D. Sunshine Hillygus

D. Sunshine Hillygus is the Director of the Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology and Co-Director of the Polarization Lab. She has published widely on the topics of American political behavior, campaigns and elections, survey methods, public opinion, and information technology and politics. Professor Hillygus is co-author of “Making Young Voters: Converting Civic Attitudes into Civic Action,” “The Persuadable Voter: Wedge Issues in Political Campaigns,” and “The Hard Count: The Social and Political Challenges of the 2000 Census.” From 2003 to 2009, Professor Hillygus taught at Harvard University, where she was the Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor of Government and founding Director of the Program on Survey Research.