Charles S. Bullock III

• Ph. D., Washington University 1968, Political Science
• A.M., Washington University 1967, Political Science
• A.B., William Jewell College 1964, Political Science

Bullock is author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 40 books and more than 250 articles and book chapters. He has published in major political science, public administration and education journals.  Among his most recent books are Redistricting· The Most Political Activity in America, 2nd edition, (2021); The Changing Political South:  How Minorities and Women are Transforming the Region, co-authored with Susan A. MacManus, Jeremy D. Mayer and Mark J. Rozell, (2024); African American Statewide Candidates in the New South, co-authored with Susan A. MacManus, Jeremy D. Mayer and Mark J. Rozell, (2022) ; The New Politics of the Old South, 7^th edition, co-edited with Mark Rozell, (2022); Special Elections:  The Backdoor Entrance to Congress, co-authored with Karen Owen (2021); The South and the Transformation of U.S. Politics, co-authored with Susan MacManus, Jeremy Mayer and Mark Rozell (2019); Ronald Keith Gaddie. 2018; The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act, co-authored with Ronald Keith Gaddie and Justin J. Wert. 2016; The Three Governors’ Controversy· Skullduggery, Machinations and the Decline of Progressive Politics in the Peach State, co-authored with Scott E. Buchanan and Ronald Keith Gaddie. 2015. Bullock is the only four-time winner of the V.O. Key Award for having written the best book on southern politics published in a particular year.

Bullock’s teaching and research specialties are legislative politics and southern politics. He has been recognized for outstanding teaching by the Department of Political Science, the Honors Program, and the Student Government Association. In 1993, Bullock was one of four professors in the College of Arts and Sciences to receive its highest teaching award. He was the initial winner of the outstanding professor in the School of Public and International Affairs. In 2005 he won the University of Georgia’s highest teaching award.

Bullock is a regular source for journalists interested in understanding the politics of the South and Georgia.  Georgia Trend has included Bullock among its lists of Most Influential Georgians and Notable Georgians.

• Southern politics
• Legislative politics
• Elections and electoral systems

He has received research grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Education, the Pew Charitable Trusts and the American Enterprise Institute.   His research has won awards from the Southern Political Science Association, the Southwest Political Science Association and the Georgia Political Science Association. In 1991, Bullock received the William A. Owens Creative Research Award presented by the University of Georgia.

Bullock has served as a consultant to the attorneys general in 11 states and to more than 70 states and local governments.  Since the 1970s, he has consulted on statewide redistricting litigation in more than a dozen states.

In 2011 and 2012 Georgia Trend Magazine recognized Bullock as one of the 100 most influential Georgians. Bullock also made James’s Magazine’s 2012 Most Influential list. Ranked 41st in State Affairs 2025 Georgia Power 50: The State’s Most Influential Leaders.

• Southern Political Science Association – Past president

• Southern Politics
• Legislative Politics
• Elections
• Electoral Systems

C. S. Bullock, III, and R. K. Gaddie. 2018. Georgia Politics in a State of Change, 3rd edition. (New York: Pearson): xiv, 240 pages.

C. S. Bullock, III, S. A. MacManus, J. D. Mayer and M. J. Rozell. 2019. The South and the Transformation of U. S. Politics. (New York: Oxford University Press): viii, 196 pages.

Selected for a critical dialogue in Perspectives on Politics 18 (June 2020): 559-562.

C. S. Bullock, III, and K. L. Owen. 2021. Special Elections: The Backdoor Entrance to Congress. (New York: Oxford University Press): 217 pages.

C. S. Bullock, III. 2021. Redistricting: The Most Political Activity in America, 2nd edition. (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield): x, 261 pages.

CHOICE Outstanding Book for 2022

C. S. Bullock, III, S. A. MacManus, J. D. Mayer and M. J. Rozell. 2022. African American Statewide Candidates in the New South. (New York: Oxford University Press): viii, 291 pages.

Winner of the V. O. Key Award presented by the Southern Political Science Association for the Best Book on Southern Politics published in 2022.

CHOICE: Highly Recommended

C. S. Bullock, III, S. A. MacManus, J. D. Mayer and M. J. Rozell. 2024. The Changing Political South: How Minorities and Women are Transforming the Region. (New York: Oxford University Press): viii, 211.

C. S. Bullock, III, and M. J. Rozell (editors). 2025. The New Politics of the Old South, 8th ed. New York: Bloomsbury.