Overview
Professor Hillygus has published widely on the topics of American political behavior, campaigns and elections, survey methods, public opinion, and information technology and politics. 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 is director of the Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology (https://dism.duke.edu/) and co-director of the Polarization Lab (https://www.polarizationlab.com/).
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Political Science
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2015 - Present
Political Science,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of the Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology
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2010 - Present
Social Science Research Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Interim Director of the Social Science Research Institute
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2025 - Present
Social Science Research Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
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2016 - Present
Sanford School of Public Policy
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Recent Publications
Using Auxiliary Marginal Distributions in Imputations for Nonresponse while Accounting for Survey Weights, with Application to Estimating Voter Turnout
Journal Article Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology · February 1, 2024 In many survey settings, population counts or percentages are available for some of the variables in the survey, for example, from censuses, administrative databases, or other high-quality surveys. We present a model-based approach to utilize such auxiliar ... Full text CiteProtecting the integrity of survey research.
Journal Article PNAS nexus · March 2023 Although polling is not irredeemably broken, changes in technology and society create challenges that, if not addressed well, can threaten the quality of election polls and other important surveys on topics such as the economy. This essay describes some of ... Full text CiteA randomized experiment evaluating survey mode effects for video interviewing
Journal Article Political Science Research and Methods · January 1, 2023 Rising costs and challenges of in-person interviewing have prompted major surveys to consider moving online and conducting live web-based video interviews. In this paper, we evaluate video mode effects using a two-wave experimental design in which responde ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Redesigning Social Media to Reduce Partisan Animosity
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Carnegie Corporation of New York · 2024 - 2026The 2024 American National Election Studies (ANES)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Michigan · 2018 - 2026Designing Social Media to Promote Intellectual Humility
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by John Templeton Foundation · 2022 - 2025View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Stanford University ·
2003
Ph.D.
Stanford University ·
2000
M.A.