her most recent research focuses on post-2000 electoral litigation, the import of poll workers, and the pedagogical benefits of metaphors. Her work has been published in journals as varied as: Campaigns and Elections, Journal of Politics, Journal of Political Science Education, Dispute Resolution Journal, Journal of Pastoral Counseling, and the Chronicles of Higher Education. She is the author of Adventures in Social Research: Data Analysis Using SPSS (Pine Forge/Sage) with sociologists Earl Babbie and Fred Halley. Currently, she is working on a book for Prentice Hall tentatively called "Countdown". In addition, she frequently comments on political and electoral issues in the media and is a regular contributor to Bob Marrone's show "Good Morning Westchester" on WVOX radio in New Rochelle.