Caroline J. Tolbert is professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa. Her work weaves together a concern with diversity and inequality, elections and representation, and digital media and public policy. Her research includes nearly fifty peer-reviewed journal articles and eight books. She was named a collegiate scholar by the University of Iowa in 2009. She is co-author of three books on digital inequality and technology policy, including Virtual Inequality: Beyond the Digital Divide (Georgetown University Press, 2003), Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society and Participation (MIT Press, 2008), and Digital Cities: The Internet and the Geography of Opportunity (Oxford University Press, 2012). Her research on technology policy and election reform has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Democracy Fund, and others.