Jonathan L. Wharton

Dr. Jonathan L. Wharton is associate professor of political science and urban affairs. ​​​​His teaching and publications center on state and local government, public policy, economic development as well as identity and coalition building politics. Wharton is a frequent tristate area NPR stations' contributor as well as ctnewsjunkie.com, Hartford Times and Hearst CT columnist for the New Haven Register, Connecticut Post discussing state and local issues (media portfolio: https://muckrack.com/wharton). He served on the New England Political Science Association board of directors (2018-2022) and New Haven City Plan commission (2016-2020).

Prior to academia, Wharton worked as a congressional aide for the US House of Representatives and a research analyst in the New Jersey state legislature's Office of Legislative Services as well as government affairs researcher for several Washington nonprofit organizations.

Faculty profile: https://www.southernct.edu/directory/whartonj1