D. Sunshine Hillygus, Associate Professor

Contact Info:

Teaching (Spring 2012):

• POLSCI 114.01, PUBLIC OPINION Synopsis

  Physics 154, WF 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• POLSCI 371B.01, WORKSHOP IN POL BEH & ID II Synopsis

  Perkins 307, W 11:55 AM-01:10 PM

• POLSCI 398.02, POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS Synopsis

  Languages 207, W 02:50 PM-05:20 PM

Education:

PhD, Stanford University, 2003

MA, University of Arkansas, 1998

BA, University of Arkansas, 1996

Specialties:

American Politics
Political Institutions
Behavior and Identities
Methods
Political Communication

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.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Frankel, Laura and D.S. Hillygus, ``Niche Communication in Political Campaigns,'', in Oxford Handbook on Political Communication (2011) .
2. D.S. Hillygus, The Practice of Survey Research: Changes and Challenges', in New Directions in Public Opinion Resesarch (2011) .
3. Henderson, Mike and D.S. Hillygus, The Dynamics of Health Care Opinion, 2008-2010,, Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law (2011) .
4. D.S. Hillygus, ``The Evolution of Election Polling in the United States,'', Public Opinion Quarterly (2011) .
5. Henderson and Hillygus, “‘Sour Grapes’ or Rational Voting? Voter Decision Making Among Thwarted Primary Voters in 2008,, Public Opinion Quarterly (2011) .