Jennifer Pribble

Jennifer Pribble is associate professor of political science and global studies at the University of Richmond. Her research focuses on the politics of social policy formation and change in Latin America. She has also carried out research on political parties, inequality, and subnational state capacity. Pribble is the author of Welfare and Party Politics in Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2013), which has also appeared in Spanish. She has authored and coauthored peer-reviewed articles in a range of journals, including the Latin American Research Review, American Sociological Review, Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics and Society, Studies in Comparative International Development, and Regional and Federal Studies. Pribble is currently working on a monograph that explores the determinants of cross-national variation in the breadth and adequacy of Covid-19 emergency cash transfer programs in Latin America. Her expertise and commentary have been featured in several international news outlets, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and National Public Radio.