Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science. He specializes in American politics and behavior, formal theory, and methodology. Books he has authored or co-authored include Why Parties, Before the Convention, Linear Probability, Logit and Probit Models, and a series of books on elections, the most recent of which, Change and Continuity in the 1996 Elections, is scheduled to appear soon. His articles have appeared in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Public Choice, and other journals and edited volumes. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and has served as co-editor of the American Journal of Political Science and as a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Current projects include studies of various aspects of campaigns and elections, political parties, and Congress.

Web: http://www.duke.edu/~aldrich/
E-mail: aldrich@duke.edu
Tel: (919) 660-4300

My research interests are in the areas of sex differences and attitudes and behavior. In studying sex differences, I have been working with Dr. Alice Eagly (Northwestern University) to develop a general theory of the origins of sex differences that explains why men and women have similar roles in many societies. Most recently, we have conducted a review of men’s and women’s behavior across cultures to identify what might be essential aspects of sex and what might be more variable across cultures. In other research, my students and I explain the psychological processes that lead to sex differences within our society. Specifically, why do some women act feminine and some men act masculine, whereas others don’t follow these sex-typed norms?
In the area of attitudes and behavior prediction, I am studying the multiple cognitive and affective processes that guide behavior. These include non-thoughtful processes, such as habitual responses that are relatively automatically cued by stable environmental cues, and more thoughtful processes, such as when actions are guided by intentions and attitudes.
For examples of this research, see the publications below.

Web: http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Psychologyshs/faculty/wendy.wood
E-mail: wendy.wood@duke.edu
Tel: (919) 660-5785

E-mail: cooper@duke.edu
Tel: (919) 681-3902