Chelsea N. Jones is a researcher in the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, specializing in voting rights, elections, and redistricting. Her research focuses on the racialized impact of restrictive voting laws, racial representation in U.S. elections, and the impacts of sociocultural institutions, such as churches and community organizations, that work to mobilize voters of color. Jones’s work has been published by media outlets including Routledge and the Washington Post.
Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Jones was a voting rights fellow for UCLA’s Voting Rights Project, a research associate for the RAND Corporation, and a fellow for the National League of Cities. She holds a bachelor of social work from the University of Texas at Austin, a master’s degree in public policy from Carnegie Mellon University, and a doctorate in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles.
