David A. M. Peterson

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David A. M. Peterson (born 18 January 1973) is an American political scientist.

Peterson's mother is Canadian. After her first husband's death in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire, she moved to Seattle and married Peterson's father. When Peterson was three, his father died in a drunk driving incident, and the family moved to Canada. They later returned to the United States. Peterson credits his mother with sparking his interest in politics, and the 1992 United States presidential election for his focus on third party campaigns. [1]

He graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College and completed doctoral studies at the University of Minnesota in 2000. Peterson then taught at Texas A&M University until 2009, when he joined the Iowa State University faculty. [2] In 2015, he succeeded Jeff Mondak and Tom Rudolph as editor of the journal Political Behavior . [3] Peterson stepped down from as editor in 2019, and was replaced by Geoffrey Layman and Benjamin Radcliff. [4] In 2020, Peterson was appointed to the Lucken Professorship in Political Science. [5]

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References

  1. "Politics, polling, and pupils". Link. Vol. 12, no. 2. Iowa State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. 5 March 2024.
  2. "Dave Peterson". Iowa State University. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  3. Peterson, David A. M. (March 2015). "Editor's Introduction". Political Behavior. 37 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1007/s11109-015-9300-1. S2CID   189912561.
  4. Layman, Geoffrey; Radcliff, Benjamin (March 2019). "Editors' Introduction". Political Behavior. 41 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1007/s11109-019-09536-x. S2CID   254933667.
  5. "Two LAS faculty members receive Lucken Awards". Iowa State University College of Liberals Arts and Sciences. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2022.