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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas J. Rudolph

Thomas J. Rudolph

Associate Professor
264 Computing Applications Bldg
605 E. Springfield
Champaign, Illinois 61820
(217) 244-6431
rudolph@illinois.edu


2001 Ph.D., Political Science, University of Minnesota

research interests:

  • Political behavior and political psychology
  • Public opinion
  • Campaign finance

Books Authored or Co-Authored (Original Editions)

  • Grant, J. Tobin, and Thomas J. Rudolph. 2004. Expression vs. Equality: The Politics of Campaign Finance Reform. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press. Reviewed in Perspectives on Politics, 2005, 3(3):637-38.

Chapters in Books

  • Rahn, Wendy M., and Thomas J. Rudolph. 2001. “National Identities and the Future of Democracy.” In W. Lance Bennett and Robert M. Entman, eds., Mediated Politics: Communication in the Future of Democracy. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
  • Chanley, Virginia A., Thomas J. Rudolph, and Wendy M. Rahn. 2001. “Trust in Government in the Reagan Years and Beyond.” In John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, eds., What is it About Government that Americans Dislike? New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
  • Sullivan, John L., Wendy M. Rahn, and Thomas J. Rudolph. 2002. “The Contours of Political Psychology: Situating Research on Political Information Processing.” In James H. Kuklinski, ed. Thinking About Political Psychology. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
  • Rahn, Wendy M., John L. Sullivan, and Thomas J. Rudolph. 2002. “Political Psychology and Political Science.” In James H. Kuklinski, ed. Thinking About Political Psychology. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
  • Rahn, Wendy M., and Thomas J. Rudolph. 2002. “Trust in Local Governments.” In Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox, eds. Understanding Public Opinion, 2nd ed. Washington D.C.: CQ Press.
  • Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M., J. Tobin Grant, and Thomas J. Rudolph. 2003. “The Effects of Campaign Finance Attitudes on Turnout and Vote Choice in the 2000 Elections.” In Herbert Weisberg and Clyde Wilcox, eds. Models of Voting in Presidential Elections: The 2000 U.S. Election. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press.

Articles in Journals

  • Grant, J. Tobin, and Thomas J. Rudolph. 2003. “Value Conflict, Group Affect, and the Issue of Campaign Finance.” American Journal of Political Science 47(3):453-69.
  • Rudolph, Thomas J. 2003. “Who’s Responsible for the Economy? The Formation and Consequences of Responsibility Attributions.” American Journal of Political Science 47(4):697-712.
  • Grant, J. Tobin, and Thomas J. Rudolph. 2004. “The Job of Representation in Congress: Public Expectations and Representative Approval.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 29(3):431-45.
  • Rudolph, Thomas J., and Jillian Evans. 2005. “Political Trust, Ideology and Public Support for Government Spending.” American Journal of Political Science. 49(3):660-71.
  • Rahn, Wendy M., and Thomas J. Rudolph. 2005. “A Tale of Political Trust in American Cities.” Public Opinion Quarterly 69(4):530-60.
  • Rudolph, Thomas J. 2005. “Group Attachment and the Reduction of Value-Driven Ambivalence.” Political Psychology 26(6):905-28.
  • Rudolph, Thomas J. 2006. “Triangulating Political Responsibility: The Motivated Formation of Responsibility Judgments.” Political Psychology 27(1):99-122.
  • Rudolph, Thomas J., and Elizabeth Popp. 2007. “An Information Processing Theory of Ambivalence.” Political Psychology 28(5):563-585
  • Cho, Wendy K. Tam, and Thomas J. Rudolph. 2008. “Emanating Political Participation: Untangling the Spatial Structure Behind Participation.” British Journal of Political Science. 38:273-289.

  • Hetherington, MarchJ., and Thomas J. Rudolph.  2008. "Priming, Performance. and the Dynamics of Political Trust." Journal of Politics 70(2):498-512.