Title: Professor Joint Appt: Jewish Studies Office: 412 North Hall Office Hours: Thursdays 1:30-3:30 Phone: 608.263.2390 Has Voicemail: Yes E-Mail: kmgoldstein@wisc.edu Keywords: Campaign Advertising, Political Communication

Ken Goldstein is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project (wiscadproject.wisc.edu). 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 project on voting patterns in Israel, the impact of television news, and health communication.

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.

Goldstein is currently a member of the University of Wisconsin Social Studies Divisional Committee and the University of Wisconsin Athletic Board. He is the past Chair of the University of Wisconsin’s College of Letters and Science Human Subjects Committee and also served on the All Campus IRB committee and the Principal Investigator’s Committee of the University of Wisconsin Graduate School. In addition, he has served on two planning committees and is currently on the Board of Overseers for the National Elections Study.

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