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2037 Allen Building |
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MW 1:00-2:00 or by appointment. |
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dave@polisci.tamu.edu |
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Dr. David A. M. Peterson received a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2000 before joining the faculty at Texas A&M University. His current research focuses broadly on how voters and elections enable or hamper representation. More specifically, his work examines how the decision making of voters is shaped by campaigns, electoral context, and the strength of their own attitudes. A second research agenda examines how members of Congress respond to messages received in mandate elections. Other aspects of this research look at negative campaigning in primary elections and the effects of elite opinions on attitude formation and change.
Dr. Peterson has published a number of articles in American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, American Political Research, Political Behavior, and the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. He has published a book (co-authored with Christopher Gilbert, Timothy Johnson and Paul Djupe) entitled Religious Institutions and Minor Parties in the United States.
Dr. Peterson is currently working on several projects. The first examines how the evolving electoral context of the last 50 years changes how voters think about politics and how they vote. A second project, with Jim Stimson, and Lawrence Grossback, reconceptualizes mandates. They argue that while true mandates may not exist, members of Congress often perceive that they do. They develop a theory of mandate perceptions, model the reactions of members of Congress, and demonstrate how “mandate politics” had fundamentally changed the shape of American politics and policy. A more recent extension on this project examines other elections, notably gubernatorial elections, for signals of the state of public opinion for members of Congress.
Dr. Peterson teaches undergraduate courses in voting behavior, state and local politics, and research methods. He teaches graduate courses in voting behavior, political psychology, public opinion, and quantitative methods (advanced regression and hierarchical models). |
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| Spring 2007 |
| POLS 671-600 |
American Political Behavior |
10:00 to 12:50 R |
ALLN 2064 |
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| Summer (Term 2) 2007 |
| POLS 606-300 |
Advanced Research Methods for Political Scientists |
10:00 to 12:00 MW |
ALLN 2064 |
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| Fall 2007 |
| POLS 207-506 |
State and Local Government |
11:10 to 12:25 TR |
CHEM 100 |
| POLS 209-903 |
Introduction to Political Science Research |
8:45 to 10:00 TR |
ALLN 1005 |
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| Spring 2008 |
| POLS 435-500 |
Voting Behavior |
10:20 to 11:35 TR |
ALLN 1015 |
| POLS 603-600 |
Quantitative Political Analysis II |
1:00 to 4:50 R |
ALLN 2064 |
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| Fall 2008 |
| POLS 671-600 |
American Political Behavior |
1:00 to 3:50 R |
ALLN 2064 |
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