DavidA.Hopkins
AssistantProfessor
DepartmentofPoliticalScience
BostonCollege
140CommonwealthAve
ChestnutHill,MA02467
(617)552-6029
david.hopkins@bc.edu
EDUCATION
UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley
Ph.D.,PoliticalScience,2010
Subfields:AmericanPolitics,PoliticalBehavior,ResearchMethods
Dissertation:“TheGeographicPolarizationofAmericanPolitics.”
Committee:EricSchickler(chair),LauraStoker,RobertP.VanHouweling,
J.MerrillShanks,JohnW.Ellwood.
M.A.,PoliticalScience,2002
HarvardUniversity
A.B.,magnacumlaude,Government,1999
RESEARCHINTERESTS
Americanpoliticalparties,elections,Congress,votingbehavior,publicopinion,
politicalgeography,researchmethods
BOOKSANDBOOKPROJECTS
AsymmetricPolitics:TheRepublicanIdeologicalMovementandtheDemocraticGroup
Coalition(withMattGrossmann).Forthcoming,OxfordUniversityPress.
TheRebirthofRegionalism:HowGeographyPolarizesAmericanPolitics.Underreviewat
OxfordUniversityPress.
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PresidentialElections:StrategiesandStructuresofAmericanPolitics(withNelsonW.Polsby,
AaronWildavsky,andStevenE.Schier),14thedition.Lanham,MD:Rowman&
Littlefield,2015.
PresidentialElections:StrategiesandStructuresofAmericanPolitics(withNelsonW.Polsby,
AaronWildavsky,andStevenE.Schier),13thedition.Lanham,MD:Rowman&
Littlefield.,2012.
PresidentialElections:StrategiesandStructuresofAmericanPolitics(withNelsonW.Polsby
andAaronWildavsky),12thedition.Lanham,MD:Rowman&Littlefield.,2008.
OTHERPUBLICATIONS
“The2014ElectionandtheCulminationofSouthernRealignment.”InTaunaSiscoand
JenniferLucas,eds.,TheElectionof2014:CausesandConsequences(Akron,OH:
UniversityofAkronPress,forthcoming).
“IdeologicalRepublicansandGroupInterestDemocrats:TheAsymmetryofAmerican
PartyPolitics”(withMattGrossmann).PerspectivesonPolitics13(March2015),pp.
119–139.
“ThePoliticalGeographyofPartyResurgence”(withLauraStoker).InPeterK.Ennsand
ChristopherWlezien,eds.,WhoGetsRepresented?(NewYork:RussellSage,
2011),pp.93–128.
“The2008ElectionandthePoliticalGeographyoftheNewDemocraticMajority.”Polity41
(July2009),pp.368-387.
“TheEmpiricalImplicationsofElectoralCollegeReform”(withDarshanJ.Goux).American
PoliticsResearch36(November2008),pp.857-879.
“MapmakingattheGrassroots:TheLegalandPoliticalIssuesofLocalRedistricting”(with
BruceE.Cain).ElectionLawJournal1,no.4(2002),pp.515-530.
SUBMITTEDARTICLESANDWORKINGPAPERS
“TheRootsoftheModernElectoralMap”(withLauraStoker).Workingpaper,2014.
CONFERENCEPRESENTATIONS(partiallist)
“ThePartisanAsymmetryofAmericanElectoralCampaigns”(withMattGrossmann).
PaperpresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheMidwestPoliticalScience
Association,Chicago,IL,April16–19,2015.
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“The2014ElectionandtheCulminationofSouthernRealignment.”PaperpresentedatThe
AmericanElections2014Conference,SaintAnselmCollege,Manchester,NH,March
13–14,2015.
“ThePuzzleofPolarization:Whya‘Moderate’AmericanPublicElectsExtreme
Officeholders.”PaperpresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanPolitical
ScienceAssociation,Washington,DC,August28–31,2014.
“PolicymakinginRedandBlue:AsymmetricPartisanPoliticsandAmericanGovernance”
(withMattGrossmann).PaperpresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheAmerican
PoliticalScienceAssociation,Washington,DC,August28–31,2014.
“TheIdeologicalRightsvs.theGroupBenefitsLeft:AsymmetricPoliticsinAmerica”(with
MattGrossmann).PaperpresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheMidwestPolitical
ScienceAssociation,Chicago,IL,April3–6.2014.
“TheRootsoftheModernElectoralMap”(withLauraStoker).Paperpresentedatthe
AnnualMeetingoftheMidwestPoliticalScienceAssociation,Chicago,IL,April11-
14,2013.
“PartisanVoters,PartisanStates:HowTheRisingStrengthofPartyandIdeologyinthe
AmericanPublicAffectsAggregateElectoralResults”(withLauraStoker).Paper
scheduledforpresentationattheAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanPoliticalScience
Association,NewOrleans,LA,August30-September2,2012.
“TheAsymmetryofDefection:PartyGovernmentandMemberIdeologyinthe
ContemporaryCongress.”PaperpresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheMidwest
PoliticalScienceAssociation,Chicago,IL,April12-15,2012.
“TheElectoralCollegeandCandidateStrategyinthe2008Election”(withDarshanJ.Goux).
PaperpresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanPoliticalScience
Association,Seattle,WA,September1-4,2011.
“Parties,Ideology,andGeographyinthe2010CongressionalElections.”Paperpresentedat
theAnnualMeetingoftheMidwestPoliticalScienceAssociation,Chicago,IL,March
31-April3,2011.
“RecentRealignment?TheCasefor1992-1996asa‘CriticalPeriod’inAmericanElections.”
PaperpresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanPoliticalScience
Association,Washington,DC,September2-5,2010.
“WhateverHappenedtoModerateRepublicans?PartyAsymmetryintheU.S.Congress,
1972-2008.”PaperpresentedattheAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanPolitical
ScienceAssociation,Toronto,ON,Canada,September3-6,2009.
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TEACHINGEXPERIENCE
BostonCollege,2010-present:
PoliticalBehaviorandParticipation(undergraduate)
TheU.S.Congress(undergraduate)
ConflictandPolarizationinAmericanPolitics(undergraduate)
ThePoliticsofPartyNominations(undergraduate)
ResearchMethodsinPoliticalScience(graduate)
QuantitativeMethodsinPoliticalScience(graduate)
AWARDSANDFELLOWSHIPS
DepartmentalNominee,AmericanPoliticalScienceAssociationCarlAlbertPrize
(BestDissertationontheU.S.Congress),DepartmentofPoliticalScience,Universityof
California,Berkeley,2010.
NelsonW.PolsbyMemorialFellowship,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,
UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,2008-2009.
DissertationYearFellowship,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,Universityof
California,Berkeley,2008-2009.
OutstandingGraduateStudentInstructorAward,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,
2007-2008.
SummerResearchGrant,GraduateDivision,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,2007.
ConferenceTravelGrant,GraduateDivision,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,2007.
Dean’sNormativeTimeFellowship,GraduateDivision,UniversityofCalifornia,
Berkeley,2006-2007.
ConferenceTravelGrant,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,UniversityofCalifornia,
Berkeley,2006.
DepartmentalFellowship,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,UniversityofCalifornia,
Berkeley,2001-2002.
RESEARCHANDPROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
ResearchAssistant,Prof.NelsonW.Polsby,InstituteofGovernmentalStudies,
UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,2001-2006.
LegislativeAnalyst,MonroeCountyLegislature,Rochester,NY,1999-2001.
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PROFESSIONALACTIVITY
SectionChair,AmericanPolitics,AnnualMeetingoftheNewEnglandPolitical
ScienceAssociation,2013and2016(upcoming). AssistantManagingEditor,TheForum:AJournalofAppliedResearchin
ContemporaryPolitics,2005-2007.
Peerreviewerforthefollowingrefereedjournals:
AmericanPoliticalScienceReview
AmericanJournalofPoliticalScience
JournalofPolitics
PerspectivesonPolitics
PoliticalResearchQuarterly
AmericanPoliticsResearch
LegislativeStudiesQuarterly
Publius
AmericanReviewofPolitics
PartyPolitics
PROFESSIONALMEMBERSHIP
AmericanPoliticalScienceAssociation
MidwestPoliticalScienceAssociation