LAURA MCKENNA

Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A. SUNY Binghamton; MA University of Chicago
Ph.D. The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York

Year Joined RCNJ: 2007

Courses Offered:

• Introduction to Political Science; Politics and the Media; Politics and Public Policy

Teaching Interest:

• American Government, Public Policy, Media, Technology, State and Local Politics, Education Politics
  

Research Interest:

• I'm currently studying how blogs challenge traditional media and their role in expanding political participation.  I've been working on an outline for a book on the politics of motherhood. 
  

Recent Publications:

• McKenna, Laura and Antoinette Pole. 2007. “What Do Bloggers Do?: An Average Day on an Average Political Blog,” Chapter Two in The Power and Politics of Blogs, ed. Dan Drezner and Henry Farrell. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.