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Bryan D. Jones

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Bryan D. Jones
Alma materUniversity of Alabama (B.A.)
University of Texas at Austin (Ph.D)
OccupationPolitical scientist

Bryan D. Jones is an American political scientist and public policy scholar. He holds the J. J. "Jake" Pickle Regents Chair in Congressional Studies at the University of Texas. He is an Academic Director of the Comparative Agendas Project, which has received more than $2,650,000 of National Science Foundation grant funding.[1]

Jones's work includes the development of punctuated equilibrium in social theory - and critical juncture theory - and budget theory, and he has published academic articles in the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, the American Journal of Political Science, the Policy Studies Journal, and others.[1] The American Political Science Association has granted Jones numerous awards, including the Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award for the book Agendas and Instability in American Politics, which he co-authored with Frank Baumgartner; and the Robert E. Lane Award for his books Politics and the Architecture of Choice and Reconsidering Decision-Making in Democratic Politics.[2][3] In 2017, Jones was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.[4]

Selected publications

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  • Politics and the Architecture of Choice (2001)
  • Reconceiving Decision-Making in Democratic Politics (1994)
  • The Politics of Attention (co-authored with Frank Baumgartner, 2005)
  • Agendas and Instability in American Politics (co-authored with Frank Baumgartner, 1993)
  • The Politics of Bad Ideas (co-authored with Walt Williams).

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bryan Jones". University of Texas Department of Government. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Public Policy Section Award Recipients". American Political Science Association. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Robert E. Lane Award". American Political Science Association. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. ^ Incorporated, Prime. "National Academy of Public Administration". National Academy of Public Administration. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
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