Wright, Gerald C., Jr.

Professor Gerald Wright has taught Political Science at Indiana University in Bloomington since 1981. He is an accomplished scholar of American politics--the author of two books, including "Statehouse Democracy: Public Opinion and Policy in the American States (Cambridge University Press) with co-authors Robert S. Erikson and John P. McIver, and over 30 articles on elections, public opinion, and state politics. He has long studied the relationship of politics to public policy, and is currently conducting research into the problems of citizenship participation and the degree to which elected of...