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Department of Political Science

Duke University
326 Perkins Library
Box 90204
Durham, NC 27708
Tel. (919) 660-4300
Fax. (919)660-4330

 

Directions

Duke's political science department is in the heart of west campus, in the Perkins building adjacent to the William R. Perkins Library.

To get here follow the directions to the library posted at http://www.lib.duke.edu/reference/directs.htm

Our UNC visitors should take the free Robertson Scholars Shuttle that runs between UNC and Duke's west campus Chapel bus stop.

 

 

    John H Aldrich

  • John H Aldrich

  • Pfizer-Pratt University Professor
  • Political Science
  • Phone: (919) 660-4346
  • Fax: (919) 660-4980
  • Homepage
  • Curriculum Vitae

  • Specialties

    • American Politics
    • Political Institutions
    • Behavior and Identities

  • Research Summary

    Political Behavior, Parties and Institutions

  • Research Description

    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.

  • Education

      • PhD,
      • University of Rochester,
      • 1975
      • MA,
      • Political Science,
      • University of Rochester,
      • 1971
      • BA,
      • Political Science,
      • Allegheny College,
      • 1969

  • Recent Publications

      • with
      • Brittany Perry and Dvid W. Rohde.
      • "House Appropriations after the Republican Revolution."
      • Congress and the Presidency
      • 39
      • .3
      • (September-December, 2012)
      • :
      • 229-253.
      • J.H. Aldrich, J.M. Montgomery and W. Wood.
      • "Turnout as a Habit."
      • Political Behavior
      • 33
      • .4
      • (December, 2011)
      • :
      • 535-563.
      • J.H. Aldrich, T, Shi and J. Liu.
      • "Bifurcated Images of the U.S. in Urban China and the Impact of Media Environment."
      • Political Communication
      • 28
      • .3
      • (July, 2011)
      • :
      • 357-376.
      • J.H. Aldrich.
      • Why Parties?: A Second look.
      • University of Chicago Press,
      • 2011.
      • P.R. Abramson, J.H. Aldrich, and D.W. Rohde.
      • Change and Continuity in the 2008 and 2010 Elections.
      • CQ Press,
      • 2011.
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  • PhD Students

    • Melanie Freeze
      • 2012
    • David Sparks
      • 2012
    • Jacob M Montgomery
      • 2011
    • Ian McDonald
      • 2010 - present
    • Brendan Nyhan
      • 2009
    • Monique Lyle
      • 2008
    • Daniel Lee
      • 2008
    • Victoria De Francesco Soto
      • 2007
    • Jason Reifler
      • 2005
    • Renan Levine
      • Status: Graduated
    • Laura Stevenson
      • Status: Graduated
    • Jennifer Merolla
      • Status: Graduated
    • John Griffin
      • Status: Graduated
    • Jeff Grynaviski
      • Status: Graduated
    • James S. Battista
      • Status: Graduated
    • Elizabeth Zechmeister
      • Status: Graduated
    • Mark Berger
      • Status: Graduated
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