Areas of Study
American politics; public opinion; media and politics
Selected Publications
- The Front-Loading Problem on Presidential Nominations Brookings Institution Press, 2004
- The New American Democracy, 5th Edition, Pearson Longman, 2007
- The Making of the Presidential Candidates Rowman and Littlefield, 2008
- The Swing Voter in American Politics Brookings Institution Press, 2008
- In Pursuit of the White House 2000: How We Choose Our Presidential Nominees. Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 1999
- “Mass Partisanship, 1946-1996″ in Byron Shafer (ed), Partisan Approaches to Postwar American Politics. Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 1998
- The Divided Democrats: Ideological Unity, Party Reform, and Presidential Elections. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996
- “In Defense of Negative Campaigning.” Political Science Quarterly 111, 1996
- In Pursuit of the White House: How We choose Our Presidential Nominees (editor). Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 1995
- The Changing American Mind: How and Why American Public Opinion Changed between 1960 and 1988. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1992
Selected Professional Activities
- United States Information Agency, Sponsored Speaking Tour of Australia, 1999
- Visiting Professor of Government, Harvard University, 1997-1998
- Fellow in Ethics, Program in Ethics and the Professions, Harvard University, 1995-1996
- Executive Director, Committee on Party Renewal, 1995-1997
- Editorial Bord, Polity, 1993-1996
Recent Courses
Graduate
- POLS 7255- American Political Parties and Elections
Undergraduate
- POLS 2330- American Political Thought
- POLS 3310- Parties and Elections
- POLS 3320- Politics and Mass Media
