Academic interests include public
opinion, interest groups, and political
parties. Her current research concerns
how the public regards opinion
polls and how polls are used in
policy making. Hildreth joined
the faculty in 1990 following two
years at the Public Opinion Laboratory
in Dekalb, Illinois. Publications
include co-authorship on "Poll
Fatigue? What the Public Thinks
About How We Know What It Is Thinking," International
Journal ofPublic Opinion, (1995).
She is the author of "The Importance
of Purposes in 'Purposive' Groups" AJPS,
(1994), co-author of "Explaining
Women's Difference in Abortion
Opinion: The Role of Gender Consciousness" Women
and Politics, (1994) and "A Reference
Group Theory of Partisan Coalitions" Journal
of Politics, (1991)
