Professor Caroline Tolbert is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa, where she teaches the introductory American government course and was also awarded the Collegiate Scholar Award for excellence in research and teaching. Her research explores political behavior, American state politics, elections, and the Internet and politics. Professor Tolbert is coauthor of Digital Citizenship: The Internet Society and Participation; Virtual Inequality: Beyond the Digital Divide; and Why Iowa? How Caucuses and Sequential Elections Improve the Presidential Nominating Process. Digital Citizenship was ranked one of 20 best-selling titles in the social sciences by the American Library Association in 2007. Her latest co-authored scholarly book is Digital Cities: The Internet and the Geography of Opportunity. She is also the President of the State Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association.