Professor of American Politics, Public Opinion, and Research Methodology

Ph.D. 2005 from the University of California, Davis

Claassen is author of Godless Democrats and Pious Republicans (Cambridge University Press), coeditor with Paul Djupe of the book Evangelical Crackup? The Future of the Evangelical-Republican Coalition (Temple University Press), and author and coauthor of numerous articles in journals such as, American Politics Research, The Journal of Politics, The Journal of Political Science Education, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly,  PS:  Political Science and Politics, Acta Politica, and Public Opinion Quarterly.

Expert available for media interviews concerning religion and politics, voting, election administration, parties, and public opinion polls