DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

Interests 

Research Interest(s): European Union;Comparative Law 

Program Area(s): Methods; Comparative Politics 

Regional Specialization(S): Europe 

Relevant Link

Political Science

Biography

Clipperton’s research focuses upon institutional design and change, problem-solving, and pedagogy/teaching and learning. Her recent work has focused upon gender in the discipline of political science. Her research incorporates ideas and approaches from political science, complex systems, and social sciences more generally. Her current projects are focused upon project-based learning designs in the application of problem-based learning.

Publications

• Alter, K., Clipperton, J., Schraudenbach, E., & Rozier, L. (2020). Gender and Status in American Political Science: Who Determines Whether a Scholar Is Noteworthy? Perspectives on Politics, 1-20.
• Alternative Final Assignment Format Tips and Tools, guest blog post with NU Digital Learning Fall 2020
• Increasing Zoom Engagement, guest blog post with NU Digital Learning Fall 2020
• Science of Teaching and Learning (APSA Preprints (Working Paper)) Winter 2020
• Alternative Final Assignment Formats, guest blog post with NU Digital Learning Spring 2019
• Incorporating Student Feedback, guest blog post with NU Digital Learning Winter 2019
• Improving your Course, guest blog post with NU Digital Learning 

Awards

• Associated Student Government Faculty and Administrator Honor Roll, 2020
• R. Barry Farrell Faculty Award for Excellence in Curriculum Development, Department of Political Science, 2020
• R. Barry Farrell Teaching Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Political Science, 2020
• Weinberg College Arts and Sciences Alumni Teaching Award: college-wide award awarded to instructional faculty, 2020
•  Departmental teaching award for Innovation in undergraduate curriculum development, Department of Political Science, 2018

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Probability and Statistics (PS 403)
• Introduction to Statistics and Statistical Software (Soc 400)
• Introduction to Empirical Methods (PS 210)
• Formal Models in Political Science (MMSS 211-3)
• Institutions and Society (Soc 288/PS 388)
• Analytics to Social Good (SOC 365 – cross-listed with IEMS 365)
• Analysis of Social Data (Soc 303)