Biography
Dave Dulio came to Oakland University in fall 2002. Dulio teaches courses in American politics generally, and specializes in campaigns and elections, political parties, interest groups, and Congress. His research interests are the electoral process, the professionalism of elections in the United States, and the role of money in elections. Prior to coming to OU, Dulio spent seven years in Washington, D.C. where he earned his Ph.D. in political science from American University; during his last year in Washington, Dulio worked on Capitol Hill for the U.S. House Republican Conference headed by former Congressman J.C. Watts, Jr. of Oklahoma.

Degrees
Ph.D., Political Science, American University, 2001
M.A., Political Science, American University, 1999
B.A., Political Science & Psychology (double major), University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, 1995.

Major Fields
American Politics
* Campaigns & Elections
* Political Parties
* Congress

Publications
Books:
The Mechanics of State Legislative Campaigns (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Press 2006), with John S. Klemanski.
Vital Sign: Perspectives on the Health of American Campaigning (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press 2005), with Candice J. Nelson.
For Better or Worse? How Political Consultants Are Changing Elections in the United States (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press).
Shades of Grey: Perspectives on Campaign Ethics (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2002), edited with Candice J. Nelson and Stephen K. Medvic.
Crowded Airwaves: Political Advertising in Elections (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2000), edited with James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson.

Selected articles and book chapters:

"The Media and Public Opinion," in Mark Rozell, ed., Media Power, Media Politics, 2nd ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield), with Stephen K. Medvic. (in press)

"The Permanent Campaign in the United States," in Dennis W. Johnson ed. Routledge Handbook of Political Management, (New York: Routledge), with Terri Towner. (in press)

"Organizational Strength and Campaign Professionalism in State Parties," in John C. Green and Daniel J. Coffee eds., State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties, (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2007), pp. 199-216, with R. Sam Garrett.

"Party Crashers? The Relationship Between Political Consultants and Political Parties," in Richard S. Katz and William Crotty, eds. Handbook on Political Parties. (London: Sage Press, 2006) pp. 348-358.

"The Effect of Political Consultants," in Stephen C. Craig, ed. The Electoral Challenge: Theory Meets Practice (Washington, DC: CQ Press 2006), pp. 183-202.

“Strategic and Tactical Decisions in Campaigns,” in Paul S. Herrnson, ed. CQ's Guide to Political Campaigns (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2005).

“The Permanent Campaign in the White House: Evidence from the Clinton Administration,” White House Studies, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 301-317 with Stephen K. Medvic.

“The Representational Power of the United States Congress,” in Robert P. Watson, ed. Debating the Issues: American Government and Politics (New York: Longman, 2004), pp. 118-121.

“Campaigning With the Internet: The View From Below,” in James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson, eds. Campaigns and Elections American Style 2e. (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2004), pp. 173-194, with Erin O’Brien.

“Political Party Adaptation in U.S. Congressional Elections: Why Political Parties Use Coordinated Expenditures to Hire Political Consultants,” Party Politics, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 729-746, with Robin Kolodny.

“Inside the War Room: Political Consultants in Modern Campaigns,” in Robert P. Watson and Colton C. Campbell, eds., Campaigns and Elections: Issues, Concepts, and Cases (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003), p. 17-29.

“The Symbiotic Relationship between Political Parties and Political Consultants: Partners Past, Present and Future,” in John C. Green and Rick Farmer, eds., The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties, 4th Ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), p.215-224, with James A. Thurber.

“The Media and Public Opinion,” in Mark Rozell, ed., Media and American Politics (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), p. 207-233, with Stephen K. Medvic.

“Campaigning Along the Information Highway,” in James A. Thurber and Colton C. Campbell, eds., Congress, the Internet, and Deliberative Democracy (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2003), p. 11-30, with Colton C. Campbell.

“Campaign Ethics: Approaching the Issue,” in Candice J. Nelson, Stephen K. Medivc, and David A. Dulio, eds., Shades of Grey: Perspectives on Campaign Ethics (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2002), p. 1-17, with Candice J. Nelson and Stephen K. Medvic.

“Political Consultants: Hired Guns or Gatekeepers of Democracy?,” in Candice J. Nelson, Stephen K. Medivc, and David A. Dulio, eds., Shades of Grey: Perspectives on Campaign Ethics (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2002), p. 75-97, with Candice J. Nelson and Stephen K. Medvic.

“The More Things Change The More Things Stay The Same: Campaign Finance Reform in the United States,” Talking Politics, vol. 13, no. 1 (Winter 2001), p. 119-125, with Colton C. Campbell and Robert P. Watson.

“America’s Two-Party System: Friend or Foe?,” Administrative Law Review, vol. 52, no. 2 (Spring 2000), p. 769-792, with James A. Thurber.

“Introduction,” in Thurber, Nelson and Dulio eds., Crowded Airwaves: Political Advertising in Elections (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2000), p. 1-9, with James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson.

“Summary and Conclusions” in Thurber, Nelson and Dulio eds., Crowded Airwaves: Political Advertising in Elections (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2000), p. 170-179, with James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson.

“Portrait of Campaign Consultants,” in James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson, eds., Campaign Warriors: Campaign Consultants in Elections (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2000), p. 10-36, with James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson.

Current projects:

Diversity in Contemporary American Politics and Government. Book manuscript under review at Pearson Longman Publishers, with John S. Klemanski and Erin O'Brien.

"Lady Luck? Women Political Consultants in Congressional Campaigns," revise and resubmit at The Journal of Political Marketing, with Sarah Brewer and Costas Panagopolous.

"Running on Iraq or Running from Iraq? Conditional Issue Ownership in the 2006 Midterm Elections," manuscript under review at Political Research Quarterly, with Peter F. Trumbore.