Faculty Profile: Daniel Coffey

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Contact Information:
218 Olin Hall
Akron, Ohio 44325-1904
330.972.7983
dcoffey@uakron.edu

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Ph.D., Politics, University of Virginia
M.A., Politics, University of Virginia
B.A., Political Science and Economics, College of the Holy Cross


Dr. Coffey is Assistant Professor of Political Science and a fellow in the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics. His areas of expertise include political parties, public opinion, state and local politics, campaigns and elections, and political methodology. His current research projects explore the formation of cultural attitudes as well studies of public opinion on emerging environmental issues, especially global climate change. He is the co-editor of The State of the Parties (5th ed.) with John Green, the Director of the Bliss Institute. He has published articles and book reviews in State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Party Politics, the Northeast Ohio Municipal Leader, and the Political Encyclopedia of U.S. States and Regions. He also is the lead author of the forthcoming Buckeye Battleground: Ohio, Campaigns, and Elections in the Twenty First Century, published by The University of Akron Press, along with John C. Green, David B. Cohen, and Stephen C. Brooks.