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Bridgett A. King

Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Kentucky
Chapter Member: Kentucky SSN
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About Bridgett

King’s research focuses on election administration; public policy; citizen voting experiences; and race and ethnicity. Overarching themes in King’s writings include the administrative structure of rights restoration for citizens with felony convictions; citizen confidence in electoral outcomes; and the consequences of administrative discretion on voter experiences. King serves as the director of the Master of Public Administration program at Auburn University; an instructor in the Election Center Certified Elections/Registration Administrator (CERA) Program; and an Affiliated Researcher with the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA).

Publications

The Future of Election Administration: Cases and Conversations (edited with Mitchell Brown and Kathleen Hale) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019).

Notes that as the American election administration landscape changes as a result of major court cases, national and state legislation, changes in professionalism, and the evolution of equipment and security, so must the work of on-the-ground practitioners change. Presents a series of case studies designed to highlight practical responses to these changes from the national, state, and local levels.

"Descriptive Representation in Election Administration: Poll Workers and Voter Confidence" (with Alicia Barnes). Election Law Journal 18, no. 1 (March 2019): 16-30.

Focuses on the relationship between citizen interaction with racially/ethnically similar poll workers and trust in American elections for African American and Hispanic voters.

"Policy and Precinct: Citizen Evaluations and Electoral Confidence" Social Science Quarterly 98, no. 2 (June 2017): 672-689.

Evaluates the role of state policy and election precinct evaluations on citizen confidence in individual and nationwide electoral outcomes.

"Disenfranchising the Enfranchised: Exploring the Relationship between Felony Disenfranchisement and African American Voter Turnout" (with Laura Erickson). Journal of Black Studies 47, no. 8 (November 2016): 799-821.

Investigates the relationship between felony disenfranchisement and African American voter turnout.