Research Interests for D. Sunshine Hillygus

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

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)