Thomas Schaller

Thomas F. Schaller is Professor of Political Science at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He was a student of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Formerly a weekly political columnist for the Baltimore Sun, he has published commentaries in a variety of publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Salon, The American Prospect and The Nation.
He is author of Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South. He is also the author of The Stronghold: How Republicans Captured Congress but Surrendered the White House and "Common Enemies: Georgetown Basketball, Miami Football and the Racial Transformation of College Sports", and White Rural Rage: [The Threat to America’s Democracy]. From 2009 to 2010, Schaller was a regular contributor to FiveThirtyEight.com.
He is of German and Italian descent.
During the 2000 [United States presidential election|2000 presidential election], Schaller was listed as a Maryland state co-chair of GoreNet. GoreNet was a group that supported the Al [Gore 2000 presidential campaign|Al Gore campaign] with a focus on grassroots and online organizing as well as hosting small dollar donor events.