Tracy Sulkin
Contact Information
Office: 259 Lincoln Hall
Telephone: (217) 244-8413
Email: tsulkin@uiuc.edu
Associate Professor; Joint appointment in Political Science
Bio
Professor Sulkin's research focuses on linkages between campaign communication and congressional policy making. She is the author of Issue Politics in Congress (Cambridge University Press), which won the 2006 Richard F. Fenno Prize, awarded for the best book on legislative studies published in 2005. Her current project explores how representatives and senators make and keep campaign promises.
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Curriculum Vitae
Experience
- Political communication; agenda-setting and representation; legislative media strategies; communication in congressional campaigns.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Washington
Selected Publications
Sulkin, T. (2005). Issue Politics in Congress. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sulkin, T. & Swigger, N. (2008, forthcoming). Is There Truth in Advertising? Campaign Ad Images as Signals about Legislative Behavior. Journal of Politics.
Sulkin, T., Moriarty, C. & Hefner, V. (2007). Congressional Candidates' Issue Agendas On- and Off-Line." Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 12(2), 63-79.
Sulkin, T. & Evans, J. (2006). Dynamics of Diffusion: Aggregate Patterns in Congressional Campaign Agendas. American Politics Research. 34(4): 505-534.
Jones, B., Sulkin, T, & Larsen, H. (2003). Policy Punctuations in American Political Institutions. American Political Science Review. 97(1): 151-169.
Simon, A. & Sulkin, T. (2002). Discussion's Impact on Political Allocations: An Experimental Approach. Political Analysis, 10(4), 402-411.
Sulkin, T. (2001). Explaining Campaign Intensity. American Politics Research, 29(6), 608-624.
Sulkin, T., & Simon, A. (2001). Habermas in the Lab: An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Deliberation. Political Psychology, 22(4), 809-826.