Alison Dagnes
{{short description|American political scientist}}
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| birth_place = Washington, DC, U.S.
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| occupation = Professor, National and International Media Commentator
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- [https://www.ship.edu/Political_Science/Alison_Dagnes/ ship.edu]
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Alison Dawn Dagnes (born July 6, 1969) is an American professor, author, and commentator on American politics. Her work focuses on politics and the media, politics and humor, and political scandal. She is a Professor and Chair of Political Science at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.{{cite web|title=Alison Dagnes Homepage|url=http://www.ship.edu/Political_Science/Alison_Dagnes/|website=Shippensburg University}}
Education
Dagnes earned a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2003. Her dissertation focused on the use of media by right-wing extremist groups. She earned her BA in government from St. Lawrence University in 1991 and graduated from the Maret School in Washington, DC in 1987.{{cite web|title=Alison Dagnes Homepage|url=http://www.ship.edu/Political_Science/Alison_Dagnes/|website=Shippensburg University}}
Career and commentary
From 1991 to 1996, Dagnes was first a production assistant, then an associate producer, then a producer at C-SPAN in Washington, DC. She left Capitol Hill to attend graduate school when politics seemed tame. She was a lecturer at St. Lawrence University for two years and then joined the Political Science Department at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in 2003.
Dagnes is a Professor of Political Science and teaches courses on political behavior. Despite being a Democrat, Dagnes served as the faculty adviser for the College Republicans at Shippensburg for over a decade. Dagnes is also an ordained minister and has officiated the weddings of numerous former students. {{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}
Dagnes commentates in print, radio, and television for both American and international audiences. She offers analysis and commentary on US media and politics, political sex scandals, and politics and humor. Always up for new and challenging classroom projects, Dagnes had her upper-level Elections seminar create and launch Super PACs in 2014 in the aftermath of the Citizens United decision. While recovering from breast cancer surgery, she realized that federal law required the closure of these Super PACs after being notified by both bureaucratic threat and media inquiry.https://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/scamsters-jokesters-this-super-pac-is-for-you/2244619/
Dagnes has been featured in The New York Times, Vanity Fair {{cite news |last1=Bradley |first1=Laura |title=Four Years After He Left The Daily Show, There’s Still Nobody Like Jon Stewart |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/06/jon-stewart-911-first-responders-congress-daily-show |accessdate=11 July 2019 |work=Vanity Fair}}
{{cite web |last1=C-SPAN |first1=Book TV |title=Super Mad at Everything All the Time |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?460121-1/super-mad-time |accessdate=11 July 2019 |ref=CSPAN}}USA Today,{{cite web|title=Weiner Sanford Sex Scandals|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2013/04/11/weiner-sanford-sex-scandals-redemption/2073493/|website=USA Today}} National Geographic “Startalk” with Niel DeGrasse Tyson,{{cite web|title=Neil DeGrasse Tyson|url=http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/startalk/episodes/bill-maher/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204034535/http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/startalk/episodes/bill-maher/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2017|website=National Geographic "Startalk"}} The Atlantic Monthly,{{cite web|title=Why There's No Conservative Jon Stewarts|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/02/why-theres-no-conservative-jon-stewart/385480/|website=The Atlantic Monthly}} CNN,{{cite web|title=Sex Scandal Life Cycle|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/25/politics/sex-scandal-life-cycle/index.html|website=CNN}} Netroots Nation,{{cite web|title=Comedy, Video and Advocacy|url=http://www.netrootsnation.org/nn_events/nn-13/comedy-video-and-advocacy/|website=Netroots Nation 2013}} Wired,{{cite web|title=Scientifically Speaking, Who is Funnier: Democrats or Republicans?|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/10/humor-democrats-vs-republicans/|website=Wired}} L.A. Times,{{cite web|title=What's the 'greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history'? We asked the experts|url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-witch-hunts-20170519-story.html|website=L.A. Times}} New York Post,{{cite web|title=‘Scandal’ and ‘SVU’ riff on Weiner’s sexting scandal|url=https://nypost.com/2013/10/22/scandal-and-svu-riff-on-weiners-sexting-scandal/|website=New York Post}} Washington Times,{{cite web|title=Taint Funny Hillary|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/7/suzanne-fields-hillary-clinton-isnt-funny/|website=Washington Times}} NPR,{{cite web|title=The 2016 'Invisible Primary' — Made Visible|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/theprotojournalist/2013/08/16/211800062/the-2016-invisible-primary-made-visible|website=National Public Radio NPR}} Smithsonian,{{cite web|title=Is There a Liberal Bias to Political Comedy?|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/is-there-a-liberal-bias-to-political-comedy-26572895/#Is-there-liberal-bias-political-comedy-Jon-Stewart.png|website=Smithsonian}} C-SPAN,{{cite web|title=Politics on Demand|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?296070-1/politics-demand|website=C-SPAN}} MSNBC “The Cycle”,{{cite web|title=The Politics of Punch Lines|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/video/the-cycle/49333625#49333625|website=MSNBC "The Cycle"}} Huffington Post,{{cite web|title=What's Holding Conservative Leaning Satire Back?|url=http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/whats-holding-conservative-leaning-satire-back/53207b932b8c2a24ed000087|website=Huffington Post}} Real Clear Politics,{{cite web|title=Ohio: Portrait of America|url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/03/04/ohio_portrait_of_america_113362.html|website=Real Clear Politics RCP}} Canadian Broadcast Corporation,{{cite web|title=Monica Lewinsky TED Talk to bring personal story of Clinton sex scandal|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/monica-lewinsky-ted-talk-to-bring-personal-story-of-clinton-sex-scandal-1.3001496|website=CBC, Canadian Broadcast Corporation}} Psychology Today,{{cite web|title=Sex Scandals in Politics: Who Care?|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brainstorm/201306/sex-scandals-in-politics-who-cares?tr=HomeEssentials|website=Psychology Today}} The Hill,{{cite web|title=Is Monica a Problem for Clinton?|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/presidential-campaign/205761-is-monica-a-problem-for-clinton/|website=The Hill}} Miami Herald,{{cite web|title=Scamsters, jokers: this PAC’s for you|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article34220220.html|website=Miami Herald}} BBC,{{cite web|title=US elections: The scandal-hit politicians on the ballot|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29713125|website=BBC}} Al Jazeera,{{cite web|title=Monica Lewinsky’s return and the sexism 2.0 of political scandals|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/9/political-sex-scandalsmonicalewinskysexismslutshaming.html|website=Al Jazeera}} Triblive,{{cite web|title=Supreme Court Justice Scalia's death throws a wrench in presidential race|url=http://triblive.com/usworld/nation/9974615-74/court-republicans-scalia|website=TribLive}} UPI,{{cite web|title=Politics: Primary Season Winds Down|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/06/03/Politics-Primary-season-winds-down/UPI-37311338714060/|website=UPI}} Sirius/XM Radio “StandUp! With Pete Dominic,”{{cite web|title=Comedy and Politics|url=http://standupwithpetedominick.com/|website=StandUp! With Pete Dominic}} Excelsior (Mexico),{{cite web|title=Commentary|url=http://bfc1c332b5c17ae20e62-6cbba7cfb59c65abd107ce24040b0bca.r14.cf2.rackcdn.com/flip-global/14-02-2015/portada.pdf|website=Excelsior Newspaper (Mexico)}} The Age (Australia),{{cite web|title=Silly Sausage|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/silly-sausage-20130801-2r2at.html|website=The Age (Australia)}} Kansas City Star,{{cite news|title=Sex scandals can be overcome, but Cain’s task is difficult|publisher=Kansas City Star|date=November 3, 2011}} and the Atlantic Journal Constitution{{cite news|title=Cain Denies Sexual harassment Allegations|publisher=Atlantic Journal-Constitution|date=November 1, 2011}}
Books
Dagnes' book Super Mad at Everything All the Time was released in 2019. She has written or edited five books and contributed chapters to several other volumes. Her books include: A Conservative Walks Into a Bar: The Politics of Political Humor (Palgrave-Macmillan 2012); Politics on Demand: The Effects of 24 Hour News on American Politics (Praeger 2010); Sex Scandals in American Politics: A Multidisciplinary Approach (edited) (Continuum 2011) and Scandal! An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Consequences, Outcomes, and Significance of Political Scandals (Edited with Mark Sachleben) (Bloomsbury 2013).{{cite web|title=A Conservative Walks Into A Bar|url=http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137262837|website=Palgrave}}{{cite web|title=Politics on Demand|url=http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A2684C|website=Praeger}}{{cite web|title=Sex Scandals in American Politics|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/sex-scandals-in-american-politics-9781441186904/|website=Bloomsbury}}{{cite web|title=Scandal!|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/scandal-9781623562229/|website=Bloomsbury Publishing}}
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