Paul S. Martin

Paul S. Martin

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Paul Martin (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison) is an Assistant Professor and Research Fellow with the Miller Center's Presidential Oral History Program. He studies the interplay between political elites and citizens. Most recently his research has focused on congressional responses to political participation, specifically voter turnout. From 2003 to 2004, he was an APSA Congressional Fellow in the office of Congressman David R. Obey. He is a recipient of a 2006 Dirksen Congressional Research Award.

Miller Center Projects

At the Miller Center, Paul Martin is part of the Oral History Program's team of scholars conducting interviews for the William J. Clinton Project and the Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project.

Selected Publications

• Inside the Black Box of Negative Campaign Effects: Three Reasons Why Negative Campaigns Mobilize. Political Psychology (2004) 25: 545–562.
• Voting's Rewards: Voter Turnout, Attentive Publics, and Congressional Allocation of Federal Money. American Journal of Political Science (2003) 47: 110–127.
• Facilitating Communication Across Lines of Political Difference: The Role of Mass Media. American Political Science Review (2001) 95:97–114. (co-authored by Diana C. Mutz)
• Trusting and Joining? A test of the reciprocal nature of social capital. Political Behavior (2000) 22:267–291. (co-authored by Michele P. Claibourn)

Course List

• Representation and Lawmaking in the American Congress (PLAP 535)
• Congress and the Mass Public (PLAP 424)
• Power and Powerlessness (PLAP 424)
• American Exceptionalism (PLAP 424)
• Political Analysis (PLAP 430)