Keena Lipsitz

Email: klipsitz@qc.cuny.edu
Phone: (718) 997-5263

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Queens College, CUNY. My main field is American political behavior with a focus on how political campaigns affect voters, but I have broader interests in democratic theory, public opinion, election law, and media effects as well.

Books

2012. Campaigns & Elections: Rules, Reality, Strategy, Choice. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. (with Matt Grossman, Daron Shaw, and John Sides).

2011. Competitive Elections and the American Voter. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.

2005. Democracy at Risk: How Political Choices Undermine Citizen Participation and What We Can Do About It (with Stephen Macedo, Yvette Alex-Assensoh, Jeffrey M. Berry, Michael Brintnall, David E. Campbell, Luis Ricardo Fraga, Archon Fung, William A. Galston, Christopher F. Karpowitz, Margaret Levi, Meira Levinson, Richard G. Niemi, Robert D. Putnam, Wendy M. Rahn, Rob Reich, Robert R. Rodgers, Todd Swanstrom, and Katherine Cramer Walsh). Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. 

Articles

2011. “Filled Coffers: Campaign Contributions and Contributors in the 2008 Election” (with Costas Panagopoulos). Journal of Political Marketing 10(1): 43-57.

2010. “Orphan Counties and the Effect of Irrelevant Advertising on Turnout in Statewide Races” (with Jeremy Teigen). Political Communication 27(2): 178-198.
 
2010. “Do Voters Perceive Negative Campaigns as Informative Campaigns?” (with Matt Grossman and John Sides). American Politics Research 38(3): 502-530.
 
2009. “The Consequences of Battleground and Spectator State Residency for Political Participation.” Political Behavior 31(2): 187-209.
 
2005. “What Voters Want from Campaign Communication” (with Matt Grossman, John Sides, and Christine Trost). Political Communication 22(3): 337-354. 
 
2004. “Democratic Theory and Political Campaigns.” Journal of Political Philosophy 12(2): 163-189.

  Courses


Introduction to American politics
Political Behavior
Public Opinion
Parties and Elections
American Presidency
Political Controversies
Election Law