Jennifer Bussell

Jennifer Bussell joined the LBJ School of Public Affairs as an Assistant Professor of Public Affairs in 2010. Her research focuses on comparative politics, technology and development policy. Prior to coming to the LBJ School, Bussell received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley and was a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Asian Democracy at the University of Louisville. She is the author of many articles, chapters, reviews, and working papers, including “Explaining Cross-National Variation in Government Adoption of New Technologies,” in International Studies Quarterly; “Why Get Technical? Corruption and the Politics of Public Service Reform in the Indian States,” (Comparative Political Studies); and “Will Information Technology Reshape the North-South Asymmetry of Power in the Global Political Economy?” (Studies in Comparative International Development, co-authored with Steven Weber). Her book is titled "Corruption and Reform in India: Public Services in the Digital Age" (2012, Cambridge University Press).

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Education

Ph.D. in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley; M.A. in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in Anthropology, The University of Chicago

Current Positions

Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs; Member, American Political Science Association; Member, Midwest Political Science Association

Previous Positions

Visiting Fellow, Center for Asian Democracy, University of Louisville

• Author, "Corruption and Reform in India: Public Services in the Digital Age"
  (2012, Cambridge University Press)

• Author, “Explaining Cross-National Variation in Government Adoption of New Technologies,”
  (International Studies Quarterly, forthcoming 2011)

•  Author, “Why Get Technical? Corruption and the Politics of Public Service Reform in the Indian States”
  (Comparative Political Studies, 2010)

• Co-author with Steven Weber, “Will Information Technology Reshape the North-South Asymmetry of Power in the Global Political Economy?”
  (Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 40, No. 2, 2005)

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