William G. Mayer

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University

349 Meserve Hall
(617) 373-4410
(617) 373-5311 (fax)
w.mayer@neu.edu

Areas of Study

American politics; public opinion; media and politics

The Front-Loading Problem on Presidential Nominations Brookings Institution Press, 2004
The New American Democracy, 5th Edition, Pearson Longman, 2007
The Making of the Presidential Candidates Rowman and Littlefield, 2008
The Swing Voter in American Politics Brookings Institution Press, 2008
In Pursuit of the White House 2000: How We Choose Our Presidential Nominees. Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 1999
"Mass Partisanship, 1946-1996" in Byron Shafer (ed), Partisan Approaches to Postwar American Politics. Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 1998
The Divided Democrats: Ideological Unity, Party Reform, and Presidential Elections. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996
"In Defense of Negative Campaigning." Political Science Quarterly 111, 1996
In Pursuit of the White House: How We choose Our Presidential Nominees (editor). Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 1995
The Changing American Mind: How and Why American Public Opinion Changed between 1960 and 1988. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1992

United States Information Agency, Sponsored Speaking Tour of Australia, 1999
Visiting Professor of Government, Harvard University, 1997-1998
Fellow in Ethics, Program in Ethics and the Professions, Harvard University, 1995-1996
Executive Director, Committee on Party Renewal, 1995-1997
Editorial Bord, Polity, 1993-1996

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Fall 2008

Spring 2008

Fall 2006

Fall 2005

Spring 2006