Jenny Pribble is an Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Richmond. Her research focuses on issues of comparative political economy and her book, Welfare and Party Politics in Latin America (2013, Cambridge University Press) develops and tests a theory to explain why some Latin American states have been more effective than others at reforming social policy in a universalistic direction. Jenny's new research project analyzes variation in the implementation of social welfare policies in Chile and Peru, seeking to explain why some sub-national units exhibit higher levels of administrative capacity than others. Jenny's research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including Latin American Research Review, the American Sociological Review, Comparative Politics, and Studies in Comparative International Development. She received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008.
Virginia Humanities fellowship, 2020
Princeton University research grant, 2019
Gerald R. Ford archives research grant, 2019
Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections Research Fellowship, 2018
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation Moody Grant for research at the Johnson archives in Austin, Texas, 2005 and 2015
Harry S. Truman Library Institute Research Grant for research at the Truman archives in Independence, Missouri, 2005
University of Richmond, Arts & Sciences Faculty Research Grant, 2015, 2017, 2019
United States’ State Department Visiting Speaker and Specialist Grant, August 2008.
Graduate Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2008.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2007-2008.
Organization of American States (OAS) Research Fellowship, 2006-2007.
Ford Foundation and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dissertation Research Fellowship, 2006-2007.
Linda Dykstra Distinguished Dissertation Award for the Best Dissertation in the Social Sciences, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2009).
Honorable Mention, Best Dissertation Fieldwork, American Political Science Association, Comparative Democratization Section (2008).
Welfare and Party Politics in Latin America, Cambridge University Press, 2013
Pribble, Jennifer. "Chile's Elites Face Demands for Reform." Current History 116, no. 787 (2017): 49-54.
Pribble, Jennifer. 2011. “Worlds Apart: Social Policy Regimes in Latin America,” Studies in Comparative International Development. Vol. 46 (2): 191-216.
Pribble, Jennifer. 2009. “Politics, Policies, and Poverty in Latin America.” (Lead author with: Evelyne Huber and John Stephens). Comparative Politics. Vol. 41 (4): 387-407.
Huber, Evelyne, François Nielsen, Jenny Pribble, and John D. Stephens. 2006. “Political Determinants of Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean.” American Sociological Review. Vol. 71 (6): 943-963
Pribble, Jennifer. 2006. “The Politics of Women’s Welfare in Chile and Uruguay.” Latin American Research Review. Volume 41 (2): 84-111.
Pribble, Jennifer, and Evelyn Huber. "Social Policy and Redistribution: Chile and Uruguay." In The Resurgence of the Latin American Left, edited by Steven Levitsky and Kenneth M. Roberts, 117-38. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Political Science
Political Science
International Studies
Comparative Political Economy
Comparative Welfare States
Comparative Politics
Political Parties