Positions

Research Areas research areas

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title
2018 Swinging in Place: New Hampshire’s Presidential Elections, 1992-2016The New England Journal of Political Science.  X. 2018
2017 Political Polarization along the Rural-Urban Continuum? The Geography of the Presidential Vote, 2000-2016Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.  672:162-184. 2017
2017 The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott WalkerThe Journal of Politics.  79:E33-E34. 2017
2016 Red Rural, Blue Rural: The Geography of Presidential Voting in Rural AmericaGeography Teacher.  13:118-123. 2016
2016 The Presidential Expectations GapParty Politics: international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations.  22:566-567. 2016
2015 Red rural, blue rural? Presidential voting patterns in a changing rural AmericaPolitical Geography.  48:108-118. 2015
2008 No country for old men?Society: social science and modern society.  45:410-411. 2008
2003 Re-reading the tea leaves: New Hampshire as a barometer of presidential primary successPS: Political Science and Politics.  36:187-192. 2003
2002 Henry Sumner Maine's Ancient LawSociety: social science and modern society.  39:46-54. 2002
New Hampshire’s 2018 MidtermsThe New England Journal of Political Science

Book

Year Title
2003 Stormy Weather: The New Hampshire Primary and Presidential Politics 2003

Chapter

Year Title
2018 New Hampshire 2018
2018 The Fuzzy Frontrunner 2018
2018 THE FUZZY FRONTRUNNER Donald Trump and the Role of Ideology in Presidential Nomination Politics.  290-306. 2018
2011 On Henry Sumner Maine, Ancient Law.  3-19. 2011
2011 Shifting Granite New Hampshire's Change from Largely Republican to Largely Democratic over Two Election Cycles.  140-171. 2011
2003 New Hampshire and the Presidency.  1-+. 2003
2003 New Hampshire as a Barometer of Presidential Primary Success.  193-+. 2003
2003 Storm from the Right: The Rise of Jimmy Carter.  87-+. 2003
2003 Storms from the Left: Gene McCarthy and George McGovern.  73-+. 2003
2003 Stormwatchers: The Primary and the Media.  167-+. 2003
2003 The Center Holds: 1984 to 1992.  99-+. 2003
2003 The Storm Last Time.  135-+. 2003
2003 Weather Patterns.  35-+. 2003

Conference Paper

Year Title
Holier Than Thou: Ted Cruz and the Puzzle of Evangelical Voters

Teaching Activities

  • American Politics & Government Taught course
  • American Presidency Taught course
  • Elections in the U.S. Taught course
  • Selected Topics Polt Thought Taught course
  • Smart Politics Taught course
  • American Politics & Government Taught course 2024
  • Elections in the U.S. Taught course 2024
  • American Politics & Government Taught course 2023
  • Dissent & Political Community Taught course 2023
  • Elections in the U.S. Taught course 2022
  • Smart Politics Taught course 2022
  • Advanced Study Taught course 2022
  • American Politics & Government Taught course 2022
  • Smart Politics Taught course 2022
  • Student Research Experience Taught course 2022
  • American Presidency Taught course 2021
  • Dissent & Political Community Taught course 2021
  • American Politics & Government Taught course 2020
  • American Presidency Taught course 2020
  • Independent Study Taught course 2020
  • Rights & Political Community Taught course 2020
  • Rsrch Exp/Political Science Taught course 2020
  • Sem/2020 US Elections Taught course 2020
  • Smart Politics Taught course 2020
  • Washington Center Internship Taught course 2020
  • Rsrch Exp/Political Science Taught course 2019
  • Top/The End of Democracy Taught course 2019
  • Washington Center Internship Taught course 2019
  • American Politics & Government Taught course 2019
  • Smart Politics Taught course 2019
  • Washington Center Internship Taught course 2019
  • American Presidency Taught course 2018
  • Sem/Midterm Congrssnal Elctns Taught course 2018
  • American Politics & Government Taught course 2018
  • Smart Politics Taught course 2018
  • American Presidency Taught course 2017
  • Fundamentals Policy Analysis Taught course 2017
  • Top/The End of Democracy Taught course 2017
  • American Congress Taught course 2017
  • American Politics & Government Taught course 2016
  • American Politics & Government Taught course 2016
  • Sem/US Presidential Elections Taught course 2016
  • Top/NH Presidential Primary Taught course 2015
  • American Congress Taught course 2015
  • Strategies Political Inquiry Taught course 2015
  • Honors/Intro Amer Government Taught course 2014
  • Sem/Congressional Elections Taught course 2014
  • Washington Center Internship Taught course 2014
  • Education And Training

  • B.A. Philosophy, Villanova University
  • M.A. Political Science, University of Chicago
  • Ph.D. Political Science, University of Chicago
  • Full Name

  • Dante Scala