Jeremy Mayer

Jeremy Mayer is an associate professor in the School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs at George Mason University. Most recently, he is the co-author of “Closed Minds? Politics and Ideology in American Universities” (2008) and co-editor of “Media Power, Media Politics, 2nd Ed.” (2008). He has written articles on diverse topics such as presidential image management, Christian right politics, federalism, gay rights, and comparative political socialization in several journals and has offered political commentary to major networks and national newspapers. Previously, Mayer taught at Georgetown University and Kalamazoo College, where he won a campus-wide teaching award. He is a recipient of the Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching for the American Political Science Association, the only national teaching award in political science. He also studied politics at Oxford, Michigan, and Brown.