Amber Ellen Boydstun is an American political scientist and data scientist. She is a professor and director of graduate studies at the University of California, Davis.
Amber E. Boydstun | |
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| Born | Amber Ellen Boydstun |
| Alma mater | St. John's College Pennsylvania State University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Political science, data science |
| Institutions | University of California, Davis |
| Doctoral advisor | Frank Baumgartner |
| Website | amber-boydstun |
Life
editBoydstun was born to Faye Ellen Ashley.[1] Her paternal grandmother Janie Trevarton and her mother Janie Hughes helped maintain a farm and family.[1] Boydstun's maternal grandmother, Marion Ashley (née DeWolf) was a military wife and homemaker.[1] She completed a B.A. in philosophy and mathematics from St. John's College in 1999.[2] Following graduation, she tutored mathematics at the Native American Preparatory School for a semester.[3] She earned a M.A. (2004) and Ph.D. (2008) in political science from the Penn State Graduate School.[2][1] Her dissertation was titled, How Policy Issues Become Front-Page News.[1] Frank Baumgartner was Boydstun's doctoral advisor.[1]
Boydstun researches the interaction between media and politics.[4] She joined University of California, Davis in 2008 as an assistant professor.[2] She codeveloped a smartphone app for students to react to the 2012 United States presidential debates in real time.[5] Boydstun was promoted to associate professor in 2015 and professor of political science in 2020.[2] She is the director of graduate studies.[4] She is the chief data scientist of the diversity lab.[6]
Selected works
edit- Baumgartner, Frank R.; Boef, Suzanna L. De; Boydstun, Amber E. (2008). The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-88734-2.[7]
- Boydstun, Amber E. (2013). Making the News: Politics, the Media, and Agenda Setting. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-06543-4.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Boydstun, Amber Ellen (2008). How policy issues become front-page news (Ph.D. thesis). Pennsylvania State University. OCLC 435908516.
- ^ a b c d Boydstun, Amber Ellen (2022). "Boydstun CV" (PDF). University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ Yodice, James (1999-10-18). "Old-school education". Albuquerque Journal. p. 59. Retrieved 2023-11-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Boydstun, Amber E. (2022-03-11). "Amber E. Boydstun | Department of Political Science". ps.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ Chang, Richard (2012-10-06). "College students drum up interest in upcoming vote". The Sacramento Bee. pp. B1. Retrieved 2023-11-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Amber Boydstun". Diversity Lab. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ Reviews of The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence:
- Morone, James A.; Shapiro, Robert Y.; Gottschalk, Marie; Sarat, Austin (2009). "The Politics of the Death Penalty". Perspectives on Politics. 7 (4): 921–930. ISSN 1537-5927. JSTOR 40407088.
- Clawson, Rosalee A. (2009). "Review". The Journal of Politics. 71 (4): 1604–1606. doi:10.1017/s0022381609990375. ISSN 0022-3816.
- ^ Reviews of Making the News:
