Jonathan Rose

I started teaching full time in the Department of Political Studies in 1994, having completed my M.A. and Ph.D at Queen's and my undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto.

In 2008, I was the Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington.  I have also taught at the International Study Centre in the UK in Summer 2005 and Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya, Japan where I was the Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies in 2001.

From April 2006 to June 2007 I was on leave from Queen's to serve as the Academic Director of Ontario Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, an experience that taught me a lot about the capacity of fellow citizens. 

This year I am teaching a third year course on the media and politics, a graduate and fourth year course on political communication and a third year introduction to electoral systems.  Clicking on the teaching link above will take you to the course web pages.

In the past,  I have taught courses undergraduate and graduate courses on Canadian federalism and Canadian politics, courses on political parties, intergovernmental relations, and public policy both here and at other universities. From 1994 to 2005 I taught the first year introductory course.

My research interests are broadly defined as Canadian politics and public policy but I'm specifically interested in the role of the mass media in democracies and the uses of state communication. I have written a book on the latter called Making "Pictures in Our Heads" Government Advertising in Canada. (Praeger: Westport, CT: 2000).  My present research is a book-length project with other colleagues on citizens' assemblies. 

Jonathan Rose

Department of Political Studies,

Queen's University,

Kingston , Ontario, K7L 3N6

1-613- 533-6225

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