James T. Hamilton, Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Political Science and Economics and Director, DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy  

Office Location: 143 Sanford Bldg
Office Phone: (919) 613-7358
Duke Box: 90245
Email Address: jayth@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Environment and Energy, Environmental Law, Regulation and Policy
  • Media and Communications
    • Economics of media
    • Public Affairs Journalism
    • TV Violence

Education:
PhD, Harvard University, 1991
B.A. Summa Cum Laude, Harvard University, 1983

Research Categories: Environment and Media

Research Description: Research: Media; environmental policy; economics of regulation

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Brian G. Southwell, J.T. Hamilton, and Jonathan S. Slater. ""Why Addressing the Poor and Underserved is Vexing"." Health Communication 26.6 (2011): 583-585.
  2. J.T. Hamilton. ""Measuring Spillovers in Markets for Local Public Affairs Coverage"." The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication. Ed. Kate Kenski and Kathleen Hall Jamieson Oxford University Press, Forthcoming 2012
  3. Sarah Cohen, J. T. Hamilton, and Fred Turner. ""Computational Journalism: How Computer Scientists Can Empower Journalists, Democracy's Watchdogs, in the Production of News in the Public Interest"." Communications of the ACM 54.10 (2011): 66-71.
  4. J.T. Hamilton. ""What's the Incentive to Save Journalism?"." Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights: The Collapse of Journalism and What Can be Done to Fix It. Ed. Robert W. McChesney and Victor Pickard New Press, 2011: 277-288.
  5. J.T. Hamilton. "The (Many) Missing Markets for International News: How News From Abroad Sells at Home"." Journalism Studies 11.5 (2010): 650-666.

Curriculum Vitae

Bio/Profile
James “Jay” Hamilton is the Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy at Duke University, as well as a professor of economics and political science. He also serves as the Director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy. Hamilton’s scholarly work and numerous publications reflect his interests in the media, environmental policy, the economics of regulation, and political economy.

Hamilton joined Duke’s faculty in 1991 and has held a number of titles since then including Oscar L. Tang Family Professor of Public Policy, Economics, and Political Science, assistant director of Sanford Institute, director of undergraduate studies in the public policy department, and director of the Duke Program on Violence and the Media.

He has written, coauthored, or edited eight books, including All the News That’s Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News and Regulation Through Revelation: The Origin and Impacts of the Toxics Release Inventory Program.

For his accomplishments in teaching and research, Hamilton has received awards such as the David N. Kershaw Award from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, the Kennedy School of Government’s Goldsmith Book Prize from the Shorenstein Center, Trinity College’s (Duke) Distinguished Teaching Award, and a Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Fellowship.

Hamilton earned a BA in economics and government in 1983 and a PhD in economics in 1991, both from Harvard.

James T. Hamilton