Assistant Professor
ljenke@uh.edu

Research Interests

Voter behavior

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Biographical Summary

Dr. Libby Jenke is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science. She received her Ph.D. and B.A. from Duke University, where she was also a member of Scott Huettel's neuroscience laboratory. Her research uses eye-tracking, mouse-tracking, and experimental methods to explore questions of voter behavior.

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, Duke University
B.A., Political Science, Duke University

Teaching

Political psychology

Affiliations, organizations and Links (optional)

Huettel Laboratory Member

Publications

• Jenke, L. and Munger, M. Forthcoming. The significance of salience in candidate evaluation: Is mouse tracking a better measure? Special issue of Public Choice: “Behavioral Public Choice”
• Jenke, L. and Huettel, S. (2017). Cognitive foundations of voter choice. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 20(11), 794-804.
• Jenke, L. and Gelpi, C.  (2017). Theme and variations: Historical contingencies in the causal model of interstate conflict. Journal of Conflict Resolution 61(10), 2262-2284.