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Dante Scala

Professor
Phone: (603) 862-1519
Office: Horton Social Science Center, Room 322, Durham, NH 03824
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Curriculum Vitae

Courses Taught

  • INCO 590: Student Research Experience
  • POLT 402: American Politics & Government
  • POLT 504: American Presidency
  • POLT 522: Dissent & Political Community
  • POLT 584: Selected Topics Polt Thought
  • POLT 595: Smart Politics
  • POLT 705/805: Elections in the U.S.
  • POLT 796: Advanced Study
  • POLT 990: Internship Capstone

Education

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

Research Interests

  • American elections and campaigns
  • Campaign finance
  • Presidential nomination process
  • Voter demography

Selected Publications

  • Johnson, K. M., & Scala, D. J. (2022). The Rural-Urban Continuum and the 2020 U. S. Presidential Election. FORUM-A JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICS, 20(2), 229-255. doi:10.1515/for-2022-2057

  • Johnson, K. M., & Scala, D. J. (2021). The Rural-Urban Continuum of Polarization: Understanding the Geography of the 2018 Midterms. FORUM-A JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICS, 18(4), 607-626. doi:10.1515/for-2020-2102

  • Scala, D. J. (2020). Polls and Elections: The Skeptical Faithful: How Trump Gained Momentum among Evangelicals. PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES QUARTERLY, 50(4), 927-947. doi:10.1111/psq.12642

  • Scala, D. J. (2018). New Hampshire. In Presidential Swing States. Rowman & Littlefield.

  • Scala, D. J. (2018). Swinging in Place: New Hampshire’s Presidential Elections, 1992-2016. The New England Journal of Political Science, X(1).

  • Scala, D. J. (2018). THE FUZZY FRONTRUNNER Donald Trump and the Role of Ideology in Presidential Nomination Politics. In ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS (pp. 290-306). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

  • Scala, D. J., & Johnson, K. M. (2017). Political Polarization along the Rural-Urban Continuum? The Geography of the Presidential Vote, 2000-2016. ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, 672(1), 162-184. doi:10.1177/0002716217712696

  • Scala, D. J., Johnson, K. M., & Rogers, L. T. (2015). Red rural, blue rural? Presidential voting patterns in a changing rural America. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY, 48, 108-118. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2015.02.003

  • Scala, D. J. (2003). Re-reading the tea leaves: New Hampshire as a barometer of presidential primary success. PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS, 36(2), 187-192. doi:10.1017/S1049096503002051

  • Scala, D. J. (2003). Stormy Weather: The New Hampshire Primary and Presidential Politics. doi:10.1057/9781403976765

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