Jeff Gulati

Jeff’ Gulati is the Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences and a Professor of Political Science in the Global Studies Department. He earned his Ph.D. in Government from the University of Virginia and B.A. in Political Science from UNC-Chapel Hill. His primary research and teaching interests are in the U.S. Congress, congressional elections, race and American politics, and politics in popular culture. His most recent published work has been on the topics of congressional scandals, campaign finance, and digital campaign strategies and is currently is working on studies that explain why states adopt changes to voting and election administration laws and why some members of Congress are more supportive of Black Lives Matter. Dr. Gulati is the faculty adviser for Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honors society, and a member of the senior editorial boards of the Journal of Information Technology & Politics and the Journal of Political Marketing. Prior to his academic career, he was a survey researcher specializing primarily in designing assessment studies for higher education and surveys for non-profits, interest groups, and local governments, a legal assistant at Covington & Burling, and an intern on Capitol Hill.

Education

• Ph.D. University of Virginia
• MA University of Virginia
• BA University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Teaching Interests

Model US Congress, Campaigns & Elections, Race & American Politics, Politics Through Film

Research Interests

Congress and congressional elections, scandals, campaign finance, digital campaigning, race & ethnicity, voting rights & election administration, and politics and popular culture

Consulting/Practice Interests

Education Assessment; Democratization; Local government citizen satisfaction

Awards and Honors

• 2016, Innovation in Teaching Award, Bentley University
• 2015, Valente Center Research Fellowshhip, Valente Center for Arts & Sciences
• 2013, Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, Bentley University
• 2011, Fellow of the Information Technology & Politics section of the American Political Science Association
• 2011, Best Paper Award, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
• 2009, Bentley University Valente Center 2009-10 Teaching Fellow
• 2009, Best Paper Award, NSF-funded conference on YouTube and the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States
• 2007, Bentley College Arts & Sciences Center Fellowhship, 2007-08.

Publications

Journal Articles

• Gulati, J., Brown, L. (2021). The Personal Is Political: Reconsidering the Impact of Scandals on Congressional Incumbents. Congress & The Presidency, (48) 1 25-49.
• Williams, C. B., Gulati, G. J., Zeglen, M. (2020). Following the Money: Uses and Limitations of FEC Campaign Finance Data. Interest Groups & Advocacy, (9) 3 317-329.
• Williams, C. B., Gulati, G. J. (2018). Digital Advertising Expenditures in the 2016 Presidential Election. Social Science Computer Review, (36) 4 406-421.
• Gulati, G. J., Williams, C. B., Yates, D. J. (2014). Predictors of On-line Services and e-Participation: A Cross-National Comparison. Government Information Quarterly, (31) 4 526-533.
• Gulati, G. J., Williams, C. B. (2013). Social Media and Campaign 2012: Developments & Trends for Facebook Adoption. Social Science Computer Review, (31) 5 577-88.
• Williams, C. B., Gulati, G. J. (2013). Social Networks in Political Campaigns: Facebook and the Congressional Elections of 2006 and 2008. New Media & Society, (15) 1 52-71.
• Gulati, G. J., Yates, D. J. (2012). Different Paths to Universal Access: The Impact of Policy and Regulation on Broadband Diffusion in the Developed and Developing Worlds. Journal of Telecommunications Policy, (36) 9 749-61.
• Gulati, G. J. (2012). Super PACs and Financing the 2012 Presidential Election. Society, (49) 5 409-17.
• Gulati, G. J. (2011). News Frames and Story Triggers in the Media’s Coverage of Human Trafficking. Human Rights Review, (12) 363-79.
• Gulati, G. J., Hadlock, C. R., Gainsborough, J. F. (2011). VODYS: An Agent-Based Model for Exploring Campaign Dynamics. Social Science Computer Review, (29) 2 250-72.
• Gulati, G. J., Yates, D. J. (2011). Strategy, Competition, and Investment: Explaining the Global Divide in E-Government Adoption with Policy Variables. Electronic Government: An International Journal, (8) 2/3 124-43.
• Gulati, G. J., Williams, C. B. (2010). Congressional Candidates' Use of YouTube in 2008: Its Frequency and Rationale. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, (7) 2/3 93-109.
• Yates, D. J., Weiss, J. W., Gulati, G. J. (2010). Universal Broadband: An Analysis of Global Stakeholders and the Pursuit of the Common Good. International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy, (1) 2 25-43.
• Williams, C. B., Gulati, G. J., Foxman, E. R. (2009). What's in an Endorsement: An Analysis of Web Site Publicity by Presidential Candidates and Organizations in 2004. Journal of Political Marketing, (8) 3 173-189.
• Williams, C. B., Gulati, G. J. (2008). The Political Impact of Facebook: Evidence from the 2006 Midterm Elections and 2008 Nomination Contest. Politics & Technology Review, (March) 11-21.
• Gulati, G. J., Williams, C. B. (2007). Closing the Gap, Raising the Bar: Candidate Web Site Communication in the 2006 Campaigns for Congress. Social Science Computer Review, (25) 4 443-65.
• Davi, A., Frydenberg, M. E., Gulati, G. J. (2007). Blogging Across the Disciplines: Integrating Technology to Enhance Liberal Learning. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, (3) 3 222-233.
• Gulati, G. J. (2004). First Impressions: Congressional Homepages and Presentation of Self on the WWW. Harvard International Journal of Press Politics, (9) Winter
• Gulati, G. J. (2004). Revisiting the Link between Electoral Competition and Policy Extremism in the United States Congress. American Politics Research, (32) September
• Jones, A., Gulati, G. J. (2004). The Internet and the Evolving Nature of Congressional Communication. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, (9) Winter 3-6.

Book Chapters

• Gulati, G. J., Cormack, L. (2023). Voicing Support for Black Lives Matter in Congress and its Impact on the 2020 House Elections In TaunaSisco, Jennifer Lucas, and Christopher Galdieri, (Eds.) Identity Politics in US National Elections: Underrepresented. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan Forthcoming.
• Gulati, G. J., Williams, C. B. (2021). Digital Media Expenditures in Presidential Campaigns In Jody Baumgartner and Terri Towner, (Eds.) The Internet and the 2020 Campaign. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
• Gulati, G. J., Farrar-Myers, V. (2017). The American Elections 2014 In Tauna Sisco, Jennifer Lucas, and Christopher Galdieri, (Eds.) Following The Money: The Impact of Outside Group Expenditures in the 2014 U.S. House Elections. Akron: The University of Akron Press
• Yates, D. J., Gulati, G. J., Williams, C. B. (2017). Understanding the Impact of Politication Structure, Governance and Public Policy on e-Government In Jyoti Choudrie, Sherah Kurnia, and Panayiota Tsatsou, (Eds.) Social Inclusion and Usability of Innovative ICT-enabled Services. New York, NY: Routledge
• Williams, C. B., Gulati, G. J. (2017). Digital vs. Television Ad Expenditures by Outside Groups In , (Eds.) The Internet and the 2016 Presidential Campaign. Lexington Books
• Gulati, G. J., Williams, C. B. (2015). Congressional Campaigns’ Motivations for Social Media Adoption In Victoria A. Farrar-Myers and Justin S. Vaughn, (Eds.) Controlling the Message: New Media in American Political Campaigns. 32-52. New York: NYU Press
• Williams, C. B., Gulati, G. J. (2014). Relationship Marketing in Social Media Practice: Perspectives, Limitations and Potential In Jennifer Lees-Marshment, Brian M. Conley and Kenneth Cosgrove, (Eds.) Political Marketing in the United States. chapter 10. Routledge
• Basinger, S., Brown, L. M., Harris, D., Gulati, G. J. (2013). Counting and Classifying Congressional Scandals In , (Eds.) Scandal! An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Consequences, Outcomes, and Significance of Political Scandals. 3-28. Bloomsbury
• Brown, L. M., Gulati, G. J. (2013). Spending More Time with My Family: Media Coverage and Forced Incumbent Departures from the House In , (Eds.) Scandal! An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Consequences, Outcomes, and Significance of Political Scandals. 51-66. Bloomsbury
• Gulati, G. J. (2013). Representing trafficking: media in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada In Marie Segrave, (Eds.) Human Trafficking. Ashgate
• Gulati, G. J. (2012). Representing Trafficking: Media in the United States, Great Britain and Canada In Alison Brysk and Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, (Eds.) Human Trafficking and Human Rights: Rethinking Contemporary Slavery. 44-69. University of Pennsylvania Press
• Yates, D. J., Weiss, J. W., Gulati, G. J. (2012). Universal Broadband: An Analysis of Global Stakeholders and the Pursuit of the Common Good (Reprint) In Elena Druicã, (Eds.) Digital Economy Innovations and Impacts on Society. 131-150. Hershey, PA: IGI Global
• Gulati, G. J., Yates, D. J., Tawileh, A. (2010). Towards E-participation in the Middle East and Northern Europe In Christopher Reddick, (Eds.) Comparative E-Government: An Examination of E-Government across Countries. 71-90. Berlin: Springer
• Gulati, G. J., Yates, D. J., Tawileh, A. (2010). Explaining the Global Digital Divide: The Impact of Public Policy Initiatives on E-Government Capacity and Reach Worldwide In Christopher Reddick, (Eds.) Politics, Democracy and E-Government: Participation and Service Delivery . Hershey, PA: IGI Global
• Gulati, G. J. (2009). No Laughing Matter: The Role of New Media in the 2008 Election In Sabato, Larry J, (Eds.) The Year of Obama: How Barack Obama Won the White House . New York: Pearson Longman
• Gulati, G. J., Williams, C. B. (2008). Closing the Gap, Raising the Bar: Candidate Web Site Communication in the 2006 Campaigns for Congress In Panagopoulos, Costas, (Eds.) . New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press
• Gulati, G. J., Just, M., Crigler, A. (2004). News Coverage of Political Campaigns In Kaid, Lynda Lee, (Eds.) The Handbook of Political Communication Research. 237-56. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc
• Gulati, G. J., Williams, C. B. (). Digital Advertising Expenditures in the 2020 Congressional Election In Jody Baumgartner and Terri Towner, (Eds.) The Internet and the 2020 Campaign. Lexington Books Forthcoming.
• Williams, C. B., Gulati, G. J. (). The Political Impact of Facebook: Evidence from the 2006 and 2008 Elections and Nomination Contest In Panagopolous, Costas, (Eds.) . Piscataway, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press Forthcoming.