Bernard Tamas
Professor
- Postdoctoral Fellowship
Harvard University - Ph.D. in Political Science
Rutgers University - M.A. in Politics and Public Policy
Rutgers University - B.A. in Political Science
Rutgers University
Statement of teaching and research interests:
Dr. Tamas is an expert on elections, electoral bias, and US third parties. His research on electoral bias in US elections was funded by the and the . Dr. Tamas has held a Fulbright scholarship to the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard-MIT Data Center at Harvard University. Prior to joining VSU, he was a Visiting Research Scholar at Columbia University and has previously taught at Williams College, Brandeis University, and Illinois State University. He also worked as a software developer at Princeton University.
Dr. Tamas is co-Chapter Leader of the of the , and is Senior Fellow (2025) at the . He is an Associate Editor of , and is a member of the Southern Political Science Association's Membership Development Committee (2025-2026).
Dr. Tamas is a widely published author, including of the book, (2018). He is a frequent political commentator on current issues and has been interviewed by national and international media: , (US), , (Australia), , , , and political blogs including , , , , . His expert commentary has also been published by several news outlets including , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and others.
- American Government
- Elections and Political Parties
- US Third Parties
- Electoral Systems and Electoral Bias
- Research Methodology
Most recent publications or scholarly output:
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Bernard Tamas (2023). “”. The Forum.
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Bernard Tamas (2023) “”. New Political Science 45 (2): 359-379
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Bernard Tamas, Ron Johnston, and Charles Pattie (2022). “”. Social Science Quarterly 103(1): 181-192.
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Bernard Tamas and Joseph Robbins (2021), “”, Journal of Political Science 49(1).
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Bernard Tamas (2019), “” Election Law Journal 18(1): 47-62.
- Bernard Tamas (2018), New York, NY: Routledge.
- Bernard Tamas (2017), "" New Political Science 39(4).
- Bernard Tamas and Matthew Hindman (2014), “”, Election Law Journal 13(2): 260-276.
- Bernard Ivan Tamas (2008), . Boulder, CO: East European Monographs, Columbia University Press.
- Gardenia Harris, Bernard Ivan Tamas, and Nancy S. Lind (2007), . Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
- Nancy S. Lind and Bernard Ivan Tamas (2006), Bush Controversies: Pro & Con Primary Documents. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press.