Jessica Weeks

Jessica Weeks is Professor and H. Douglas Weaver Chair in Diplomacy and International Relations in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin—Madison.  

Her research and teaching interests focus on the links between domestic politics and foreign policy, the domestic and international politics of authoritarian regimes, and how public opinion affects foreign policy. 

She received her B.A. in political science from The Ohio State University in 2001, a master’s degree in international history from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in 2003, and a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University in 2009. 


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