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. Research Publications
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
- IBM Faculty Award ($40,000 gift to Clemson University), 2019
- Phil Prince Award for Innovation in Teaching (university wide), 2018
- Craig L. Brians Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research & Mentorship (awarded by the Political Science Education section of the American Political Science Association)
- Class of 1940 Douglas W. Bradbury Award, for outstanding contribution to Calhoun 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
- Southern Political Science Association's Pi Sigma Alpha Award for Excellence in Scholarly Writing (with D. Stephen Voss and James M. Avery), 2006 LinksAPSA Congressional Fellowship Program LSE US American Politics & Policy Blog
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