Dave Peterson
Position
- Lucken Professor of Political Science
Contact
Email
daveamp@iastate.edu
Phone
515-294-9306
Contact Info
541 Ross
527 Farm House Ln.
Ames
,
IA
50011-1054
Social Media and Websites
Education
- B.A. Gustavus Adolphus College, 1995
- Ph. D. University of Minnesota, 2000
I am the Lucken Professor of Political Science, in the Department of Political Science at Iowa State University, and former editor of Political Behavior. My research focuses on American politics, particularly elections, public opinion, and voting behavior. My book Ignored Racism was published by Cambridge University Press and was the co-recipient of the 2021 Best Book Award from the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. I have several current projects I am working on. The first examines the role of political interest in mass politics. The second develops new tools for automated capturing and coding of online political ads and state legislators' Twitter feeds. You can find my cv here.