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Jacob was born and raised in South Louisiana and has previous experience working for both state and local government in Louisiana. Having previously graduated a Ragin’ Cajun, he returned to the University of Louisiana at ɫ��AV as an instructor in the fall of 2024. He researches and teaches courses in the field of American politics, primarily focusing on American institutions, state politics and legislatures, and legislative behavior. Jacob’s research on discrimination in public housing agencies appears in the Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, and he has contributed to two chapters in Readings in American Politics, an American government textbook. In addition to academic publications, Jacob is regularly quoted or appeared in video on matters of state politics and elections in several news outlets. In his personal time, Jacob enjoys listening to music, rooting for the STL Cardinals, or playing a video game…or probably a combination of all three.

Ph.D., 2024
University of Missouri

B.A.,2019 
University of Louisiana at ɫ��AV

• American Politics
• American Political Institutions
• State Politics
• American Southern Politics and Sectionalism
• Interest Groups
• Policy Networks and Collaborative Governance
• Public Policy
• Administrative Politics

• Authement, Jacob, Michelangelo Landgrave, and Nicholas Weller. 2023. “Do Public Housing Agencies
  Discriminate Against Latinos? A Large-Scale Replication Study to Assess Discrimination.” Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, 6(1).
• Anstett, Robert, & Jacob Authement. 2022. “Comparing and Contrasting the U.S. and Missouri Constitutions.” In James W. Endersby (Ed.), Readings in American Politics. 3rd ed. W.W. Norton & Company.
• Anstett, Robert, & Jacob Authement. 2022. “Comparing and Contrasting Political Institutions of the State of Missouri,
  the United States, and Other States.” In James W. Endersby (Ed.), Readings in American Politics. 3rd ed. W.W. Norton & Company

• Expense Support for Grant No. IHS017406 ($5000) with Robert Anstett and Michelangelo Landgrave, Institute for Humane Studies
• Dean L. Yarwood Scholarship for Excellence in Public Policy and Administration, Harry S Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, University of Missouri
• Funding to attend the ICPSR Summer Program, Harry S Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, University of Missouri
• Bryan L. Forbis Award for Research in American Politics, Harry S Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, University of Missouri
• Dean L. Yarwood Scholarship for Excellence in Public Policy and Administration, Harry S Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, University of Missouri
• Supplemental Graduate Fellowship, Harry S Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, University of Missouri