Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric, University California, Berkeley, 1991. Master of Arts in Political Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1996. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1996.
Assistant professor, communications University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1996—2003, assistant professor, political science, 1996—2003, associate professor, political science, since 2003, associate professor, communications, since 2003. With United States Army, 1984-1987.
Member of American Association Public Opinion Research, American Political Science Association, International Communications Association, Christians in Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Ellen Wang Althaus.
