Eric Heberlig

Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Professor, Public Policy Doctoral Program

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Research Interest: Congressional politics, Political Corruption, U.S. Elections, Campaign Finance, Interest Groups

Dr. Heberlig (Ph.D., The Ohio State University) is professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is co-author of Congressional Parties, Institutional Ambition, and the Financing of Majority Control—winner of the 2014 D.B. Hardeman Prize for the best book on the U.S. Congress; American Cities and the Politics of Party Conventions

Recent Publications:

• Heberlig, E., & Larson, B. (2020). Gender and Small Contributions: Fundraising by the Democratic Freshman Class of 2018 in the 2020 Election: Symposium: The 2020 US Elections. Society, 57(5), 534-539.
• Heberlig, E. S. (2021). The Campaign Finance Cases: Buckley, McConnell, Citizens United, and McCutcheon.
• Heberlig, E. S., & Larson, B. A. (2022). The strategic allocation of PAC funds to effective legislators. Interest Groups & Advocacy, 11(4), 466-492.
• Heberlig, E., & Swindell, D. (2024, January). Congress, Teams and Power Dynamics in Siting Sports Facilities. In Congress and the Politics of Sports (pp. 106-125). Routledge.
• Heberlig, E. S., & Larson, B. (2025). Access scarcity, legislative generalization, and the business-oriented shift of the congressional agenda. Business and Politics, 27(2), 194-215.
  Heberlig, E. S., & Larson, B. A. (2025). How interest groups discern serious legislation from position-taking. Interest Groups & Advocacy, 14(2), 130-158.