Krista Jenkins, PhD

Dr. Krista Jenkins knows exactly what America is thinking – and where we are going.  As Director of PublicMind polling services at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Krista keeps her deftly researching fingers on the national pulse with a constant series of surveys, complex algorithms, well-trained human sense.   As a political science professor at FDU, she teaches such fascinating courses as Politics and the Media, Gender and public Policy, and Politics of Reproduction.

Krista, a frequent speaker on the national circuit, has authored A New Engagement – Political Participation, Civic Life and the Changing American Citizen; Mothers and Daughters and Political Socialization; and most recently, Where Have All the Heroes Gone?  To get to know Krista and PublicMind’s latest findings a little better, visit http://view2.fdu.edu/publicmind/