Professor Mughan is currently Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University

Professor Mughan has research interests in political parties, the mass media, and elections and political behaviour. He is the author of several books, including most recently Media and the Presidentialization of Parliamentary Elections. He is also co-editor of Political Leadership in Democratic Societies; Senates: Bicameralism in the Contemporary World and Democracy and the Media: A Comparative Perspective. He has served on several editorial boards and has published in many leading journals, including the American Political Science Review, the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and Public Opinion Quarterly. His current research project examines the relationship between anti-immigrant prejudice and support for right-wing populist parties.