Last updated on: 4/16/2008 | Author: ProCon.org

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, PhD Biography

Title:
Senior Scholar at the School of Policy, Planning, and Development at the University of Southern California (USC)
Position:
None Found to the question "Should Felons Who Have Completed Their Sentence (Incarceration, Probation, and Parole) Be Allowed to Vote?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Nov. 27, 2007

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
    Experts
Individuals with PhD's, JD's, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to felon voting issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to felon voting issues.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Senior Scholar, School of Policy, Planning, and Development, University of Southern California
  • Freelance Political Analyst
  • Political Analyst for NBC4 in Washington, D.C. and for BBC Scotland and BBC Wales, 2000
  • Former Instructor, Political Science, Loyola Marymount University
  • Former Instructor, Political Science, Pitzer College
  • Former Senior Associate, Center for Politics and Policy, Claremont Graduate School
  • Former Legislative Staff, Jesse Unruh, Speaker of the California State Assembly
  • Former Fellow, Eagleton Institute of Politics
Education:
  • PhD, Government, Claremont Graduate University
  • MA, Political Science, Rutgers University
  • BA, Political Science, Goucher College
Other:
  • Dr. Jeffe told ProCon.org in an Apr. 17, 2007 email that she does not consider herself to be an expert on the felon disenfranchisement issue.
Quoted in:
  1. Are Felons More Likely to Vote for Democrats over Republicans?