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Kenneth Goldstein
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Title: Professor
Office: 412 North Hall
Office Hours: https://kb.wisc.edu/polisci/page.php?id=28163
Phone: 608.263.2390
Has Voicemail: Yes
E-Mail: kmgoldstein@wisc.edu
Keywords: Campaign Advertising, Political Communication
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Ken Goldstein is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Goldstein received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1996 with a focus on American politics and research methodology. He is the author of Interest Groups, Lobbying, and Participation in America (Cambridge University Press) and Campaign Advertising and American Democracy (Temple University Press) as well as over 30 refereed journal articles and book chapters on political communication, voter turnout, campaign finance, survey methodology, Israeli politics, presidential elections, and news coverage of health issues. He is currently at work on a book on how advertising is deployed in American presidential elections (under contract with Princeton University Press) as well as projects on voting patterns in Israel, the effect of political advertising on political contributions, and the long term effects of advertising exposure.
In addition to his academic training, research, and writing on politics and survey research methods, he also has extensive experience in directing and evaluating survey research in political and other professional settings. He worked for the CBS News Election and Survey Unit from 1987 to 1989 and has consulted for CBS News, and CNN. Goldstein is currently a consultant for the ABC News elections unit and a member of their election night decision team. He has worked on network election night coverage in every U.S. federal election since 1988.
Goldstein’s reputation for unbiased and non-partisan analysis has made him a favorite source for politicians and the news media alike. He has appeared numerous times on Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, ABC World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC and CNN, and is a frequent contributor on National Public Radio. He is also quoted extensively in the country’s top newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
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Recent Publications
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John Coleman, Kenneth Goldstein, William Howell. Understanding American Politics and Government. 3rd edition, 2013; previous editions 2011, 2009. New York: Pearson.
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Kenneth Goldstein, William Feltus, Michael M. Franz, and Travis Ridout, "Separation by Television Program: Understanding the Targeting of Political Advertising in Presidential Elections." Political Communication 29, 1 (2012): 1-23
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John Coleman, Kenneth Goldstein, William Howell, Cause and Consequence in American Politics. 2012. New York: Pearson/Penguin Academics.
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Kenneth Goldstein, Shaul Shenhav, Tamir Sheafer. "Voting for our Story." Comparative Political Studies 44, 5 (2011), published online October 27, 2010.
http://cps.sagepub.com/content/early/2010/10/26/0010414010384372.abstract
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Kenneth Goldstein, and Matthew Holleque. 2010. "Getting Up Off the Canvass: Rethinking the Study of Mobilization." In Jan E. Leighley, ed., The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Current Courses taught for Spring 2012-2013
695 - Prosem: Quantitative Election Tools & Strategy
Instructors: Kenneth Goldstein Field: American Politics
Section Number: 004
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