Jennifer L. Selin is a Kinder Institute Assistant Professor of Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri. Her research explores how the administrative state functions in the American separation of powers system. When unelected administrators implement policies under delegated authority, there is a legal assumption that they are responsive to direction from elected officials like the President or Members of Congress. But how responsive are administrators to political demands? Selin's research illustrates that the legal structure of an executive agency's decision-making environment has important implications for political influence.

Jennifer Selin's scholarship has been published in political science, public administration, and law journals and has been utilized by the Obama, Trump, and Biden Administrations, Congress, the Supreme Court, and the media. A proud graduate of Lebanon Valley College, Selin holds a J.D. from Wake Forest University and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. Prior to joining academia, she practiced administrative law and specialized in federal electricity market regulation and alternative energy development, licensing, and regulation.