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Janel Jett

Assistant Professor
Political Science
jjett@uoregon.edu
Office: 919 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Political Communication; Political Psychology; Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP)

Biography

Janel Jett specializes in political communication and political psychology, particularly in the context of science, technology, and environmental policy. Her research centers on understanding emergent communication challenges—like populism and rising distrust—in contexts like climate change, and speaks to a broader discussion of how politically driven communication choices interfere with public support for policy solutions. Additionally, she considers ways to bypass these communication barriers using emerging technologies and public-centered solutions.

Previously, she was an NCEC Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Research Scholar with the New Carbon Economy Consortium, conducting research through the Harry S. Truman School of Government and Public Affairs and the Social Cognition of Social Change Lab at the University of Missouri. Additionally, she was a Chateaubriand Fellow at the Université de Paris, Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale (LPS). She completed her Ph.D. in Political Science from Purdue University in 2021.

Publications

Selected Publications

Jett, Janel, Leigh Raymond, and Erin P. Hennes. 2024. “Process Skeptical Populist Framing of Climate Change in Right-leaning Media.” Environmental Politics, 33(5): 799-819.

Forester, Summer, Janel Jett, and Bjorn Holtey. 2024. “From ‘Lab Rats’ to ‘Mad Scientists’: Cultivating Agentic Learning Through Student-Led Simulation Redesign.” PS: Political Science & Politics, 57(3):440-446.

Hoewe, Jennifer, Janel Jett, Amber Lusvardi, and Eric Wiemer. 2022. “Selection, Trust, and the Effects of Cable News Consumption.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 100(2): 392-415.

Jett, Janel and Leigh Raymond. 2021. “Issue Framing and U.S. State Energy and Climate Policy Choice.” Review of Policy Research, 38(3): 278-299.

Hoewe, Jennifer, Eric Wiemer, Tiwaladeoluwa Adekunle, Rachel Barton, Janel Jett, and Alexander Pijanowski. 2020. “Linking Political TV Shows with Female Lead Characters to Political Engagement: the Roles of Parasocial Relationships and Gender Identity.” Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 64(5): 672-692.

Clawson, Rosalee A. and Janel Jett. 2019. “The Media Whiteness of Social Security and Medicare.” Politics, Groups and Identities, 7(1): 207-218.

Teaching

Recent Courses

PS 297: Intro to U.S. Environmental Politics

PS 349: Mass Media & American Politics

PS 367: Science, Climate Change, and Policy

PS 410: Political Psychology

PS 625: Public Policy Seminar