D. Sunshine Hillygus
D. Sunshine Hillygus is professor of political science and public policy at Duke University. She has published widely on the topics of political behavior, campaigns and elections, public opinion, and survey methodology. She is co-author of Making Young Voters: Converting Civic Attitudes into Civic Action (Cambridge University Press, 2020), The Persuadable Voter: Wedge Issues in Political Campaigns (Princeton University Press, 2008) and The Hard Count: The Social and Political Challenges of the 2000 Census (Russell Sage Foundation, 2006). She serves as associate PI of the American National Election Studies, director of the Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology, and co-director of the Duke Polarization Lab. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and private foundations. Professor Hillygus earned her PhD in political science from Stanford University and a BA in Political Science and Spanish from the University of Arkansas.