Alison Dawn Dagnes is a professor, author, and commentator on American politics. Her work focuses on politics and the media, politics and humor, and political scandal. She is a Professor of Political Science at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.
From 1991 to 1996, Alison Dagnes was a producer at C-SPAN in Washington, DC. She left Capitol Hill to attend graduate school. She was a lecturer at St. Lawrence University for two years and then joined the Political Science Department at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in 2003. She is currently a Professor of Political Science and teaches courses on political behavior. Despite being a Democrat, Dagnes served as the faculty adviser for the College Republicans at Shippensburg for over a decade. The Rev. Dr. Dagnes is also an ordained minister and has officiated the marriages of five of her former students. She is also an expert in animal calls and Muppet voices. She collects elephant figurines. Dagnes commentates in print, radio, and television for both American and international audiences. She offers analysis and commentary on US media and politics, political sex scandals, and politics and humor. She has been featured in a variety of publications and outlets including, among others: Vanity Fair USA Today, National Geographic “Startalk” with Niel DeGrasse Tyson, The Atlantic Monthly, CNN, Netroots Nation, Wired, L.A. Times, New York Post, Washington Times, NPR, Smithsonian, C-SPAN, MSNBC “The Cycle”, Huffington Post, Real Clear Politics, Canadian Broadcast Corporation, Psychology Today, The Hill, Miami Herald, BBC, Al Jazeera, Triblive, UPI, Sirius/XM Radio “StandUp! With Pete Dominic,” Excelsior, The Age, Kansas City Star, and the Atlantic Journal Constitution
Books
Alison Dagnes' book "Super Mad at Everything All the Time" was released in 2019. She has written or edited four books and contributed chapters to several other volumes. Her books include: A Conservative Walks Into a Bar: The Politics of Political Humor ; Politics on Demand: The Effects of 24 Hour News on American Politics ; Sex Scandals in American Politics: A Multidisciplinary Approach and Scandal! An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Consequences, Outcomes, and Significance of Political Scandals .
