{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-05-15T15:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:34:38","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/","title":{"rendered":"HOME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2022\/07\/Mary_Jo_McGowan_6-14-2022_img43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2022\/07\/Mary_Jo_McGowan_6-14-2022_img43-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2022\/07\/Mary_Jo_McGowan_6-14-2022_img43-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2022\/07\/Mary_Jo_McGowan_6-14-2022_img43-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2022\/07\/Mary_Jo_McGowan_6-14-2022_img43-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2022\/07\/Mary_Jo_McGowan_6-14-2022_img43-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2022\/07\/Mary_Jo_McGowan_6-14-2022_img43-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2022\/07\/Mary_Jo_McGowan_6-14-2022_img43.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Mary Jo McGowan is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at UNC Charlotte. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. McGowan&#8217;s research interests are in Elections Administration, Campaign Finance, Women in Politics, and Free Speech\/Heterodox policies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary Jo McGowan is Executive Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu\/\">Interdisciplinary Studies Program<\/a> a major consisting of five concentrations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalismstudies.charlotte.edu\/\">Capitalism Studies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/filmstudies.charlotte.edu\/\">Film &amp; Media Production<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gerontology.charlotte.edu\/\">Gerontology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/healthhum.charlotte.edu\/\">Health &amp; Medical Humanities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/womensandgenderstudies.charlotte.edu\/\">Women\u2019s and Gender Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is my new book! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/elements\/republic-if-you-can-afford-it\/CE8A01003AA98C51937031E4C1DC413E\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2024\/12\/9781009339445frcvr-min-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227\" style=\"width:469px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2024\/12\/9781009339445frcvr-min-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2024\/12\/9781009339445frcvr-min-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2024\/12\/9781009339445frcvr-min-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2024\/12\/9781009339445frcvr-min-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2024\/12\/9781009339445frcvr-min-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mary-jo-shepherd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2024\/12\/9781009339445frcvr-min-scaled.jpg 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Jo McGowan is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at UNC Charlotte. \u00a0 Dr. McGowan&#8217;s research interests are in Elections Administration, Campaign Finance, Women in Politics, and Free Speech\/Heterodox policies. 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