About Us

Dr. Charles E. Smith, Jr.

Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
Phone: (662) 915-5145
Fax: (662) 915-7808
Email: pssmith@cypress.mcsr.olemiss.edu

Education:

• B.A. University of Alabama, 1985
• Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1993

Research Interests:

• American Politics
• Public Opinion
• Voting
• Political Methodology
• Econometrics
• Survey Methods

Selected Publications:

• Smith, Charles E., Jr., Robert D. Brown, John M. Bruce, and L. Marvin Overby. 1999. "Partisan Preferences in Two Institutional Dimensions, Policy Balancing, and Voting for Congress in the 1996 National Elections." American Journal of Political Science 43:737-64.
• "Campaigning for the Supreme Court: The Dynamics of Public Opinion on the Thomas Nomination." with Greg Caldeira in the Journal of Politics.
• "Patterns and Sources of Ticket-Splitting in Subpresidential Voting," with Paul Beck, Larry Baum, and Aage Clausen, in The American Political Science Review (1993).
• "The Influence of the Economy on Party Identification in the Reagan Years," with Herb Weisberg in the Journal of Politics (1991)

Associations and Offices:

• Affiliated Faculty, Social Science Research Laboratory, University of Mississippi

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