Caroline J. Tolbert

Caroline J. Tolbert is Distinguished University Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa, where she regularly teaches American government and social media and politics. She was named a 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for her research on voting and elections. She is coauthor of Accessible Elections: How the States Can Help Americans Vote and Choosing the Future: Technology and Opportunity in Communities, both with Oxford University Press. Accessible Elections examines absentee/mail voting, early voting, and same-day registration. She is coauthor of three other books on technology and politics: Digital Cities, Digital Citizenship, and Virtual Inequality: Beyond the Digital Divide. Digital Citizenship was ranked one of 20 best-selling titles in the social sciences by the American Library Association. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and other nonprofit and technology partners. She has served on the Council for the American Political Science Association. Her work is driven by an interest in strengthening American democracy and inclusive participation in politics, the economy, and society.

Caroline J. Tolbert

Caroline J. Tolbert is Distinguished University Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa, where she regularly teaches American government and social media and politics. She was named a 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for her research on voting and elections. She is coauthor of Accessible Elections: How the States Can Help Americans Vote and Choosing the Future: Technology and Opportunity in Communities, both with Oxford University Press. Accessible Elections examines absentee/mail voting, early voting, and same-day registration. She is coauthor of three other books on technology and politics: Digital Cities, Digital Citizenship, and Virtual Inequality: Beyond the Digital Divide. Digital Citizenship was ranked one of 20 best-selling titles in the social sciences by the American Library Association. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and other nonprofit and technology partners. She has served on the Council for the American Political Science Association. Her work is driven by an interest in strengthening American democracy and inclusive participation in politics, the economy, and society.

Books by Caroline J. Tolbert

  • We the People

    Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore J. Lowi, Margaret Weir, Caroline J. Tolbert, Andrea L. Campbell, Megan Ming Francis, Robert J. Spitzer

    Fourteenth Essentials Edition, E Book, 2022

    The #1 book to help students engage and participate
  • We the People

    Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore J. Lowi, Margaret Weir, Caroline J. Tolbert, Andrea L. Campbell, Megan Ming Francis, Robert J. Spitzer

    Fourteenth Essentials Edition, Paperback, 2022

    The #1 book to help students engage and participate
  • We the People

    Benjamin Ginsberg, Caroline J. Tolbert, Andrea L. Campbell, Megan Ming Francis, Theodore J. Lowi, Margaret Weir, Robert J. Spitzer

    Fifteenth Essentials Edition, Paperback, 2025

    The #1 book for American government, now even more interactive
  • We the People

    Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore J. Lowi, Margaret Weir, Caroline J. Tolbert, Andrea L. Campbell, Megan Ming Francis

    Fourteenth Edition, E Book, 2022

    The #1 book to help students engage and participate
  • We the People

    Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore J. Lowi, Margaret Weir, Caroline J. Tolbert, Andrea L. Campbell, Megan Ming Francis

    Core Fourteenth Edition, E Book, 2022

    The #1 book to help students engage and participate
  • We the People

    Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore J. Lowi, Margaret Weir, Caroline J. Tolbert, Andrea L. Campbell, Megan Ming Francis

    Fourteenth Edition, Ebook Folder, 2022

    The #1 book to help students engage and participate
  • We the People

    Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore J. Lowi, Margaret Weir, Caroline J. Tolbert, Andrea L. Campbell, Megan Ming Francis

    Core Fourteenth Edition, Paperback, 2022

    The #1 book to help students engage and participate
  • We the People

    Benjamin Ginsberg, Caroline J. Tolbert, Andrea L. Campbell, Megan Ming Francis, Theodore J. Lowi, Margaret Weir

    Fifteenth Edition, Paperback, 2025

    The #1 book for American government, now even more interactive