Paul S. Martin

Paul S. Martin

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Paul Martin (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin—Madison) is an Assistant Professor at the Miller Center. Paul also serves as the Director of Professional Development at the new Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. He studies the interplay between political elites and citizens. Most recently his research has focused on congressional responses to political participation, specifically voter turnout. From 2003 to 2004, he was an APSA Congressional Fellow in the office of Congressman David R. Obey. He is a recipient of a 2006 Dirksen Congressional Research Award.

Miller Center Projects

At the Miller Center, Paul Martin is part of the Oral History Program's team of scholars conducting interviews for the William J. Clinton Project and the Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project.

Selected Publications

• Martin, Paul S. 2008. The Mass Media as Sentinel: Why Bad News about Issues is Good News for Participation. Political Communication 25:180-193.
• Claibourn, Michele P., and Paul S. Martin. 2007. The Third Face of Social Capital: How Membership in Voluntary Associations Improves Policy Accountability. Political Research Quarterly 60:192-201.
• Martin, Paul S. 2004. Inside the Black Box of Negative Campaign Effects: Three Reasons Why Negative Campaigns Mobilize. Political Psychology 25:545-562
• Martin, Paul S. 2003. Voting's Rewards: Voter Turnout, Attentive Publics, and Congressional Allocation of Federal Money. American Journal of Political Science 47:110-127.

Course List

• The Politics of Now (First-year USEM)