David Dulio

David A. Dulio is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science Department and Director of the Center for Civic Engagement at Oakland University. He teaches courses on campaigns and elections, Congress, political parties, interest groups, and other areas of American politics. Dulio has published eleven books, with two of his most recent being Michigan Government, Politics and Policy and Campaigns from the Ground Up.  He has written dozens articles and book chapters on subjects ranging from the role of professional consultants in U.S. elections to campaign finance.  Dulio is also a former American Political Science Congressional Fellow on Capitol Hill where he worked in the U.S. House of Representatives Republican Conference for former US Rep. J.C. Watts, Jr. (R-OK).

Curriculum Vita

Academic Appointments 
Distinguished Professor, Department of Political Science, Oakland University, 2023 – present
Director, Center for Civic Engagement, Oakland University, 2018 – present
Professor, Department of Political Science, Oakland University, 2012 – 2023
Fellow, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University, 2019 – present
Chair, Department of Political Science, Oakland University, 2010 – 2018
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Oakland University, 2007 – 2012
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Oakland University, 2002 – 2007
American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, 2001 – 2002

Education
Ph.D. in Political Science, American University, 2001
       Fields of Study: American Politics, Public Administration, Methodology
M.A. in Political Science, American University, 1999
B.A. in Political Science and Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1995

Publications

Books
Under the Iron Dome: Congress from the Inside (New York Routledge, 2022), edited with Paul S. Herrnson and Colton C. Campbell, 190 pages.

Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Split Decision (New York: Routledge, 2019), edited with Randall E. Adkins, 224 pages.

Congress and Diaspora Politics: The Influence of Ethnic and Foreign Lobbying (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2018), edited with James A. Thurber and Colton C. Campbell, 284 pages.

Michigan Government, Politics and Policy (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017), edited with John S. Klemanski, 408 pages.

Campaigns from the Ground Up: State House Campaigns in a National Perspective (Boulder: Paradigm, 2015), with John S. Klemanski and Michael Switalski.

Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Riding the Wave (New York: Routledge, 2011), edited with Randall E. Adkins.

Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Incumbents Playing Defense (New York: Routledge, 2010), edited with Randall E. Adkins.

Diversity in Contemporary American Politics and Government (New York: Pearson Longman Publishers, 2009), edited with John S. Klemanski and Erin O’Brien.

The Mechanics of State Legislative Campaigns (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Press, 2006), with John S. Klemanski.

Vital Signs: Perspectives on the Health of American Campaigning (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2005), with Candice J. Nelson.

For Better or Worse? How Political Consultants Are Changing Elections in the United States (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2004).

Shades of Gray: Perspectives on Campaign Ethics (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2002), edited with Candice J. Nelson and Stephen K. Medvic.

Crowded Airwaves: Campaign Advertising in Elections (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2000), edited with James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson.

Journal Articles
“Understanding Michigan’s Electoral Competitiveness: Swing Counties 1976-2018,” The Michigan Academician, vol. 47, no 2, pp. 173–201, with John S. Klemanski and Douglas Carr.

“Does Money Always Matter? Campaign Spending in Michigan State Ballot Proposal Elections,” Michigan Academician, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 278-300, with John S. Klemanski and Haris Cogo.

“527 Committees, Formal Parties, and Party Adaptation,” The Forum vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 137–156, with Richard Skinner and Seth Masket.

“All Foreign Policy is (Partly) Local: Foreign Policy Issues in the 2000, 2002 and 2004 Congressional Campaigns,” Foreign Policy Analysis, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 267-278 with Peter F. Trumbore.

“New Media and Political Marketing in the United States: 2012 and Beyond,” Journal of Political Marketing, vol. 11, pp. 95-119, with Terri L. Towner.

“527 Committees and the Party Network,” American Politics Research, vol. 40, no. 1 (January 2012), pp. 60 - 84, with Richard Skinner and Seth Masket.

“Lady Luck? Women Political Consultants in U.S. Congressional Elections,” Journal of Political Marketing, vol. 10 (2011), no. 3, pp. 251-274, with Sarah E. Brewer and Costas Panagopoulos.

“An Experiment of Campaign Effects during the YouTube Election,” New Media & Society vol. 13, no. 4 (June 2011), pp. 626-644, with Terri L. Towner.

“The Web 2.0 Election: Does the Online Medium Matter?” Journal of Political Marketing, vol. 10, no 1-2 (January-June 2011), pp. 165-188, with Terri L. Towner.

“Incumbency is No Advantage: Michigan’s 7^th Congressional District,” The American Review of Politics, vol. 30 (Summer 2009), pp. 189-212, with John S. Klemanski.

“Fighting ‘Change’ in Congressional Campaigns,” The American Review of Politics, vol. 30 (Summer 2009), pp. 107-114, with Randall E. Adkins.

“Running on Iraq or Running from Iraq? Conditional Issue Ownership in the 2006 Midterm Elections,” Political Research Quarterly, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 230-243, with Peter F. Trumbore.

“The Permanent Campaign in the White House: Evidence from the Clinton Administration,” White House Studies, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 301-317, with Stephen K. Medvic.

“Political Party Adaptation in U.S. Congressional Campaigns: Why Political Parties Use Coordinated Expenditures to Hire Political Consultants,” Party Politics, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 729-746, with Robin Kolodny.

“The More Things Change the More Things Stay the Same: Campaign Finance Reform in the United States,” Talking Politics, vol. 13, no. 1 (Winter 2001), p. 119-125, with Colton C. Campbell and Robert P. Watson. [Reprinted in Integrity in Politics [Switzerland] (e-journal), Vol. 1, No. 3, 2001: 3-14.]

“America’s Two-Party System: Friend or Foe?” Administrative Law Review, vol. 52, no. 2 (Spring 2000), p. 769-792, with James A. Thurber.

“Untangled Web: Internet Use During the 1998 Election,” PS: Political Science and Politics, vol. 32, no. 1 (March 1999), p. 53-59, with James A. Thurber and Donald L. Goff.

Book Chapters
“Introduction: Looking at Congress from the Inside Out,” in Paul S. Herrnson, Colton C. Campbell and David A. Dulio, eds., Under the Iron Dome: Congress from the Inside (New York: Routledge, 2022), pp. 1-7, with Paul S. Herrnson and Colton C. Campbell.

“Conclusion: Lessons from Under the Iron Dome,” in Paul S. Herrnson, Colton C. Campbell and David A. Dulio, eds., Under the Iron Dome: Congress from the Inside (New York: Routledge, 2022), pp. 172-175, with Paul S. Herrnson and Colton C. Campbell.

“Michigan: Joe Biden Wins the Turnout Battle,” in David Schultz and Rafael Jacob, eds., Presidential Swing States, 3rd ed., (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2022), pp. 229-254, with John S. Klemanski.

“Another Suburban District Turns Blue: Stevens vs. Epstein in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District” in Randall E. Adkins and David A. Dulio eds., Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Split Decision (New York: Routledge, 2022), pp. 153-176, with John S. Klemanski.

“A Split Decision” in Randall E. Adkins and David A. Dulio eds., Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Split Decision (New York: Routledge, 2022), pp. 1-29, with Randall E. Adkins.

“The 2018 Elections” in Randall E. Adkins and David A. Dulio eds., Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Split Decision (New York: Routledge, 2022), pp. 199-218, with Randall E. Adkins.

“Introduction,” in James A. Thurber, Colton C. Campbell and David A. Dulio eds., Congress and Diaspora Politics: The Influence of Ethnic and Foreign Lobbying. (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2018), pp. 1-18, with James A. Thurber and Colton C. Campbell.

“The Role of Political Parties,” in James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson, eds., Campaigns and Elections American Style 5th ed., (Boulder, CO: Routledge, 2018), pp. 36-65, with John S. Klemanski.

“Michigan: Hiding Behind a Thin Blue Wall,” in David A. Schultz and Rafael Jacob, eds., Presidential Swing States, 2nd ed., p. 247-272, with John S. Klemanski (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2018).

“Parties and Populism in 2016,” in Laurie L. Rice and Chapman Rackaway, eds., American Political Parties Under Pressure, (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), pp. 43-75, with John S. Klemanski.

“Ballot Proposals in Michigan,” in John S. Klemanski and David A. Dulio, eds. Michigan Government, Politics and Policy, (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017), pp. 246-266, with John S. Klemanski.

“Introduction to Michigan Government, Politics and Policy,” in John S. Klemanski and David A. Dulio, eds. Michigan Government, Politics and Policy, (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017), pp. 1-26, with John S. Klemanski.

“Conclusion,” in John S. Klemanski and David A. Dulio, eds. Michigan Government, Politics and Policy, (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017), pp. 364-375, with John S. Klemanski.

“Election Campaigns,” in Stephen L. Schechter ed., American Governance. Vol. 1, (Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2016), pp. 60-63.

“Technology Takeover?: Campaign Learning during the 2012 Presidential Election,” in John Allen Hendricks, ed., Presidential Campaigning and Social Media: New Strategies, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), pp. 58-73, with Terri L. Towner.

“Republican Strategies and Tactics in the 2012 Primary and General Elections,” in James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson (eds.) Campaigns and Elections American Style 4^th ed. (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2014), pp. 283-313, with John S. Klemanski.

“The Web 2.0 Election: Does the Online Medium Matter?” Journal of Political Marketing, vol. 10, no. 1-2 (January-June 2011), pp. 165-188, with Terri L. Towner, reprinted in Costas Panagopoulos (ed.), Strategy, Money and Technology in the 2008 Presidential Election (New York: Routledge, 2011), pp. 258-281.

“Schauer vs. Walberg in Michigan’s Seventh Congressional District: Money Helps Create the Wave,” in Randall E. Adkins and David A. Dulio (eds.) Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Riding the Wave (New York: Routledge, in press), pp. 259-279, with John S. Klemanski.

“Riding the Wave,” in Randall E. Adkins and David A. Dulio (eds.) Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Riding the Wave (New York: Routledge, in press), pp. 1-30, with Randall E. Adkins.

“The Wave Recedes, but Which Way Will the Tide Turn?” in Randall E. Adkins and David A. Dulio (eds.) Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Riding the Wave (New York: Routledge, in press), pp. 280-289, with Randall E. Adkins.

“The Web 2.0 Election: Voter Learning in the 2008 Presidential Campaign,” in Lynda Lee Kaid and John Allen Hendricks (eds.) Techno-Politics in Presidential Campaigning: New Voices, New Technologies, and New Voters (New York: Routledge, 2011), pp. 22-43, with Terri L. Towner.

“Consultants, Political,” in George Thomas Kurian, ed., The Encyclopedia of Political Science (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2011), pp. 325-326.

“The Impact of Political Consultants,” in Stephen C. Craig and David B. Hills, eds., Electoral Challenge: Theory Meets Practice, 2^nd ed. (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2011), pp. 243-270.

“The Web 2.0 Election: Voter Learning in the 2008 Presidential Campaign,” in Lynda Lee Kaid and John Allen Hendricks, eds., Techno-Politics in Presidential Campaigning: New Voices, New Technologies, and New Voters (New York: Routledge, 2011), pp. 22-43, with Terri L. Towner.

“What Do We Expect from Our Elections?” in Beryl A. Radin and Joshua M. Chanin, eds., What Do We Expect from Our Government? (Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2010), pp. 177-194.

“Sinking in ‘The Perfect Storm’: Knollenberg vs. Peters in Michigan’s Ninth Congressional District,” in Randall E. Adkins and David A. Dulio, eds., Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Incumbents Playing Defense (New York: Routledge, 2010), pp. 25-42, with John S. Klemanski.

“Playing Defense in a Year of Change,” in Randall E. Adkins and David A. Dulio, eds., Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Incumbents Playing Defense (New York: Routledge, 2010), pp. 1-24, with Randall E. Adkins.

“The Goal Line Stand,” in Randall E. Adkins and David A. Dulio, eds., Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Incumbents Playing Defense (New York: Routledge, 2010), pp. 231-246, with Randall E. Adkins.

“Madness in Michigan: A Microcosm of Elections American Style,” in James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson, eds., Campaigns and Elections American Style, 3^rd ed. (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2009), pp. 269-304.

“The Media and Public Opinion,” in Mark Rozell, ed., Media Power, Media Politics, 2^nd ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008), pp. 233-254 with Stephen K. Medvic.

“The Permanent Campaign in the United States,” in Dennis W. Johnson, ed., Routledge Handbook of Political Management (New York: Routledge, 2008), pp. 83-97 with Terri Towner.

“Organizational Strength and Campaign Professionalism in State Parties,” in John C. Green and Daniel J. Coffee, eds., State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties, 5^th ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2007), pp. 199-216, with R. Sam Garrett.

“Party Crashers? The Relationship Between Political Consultants and Political Parties,” in Richard S. Katz and William Crotty, eds., Handbook on Political Parties (London: Sage Press, 2006), pp. 348-358.

“The Effects of Political Consultants,” in Stephen C. Craig, eds., The Electoral Challenge: Theory Meets Practice (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2006), pp. 183-202.

“Untangled the Web: Internet Use During the 1998 Election,” in David A. Rochefort, ed., Quantitative Methods in Practice: Readings from PS (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2006), pp. 132-143. [originally published in PS: Political Science and Politics, vol. 32, no. 1 (March 1999), p. 53-59, with James A. Thurber and Donald L. Goff]

“Strategic and Tactical Decisions in Campaigns,” in Paul S. Herrnson, ed., CQ's Guide to Political Campaigns(Washington, D.C.: CQ Press 2005), pp. 231-243.

“Congress Adequately Represents the Interests of Most Americans,” in Robert P. Watson, ed., Debating the Issues: American Government and Politics (New York: Longman, 2004), pp. 118-121.

“Campaigning with the Internet: The View From Below,” in James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson, eds., Campaigns and Elections American Style 2e. (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2004), pp. 173-194, with Erin O’Brien.

“Inside the War Room: Political Consultants in Modern Campaigns,” in Robert P. Watson and Colton C. Campbell, eds., Campaigns and Elections: Issues, Concepts, and Cases (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003), p. 17-29.

“The Symbiotic Relationship between Political Parties and Political Consultants: Partners Past, Present and Future,” in John C. Green and Rick Farmer, eds., The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties, 4^th ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), p.215-224, with James A. Thurber.

“The Media and Public Opinion,” in Mark Rozell, ed., Media Power, Media Politics (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), p. 207-233, with Stephen K. Medvic.

“Campaigning Along the Information Highway,” in James A. Thurber and Colton C. Campbell, eds., Congress, the Internet, and Deliberative Democracy (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2003), p. 11-30, with Colton C. Campbell.

“Campaign Ethics: Approaching the Issue,” in Candice J. Nelson, Stephen K. Medvic, and David A. Dulio, eds., Shades of Gray: Perspectives on Campaign Ethics (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2002), p. 1-17, with Candice J. Nelson and Stephen K. Medvic.

“Political Consultants: Hired Guns or Gatekeepers of Democracy?,” in Candice J. Nelson, Stephen K. Medvic, and David A. Dulio, eds., Shades of Gray: Perspectives on Campaign Ethics (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2002), p. 75-97, with Candice J. Nelson and Stephen K. Medvic.

“Introduction,” in Thurber, Nelson and Dulio, eds., Crowded Airwaves: Campaign Advertising in Elections(Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2000), p. 1-9, with James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson.

“Summary and Conclusions,” in Thurber, Nelson and Dulio, eds., Crowded Airwaves: Campaign Advertising in Elections (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2000), p. 170-179, with James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson.

“Portrait of Campaign Consultants,” in James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson, eds., Campaign Warriors: Campaign Consultants in Elections (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2000), p. 10-36, with James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson.

Other publications
“Biden’s low ratings could bring red wave to midterms,” Detroit News, June 7, 2022.

“How Macomb, Oakland counties left political roots in election,” Detroit News, November 20, 2020, with John S. Klemanski.

“Why Macomb Stayed Red,” The Ripon Forum, December 2020, with John S. Klemanski.

“2020 Democratic nomination process mirrors 2004 race,” Detroit News, March 7, 2020.

“A View from Macomb County, MI: Third in a Series” The Ripon Forum, February 2020, with John S. Klemanski.

“A View from Macomb County,” The Ripon Forum, November 2018, with John S. Klemanski.

“The 2018 3lection dynamic that no one is talking about,” Detroit News, June 10, 2018, with John S. Klemanski,

“OU Students Outpace National Average in Voter Turnout,” Oakland Press, September 28, 2017.

“A View from Macomb County, Michigan,” The Ripon Forum, June 2017, with John S. Klemanski.

“Why President Trump’s budget is nearly meaningless,” Oakland Press, April 16, 2017.

“Donald Trump may be the Howard Dean of 2016,” Oakland Press, November 5, 2015.

“Is Rick Snyder a likely presidential candidate?,” Oakland Press, January 14, 2015.

“Could GOP control lead to less gridlock?,” Oakland Press, November 6, 2014.

“Michigan as the Difference Maker in 2012,” Detroit News, July 10, 2012.

“GOP Debate at Oakland University a Game Changer,” Detroit News, November 25, 2011, with Michelle Piskulich.

“GOP needs to satisfy an impatient public,” Oakland Press, November 11, 2010.

“Looking Back, Looking Ahead,” Oakland Journal, no. 16, Winter 2009, pp. 11-22.

“The Democrats are Back in Charge, So What?” Oakland Journal, no. 12, Winter 2007, pp. 21-38, with Peter F. Trumbore.

“Teaching about the Electoral College,” Social Education, vol. 68, no. 5 (September 2004), pp. 318-320, with the staff from the National Student Parent Mock Election.

“The Increasing Role of Consultants with State Party Organizations,” Campaigns & Elections, vol. 23, no. 9 (September 2002), p. 12-13, with Robin Kolodny, Candice J. Nelson and James A. Thurber.

“Where Do Voters Get Their Political Information?,” Campaigns & Elections, vol. 22, no. 2 (April 2001), p. 9, with Erin O’Brien and James A. Thurber.

“Internet Campaigning: Should Candidates Even Bother With It?,” Roll Call, vol. 46, no. 59 (February 26, 2001), p.8, with Erin O’Brien and James A. Thurber.

“Producing Negative Ads: Consultant Survey,” Campaigns & Elections, vol. 21, no. 7 (August 2000), p. 56, with Robin Kolodny, and James A. Thurber.

“Citizens’ Attitudes Toward Campaigns and Campaigners,” Votes & Opinions, vol. 3, no. 2 (June/July 2000), p. 18-19, with Stephen K. Medvic, James A. Thurber, and Candice J. Nelson.

“Consultants on Candidates: Survey Taps Surprising Attitudes” Campaigns & Elections, vol. 21, no. 4 (May 2000), p. 48 and 61, with Robin Kolodny and James A. Thurber.

“Improving Campaign Conduct: Ethics, Consultants, and Elections,” Vox Pop, vol. 18, no. 3 (March 2000), p. 1-3, with Robin Kolodny, James A. Thurber, and Candice J. Nelson.

“Industry Portrait: Political Consultants,” Campaigns & Elections, vol. 20, no. 6 (July 1999), p. 26-28 and 71, with James A. Thurber.

Conference Presentations
“The doctor is in: Using faculty connections and partners to increase engagement,” Council for Advancement and Support of Education annual meeting, Chicago, IL, December 13, 2021.

“The doctor is in: Using faculty connections and partners to increase engagement,” presentation for the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan University’s “promising practice session,” November 8, 2021.

“2020 Election Roundtable,” presentation at the Michigan Political Science Association virtual meeting, October 23, 2020.

“The Swing State? Michigan in the 2020 Presidential Election,’” presentation at the President’s Colloquium, Oakland University, October 22, 2020, with John S. Klemanski.

“Looking to 2020: Lessons from Key 2018 Congressional Campaigns,” presentation at the Southern Political Science Association annual meeting, San Juan, PR, January 10, 2020.

“The Changing Political Geography of Michigan,” presentation at the Michigan Political Science Association annual meeting, Kalamazoo, MI, October 25, 2019, with John S. Klemanski and Douglas Carr.

“Urban & Metropolitan Universities as Engines for Democratic Engagement in 2020,” presentation on a roundtable at the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan University’s annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, October 21, 2019.

“Michigan: A Midwestern Swing State at the Midterms,” presentation at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Austin, TX, January 18, 2019, with John S. Klemanski.

“The Battle for Michigan’s 11th District,” presentation at the Michigan Political Science Association annual meeting, Lansing, MI, October 26, 2018, with John S. Klemanski.

“Populism as the Epicenter of the 2016 United States Presidential Election,” presentation at “Cut the Bullshit! Conference on Communication, Populism and Electoral choice in the new media environment,” Cadenabbia, Italy, June 20-22, 2018.

“Congress and Diaspora Politics: The Influence of Ethnic and Foreign Lobbying,” presentation at a panel discussion on foreign lobbying, American University, Washington, DC, January 30, 2018.

“The Power of Populism in Michigan during the 2016 Election” presentation at the Michigan Political Science Association annual meeting, Ypsilanti, MI, October 27, 2017, with John S. Klemanski.

“Engaging through a Public Policy Center,” presentation on a roundtable at the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan University’s annual meeting, Denver, CO, October 11, 2017.

“Following the Money: Campaign Spending in State Ballot Proposal Elections 1978-2015,” presentation at the Michigan Political Science Association annual meeting, Mt. Pleasant, MI, October 21, 2016, with John S. Klemanski and Haris Cogo.

“Student Success through Community Engagement,” presentation at the 2016 Michigan Student Success Conference, Troy, MI, February 10, 2016, with C. Robert Maxfield and Kevin J. Corcoran.

“The 2016 Presidential Primaries,” presentation at the Michigan Political Science Association annual meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, October 30, 2015.

“Topics in Teaching Michigan Politics: Initiatives and Referenda,” presentation at the Michigan Political Science Association annual meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, October 30, 2015.

“The History of Campaign Finance Regulation and What it Means Going Forward,” presentation at the University of Denver Strategic Issues Program, Denver CO, November 14, 2012.

“The Impact of Party Rules on the 2012 GOP Primary,” presentation at the conference on “Generations: Rethinking Age and Citizenship,” Center for the Study of Citizenship, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, March 30, 2012.

“Feeding the 527s: Party Committees as a Training Ground for 527 Staff,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, March 30-April 3, 2011, Chicago, IL, with Seth E. Masket and Richard M. Skinner.

“All Foreign Policy is Local (Mostly): Foreign Policy Issues in the 2002 and 2004 Congressional Campaigns,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, QC, Canada, March 16-19, 2011, with Peter F. Trumbore

“Sinking in ‘The Perfect Storm’: Knollenberg vs. Peters in Michigan’s Ninth Congressional District,” presentation as part of a roundtable discussion on the 2008 congressional elections at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 3-6.

“The Web 2.0 Election: Does the Online Medium Matter?” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 22-25, 2010, with Terri L. Towner.

“See How They Run: Congressional Candidates’ Use of Foreign Policy Issues in Campaign Advertising,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, February 17-20, 2010, with Peter F. Trumbore.

“The Web 2.0 Election: Voter Learning in the 2008 Presidential Campaign,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, January, 6-9, 2010, with Terri L. Towner.

“527 Committees and the Political Party Network,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 3-6, 2009, with Richard M. Skinner and Seth E. Masket.

“527 Committees and the Political Party Network,” paper presented at the Harvard Political Networks Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 12, 2009, with Seth E. Masket and Richard M. Skinner.

“527s and the Political Party Network,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2, 2009, with Richard M. Skinner and Seth E. Masket.

“An Experiment of Campaign Effects during the YouTube Election,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2, 2009, with Terri L. Towner and Stephanie Pazdro.

“What Do We Expect from our Elections?,” paper presented at American University’s School of Public Affairs 75^th Anniversary Conference, Washington, D.C., March 27, 2009.

“Running on Foreign Policy: Examining the Role of Foreign Policy Issues in the 2000, 2002 and 2004 Congressional Campaigns,” paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, February 15, 2009, with Peter F. Trumbore.

“The Battle for Power: Issues, Politics and Strategy in the 2006 and 2008 Elections,” presentation at the President’s Colloquium, Oakland University, October 27, 2008, with Peter F. Trumbore.

“527s and the Political Party Network,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 28-31, 2008, with Richard M. Skinner and Seth E. Masket.

“Running on Iraq, Running from Iraq: Deliberate Priming in the 2006 Midterm Elections,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 12-14, 2007, with Peter F. Trumbore.

“Vital Signs: Perspectives on the Health of American Campaigning,” part of “Authors at Oakland” where two faculty who wrote books in the past two years were selected to talk about their work. March 29, 2006, Kresge Library, Oakland University, Rochester, MI.

“Campaign Professionalism and Organizational Strength in the State Parties,” paper presented at “The State of the Parties: 2004 & Beyond,” The Ray C. Bliss Center, University of Akron, Akron, OH, October 5-7, 2005, with R. Sam Garrett.

“The Effects of Political Consultants in American Elections,” paper presented at “Studying Politics: What We Know and What We Don’t Know about Campaigns and Elections,” Political Campaigning Program at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, February 25, 2005.

“Lady Luck? Women Political Consultants in Congressional Campaigns,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, January 6-8, 2005 New Orleans, LA, with Sarah Brewer and Costas Panagopolous.

“The 2004 Presidential Campaign in the United States: Highlights and Lowlights,” presentation at the conference on Political Communication in a Global World: Strategies and Innovations in a Dialogue with the Citizenry, sponsored by the Konrad Adenaur Foundation, Mainz, Germany, October 7-8, 2004.

“Ethics in the 2004 Presidential Campaign,” presentation at the “Campaign Consulting and American Elections” conference, American University, Washington, D.C., June 4, 2004.

“The Permanent Campaign in Congress: Understanding Congressional Communication Tactics,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 3-6, 2003, with Stephen K. Medvic.

“The Impact of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act on Professional Political Consultants,” presentation at the Michigan Conference of Political Scientists, 34^th Annual Meeting, October 17-18, 2002, Lansing, MI.

“Staffing the Permanent Campaign: Political Consultants in the White House,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, November 7-10, 2001, with Stephen K. Medvic.

“The Symbiotic Relationship between Political Parties and Political Consultants: Partners Past, Present and Future,” paper presented at “The State of the Parties: 2000 & Beyond,” The Ray C. Bliss Center, University of Akron, Akron, OH, October 17-19, 2001, with James A. Thurber.

“Where the Money Goes: Party Spending in Congressional Elections,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 19-22, 2001, with Robin Kolodny.

“Political Parties and Political Consultants: Creating Alliances for Electoral Success,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, NV, March 15-17, 2001, with Robin Kolodny.

“Political Consultants and Political Parties: Strange Bedfellows or Uncanny Allies?,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, November 8-11, 2000.

“Campaigning in Des Moines and Los Angeles: What’s the Difference?,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Savannah, GA, November 3-6, 1999, with Kevin Conway.

“‘Just Win Baby!’: Campaign Consultants, Ethical Standards and Practices, and Campaign Reform,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 15-17, 1999.

“Campaign Elites: The Attitudes and Roles of Professional Political Consultants,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Seattle, WA, March 25-27, 1999, with James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson.

“Untangling the Web: Internet Use in the 1998 Election,” paper presented at the conference on Campaigning on the Internet: The Future of American Politics?, Washington, D.C., November 18, 1998, with Donald L. Goff.

“Political Consulting: A Portrait of the Industry,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, September 3-6, 1998, with James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson.

Book reviews
Campaign Advertising and American Democracy, by Michael M. Franz, Paul B. Freedman, Kenneth M. Goldstein, and Travis N. Ridout. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2008, 197 pages, in Party Politics, vol. 15 (March 2009), pp. 247-250.

Why the Electoral College is Bad for America, by George C. Edwards III. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004, 198 pages, in The Historian, Winter 2005 - Vol. 67 Issue 4, pp. 748-749.

Presidential Campaign Quality: Incentives and Reform, by Bruce Buchanan. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004, 138 pages, in White House Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 115-117 (Reprinted in Frank Columbus (ed.), Book Reviews on Presidents and the Presidency. (New York: Nova Publishers, 2008), pp. 237-239.)

The Nightly News Nightmare: Network Television’s Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2000, by Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003, 228 pages, in Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 453-454.

Courses Taught
Introduction to American Politics
Congress and the Legislative Process
Elections and Voting Behavior
Political Campaigns (Campaign Management)
Political Parties and Interest Groups
Politics in 30 Seconds (also offered for the Honors College)
Political Science Internship

Service
Oakland University (selected activities)

Director, Center for Civic Engagement

• Co-organizer, 2022 Michigan Gubernatorial Debate
• Organizer, Civility Day
• Co-organizer, OU Athletics “Crucial Conversations” session with The Civility Project
• Organizer, After Roe: The Constitution, Rights, Policy and Politics
• Co-organizer, Center for Civic Engagement Office Hours: Sustainability and Climate: Policy Not Politics
• Co-organizer, Engaging Your Stakeholders and Restoring Civility During Uncertain Times: Part 2
• Co-organizer, Center for Civic Engagement Office Hours: The Economy in Michigan and the US: Inflation and Gas Prices and a Recession (maybe), Oh My!
• Co-organizer, Engaging Your Stakeholders and Restoring Civility During Uncertain Times: Part 1
• Co-organizer, Michigan 11^th Congressional District Democratic Primary Debate
• Co-organizer, Civic Engagement Office Hours Virtual Series: Now What? A Candid Look at Mental Health as We Enter Year Three Of COVID
• Co-organizer, Health Communication: Lessons from the Pandemic
• Co-organizer, Civic Engagement Office Hours Virtual Series: Political Hot Topics - Redistricting Results, Campaign ‘22, and More
• Organizer, The Abraham Accords: Will They Bring Peace to the Middle East?
• Co-organizer, Civic Engagement Office Hours Virtual Series: Inflation, the Supply Chain and COVID - How the US Might Traverse an Uncertain Business Environment
• Co-organizer, Civic Engagement Office Hours Virtual Series: Facts vs. Opinion - Navigating Today's News Sources
• Co-organizer, Empowering All Workers: Morning, Noon and Night
• Co-organizer, The Changing Landscape of College Athletics
• Co-organizer, Civic Engagement Office Hours Virtual Series: From Beauty Queens to Queenpins: The Role of Women in a Century-long Drug War
• Organizer, Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting on Campus
• Co-organizer, Tower Stories
• Organizer, Toward a More Perfect Union: 9/11 Twenty Years Later
• Co-organizer, Defy the Divide: A Path to Civility
• Co-organizer, Civic Engagement Virtual Office Hours: Let’s Get Real! Authenticity & Sensitivity in Conversations about Race
• Co-organizer, Civic Engagement Virtual Office Hours: Presidential Transition and the First 100 Days
• Co-organizer, COVID-19 Vaccination: Access, Awareness, Acceptance
• Co-organizer, Civic Engagement Virtual Office Hours: Campaign 2020: Election Roundup
• Co-organizer, Civic Engagement Virtual Office Hours: Campaign 2020: Election Preview
• Organizer, Understanding the Politics of Macomb County in Presidential Elections featuring Dr. Stan Greenberg
• Organizer, The Civility Project with Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson
• Co-organizer, Civic Engagement Virtual Office Hours: Campaign 2020: The Effect of COVID-19 on the National, State, Regional, and Urban Economies
• Co-organizer, Civic Engagement Virtual Office Hours: How Protests Lead to Social Change
• Co-organizer, OU Student Presidential Caucus, March 2020.
• Co-organizer, Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin town hall meeting, February 2020.
• Co-organizer, Letters to Lansing, February 2020.
• Co-organizer, Respect and Rebellion: Maintaining Relationships with Those Who Disagree with You, February 2020.
• Organizer, Civic Engagement Film Series in downtown Pontiac.
  • The Ides of March, January 2020.
  • The Manchurian Candidate, November 2019.
  • Selma, September 2019.
• Organizer, Human Trafficking: Myths vs Reality, January 2020.
• Organizer, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin town hall meeting, December 2019.
• Co-organizer, Varner Vitality Lecture Series – Lech Walesa, November 2019.
• Organizer, Oakland University’s Women in Legislatures, October 2019.
• Organizer, 9/11 Remembrance, Tribute and Discussion, September 2019.
• Organizer, Michigan Rep. Brenda Carter town hall meeting, May 2019.
• Organizer, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin town hall meeting, March 2019.
• Co-organizer, Political Humor and its Impact on American Life, March 2019.
• Co-organizer, Marijuana is Legal. Now What?, February 2019.
• Co-organizer, Campaign Roundup 2018, November 2018.
• Organizer, 2018 Candidate Forum, October 2018.
• Co-organizer, Race in Our Communities: A Town Hall Meeting, September 2018.
• Organizer, Michigan Matters: A Day of Civic Engagement, September 2018.
• Co-organizer, 2016 Michigan Electors Correspondence Special Collection at Kresge Library, 2017-2019. 

Chair, Senate Community Engagement Committee

Member, Carnegie Community Engagement Task Force

Speaker, Introduction to Tenure, Promotion and Research panel at New Faculty Orientation

Organizer, Civility Project Workshop Series (through CETL)

Speaker, Provost Office’s Faculty Tenure Information Session

Speaker, Oakland University Superintendents' Executive Leadership Academy

Member, OU Advance

Member, Chief Financial Officer Search Committee

Member, Community Engagement Awards Selection Committee

Member, OU Day at the Capitol Planning Committee

Member, Reimagine OU – Values Statement Group

Member, Reimagine OU – Community Conversation Group

Co-organizer, CETL FDI on Cultivating Civility and Compassion During Turbulent Times

Member, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Search Committee, 2020.

Co-organizer, The Rogers Collection (Congressman Mike Rogers’ Special Collection at Kresge Library), Summer 2014 – Fall 2015.           

Member, Oakland University Strategic Planning Committee Shared Governance Task Force, April 2015 – April 2016.

Member, Distinguished Professor Selection Committee, March 2015.

Member, Presidential Search Committee, 2013-2014.

Member, Faculty Reappointment and Promotion Committee (FRPC), Fall 2013 – present.

Pre-law adviser, 2013 – 2014.

Co-organizer, “Ukraine in Crisis,” March 11, 2014.

Team leader, All University Fund Drive, Fall 2013, 2018, 2019.

Speaker, CETL New Faculty Orientation, August 26, 2013.

Chair, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Search Committee, 2012-2013.

Organizer, “Hidden Money in Judicial Selection: A Threat to Impartial Justice?” March 2013.   

Organizer, “The Fiscal Cliff: Taxing, Spending, Debt and Deficits,” February 2013.          

Speaker, Economic Students Association election panel, October 2012.

Member, Athletic Department Hall of Honor Selection Committee, Fall 2012 and 2013.

Team captain, All University Fund Drive, Fall 2012.

Co-organizer, “Campaign Roundup 2012,” November 2012.

Speaker, Oakland University Winter College, February 2012 and 2013.

Co-organizer, Meadow Brook Lecture in International Affairs, March 15, 2012; March 7, 2013; March 20, 2014.

Member, Republican Presidential Debate Committee, Fall 2011.

Member, University Senate Athletics Committee, Fall 2011 – present.

Co-organizer, “Campaign Roundup 2010,” November, 2010.

Co-organizer, Michigan Constitutional Convention Panel Discussion, October 27, 2010.

Faculty advisor, New Student Orientations, Summer 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013.                  

Member, Military Transfer Credit Policy ad hoc committee, 2010.

Co-organizer, “Campaign Roundup 2008,” November, 2008.

Organizer, Election 2008 panel discussion series, September and October 2008 

Keynote Address, New Student Convocation, September 2, 2008.             

Panelist, Oakland University’s “Jump Start” program, September 2, 2008.

Speaker, Parent Orientation session, June 18, 2008.

Member, University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction, January 2008 - April 2010.

Elected representative, University Senate, September 2007 - April 2009; Fall 2010; September 2012 – April 2015.

Co-organizer, “Campaign Roundup 2006,” November, 2006.

Member, University Closed Circuit Television Surveillance Review Panel, Fall 2006 - present.

Co-organizer, “Campaign Roundup 2004,” November, 2004.

Chair, University Student Congress Elections Validations Committee, 2004 - 2005.

Organizer, “Campaign Ethics: The Great Political Oxymoron?,” November, 2002.

Member, Constitution Day Planning Committee, 2009.                                  

Organizer, Congress to Campus Program, March 14-15, 2005.

Member, College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Studies Committee, 2004 - 2005.

Professional service (selected activities)
President, Michigan Political Science Association, 2014 – 2015.

Member, Political Organizations and Parties Executive Committee, September 2011 – 2013.

Manuscript reviewer for: Georgetown University Press, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, CQ Press, Brookings Institution Press, Westview Press, Prentice Hall, American Journal of Political Science, Party Politics, Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, Public Administration Review, Sociological Forum, American Politics Research, Journal of Political Marketing, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, New Media & Society, Journal of Information Technology and Politics, Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Social Science Computer Review, Congress and the Presidency.

Panel chair or discussant at numerous professional conferences.

Community service (selected activities)
Analyst and commentator for news outlets including: NBC News, CBC, Bloomberg TV and Radio; CNN; Fox News Channel; ABC Radio; C-SPAN; WJBK Fox 2; WXYZ; WDIV; WKBD; WJR; WWJ; WWJ-TV 62; WDET; WXYT; DPTV (Ch 56); Community Media Network; CBC Radio; ARD German Radio; Nuestra Tele Noticias (NTN24; international Spanish language channel); Associated Press; United Press International; Politico; McClatchy News; MLive; Time; Los Angeles Times; USA Today; Wall Street Journal; Time; Roll Call; Washington Times; Congressional Quarterly; Las Vegas Sun; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Wilmington (NC) Star News; Detroit Free Press; Detroit News; Crain’s Detroit Business; Oakland Press; Rochester Eccentric; Baltimore Sun; Village Voice (NY); and The Albuquerque Journal.

Speaker to numerous community groups including: Bloomfield Community Cable TV, Rochester Older Persons’ Commission, West Bloomfield Second Sunday Group, Women of Bloomfield, Creative Cultural Weavers, Birmingham Temple, Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, Grosse Pointe War Memorial, Birmingham Community House, Rochester Torch Club, Birmingham Senior Men’s Club, Beth Ahm Synagogue, and Clarkston American Legion, Birmingham Chapter of the American Association of University Women, Consular Corps of Michigan, University of Michigan Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Men’s Club of Grosse Pointe.