Research Interests
Public Opinion, Political Behavior, Political Psychology
Education
PhD University of Minnesota, 2001
Honors & Awards
Alexander L. George Book Award, International Society of Political Psychology, 2016
Erik Erikson Award, International Society of Political Psychology, 2010
Distinguished Graduate Award, University of Minnesota, 2008
Emerging Scholar Award, Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior section of the American Political Science Association, 2007
Highlighted Publications
Hetherington, M. J., & Rudolph, T. J. (2015). Why Washington Won't Work: Polarization, Political Trust, and the Governing Crisis. (Chicago Studies in American Politics). University of Chicago Press. https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226299358
Grant, J. T., & Rudolph, T. J. (2004). Expression vs. Equality: The Politics of Campaign Finance Reform. Ohio State University Press.
Recent Publications
Rudolph, T. J., & Hetherington, M. J. (2021). Affective Polarization in Political and Nonpolitical Settings. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 33(3), 591-606. [edaa040]. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edaa040
Rudolph, T. (2021). Populist anger, Donald Trump, and the 2016 election. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 31(1), 33-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2019.1582532
Wals, S. C., & Rudolph, T. J. (2019). Lost in acculturation? Premigratory exposure to democracy and immigrants' political trust in the United States. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 31(1), 70-92. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edy002
Hetherington, M. J., & Rudolph, T. J. (2018). Political trust and polarization. In E. M. Uslaner (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Social and Political Trust (pp. 579-597). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190274801.013.15
Rudolph, T. J. (2017). Political trust as a heuristic. In S. Zmerli, & T. W. G. van der Meer (Eds.), Handbook on Political Trust (pp. 197-211). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781782545118.00023
