Sherry Bebitch Jeffe

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Ph.D., is Senior Fellow, School of Policy, Planning and Development at the University of Southern California and the political analyst for KNBC, Los Angeles.

In the 2000-election cycle Dr. Jeffe also served as political analyst for NBC4 in Washington, D.C. and for BBC Scotland and BBC Wales; she continues to serve as American politics analyst for Today on BBC Scotland, and on other BBC Scotland, BBC Wales, BBC London, and BBC World Service programs.

During the 2003 California recall election Dr. Jeffe served as recall analyst for NBCs Today Show.

Prior to her affiliation with NBC, Dr. Jeffe served as political analyst for KCAL-TV in Los Angeles.

Dr. Jeffe regularly writes and comments on American and California government and politics in the state, national, and international media. Her occasional, on-line column, Political Perspectives, is posted on the KNBC website at www.nbclosangeles.com.

In 2006, Dr. Jeffe was a nominee for the Los Angeles Area Emmy Award, for news feature Decision 2005: A Voters Guide, NBC4.

Prior to her affiliation with USC, Dr. Jeffe taught political science at Claremont Graduate University, Loyola Marymount University, and Pitzer College.

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe holds a Ph. D. in government from Claremont Graduate University, and a master's degree in political science from Rutgers University, where she was a Fellow at the Eagleton Institute of Politics; her B.A. in political science is from Goucher College.