D. Sunshine Hillygus, Associate Professor

D. Sunshine Hillygus
Contact Info:
Office Location:  409 Perkins Library
Office Phone:  (919) 660-4341
Email Address:  

Teaching (Fall 2009):

Education:

PhD, Stanford University, 2003
MA, University of Arkansas, 1998
BA, University of Arkansas, 1996
Specialties:

American Politics
Research Interests:

Professor Hillygus has published widely on the topics of American political behavior, campaigns and elections, survey methods, public opinion, and information technology and politics. She is co-author of The Persuadable Voter: Wedge Issues in Political Campaigns (Princeton University Press, 2008) and The Hard Count: The Social and Political Challenges of the 2000 Census (Russell Sage Foundation, 2006). From 2003-2009, she taught at Harvard University, where she was the Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor of Government and founding director of the Program on Survey Research.