Ph.D.: University of Colorado, Boulder, 1996. Fields: American Politics, Voting and Elections/Political Behavior, State Politics and Policy, Direct Democracy, Race/Ethnicity, Information Technology and Politics. Sample Publications: Coauthor (with Daniel Smith) of Educated by Initiative: The Effects of Direct Democracy on Citizens and Political Organizations in the American States (University of Michigan, 2004) and Virtual Inequality: Beyond the Digital Divide (Georgetown University Press, 2003 with Karen Mossberger and Mary Stansbury). She is also co-editor (with Todd Donovan and Shaun Bowler) of Citizens as Legislators: Direct Democracy in the United States (Ohio State University Press, 1998). The book received an outstanding (O) rating for books published in 1998-1999 from the American Association of University Presses for exceptional content. Her article have appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Public Administration Review, Political Research Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, Social Science Quarterly, American Politics Research, Urban Politics, Women and Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Party Politics, Representation, and Government and Policy. Her forthcoming book (with Karen Mossberger and Ramona McNeal) is entitled Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society and Participation (Cambridge: MIT Press). Tolbert is the General Program Chair (with Taeku Lee, UC Berkeley) of the 2008 Midwest Political Science Association Meeting.