Education
After studying at Plymouth North High School he graduated with honors from, and pursued doctoral studies in political science at City University of New York Graduate School and University Center.
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After studying at Plymouth North High School he graduated with honors from, and pursued doctoral studies in political science at City University of New York Graduate School and University Center.
He is an expert on American elections, public opinion, Congress, and United States foreign policy. He teaches at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at City University of New York City College. Chandler is a frequent on-air guest commentator for Columbia Broadcasting System News Up to the Minute, WCBS-television, WABC-television, National Broadcasting Company New York New York Nightly News with Chuck Scarborough, and WPIX Morning News.
He also provides commentary on Cable News Network Radio, National Public Radio, and KID (Department of Administration and Management) News Radio.
During 2011, he hosted a political talk show "Center Forward with Jamie Chandler" on Los Angeles Talk Radio. Chandler"s political commentary has been published by the Associated Press, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Bloomberg, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Cable News Network, Daily Mail, Daily News (New York), Financial Times, Houston Chronicle, Huffington Post, International Business Times, National Broadcasting Company News, Newsday, The New York Times, Reuters, San Francisco Chronicle, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast, The Palm Beach Post, The Washington Post, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, United States of America Today, and Yahoo News.
He has written columns for United States. News & World Report, Politico, and International Business Times. During the 2012 Election season, he blogged for the Daily News (New York).
In February 2013 he began writing for Thomas Jefferson Street, United States News & World Report"s political opinion blog.
Chandler has published several papers on forecasting elections, political history, and survey research. Between 2007 and 2009 he was a visiting fellow at the Applied Statistics Center at Columbia University studying under Statistician Andrew Gelman. Chandler is a centrist, non partisan political analyst.
He is a strong advocate for reasoned government and responsive politics, and gives much attention to income inequality, civil and minority rights.
In 2013, he and journalist Palmer Gibbs published a column in the New York Times on the ethics of the major cr card companies doing business with hates groups. The piece went on to influence MasterCard to drop several anti-Semitic, Holocaust denial organizations from its payment processing network.
Chandler has made a number of factual television appearances and produced a short documentary in 2011 The Faces of Occupy Wall Street. In February 2012 he appeared in United States of America Networks "Characters Unite" campaign.
He also appeared on mtvU"s Professors Strike Back in September 2012 in the episode "Professor is "Hot for his Age".".
