Faculty and Staff Profile

Jeff Fine

Educational Background

Ph.D. Political Science
University of Kentucky 2006

M.A. Political Science
University of Kentucky 2004

B.A. Political Science
Vanderbilt University 2001

Courses Taught

Honors seminars on 2012, 2016, & 2020 Elections
Honors seminars on 2010, 2014, 2018, & 2022 Midterm Elections
Honors seminar on Public Policy
American National Government
U.S. Congress
Quantitative Methods in Political Science
MPA Research Methods for Public Administration
MPA Public Data Analysis
MPA graduate seminar on Political Control of Bureaucracy

Profile

I am Senior Associate Dean of the Clemson University Honors College and a Professor in the Political Science Department. I also lead the Dixon Global Policy Scholars program in the Honors College, and teach courses in American politics and and public policy. I also mentor students who are pursuing departmental honors in political science. My research largely focuses on the U.S. Congress, including questions of representation, how Congress interacts with other actors, and how social media is used by political elites. I am the author of articles appearing in Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Social Science Quarterly, Political Behavior, Presidential Studies Quarterly, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, and American Review of Politics. I have received one national award: the Craig L. Brians Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research & Mentorship (awarded by the Political Science Education section of the American Political Science Association). I also have received four university-wide awards at Clemson: the Provost Senior Outstanding Teacher Award, the Phil Prince Award for Innovation in Teaching, the Frank A. Burtner Award for Excellence in Advising, and the Douglas W. Bradbury Award for outstanding contributions to the Honors College. I also have received the Award of Distinction from Clemson's National Scholars Program. In 2013-14, I served as a Congressional Fellow through the American Political Science Association, where I worked on the staff of a United States Senator.

Research Interests

My research focuses on the interaction between the U.S. Congress and other political actors. I also examine how Congress interacts with the public, including studies of representation, voter turnout, and the use of social media by political elites.

Research Publications

Haselswerdt, Jake, and Jeffrey A. Fine. Forthcoming. "Echo Chambers or Doom Scrolling? Homophily, Intensity, and Exposure to Elite Social Media Messages." Forthcoming in Political Research Quarterly.
https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129231202969

Fine, Jeffrey A., D. Hudson Smith, Cierra Oliveira, Nicholas Deas, Spencer Shellnutt, Riley Stotzky, and Rachel Clyburn. Forthcoming. "How Negativity and Policy Content Drive the Spread of Political Messages." Forthcoming in the Journal of Information Technology & Politics. 10.1080/19331681.2024.2352475

Fine, Jeffrey A. and Megan F. Hunt. 2023. “Negativity and Elite Message Diffusion on Social Media.” Political Behavior, Vol. 45, No. 3: 955-973.

Avery, James M. and Jeffrey A. Fine. 2020. “Unpacking Representation in State Immigration Policy: Latino Composition, White Racial Threat, and Legislator Partisanship.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 1: 23-53.

Auter, Zachary J. and Jeffrey A. Fine. 2018. "Social Media Campaigning: Mobilization and Fundraising on Facebook." Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 99, No. 1, March 2018: 185-200.

Avery, James M., Jeffrey A. Fine, and Timothy Marquez. 2017. "Racial Threat and the Influence of Latino Turnout on State Immigration Policy." Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 98, No. 2, June 2017: 750-765.

Auter, Zachary J. and Jeffrey A. Fine. 2016. "Negative Campaigning in the Social Media Age: Attack Advertising on Facebook." Political Behavior, Vol. 38, No. 4, December 2016: 999-1020.

Fine, Jeffrey A. and Margaret Williams. 2016. "Nuclear Fallout: Republican Votes on Nominations in the 113th Senate." The Forum, Vol. 14, No. 2, July 2016.

Fine, Jeffrey A. and James M. Avery. 2014. "Do Senators Respond to Minority Voters?: Latino Turnout and Representation." Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 95, No.4, December 2014: 1172-1188.

Fine, Jeffrey A. and Nadia N. Aziz. 2013. "Does the Political Environment Matter?: Arab-American Representation and September 11th." Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 92, No.2, June 2013: 551-568.

Avery, James M. and Jeffrey A. Fine. 2012. "Context Matters: The Effect of State-level Racial Heterogeneity on White Racial Attitudes." American Review of Politics, Vol. 33, Fall 2012: 211-231.

Avery, James M. and Jeffrey A. Fine. 2012. "Racial Composition, White Racial Attitudes, and Black Representation: Testing the Racial Threat Hypothesis in the United States Senate." Political Behavior, Vol. 34, No. 3, September 2012: 391-410.

Fine, Jeffrey A. and Adam L. Warber. 2012. "Circumventing Adversity: Re-examining the Relationship between Executive Orders and Divided Government." Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 42, No.2, June 2012: 256-274.

Smith, Lauren Edwards, Laura R. Olson, and Jeffrey A. Fine. 2010. "Substantive Religious Representation in the U.S. Senate: Voting Alignment with the Family Research Council." Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 63, No.1, March 2010: 68-82.

Randazzo, Kirk, Richard W. Waterman, and Jeffrey A. Fine. 2006. "Checking the Federal Courts: The Impact of Congressional Statutes on Judicial Behavior." Journal of Politics, Vol. 68, No.4, November 2006: 1006-1017.

Honors and Awards

- Provost Senior Outstanding Teacher Award (university wide), 2022
- Senior Outstanding Teaching Award (College of Behavioral, Social, & Health Sciences), 2022
- IBM University Award (10,000 gift to Clemson University), 2020
- IBM Faculty Award ($40,000 gift to Clemson University), 2019
- Phil Prince Award for Innovation in Teaching (university wide), 2018
- Excellence in Student Engagement Award (College of Behavioral, Social, & Health Sciences), 2018
- Craig L. Brians Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research & Mentorship (awarded by the Political Science Education section of the American Political Science Association), 2016
- Class of 1940 Douglas W. Bradbury Award, for outstanding contribution to Honors College (university wide), 2014
- Frank A. Burtner Advising Award (university wide), 2014
- Award of Distinction (Teaching/Mentoring) from Clemson's National Scholars Program, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, & 2023
- Southern Political Science Association's Pi Sigma Alpha Award for Excellence in Scholarly Writing (with D. Stephen Voss and James M. Avery), 2006

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