Jeff Manza

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| fields = Sociology

| workplaces = New York University
Northwestern University

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| alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1984; M.A., 1989; Ph.D., 1995)

| thesis_title = Policy experts and political change in the new deal

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| thesis_year = 1995

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| known_for = Social inequality
political sociology

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Jeff Manza is an American sociologist and professor of sociology at New York University. He is a political sociologist, known for his work on voting behavior, public opinion, and felony disenfranchisement in the United States (with Christopher Uggen).{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/03/us/felony-costs-voting-rights-for-a-lifetime-in-9-states.html | title=Felony Costs Voting Rights for a Lifetime in 9 States | work=The New York Times | date=3 November 2000 | accessdate=19 June 2017 | author=Sengupta, Somini}}{{cite web | url=https://qz.com/784503/what-would-happen-if-felons-could-vote/ | title=What would happen if felons could vote in the US? | work=Quartz | date=6 October 2016 | accessdate=19 June 2017 | author=Kozlowska, Hanna}}{{cite web | url=http://www.salon.com/2017/04/02/the-voting-rights-issue-no-one-talks-about-ending-the-disenfranchisement-of-felons-will-strengthen-democracy/ | title=The voting rights issue no one talks about: Ending the disenfranchisement of felons will strengthen democracy | work=Salon | date=2 April 2017 | accessdate=19 June 2017 | author=McElwee, Sean}} He has also researched the relationship between support for government programs and economic downturns.{{cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/10/its-not-just-obamacare-the-real-spectacular-rise-in-opposition-to-government-programs/280017/ | title=It's Not Just Obamacare: The Real, Spectacular Rise in Opposition to Government Programs | work=The Atlantic | date=2 October 2013 | accessdate=19 June 2017 | author=Franke-Ruta, Garance}} He created The Sociology Project, a series of introductory sociology textbooks written by himself and NYU colleagues that aim to reorient the presentation of sociological ideas to beginning students.