MARION JUST

Professor of Political Science
Wellesley College
(781)283-2206
MJUST@WELLESLEY.EDU
Pendleton East 116


DEGREES:


COURSES:

Pols 100 -- Introduction to Political Science

Pol1 210 -- Political Participation

Pol1 316 -- Mass Media in American Politics

Pol1 319 -- Seminar: Campaigns and Elections

Pol1 333 -- Seminar: Ethics and Politics


RESEARCH INTERESTS AND PUBLICATIONS:

Mass media and politics; political psychology

Crosstalk: Citizens, Candidates,a dn the Media in a Presidential Campaign. with Ann Crigler, Dean Alger, Timothy Cook, Montague Kern, and Darell West. Univeristy of Chicago Press. 1996.

Common Knowledge: News and the Construction of Political Understanding. with H. Russell Newman and Ann Crigler. University of Chicago Press. 1992.

"Talk is Cheap: Improving the Voter Information Process." Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 1:4 (November 1996).

"Interpreting Visual and Audio Messages in Television News." Journal of Communication 40(3). with Ann Crigler.

"Thirty Seconds or Thirty Minutes: What Viewers Learn from Spot Advertisements and Candidate Debates." Journal of Communication 44(4). with Ann Crigler and Lori Wallach.


OTHER ACTIVITIES

Professor Just describes her family as "one husband, three children, one dog."
Ask her about pugs!