Faculty / Staff
Joshua Dyck
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
Email: jdyck@buffalo.edu
Phone: 716-645-8435
Office: 418 Park Hall
Website: http://www.buffalo.edu/~jdyck
Current CV [in PDF format]: Joshua J Dyck CV
Area of Teaching and Research Interest: Public Opinion and Voting Behavior, Political Participation, Direct Democracy, State Politics, Public Policy, Electoral Institutions, Social Context, Political Geography, Research Methods
Courses Taught:
PSC 311, State Politics
PSC 314, Public Policy Making
PSC 506, Policy Making Process
PSC 568, State Politics
Current Research: Direct Democracy and Political Trust, Process Preferences and Choice in Ballot Measure Elections, Context Effects and Turnout in Ballot Initiative Elections, Media coverage and Welfare Attitudes post Welfare Reform, Ballot Initiatives and Policy Responsiveness
Brief Bio: Joshua J. Dyck is an Assistant Professor in American Politics who joined the department in the fall of 2006. Professor Dyck studies Public Opinion and Voting Behavior with a particular focus on how institutions and social context influence voter choice and participation; much of his current work focuses on direct democracy. His work has been published in The Journal of Politics, Social Science Quarterly, Political Behavior, Party Politics, and Electoral Studies.
Selected Recent Research:
"Assessing the Iron Law of Direct Democracy: Durable Attitudes in a Changing Information Environment." (with Mark Baldassare). Work in Progress.
"The End of Welfare as we Know It? Changing Attitudes in a Durable Information Environment." (with Laura Hussey). Public Opinion Quarterly (accepted and forthcoming).
"Residential Concentration, Political Socialization and Voter Turnout." 2006. (with Wendy K. Tam Cho and James G. Gimpel). Journal of Politics 68: 156-67.
"Location, Knowledge, and Time Pressures in the Spatial Structure of Convenience Voting." 2006. (with James G. Gimpel and Daron R. Shaw) Electoral Studies 25:35-58.
"Distance, Turnout, and the Convenience of Voting." 2005. (with James G. Gimpel). Social Science Quarterly 86: 531-48.