Jacqueline Chattopadhyay

Jacqueline Chattopadhyay is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is a faculty member in UNC Charlotte’s doctoral program in Public Policy and in UNC Charlotte’s Gerald G. Fox Master of Public Administration Program. She is also an affiliated faculty member of UNC Charlotte’s Gerontology Program, a participating faculty member in UNC Charlotte’s doctoral program in Health Services Research, and a member of UNC Charlotte’s Honors Faculty.

She earned her Ph.D. in Government & Social Policy from Harvard University in 2012 and her B.A. (Political Science; Economics) from the University of California, Irvine in 2005. Her research considers the ways that politics shapes health policy and aging policy in the United States, and she has also published on the topic of immigrant political incorporation.

Research Emphases: Public Opinion, Policy Feedback, Political Communication

Policy Areas: Private Health Insurance, Public Health Insurance, Long Term Care, Aging In Place, Welfare State, Regulation, Food & Drug Safety, Immigrant Political Incorporation