Jonathan Homola

Jonathan Homola

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Department: Department of Political Science
Email: homola@ucla.edu

Biography

Jonathan Homola is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. Most of his research deals with questions of representation and electoral preferences. More specifically, his work mostly falls into two main fields of interest: i) xenophobia and (support for right-wing) extremism, and ii) gender and politics. Jonathan’s regional areas of expertise are Western democracies and Eastern Europe. His research has been published in outlets such as the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, the British Journal of Political Science, and Comparative Political Studies. Jonathan received his BA from Freie Universität Berlin, an MRes from the University of Essex, and his PhD from Washington University in St. Louis.

Research Interests

xenophobia and (support for right-wing) extremism, gender and politics, Western democracies and Eastern Europe, Bayesian research methods, survival models, survey methodology, and causal inference.

Website

Profile on UCLA Department of Political Science