Jessica Baldwin-Philippi

BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Prof. Baldwin-Philippi teaches about and researches civic media and political communication, and is interested in how citizens’ engagement with new technologies can restructure forms of political participation and ideas about citizenship. She has approached this area of study from a variety of political contexts, from political campaigns’ use of social media, to games designed to increase participation, to the innovation efforts of municipal governments.

Education

• Ph.D. 2012 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
  Communication Studies (Rhetoric and Public Culture)

• M.A. 2009 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
  Communication Studies (Rhetoric and Public Culture)

• B.A. 2007 Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.
  Communication Major. Magna Cum Laude.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Baldwin-Phillippi, J., Gordon, E., O'Brien, D. (in press) "Building civic participation through mobile reporting apps: Efficient, engaging, or both?"

• Using technology, building democracy: Digital campaigning an the construction of citizenship. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015

• Gordon, E. and Baldwin-Phillippi, J. (2014) "Civic Learning Through Civic Gaming: Community PlanIt and the development of trust and reflective participation." International Journal of Communication 8: 759-786

• Baldwin-Phillippi, J.(2013) "Constructing skeptical citizens: How campaign microsites foster new ways of engaging political information and understanding citizenships," Journal of Information Technology & Politics 10(3): 245-260