Biography

Anthony Mughan (Ph.D., Iowa, 1975), Professor Emeritus, has research interests in political parties, the mass media, and elections and political behavior. He is the author of several books, including most recently Media and the Presidentialization of Parliamentary Elections.  He is also co-editor of Political Leadership in Democratic Societies; Senates: Bicameralism in the Contemporary World and Democracy and the Media: A Comparative Perspective. He has served on several editorial boards and has published in many leading journals, including the American Political Science Review, the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, and Public Opinion Quarterly. His current research projects examine the nature of leader effects in parliamentary elections and the structure of anti-immigrant prejudice and its relationship to both globalization and support for right-wing populist parties. He is director of the university’s Undergraduate International Studies Program.