Professor of Political Science
Ph.D. University of Michigan

Fields of Interest:
American Politics, Political Parties, Contemporary and Historical Electoral Behavior, History of Political Change, Legal-Institutional Analysis, British Politics

Biography:
Professor Rusk was trained in the Political Behavior Program at the University of Michigan. Before coming to UIC in 2001, Professor Rusk was a Study Director at the University of Michigan’s Survey Research Center, a Professor of Political Science at Purdue University, and a Professor of Political Science and Department Head at the University of Arizona.  Professor Rusk was also a Fulbright Scholar in Denmark in 1973-1974 and a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences in 1977-1978.  Professor Rusk’s articles on American elections and political behavior have appeared in such journals as the American Political Science Review and the American Journal of Political Science.  Professor Rusk was named to the American Political Science Review Hall of Fame for publishing 5 or more articles in his discipline’s national journal over the past 40 years.  Professor Rusk also served on the editorial board of this journal from 1982 to 1985.  The articles Professor Rusk has published have been reprinted in 22 different scholarly books and readers.  Professor Rusk’s recent book, A Statistical History of the American Electorate, was named “Best Reference Source 2001” by the Library Journal and “Outstanding Academic Book 2003” by Choice Magazine.

Selected Publications (Books):
A Statistical History of the American Electorate.  Congressional Quarterly Press, 2001.  708 pp.

Measures of Political Attitudes.  University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Press, 1968.  712 pp.  Co-author.

Selected Publications (Articles):
“Partisan Dealignment in the American Electorate.”  American Political Science Review (September 1982), pp. 522-537. Co-author.

“Political Participation in America.”  American Political Science Review (June 1976), pp. 583-591.

“The American Electoral Universe:  Speculation and Evidence.”  American Political Science Review (September 1974), pp. 1028-1049.

“Dimensions of Candidate Evaluation.”  American Political Science Review (December 1970), pp. 1167-1185. Co-author.

“The Effect of the Australian Ballot Reform on Split Ticket Voting:  1876-1908.”  American Political Science Review (December 1970), pp. 1220-1238.

“Continuity and Change in American Politics:  Parties and Issues in the 1968 Election.”  American Political Science Review (December 1969), pp. 1083-1105. Co-author.

“Who are Nonvoters?”  American Journal of Political Science (August 1993), pp. 721-746.  Co-author.

“Cleavage Structures and Representational Linkages:  A Longitudinal Analysis of Danish Legislative Behavior.”  American Journal of Political Science (May 1976), pp. 179-205. Co-author.

“Perceptions of Presidential Candidates:  Implications for Electoral Change.”  American Journal of Political Science (August 1972), pp. 388-410.  Co-author.

Grants and Awards:
"The Effects of Legal-Institutional Properties of the Electoral System on Voting Behavior:1788-1982"; sole investigator; National Science Foundation: $40,000. May 15, 1984 to October 14, 1985.

Research Professorship, Social and Behavioral Sciences College, University of Arizona, Spring Semester, 1991 (research award for leave without teaching duties at the University of Arizona).