| Staff position: | Reader and Associate Dean of the Graduate School |
| E-mail: | tscott |
| Telephone number: | 3809 |
| Fax: | 3234 |
| Room: | 5A.312 |
| Biography: | Dr. Thomas J. Scotto is Reader in Government, University of Essex. His research is in the areas of American and Canadian politics and public opinion. At Essex since 2007, he is the author of journal articles appearing in such outlets as Public Opinion Quarterly, The Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly and Electoral Studies. His co-authored book, Making Political Choices: Canada and the United States was published by the University of Toronto Press, and his co-edited volume, The Canadian Election Studies, was recently published by The University of British Columbia Press. Funded by his Early Career Award from the ESRC, he is working on a project that aimed at measuring and understanding foreign policy attitudes across six western democracies.
In 2012-2013, Dr. Scotto will continue to serve as Associate Dean of The Graduate School with responsibility for developing Ph.D. level training. |
| Website address: | http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tscott/ |
| Qualifications: | Ph.D. Duke University, 2005 in Political Science
M.A. Duke University, 2002
Tested Fields: American Politics, Political Methodology
Theme Field: Comparative Political Behaviour
B.A. State University of New York at Binghamton, 1999
Summa Cum Laude with Highest Departmental Honors in Political Science
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| Current research: | 1. Studying patterns of party support in western democracies using Mixed Latent Markov Modelling
2. ESRC funded project studying foreign policy attitudes in western democracies. |
| Research interests: | American and Canadian Voting Behaviour
Foreign policy attitudes and public opinion
Latent Variable Modelling
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| Teaching responsibilities: | Fall 2012: GV369 (Electing the American President) |
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Please see: www.thomasjscotto.co.uk for a full CV, information concerning publications, and data. |
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