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

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.

Life

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

  • 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Boydstun, Amber Ellen (2008). How policy issues become front-page news (Ph.D. thesis). Pennsylvania State University. OCLC 435908516.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 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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