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Robert J. McGrath

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Associate Professor

Contact Information

rmcgrat2@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-4567
Fairfax Campus, Aquia Building, Room 319
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
MSN: 3F4

Personal Websites

Biography

Rob McGrath is an associate professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at 麻豆视频. He specializes in American politics and quantitative political methodology and researches and teaches topics in American and comparative political institutions (legislatures, executives, and bureaucracies), public administration, and health policy.

McGrath's research tends to focus on how formal and informal governmental institutions interact to create policy outcomes in democratic systems of government. As such, his research gravitates toward the study of U.S. state politics and assesses how political reforms and institutional characteristics across the states affect the policy process, as well as important political, economic, and health outcomes. Current large-scale projects (i.e., spanning multiple papers/articles) include empirical examinations of the volume, content, and timing of state rulemaking (with Graeme Boushey, University of California, Irvine), explorations of how political inequalities and state policies drive gaps between the health of the wealthy and the health of the poor (with Bill Franko, West Virginia University), and assessments of how legislative committees are composed and operate across the spectrum of state legislatures in United States (with Josh Ryan, Utah State University).

He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Iowa and a BA from Saint 笔别迟别谤鈥檚 College in his native New Jersey and spent two years (2013-15) as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research at the University of Michigan.

Curriculum Vitae

View Robert J. McGrath's CV

CONTACT INFORAMTION

 
 
Tel: (703) 993-4567 
Fax: (703) 993-1399 
4400 University Dr., MSN 3F4 
Fairfax, Virginia 22030 
rmcgrat2@gmu.edu 

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

 鈥&苍产蝉辫;贵补颈谤蹿补虫,&苍产蝉辫;痴颈谤驳颈苍颈补

Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government                                                                                                                      2017 - present

Director of Undergraduate Programs, Schar School of Policy and Government 
2018 - present

Assistant Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government 
2014 - 2017

Assistant Professor, Department of Public and International Affairs 
2011 - 2014

 鈥 Ann Arbor, Michigan 
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research  
2013 - 2015

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Political Science, The University of Iowa, July 2011 
Dissertation: StrategicOversight and the Institutional Determinants of Legislative PolicyControl 
Committee: Frederick J. Boehmke(Chair), Douglas Dion, Christian B. Jensen, RaymondG. Riezman, and Charles R. Shipan (University of Michigan) 
B.A., Political Science & Philosophy, Saint 笔别迟别谤鈥檚 College,2004

ARTICLES

Graeme Boushey and Robert J. McGrath. N.d. (forthcoming). 鈥淒oes Partisan Conflict Lead to Increased Bureaucratic Policymaking? Evidence from the American States鈥 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

Robert J. McGrath and Josh M. Ryan. 2019 (forthcoming). 鈥淧arty Effects in State Legislative Committees鈥 Legislative Studies Quarterly.

Jason A. MacDonald and Robert J. McGrath. 2019 (forthcoming). 鈥淎 Race for the Regs: Unified Government, Statutory Deadlines, and Federal Agency Rulemaking鈥 Legislative Studies Quarterly.

Robert J. McGrath, Jon C. Rogowski, and Josh M. Ryan. 2018. 鈥淰eto Override Requirements and Executive Success.鈥 Political Science Research and Methods 6(1): 153-179.

Denise F. Lillvis and Robert J. McGrath. 2017. 鈥淒irecting Discipline: State Medical Board Responsiveness to State Legislatures." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 42(1): 123-165.

Graeme Boushey and Robert J. McGrath. 2017. 鈥淓xperts, Amateurs, and Bureaucratic Influence in the American States.鈥 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 27(1): 85-103.

Note: Author order alphabetical and equal authorship on publications and papers, unless otherwise noted

  • Winner of the 2015 State Politics and Policy Quarterly Award for best paper on state politics and policy presented at any professional meeting.

Jason A. MacDonald and Robert J. McGrath. 2016. 鈥淩etrospective Congressional Oversight and the Dynamics of Legislative Influence over the Bureaucracy.鈥 Legislative Studies Quarterly 41(4): 899-934.

Robert J. McGrath and James A. Rydberg. 2016. 鈥淭丑别 Marginality Hypothesis and Supreme Court Confirmation Votes in the Senate.鈥 Congress & the Presidency 43(3): 324-351.

John D. Marvel and Robert J. McGrath. 2016. 鈥淐ongress as Manager: Oversight Hearings and Agency Morale.鈥 Journal of Public Policy. 36(3): 489-520.

Jeeyang Rhee Baum, Christian B. Jensen, and Robert J. McGrath. 2016. 鈥淐onstraining a Shadowy Future: Enacting APAs in Parliamentary Systems.鈥 Legislative Studies Quarterly 41(2): 471-499.

Robert J. McGrath, Jon C. Rogowski, and Josh M. Ryan. 2015. 鈥淕ubernatorial Veto Powers and the Size of Legislative Coalitions.鈥 Legislative Studies Quarterly 40(4): 571-598.

Robert J. McGrath. 2013. 鈥淟egislatures, Courts, and Statutory Control of the Bureaucracy across the U.S. States.鈥 State Politics and Policy Quarterly 13(3): 373-397.

Robert J. McGrath. 2013. 鈥淐ongressional Oversight Hearings and Policy Control.鈥 Legislative Studies Quarterly 38(3): 353-380.

Robert J. McGrath. 2013. 鈥淭丑别 Rise and Fall of Radical Civil Service Reform in the U.S. States.鈥 Public Administration Review 73(4): 638-649.

Christian B. Jensen and Robert J. McGrath. 2011. 鈥淢aking Rules 麻豆视频 Rulemaking: A Comparison of Presidential and Parliamentary Systems.鈥 Political Research Quarterly 64(3): 656-667.

Robert J. McGrath. 2011. 鈥淓濒别肠迟辞谤补濒 Competition and the Frequency of Initiative Use in the U.S. States.鈥 American Politics Research 39(3): 611-638.

BOOK CHAPTER 

Robert J. McGrath, Jon C. Rogowski, and Josh M. Ryan. 2015. 鈥淭丑别 Power of Institutional Design: Governors, Vetoes, and Legislative Outcomes.鈥 In The American Governor: Power, Constraint, and Leadership in the States, ed. David P. Redlawsk. New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillan.

BOOK REVIEW

Review of James M. Curry, Legislating in the Dark: Information and Power in the House of Representatives (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2015), for the Journal of Politics, Volume 78, No. 2 (April 2016).

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW 

鈥凌耻濒别尘补办颈苍驳&苍产蝉辫;厂辫别别诲&苍产蝉辫;颈苍&苍产蝉辫;迟丑别&苍产蝉辫;鲍.厂.&苍产蝉辫;厂迟补迟别蝉,鈥&苍产蝉辫;飞颈迟丑&苍产蝉辫;骋谤补别尘别&苍产蝉辫;叠辞耻蝉丑别测鈥&苍产蝉辫;Invited to revise and resubmit

AWARDS

State Politics and Policy Quarterly Award (State Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association) for best paper on state politics and policy presented at any professional meeting for 鈥淓xperts, Amateurs, and Bureaucratic Influence in the American States,鈥 with Graeme Boushey, 2015.

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

Collaborative Research: Resource Implementations for Data Intensive Research in the Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences (RIDIR), National Science Foundation, 鈥淒APPR: Diffusion Analytics for Public Policy Research,鈥 with Frederick J. Boehmke, Bruce A. Desmarais, William W. Franko, Jeffrey J. Harden, Yu-Ru Lin, and Jason Windett, October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2019 [Total funding awarded: $808,128]

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Fellowship (University of Michigan site), 2013-2015

鈥淭丑别 American Governor: Politics, Policy, Power and Leadership" Research Grant, Center on the American Governor鈥擡agleton Institute of Politics (Rutgers University), with Jon C. Rogowski and Josh M. Ryan, 2012 [$4,980 awarded]

Graduate College Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2009

National Science Foundation award to attend Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) summer institute, University of Michigan, 2009.

National Science Foundation award to attend Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) summer institute, Washington University in St. Louis, 2008.

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Summer Fellowship for intensive course in Yucatec Maya, The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of North Carolina-Duke University, 2005.

Political Science Graduate Fellowship, University of Iowa,&苍产蝉辫;2004鈥2010.

WORKING PAPERS/WORKS IN PROGRESS

鈥淭丑别 Value of State Legislative 颁辞尘尘颈迟迟别别蝉,鈥 with Josh M. Ryan 鈥 working paper

鈥淎 Voice Where it Matters: Legislative Committee Portfolios and the Substantive Representation of Women in State Legislatures,鈥 with Josh M. Ryan and Jatia Wrighten 鈥 working paper

鈥淯.S. State Policy and the Politics of Health Inequality,鈥 with William W. Franko 鈥 working paper

鈥淥肠肠耻辫补迟颈辞苍补濒&苍产蝉辫;尝颈肠别苍蝉颈苍驳&苍产蝉辫;补苍诲&苍产蝉辫;滨苍肠辞尘别&苍产蝉辫;滨苍别辩耻补濒颈迟测&苍产蝉辫;颈苍&苍产蝉辫;迟丑别&苍产蝉辫;厂迟补迟别蝉,鈥&苍产蝉辫;飞颈迟丑&苍产蝉辫;奥颈濒濒颈补尘&苍产蝉辫;奥.&苍产蝉辫;贵谤补苍办辞,&苍产蝉辫;奥别苍诲测&苍产蝉辫;Chen, and Steven Beasley 鈥 work in progress

鈥淐ongressional Oversight and the Capacity of Congressional 颁辞尘尘颈迟迟别别蝉,鈥 with Jason A. MacDonald and Nicole Kalaf-Hughes 鈥 work in progress

CONFERENCE/SEMINAR PARTICIPATION

  • Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL (2019 鈥 Served as Section Chair for Bureaucratic Politics); (2016); (2015); (2014); (2013); (2012); (2011); (2010); (2009); (2008); (2007)
  • State Politics and Policy Conference, State College, PA (2018); St. Louis, MO (2017); Iowa City, IA (2013); Houston, TX (2012); Springfield, IL (2010)
  • 鈥淣ew Developments in the Study of Executive Politics鈥 conference, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (2018)
  • Introduction to R Programming for Statistical Inference (10-day course), Georgian Institute for Public Affairs, Tbilisi, Georgia. Invited instructor on US State Department Grant (PIs: Priscilla Regan and Eric McGlinchey), July 25 - August 6, 2016; July 23 - August 4, 2017
  • Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, BC (2017); Portland, OR (2012)
  • American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA (2016); San Francisco, CA (2015); Washington, DC (2014); Chicago, IL (2013); Washington, DC (2010); Boston, MA (2008)
  • University of Virginia, American Politics Seminar, Charlottesville, VA(2016)
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Annual Meeting, Coronado, CA (2015); Indianapolis, IN (2014); Princeton, NJ (2013)
  • Southern California Law and Social Science Forum, 鈥淩egulation, Law and Social Science,鈥 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (2015)
  • 鈥淟awmaking and Oversight in an Era of Polarization鈥 symposium, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (2014)
  • 鈥淣ew Frontiers in Policy Diffusion鈥 conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (2014)
  • Rutgers University, Eagleton Institute of Politics, New Brunswick, NJ (2013); (2012)
  • Southern Political Science Association, Orlando, FL (2013)

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Summer Institute

  • University of Michigan, June-July 2009
  • Washington University in St. Louis, June 2008

The University of Iowa College of Law

  • Course in Administrative Law, Fall 2007

COURSES TAUGHT

Graduate

  • U.S. Policy-Making Processes: Fall 2018, Fall 2017
  • Multivariate Statistical Analysis in PublicPolicy: Spring 2016
  • Seminar in American Government and Politics: Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
  • Seminar in Congress and Legislative Behavior: Fall 2016
  • Seminar in the Presidency: Fall 2015, Fall 2012
  • Seminar in Politics and Bureaucracy: Spring 2012
  • Seminar in Theories of Public Administration: Fall 2011

Undergraduate

  • Research Methods and Analysis: Spring 2019
  • Legislative Behavior: Fall 2018, Fall 2017; Spring2012, Summer 2011
  • Introduction to American Government: Summer 2017; Spring 2017, 2016
  • Political Partiesand Campaigns: Summer 2016
  • The American Presidency: Summer2013, Fall 2012,Fall 2011

Internship Coordination

  • Summer 2012

STUDENTS SUPERVISED

Dissertation Committees:

  • Brian Alexander, Ph.D (Political Science, 2015), 麻豆视频, Committee Member (current position: Assistant Professor, Washington and Lee University)
  • Kirk Heffelmire, Ph.D (Public Policy, 2018), George 麻豆视频 University, Committee Member
  • Scott Atherley, Ph.D Candidate (Political Science, ABD), George 麻豆视频 University, Chair
  • Tia Wrighten, Ph.D Student (Political Science,ABD), George 麻豆视频University, Chair
  • Adam Bernbaum,Ph.D Student (Political Science, ABD), George 麻豆视频 University, Chair
  • Brian Janssen,Ph.D Candidate (Political Science, ABD), University of Iowa, Committee Member
  • Phil Pedlikin, Ph.D Candidate (Public Policy, ABD), 麻豆视频, Commit- tee Member
  • Jihye Lim, Ph.D Student(Political Science, ABD), George 麻豆视频 University, Committee Member
  • Ashley Hess, Ph.D Student (Biodefense, ABD), 麻豆视频, Committee Member

Undergraduate Honors Theses:

  • Amanda Patarino, BA (2016), George麻豆视频 University, Thesis Supervisor

SERVICE 

George 麻豆视频 University, Schar School of Policy and Government:

  • 2018&苍产蝉辫;迟辞&苍产蝉辫;辫谤别蝉别苍迟&苍产蝉辫;鈥&苍产蝉辫;顿颈谤别肠迟辞谤&苍产蝉辫;辞蹿&苍产蝉辫;鲍苍诲别谤驳谤补诲耻补迟别&苍产蝉辫;笔谤辞驳谤补尘蝉(厂肠丑补谤)
  • 2018 to present 鈥 Coordinator of Undergraduate Research Assistants Program (Schar)
  • 2019 鈥 Member, Public Policy PhD Admissions Committee (Schar)
  • 2018 鈥 Member, Public Policy PhD Admissions Committee (Schar)
  • 2018&苍产蝉辫;鈥&苍产蝉辫;惭别尘产别谤,&苍产蝉辫;鲍苍诲别谤驳谤补诲耻补迟别&苍产蝉辫;颁辞耻苍肠颈濒&苍产蝉辫;(鲍苍颈惫别谤蝉颈迟测)
  • 2018 鈥 Member, Promotionand Tenure Liaison Committee (Schar)
  • 2017 鈥 Member, Political Methodology Search Committee (Schar)
  • 2016 鈥 Member, Public Policy PhD Admissions Committee (Schar)
  • 2015-2016 鈥 Coordinator, Workshop for Research in Political Science(Schar)
  • 2015-2017&苍产蝉辫;鈥&苍产蝉辫;惭别尘产别谤,&苍产蝉辫;颁耻谤谤颈肠耻濒耻尘&苍产蝉辫;颁辞尘尘颈迟迟别别&苍产蝉辫;(厂肠丑补谤)
  • 2015-2016 鈥 Member, American Politics Qualifying Exam Committee (Schar)

George 麻豆视频 University, Department of Public and International Affairs:

  • 2012-2013 鈥 Member, Public Administration Faculty Search Committee
  • 2012-2013 鈥 Member, American Politics Qualifying Exam Committee
  • 2012&苍产蝉辫;鈥&苍产蝉辫;厂耻尘尘别谤&苍产蝉辫;滨苍迟别谤苍蝉丑颈辫&苍产蝉辫;颁辞辞谤诲颈苍补迟辞谤
  • 2011-2012 鈥 Member, Graduate Admissions Committee
  • 2011-2012 鈥 Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee

MANUSCRIPT REVIEW

Occasional reviewer for the following journals and publishers:

The American Journal of Political Science, American Politics Research, American Political Science Review, Canadian Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Policy Studies Journal, Public Administration Review, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, and for Oxford University Press, W.W. Norton & Company

Areas of Research

  • Federalism/State and Local Government
  • Health Policy
  • Legislatures
  • Presidency and Executive Branch
  • Quantitative Methods