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Allan Wilford
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor of Political Science
awilford@andersonuniversity.edu
(864) 231-2449
Faculty Office Building
Academic Background
Dr. Allan Wilford is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Anderson University. He completed his PhD in Political Science in 2016 at the University of Tennessee, his dissertation focusing on comparative voter turnout. He currently lives in Anderson South Carolina with his wife Kate and two children, Charlotte and Christopher. When Dr. Wilford is not thinking about politics, he enjoys racquetball, wrangling his untrainable Plott hound, playing board games, and attending Grace Episcopal Church in Anderson.
BA in Criminology and Social Policy, Lincoln University (UK)
MA in International Law and Politics, University of Hull (UK)
Ph.D in Political Science, University of Tennessee
Fast Facts
I was taken by the opportunity to teach political science to dedicated and hard-working students in a unique liberal arts environment.
Being a political science major provides you with a unique skill set designed to allow you to excel in many careers. I have seen my students go to Ivy League law schools, graduate school, and even the Ecole nationale d’administration. Other students have won internships and subsequent employment as political campaign managers, think-tank policy wonks, and employees at non-profits.
I was a keynote speaker for the World Affairs Council at Upstate International, was a Baker Graduate Research Fellow at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, and I won the David Mock Award for Outstanding Teaching and the William G. McCall Award for Outstanding Graduate Students at the University of Tennessee.
The community here at Anderson University. All of the faculty and staff make you feel so welcome. I also never tire of hearing the local community express their pride in having AU in their community.
Comparative Voter Turnout, International Law, Western European Politics.
| “Understanding the Competing Effects of Economic Hardship and Income Inequality on Voter Turnout”. Politics and Policy 48(2) 314-338. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12344 “Turnout, Party System Diversity and Left-of-Center Parties: Explaining Turnout in 26 Democracies Through the Strength of Left-of-Center Parties”. European Political Science 18(1) 66-83. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-017-0136-5 https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-017-0136-5 “Polarization, Number of Parties and Voter Turnout: Explaining Turnout in 26 O.E.C.D. Countries”. Social Science Quarterly 98(5) 1391-1405. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12366 “Scottish Secession and Voter Turnout: Simulating the Effects of Full Voter Turnout without Scottish Participation in the Union”. European Politics and Society 17(3) 314-330. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2015.1109916 |
