Clyde Wilcox is the Curriculum Advisor for the American Politics and Public Affairs Program. Professor Wilcox is a professor in the Government Department at Georgetown University, where he has taught for 20 years. His research and teaching interests center on public opinion and electoral behavior, religion and politics, gender politics, the politics of social issues such as abortion, gay rights, and gun control, interest group politics, campaign finance, and science fiction and politics. Most of his research centers on American politics, but he also writes on comparative politics as well.

He has authored, coauthored, edited, or co-edited more than 30 books. His latest books include The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage, co-edited with Craig Rimmerman, from the University of Chicago Press, and The Values Campaign: The Christian Right in the 2004 Elections, co-edited with John Green and Mark Rozell.

Professor Wilcox meets with many international visitor groups and travels for the State Department; he has made recent visits to Uganda, Kenya, Russia, and Turkey.