Professor Ciuk received his Ph.D. in political science from Michigan State University.  His scholarship centers on the formation of political attitudes, their organization, and how and when they change.  His current research focuses on the role of values in political attitudes and behavior, how people balance the use of party cues and policy-relevant information when making political choices, and the role of emotion in political decision making.  To date, he has been published in Political Behavior, Political Communication, Political Psychology, Political Research Quartlerly, Social Science Quarterly, Research & Politics, and several edited volumes.