Message from Chancellor Fox: One of UCSD’s greatest institutional strengths is the breadth and depth of faculty research on a range of important topics. Each month, Chancellor’s Corner will showcase cross-disciplinary faculty expertise in a specific area. I invite you to learn more about the work of these scholars, and I hope you share my pride in their achievements and their contributions to society.

ELECTION 2008

Marisa A. Abrajano,
Professor, Department of Political Science
Marisa Abrajano, assistant professor of political science, studies the Latino vote as well as race and politics. Her research focuses on campaigns and elections and political behavior. More…

Steve Erie, Department of Political Science;
Adjunct Professor, Department of History
Steve Erie, professor of political science and adjunct professor of history, is actively involved in public policy debates on issues of infrastructure, trade, economic development, governance and public finance. Erie is also the director of the Urban Studies and Planning Program. More…

Zoltan Hajnal,
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Zoltan Hajnal, associate professor of political science, specializing in racial/ethnic and urban politics. Hajnal is the author, most recently, of "Changing White Attitudes toward Black Political Leadership." More…

Gary C. Jacobson, Professor, Department of Political Science
Gary Jacobson, professor of political science, expert in national American politics, including Congress, is the author, most recently, of "A Divider, Not a Uniter: George W. Bush and the American People, The 2006 Election and Beyond." More…

Thad Kousser,
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Thad Kousser, associate professor of political science, is the author of "Term Limits and the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism.” Kousser specializes in California politics, campaign finance laws and legislative politics. More…

Keith T. Poole, Professor, Department of Political Science
Keith Poole, professor of political science, studies Congress and congressional votes, as well as polarization, inequality and economics. He is coauthor (with Nolan McCarty of Princeton and Howard Rosenthal of NYU) of "Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches." More…

Samuel Popkin, Professor, Department of Political Science
Samuel Popkin, professor of political science, is a specialist on presidential campaigns and author of "The Reasoning Voter: Communication and Persuasion in Presidential Campaigns." He has served as a consulting analyst to the Bill Clinton and Al Gore presidential campaigns, among others. More…

** To learn more about other campus faculty scholars and areas of expertise, please visit the searchable UCSD Faculty Experts Database at: http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/facultyExperts/