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Overview

Gerald C. Wright is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and has contributed to research across social sciences and medicine. Their work spans multiple interconnected fields including political science and international relations, gender studies, economics and econometrics, social psychology, and surgery.

The scientist's research covers several prominent topics, such as electoral systems and political participation, gender politics and representation, social policy and reform studies, policy transfer and learning, fiscal policies and political economy, music therapy and health, and enhanced recovery after surgery.

Gerald C. Wright's recent scholarly output includes publications in journals that focus on both political science and medical fields. The notable papers authored or co-authored by them are:

  • Income Inequality and State Parties: Who Gets Represented? (2020), published in State Politics & Policy Quarterly
  • Evaluating Policy Mood Measures in the American States (2022), published in State Politics & Policy Quarterly
  • Humanistic Approach to Postoperative Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Pragmatic Sleep Protocol in Surgical Oncology Patients (2022), published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons
  • Partial Nephrectomy as Management of Oligometastatic Cancer with Limited Systemic Treatment Options (2025), published in Journal of Kidney Cancer and VHL

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wright include Elizabeth Rigby, Jeffrey J. Harden, Julianna Pacheco, Kathrine A. Kelly-Schuette, and Lauren M. Blanck. These collaborations illustrate interdisciplinary connections across social sciences and medical research.

Their publication venues further indicate a dual focus, with contributions mainly appearing in:

  • State Politics & Policy Quarterly (2 publications)
  • Journal of the American College of Surgeons (1 publication)
  • Journal of Kidney Cancer and VHL (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Statehouse Democracy: Public Opinion and Policy in the American States

    Robert S. Erikson;Gerald C. Wright;John P. McIver

  • Measuring State Partisanship and Ideology with Survey Data

    Gerald C. Wright;Robert S. Erikson;John P. McIver

  • Political Parties, Public Opinion, and State Policy in the United States

    Robert S. Erikson;Gerald C. Wright;John P. McIver

  • Public Opinion and Policy Liberalism in the American States

    Gerald C. Wright;Robert S. Erikson;John P. McIver

  • Teams without Uniforms: The Nonpartisan Ballot in State and Local Elections

    Brian F Schaffner;Matthew Streb;Gerald Wright

  • Candidates and Policy in United States Senate Elections

    Gerald C. Wright;Michael B. Berkman

  • The Influence of Party: Evidence from the State Legislatures

    Gerald C. Wright;Brian F. Schaffner

  • Contextual Models of Electoral Behavior: The Southern Wallace Vote

    Gerald C. Wright

  • State and national factors in gubernatorial and senatorial elections

    Thomas M. Carsey;Gerald C. Wright

  • State Political Culture and Public Opinion

    Robert S. Erikson;John P. McIver;Gerald C. Wright

  • The Primacy Principle: Attitude Change and Political Socialization

    Donald Searing;Gerald Wright;George Rabinowitz

  • Policy representation of constituency interests

    Robert S. Erikson;Gerald C. Wright

  • Errors in Measuring Vote Choice in the National Election Studies, 1952-88

    Gerald C. Wright

  • Political Parties and Representation of the Poor in the American States

    Elizabeth Rigby;Gerald C. Wright

  • Linear Models for Evaluating Conditional Relationships

    Gerald C. Wright

  • Public Opinion in the States: A Quarter Century of Change and Stability

    Robert S. Erikson;Gerald C. Wright;John P. Mciver

  • The impact of no-fault divorce law reform on divorce in American states

    Gerald C. Wright;Dorothy M. Stetson

  • Policy Voting in the U.S. Senate: Who Is Represented?

    Gerald C. Wright

  • Misreports of Vote Choice in the 1988 NES Senate Election Study

    Gerald C. Wright

  • Statehouse Democracy

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  • Candidates' Policy Positions and Voting in U. S. Congressional Elections

    Gerald C. Wright

  • Registration, Turnout, and the Electoral Representativeness of U.S. State Electorates

    Robert A. Jackson;Robert D. Brown;Gerald C. Wright

  • Teams without Uniforms: The Nonpartisan Ballot in State and Local Elections

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Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S. Erikson
Robert S. Erikson Columbia University
Thomas M. Carsey
Thomas M. Carsey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seth E. Masket
Seth E. Masket University of Denver

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