Susan MacManus, Ph.D
USF, Department of Government and International Affairs
Distinguished Professor
Dr. MacManus is a Distinguished University Professor at USF in the Department of Government and International Affairs and Director of the annual USF-Nielsen Sunshine State Survey, a statewide public policy-focused poll. For many years, she served as political analyst for WFLA NewsChannel 8, NBC’s affiliate in Tampa. In 2016, she became the analyst for Tampa’s WFTS ABC Action News. Since 2008, she has been a featured columnist on sayfiereview.com—a widely-read Florida-based political website. She has appeared on every major broadcast and cable television and radio network and been interviewed by major newspapers in Florida, the U.S., and abroad. She is Florida’s most-quoted political scientist.
