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Dan Shea

Title

The Marson-Moller-McNulty Professor of Government

Department

Government

Information

Address

5357 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8853

Education

B.A., State University of New York at Oswego

M.A., University of West Florida

Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany

Areas of Expertise

  • American Politics

  • Rural Politics

  • Maine Parties and Elections

  • Campaign Management and Strategy
  • Parties and Elections
  • U.S. Congress
  • Politics of the Media
  • Youth Political Engagement
  • Civility in Politics

 

Personal Information

Dan and his wife Christine Gatto-Shea have three children.  The live in Mount Vernon, Maine.


Publications

Shea has written or edited more than 20 books on American Politics. His most recent volume (as of 11/24) is The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America (co-authored with Nicholas Jacobs).  In 2019 Shea penned Why Vote? Essential Questions about the Future of Elections in America, and in 2012 Can We Talk? The Rise of Rude, Nasty, Stubborn Politics.