Jerold Duquette is an associate professor of political science at Central Connecticut State University. He is the author of Regulating the National Pastime: Baseball and Antitrust and has published articles and book chapters on campaign finance reform, political parties, Massachusetts politics and political culture, public opinion, and political socialization.
Professor Duquette teaches courses on public administration, public budgeting & finance, public policy analysis, American national government, interest groups, political parties and elections, public opinion, public sector ethics, and critical thinking & persuasive writing in the University's Honors Program. He has served as the faculty advisor to the College Democrats and College Republicans at CCSU.
Professor Duquette earned an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, an M.P.A. from the Graduate School of Business & Public Management at The George Washington University, and a B.A. in politics from The Catholic University of America.
Other professional experience includes work as a staffer on Capitol Hill, an analyst at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and an assistant professor at George Mason University teaching in the MPA program. Early work experience that didn't seem relevant at the time, but that has since proved quite valuable, includes work as a public works laborer, a liquor store clerk, a dish washer, a correctional officer, and a "grass-roots" (actually astro-turph) lobbyist.
Professor Duquette lives in Longmeadow, Massachusetts with his wife Kara, an attorney and Lt. Col. in the U.S. Marine Corps, and their four children. He served as an elected member of Longmeadow's School Committee from 2004 to 2007 and is active in state and local politics. He writes a blog called "Ideas Matter" and hosts a local cable-access TV talk show called "Put Up Your Duqs" His blog and talk show can be access through his web site www.jeroldduquette.org.