Amber Ellen Boydstun is an American political scientist and data scientist. She is a professor and director of graduate studies at the University of California, Davis.

Amber E. Boydstun
Born
Amber Ellen Boydstun
Alma materSt. John's College
Pennsylvania State University
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical science, data science
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Davis
Doctoral advisorFrank Baumgartner
Websiteamber-boydstun.com

Life

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Boydstun was born to Faye Ellen Ashley.[1] Her paternal grandmother Janie Trevarton and her mother Janie Hughes helped maintain a farm and family.[1] Boydstun's maternal grandmother, Marion Ashley (née DeWolf) was a military wife and homemaker.[1] She completed a B.A. in philosophy and mathematics from St. John's College in 1999.[2] Following graduation, she tutored mathematics at the Native American Preparatory School for a semester.[3] She earned a M.A. (2004) and Ph.D. (2008) in political science from the Penn State Graduate School.[2][1] Her dissertation was titled, How Policy Issues Become Front-Page News.[1] Frank Baumgartner was Boydstun's doctoral advisor.[1]

Boydstun researches the interaction between media and politics.[4] She joined University of California, Davis in 2008 as an assistant professor.[2] She codeveloped a smartphone app for students to react to the 2012 United States presidential debates in real time.[5] Boydstun was promoted to associate professor in 2015 and professor of political science in 2020.[2] She is the director of graduate studies.[4] She is the chief data scientist of the diversity lab.[6]

Selected works

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  • Baumgartner, Frank R.; Boef, Suzanna L. De; Boydstun, Amber E. (2008). The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-88734-2.[7]
  • Boydstun, Amber E. (2013). Making the News: Politics, the Media, and Agenda Setting. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-06543-4.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Boydstun, Amber Ellen (2008). How policy issues become front-page news (Ph.D. thesis). Pennsylvania State University. OCLC 435908516.
  2. ^ a b c d Boydstun, Amber Ellen (2022). "Boydstun CV" (PDF). University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  3. ^ Yodice, James (1999-10-18). "Old-school education". Albuquerque Journal. p. 59. Retrieved 2023-11-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b Boydstun, Amber E. (2022-03-11). "Amber E. Boydstun | Department of Political Science". ps.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  5. ^ Chang, Richard (2012-10-06). "College students drum up interest in upcoming vote". The Sacramento Bee. pp. B1. Retrieved 2023-11-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Amber Boydstun". Diversity Lab. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  7. ^ Reviews of The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence:
  8. ^ Reviews of Making the News:
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