{"id":204,"date":"2023-08-16T19:39:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T19:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/nfjacobs\/?page_id=204"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:56:52","slug":"media-headshot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/nfjacobs\/media-headshot\/","title":{"rendered":"Media \/ Headshot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b8c3c4a7-7899-4191-9a2b-d6604ec30306\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/nfjacobs\/files\/2026\/05\/Headshot-May26.png\">High-Resolution Headshot<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/nfjacobs\/files\/2026\/05\/Headshot-May26.png\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b8c3c4a7-7899-4191-9a2b-d6604ec30306\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Short Bio<\/strong>: Nicholas Jacobs is the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government at Colby College and the Inaugural Director of Colby&#8217;s Public Policy Lab. A scholar of American politics and public governance, he has published extensively on the American presidency, federalism, and constitutional development. His current research examines how people understand political authority and public policy in the places they live, focusing on how different communities experience national politics, judge government, and navigate the challenges of self-governance. The author of multiple books, he also co-edits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyterbrill.com\/serial\/apg-b\/html\">the De Gruyter Series in American Political Geography<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Nicholas F. Jacobs<\/strong><br>The Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Government Department<br>Colby College<br>Waterville, Maine 04901&nbsp;<br>Diamond Hall 265<br>(207) \u2013 859 \u2013 5315 <br><strong>nfjacobs@colby.edu<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short Bio: Nicholas Jacobs is the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government at Colby College and the Inaugural Director of Colby&#8217;s Public Policy Lab. A scholar of American politics and public governance, he has published extensively on the American presidency, federalism, and constitutional development. His current research examines how people understand political authority and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10236,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/nfjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/nfjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/nfjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/nfjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10236"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/nfjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/nfjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":367,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/nfjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204\/revisions\/367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/nfjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}