Area of Expertise: American government and politics, lobbying reforms and ethics, campaigns and elections, Congress, presidency, legislative process, presidential-congressional relations, congressional budget process, congressional reform and ethics, federal budget process and deficit, interest groups, campaign finance legislation, public opinion, voting behavior, campaign management, campaign reform, public opinion, voting behavior

Additional Information: James A. Thurber, a distinguished professor of government in the School of Public Affairs, seven-year research grant sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts. He is a former congressional committee staff member and legislative assistant to the late senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.), Rep. David Obey (D-Wisc.), David Dreier (R-Calif.), and others. Thurber has written more than 80 articles and chapters on presidential-congressional relations, campaigns and elections, the congressional budget process, congressional reform, lobbying reform, and civilian nuclear waste policy. His latest books include Rivals for Power: Congressional-Presidential Relations (3rd edition); The Battle for Congress: Consultants, Candidates and Voters; Remaking Congress (with Roger Davidson); and Congress and the Internet. He coauthored-edited Campaign Warriors: The Role of Political Consultants in U.S. Elections and Crowded Airways: Campaign Advertising in Elections. Thurber is editor and contributing author of Divided Democracy: Cooperation and Conflict between the President and Congress, and coeditor (with AU professor Candice Nelson) of Campaigns and Elections American Style (2nd edition). He is regularly quoted by major media outlets, including the Washington Post, New York Times, USA Today, Congressional Quarterly, NBC's Today Show, MSNBC, CNN, C-SPAN, and others.

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