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Boyd, Richard W.


Professor of Government, Emeritus


BA University of Texas Austin
PHD Indiana University Bloomington
MAA Wesleyan University
EMAIL:
rboyd@wesleyan.edu
PERSONAL HOME PAGE:
http://rboyd.web.wesleyan.edu/profile/boyd.htm
COURSES TAUGHT THIS SEMESTER:
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
My current research is a book project on the influence of foreign policy issues in the early Cold War elections in the United States, 1948 to 1964. I am also completing an article manuscript, "The Elusive Concept of an Issue Public," with Steven M. Wengrovitz
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
American politics; public opinion and electoral politics; public opinion and foreign policy; political parties, interest groups, and social movments; political methodology
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS:
American Political Science Association; Midwest Political Science Association; Southern Political Science Association;
International Society for Political Psychology
PUBLICATIONS:
http://rboyd.web.wesleyan.edu/profile/boyd.htm