Stephen Ansolabehere

professor, political science, MIT

Professor of Political Science. Professor Ansolabehere studies elections, democracy, and the mass media. He is coauthor (with Shanto Iyengar) of *The Media Game* (Macmillan, 1993) and of *Going Negative: How Political Advertising Alienates and Polarizes the American Electorate* (The Free Press, 1996). His articles have appeared in *The American Political Science Review*, *The British Journal of Politics*, *The Journal of Politics*, *Legislative Studies Quarterly*, *Public Opinion Quarterly*, *The Quill*, and *Chance*. His current research projects include campaign finance, congressional elections, and party politics.