Education       

• Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Political Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, August 1997
• Master of Arts, Department of Political Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, August 1993
• Master of Arts, Department of Political Science, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May 1991
• Bachelor of Arts, Department of Political Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 1989

Publications

Books

• Steger, Wayne, Sean Q Kelly, and J. Mark Wrighton, eds.  2006.  Campaigns and Political Marketing.  West Hazelton, PA:  Haworth Press.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Wrighton, J. Mark and Geoffrey D. Peterson.  2003.  “A Test of Ideological Bias in House Subcommittees, 1979 – 2000” Congress and the Presidency 30:139-152.
• Wrighton, J. Mark.  2003.  “The New Hampshire Soft Money ‘Orgy’ of 2002”  PSOnline Volume 36 (July 2003).
• Borrelli Stephen A., J. Mark Wrighton, and Chad Bryan.  1999.  “Policy-Specific Approval Ratings and Presidential Success on Roll Calls:  An Exploration” American Review of Politics 19:267-82.
• Peterson, Geoffrey D. and J. Mark Wrighton.  1998.  “The Continuing Puzzle of Committee Preferences:  A
  Methodological Reassessment” Congress and the Presidency 25:67-78.
• Peterson, Geoffrey D. and J. Mark Wrighton.  1998.  “Expressions of Distrust:  Third-Party Voting and Cynicism in Government” Political Behavior 20:17-34.
• Gartzke, Erik A. and J. Mark Wrighton.  1998.  “Thinking Globally or Acting Locally?  Determinants of the GATT Vote in Congress” Legislative Studies Quarterly 23:33-56.
• Wrighton, J. Mark and Peverill Squire.  1997.  “Uncontested Seats and Electoral Competition for the U.S. House of Representatives Over Time” The Journal of Politics 59:452-68.
• Covington, Cary R., J. Mark Wrighton, and Rhonda S. Kinney.  1995.  “A ‘Presidency-Augmented’ Model of Presidential Success on House Roll Call Votes” American Journal of Political Science 39:1001-24.

Book Chapters and Invited Essays

• Wrighton, J. Mark.  2008.  "Incumbency"  In The Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics.  Michael Genovese and Lori Han, eds.  Facts on File.
• Wrighton, J. Mark.  2007.  “The Utility of Party Conventions in an Era of Low Visibility and Campaign Finance Reform”  In Rewiring Politics:  Presidential Nominating Conventions in the Media Age.  Costas Panagopoulos,   ed.  (Baton Rouge, LA:  Louisiana State University Press).
• Wayne Steger, Sean Q Kelly, and J. Mark Wrighton.  2006.  “Campaigns and Political Marketing in Political Science Context”  In Campaigns and Political Marketing.  Wayne Steger, Sean Q Kelly, and J. Mark Wrighton, eds. (West Hazelton, PA:  Haworth Press).
• Wrighton, J. Mark.  2004.  “You Really Can’t Beat Somebody With Nobody:  Declining Competition in the American Political System”  Extension of Remarks Volume 27 (July 2004), At http://www.apsanet.org/~lss/.
• Wrighton, J. Mark and Andrew E. Smith.  2003.  “A Star-Studded Field in the Granite State”  In The Roads to Congress, 2002.  Sunil Ahuja and Robert Dewhirst eds.  (Mansfield, OH:  Bookmasters), 155 – 165.
• Wrighton, J. Mark.  2003.  “The New Hampshire Senate and 1st Congressional District Races”  In The Last Hurrah? Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Congressional Elections.  David B. Magleby and J. Quin Monson eds. (Provo, UT:  Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young University), 141 – 155.
• Lewis-Beck, Michael S. and J. Mark Wrighton.  1994.  “A Republican Congress?  Forecasts for 1994”  Public Opinions 1:14-16.