U.S. Politics & Legal Studies

From Capitol Hill to Quebec, Molly Izer Makes Policy Research International

Wasiq Muhammad Muhammad Ali — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 17:10:29 +0000

From Capitol Hill to Quebec, Molly Izer Makes Policy Research International Wasiq Muhammad… Fri, 09/16/2022 - 13:10

Molly Izer’s political curiosity knows no bounds. As a second-year student in the Honors College, Izer has already explored a range of political advocacy spheres. From her high school origins in grassroots organizing in Oregon to her freshman-year congressional internships in Washington, D.C., Izer is now taking the next step with policy research at �鶹��Ƶ and beyond.

Merging her interests in policy advocacy and research, Izer spent this past summer as both a legislative affairs intern for the Executive Office’s Council on Environmental Quality and as an Undergraduate Research Scholar with �鶹��Ƶ’s Office of Student Scholarships, Creative Activities, and Research (OSCAR). Between both roles, Izer developed her understanding of the internal dynamics of and interactions among Congress and the White House, an area she was encouraged to explore through her first-year research course, HNRS 110: Principles of Research and Inquiry.

“In my [HNRS 110] classes…we were taught to not only look for differences that we could see on the outside, but also look at why they happen that way,” Izer recalls from the course, a first-semester requirement for all Honors College students.

Izer found that her Honors College background in research greatly shaped her success with the summer internships. “[Y]our job [as a congressional and White House intern] is to produce information and compound it in a way that people can consume it quickly, understand it very clearly, and they can apply immediately.”

Practicing collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing information through HNRS 110 also prepared Izer for her summer OSCAR project. Mentored by Schar School of Policy and Government professor Dr. Jennifer Victor, she investigated the informal dynamics that occur within the House of Representatives through congressional caucuses, seeking to understand how the interactions influence various types of legislative behaviors. In September, Izer looks forward to sharing her current findings at the 2022 American Political Science Annual Meeting. Hosted by the leading organization for the study of political science, the meeting convenes in Montreal, Quebec this year. Izer is eager to present her work before similarly motivated distinguished scholars, an opportunity to which she notes few if any undergraduate students are invited.

However, she is no stranger to academic conferences. In Spring 2022, Izer participated in the Midwest Political Science Association’s 2022 conference, presenting her HNRS 110 project "Misinformation: Gone Viral.” Sharing the product of her work widely beyond the �鶹��Ƶ community is especially important. On research communication and applicability outside of academia, Izer believes it is important “to [transform research] into something that other people can gain from and something that other people can see and learn from.”

She attributes her preparation for this task to her training in the Honors College: “The Honors College in particular teaches how to not just learn but to be teachers, and producing research gives us an avenue to be a teacher.”

Looking forward, Izer plans to publish her summer research project with Dr. Victor. Her HNRS 110 paper is also forthcoming in the George �鶹��Ƶ Review journal. She encourages Honors College students looking to further their research or get involved in political advocacy to put themselves out there and ask for help; her experiences prove to her that reaching out to the professor or applying for the position that interests you can lead to impactful experiences.

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Office of Student Scholarship Creative Activities and Research (OSCAR)

Schar School of Policy and Government

U.S. Politics & Legal Studies

Kelly K. Richter

Andrew J Schappert — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 17:33:55 +0000

Kelly K. Richter Andrew J Schappert Tue, 08/09/2022 - 13:33

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

krichte@gmu.edu

Biography

Kelly K. Richter, Ph.D., Esq., is a Term Assistant Professor at the Schar School whose teaching focuses on the undergraduate Legal Studies curriculum.

Richter earned her Ph.D. in History from Stanford University in 2015, with a specialization in modern U.S. political and policy history, and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2018, where she was a Public Interest Fellow. She is an honors graduate of the University of Chicago and a Washington, D.C. native.

At Stanford, Richter taught undergraduate courses on recent California political history and U.S. immigration politics and policy and was recognized for her student mentoring. She was a National Fellow in-residence at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, a Dissertation Fellow in-residence at Stanford’s Research Institute for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, and an affiliated researcher of Stanford’s Bill Lane Center for the American West, and she won competitive university research and writing grants.

Richter brings knowledge and insight to the Schar School from her professional experiences in Washington, D.C. spanning public policy and public interest law. She previously worked on legislation and government oversight in the U.S. Congress, including serving as Legislative Counsel to U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) for immigration and the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. Prior to the Hill, she worked in immigration policy advocacy. As a licensed attorney, Richter has represented local low-income immigrant clients in asylum and detention matters before the immigration courts and aided them to seek various administrative benefits. During law school further, she assisted attorneys with civil rights and employment litigation and was a research assistant for the Georgetown Federal Legislation Clinic, among other activities.

Richter has presented her research and policy work at interdisciplinary academic and policy conferences nationwide. She is finalizing a book manuscript intended for academic press publication, based in part off her Ph.D. dissertation. Provisionally entitled Manufacturing a Political Crisis: Backlash Towards Latino Unauthorized Immigration in Modern America, the book offers an approachable narrative history explaining how Latino unauthorized immigration became a political crisis in the U.S. over the past half century – a process much deeper, more complex, and longer in invention than most policymakers understand.

Research Areas: U.S. Politics and Legal Studies, Social Policy, Immigration, Race and Ethnicity, Recent U.S. History, American Political Development, Federalism, Legislation, Government Oversight, Administrative Law, Public Interest Law, Immigration and Asylum Law.

Areas of Research

U.S. Politics and Legal Studies
Social Policy
Regional Expertise – United States

Michael K. Fauntroy

Andrew J Schappert — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:47:31 +0000

Michael K. Fauntroy Andrew J Schappert Mon, 08/16/2021 - 11:47

Associate Professor

Contact Information

fauntroy@gmu.edu
�鶹��Ƶ Square, Van Metre Hall, Room 615
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
MSN: 3B1

Biography

Michael K. Fauntroy is an associate professor of policy and government and the founding director of the Race, Politics, and Policy Center at �鶹��Ƶ. He began his second stint at �鶹��Ƶ in 2021 after eight years on the political science department faculty at Howard University, where he also served as acting director of the Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center. He previously served on the �鶹��Ƶ faculty from 2002-13.

Prior to joining the faculty at �鶹��Ƶ, he was an analyst in American national government at the Congressional Research Service (CRS). At CRS, he provided research and consultations for members and committees of Congress. He also served as a civil rights analyst at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, where he conducted research on voting rights, fair housing, and education policy.

Fauntroy is the author of two books. Republicans and the Black Vote, which analyzed the relationship between African American voters and the Republican Party. The book was a 2007 Foreword Magazine book of the year finalist in political science. He also authored Home Rule or House Rule? Congress and the Erosion of Local Governance in the District of Columbia. A third book, More Than Just Partisanship: Conservatism and Black Voter Suppression, is under contract with New York University Press. He has also published chapters in edited volumes and academic journals at the intersection of race and politics.

His essays and commentary have been published in the Huffington Post, the Washington Times, New York Daily News, the Black Commentator, and the Chicago Defender, among others. He is a widely cited scholar, having been quoted in the Washington Post, the New York Times Magazine, Newsday, USA Today, the New York Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe, among others. He is a regular television, radio, and podcast presence having appeared on virtually every major American national broadcast network. He is also an in-demand analyst on local television and radio outlets. He currently serves as U.S. politics analyst for CTV News in Canada and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio.

Fauntroy earned a BA in political science from Hampton University, and a master's in public administration and a PhD in political science from Howard University.

Curriculum Vitae

View Michael K. Fauntroy's CV

Associate Professor of Policy and Government
Director, Race, Politics, and Policy Center
Schar School of Policy and Government
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Associate Professor of Policy and Government, �鶹��Ƶ, August 2021-Present Founding Director, Race, Politics, and Policy Center, August 2021-Present

Graduate Courses Taught: Voting Rights Policy and Enforcement. Undergraduate Courses Taught: American Presidency. Race, Politics, and Policy Center: Developing mission, programming, and related infrastructure for successful center launch.

Associate Professor of Political Science, Howard University, August 2013-Present
Acting Director, Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center, August 2018-July 2019

Graduate Courses Taught: Political Parties; Black Political Leadership, Organizations, and Movements; Seminar in American Politics; Interest Groups. Undergraduate Courses Taught: American Presidency, American Political Parties; and National Government of the United States. Departmental Service: Associate Chair (2015- 2019); Graduate Program Director (2015 – 2019); Chair, American Government and Political Behavior field (2014 – 2020); Member, Graduate Admission and Financial Aid committee (2014 – Currently); Chair, 2014-15 Faculty Search committee (three junior faculty positions); Member, Departmental Chair search committee (2015); and Chair, Graduate Student Recruitment committee. Walters Center: Conducted research reports, prepared grant proposals, hired and managed staff, produced public events, developed and presented fundraising proposals, and raised $50,000 in donations in limited time.

Associate Professor of Public Policy, �鶹��Ƶ, August 2010 – August 2013
Assistant Professor of Public Policy, �鶹��Ƶ, August 2002–August 2010

Courses Taught: American government; urban policy; civil rights policy; and policy evaluation (Masters) and legislative process (doctoral)

Adjunct Professor of Political Science: American University (2001), Trinity College (2001), University of the District of Columbia (2000–2001), Howard University, (1998-1999)

Analyst in American Government, Congressional Research Service, June 2000–June 2002 Provided research and consultations to Members, staff, and committees of Congress. Wrote reports and confidential memoranda, provide telephonic responses and personal briefings with Members of Congress and their staff. Prepared hearing testimony and witness questions.

Civil Rights Analyst, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, June 1993 to January 1996
Researched and monitored civil rights issues which included writing memoranda, literature reviews, and sections of Commission enforcement reports; developing congressional testimony; collecting, reviewing, and analyzing statistical information, laws, and regulations; and conducting interviews and surveys.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

More than Just Partisanship: Conservatism and Black Voter Suppression, New York: New York University Press, (under contract).

Republicans and the Black Vote, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007, hardback (2008, paper).

Foreword Magazine 2007 Book of the Year Award Finalist
Reviewed in: Party Politics, Perspectives on Politics, and Political Science Quarterly

Home Rule or House Rule? Congress and the Erosion of Local Governance in the District of Columbia, Lanham: University Press of America, November, 2003.

Articles and Chapters

“Between a Rock and A Hard Place: Black Congressional Disagreement with President Barack Obama,” (in development for 2022 journal submission)

“African American Republican Congressional Candidates: A Typology,” Phylon, v. 55, No. 1, (2019), pp. 111-132.

“The New Arithmetic of Black Political Power,” in National Urban League, 2013 State of Black America: Redeem the Dream, Jobs Rebuild America, (Washington, DC: National Urban League 2013), pp. 154–157.

“Enforcing Section 5 of the Voting Rights,” in Mark J. Rozell and Charles Bullock, Oxford University Handbook on Southern Politics, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 450-476.

“One America? President Obama’s Non-Racial State,” Race, Gender, and Class Journal, V. 18, No. 3-4 (2011), pp. 135-149 (with Pearl Ford Dowe and Tekla Johnson).

“Home Rule Charter for the District of Columbia,” in Ronald Walters and Toni-Michelle Travis, eds., Democracy and Destiny in the District of Columbia, (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2010).

“Black Republicans Running Statewide in 2006,” The Western Journal of Black Studies, V. 32, No. 2 (2008), pp. 41-50.

“Buying Black Votes? The GOPs Faith-Based Initiative,” in Mark J. Rozell and Gleaves Whitney, eds., Religion and the Bush Presidency, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan Press, 2007, pp. 177-196.

“District of Columbia Voting Representation in Congress: Background, Issues, and Options,” in Douglas Martin, District of Columbia: Current Issues, Hauppage, NY: Novinka Books (2003), pp. 13-22.

“District of Columbia Delegates to Congress,” in Douglas H. Martin, District of Columbia: Current Issues, Hauppage, NY: Novinka Books (2003), pp. 23-42.

“District of Columbia Terrorism Response,” in Douglas H. Martin, District of Columbia: Current Issues, Hauppage, NY: Novinka Books (2003), pp. 107-110 (with Eugene Boyd).

Other Publications

“Black Electoral Politics: Progress in the Face of Continued Resistance”, in Zachery Williams and Mtangulizi Sanyika, “IBW Black Paper on the Last Half Century of Struggle,” (New York: Institute for the Black World 21^st Century, 2015).

Disadvantaged Business Programs of the Federal Government: A Review, Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, January 2002.

Urban Policy: A Review of the Republican and Democratic Platforms, Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, January 2001.

American Federalism: Significant Events, 1776 to 2000, Washington: D.C. Congressional Research Service, November 2000 (with Eugene Boyd).

Book Reviews

Lukens, Patrick D. A Quiet Victory for Latino Rights: FDR and the Controversy Over “Whiteness,” Choice, October, 2012.

James Lance Taylor, Black Nationalism in the United States: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama, Choice, November, 2011.

Christian Davenport, Media Bias, Perspective, and State Repression: The Black Panther Party, Choice, October, 2011.

Robert Samuel Smith, Race, Labor, and Civil Rights: Griggs versus Duke Power and the Struggle for Equal Employment Opportunity, Choice, September, 2009.

Kevin L. Yuill, Richard Nixon and the Rise of Affirmative Action: The Pursuit of Racial Equality in an Era of Limits in Presidential Studies Quarterly, v. 39, no. 3.

Charles Harris, Congress and the Governance of the Nation’s Capital: The Conflict of Federal and Local Interests, in Urban Affairs Review, (March 2000), 588-591.

Theodore Kornweibel, Jr., Seeing Red: Federal Campaigns Against Black Militancy 1910-1925, in Civil Rights Journal: Journal of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Fall 1998), 63-64.

Newspaper and Magazine Columns

“Farewell to a Role Model,” New York Daily News, March 3, 2021.

“After the Uprisings: What Happens to Racism in Policing After the George Floyd Protests,” New York Daily News, May 31, 2020.

“Donald Trump’s Black Voter Delusion,” The Huffington Post, August 27, 2017.

“Ted Cruz: Courageous Traitor,” The Huffington Post, July 22, 2017.

“Trump Exploits Civic Ignorance,” The Huffington Post, March 16, 2016.

“What Trump and Reagan Share,” The Huffington Post, March 4, 2016.

“Crafty Conservative Confederate Flag Move Obscures Larger Issue,” The Huffington Post, July 7, 2015.

“2014 Takeover Takeaways,” The Huffington Post, November 5, 2014.

“To Give Each Political Scandal the Same Treatment is an Injustice to D.C.,” WashingtonPost.com, November 15, 2012.

“Steve Smith, Racism, and the Republican Dilemma,” The Huffington Post, June 7, 2012.

“Supporting Obama with ‘Facts,’” The Huffington Post, April 16, 2012.

“A Bigger Threat to Democracy Than Citizens United,” The Huffington Post, February 22, 2012.

“The Real Problem with Mitt Romney’s Wealth,” The Huffington Post, January 29, 2012

“Cain, Coulter, and Irresponsible Race Talk,” The Huffington Post, November 5, 2011.

“In Defense of Tavis and Cornel,” The Huffington Post, August 11, 2011.

“Will President Obama Become Mayor Dinkins?,” The Huffington Post, August 5, 2011.

“Takeover Takeaways,” The Huffington Post, November 3, 2010.

“The Public Discourse Deserves Better than Steve King,” The Huffington Post, June 14, 2010.

“Charlie Crist’s Declaration of Independence,” The Huffington Post, June 14, 2010.

“If Helen Thomas, Then Why Not Pat Buchanan,” The Huffington Post, June 7, 2010.

“Artur Davis Dissed His Base and Paid the Price,” The Huffington Post, June 2, 2010.

“A Black Agenda for President Obama to Consider? Yes”, The Huffington Post, February 24, 2010.

“Hillary Clinton: Year One,” The Huffington Post, January 29, 2010.

“Toward Reform of Criminal Justice,” The Washington Times, April 28, 2009.

“Obama and Cuba: A Good First Step”, The Huffington Post, April 15, 2009.

“On Race, Holder is Right, Obama is Wrong”, The Huffington Post, March 11, 2009.

“The Cartoon and Trafficking in Racial Symbolism”, The Huffington Post, February 19, 2009.

“The Meaning of Michael Steele”, The Huffington Post, February 2, 2009.

“Food for Thought for Next RNC Chairman”, The Huffington Post, January 28, 2009.

“What Does Obama’s Presidency Mean for Race in America?,” Huffington Post, January 19, 2009.

“Replace Harry Reid?,” The Huffington Post, January 6, 2009.

“Enough of This ‘Post Racial’ America Stuff”, The Huffington Post, December 31, 2009.

“Seat Burris Now!” The Huffington Post, December 31, 2009.

“Hey Republicans, Don't Double Down”, The Huffington Post, November 11, 2009.

“A Contrarian Open Letter to Black America, The Huffington Post, November 5, 2008.

“Obama Should Thank Bush,” The Huffington Post, October 27, 2008.

“Race Enters Race, Stage Right,” The Huffington Post, October 19, 2008.

“Battleground State Breakdown,” The Huffington Post, October 4, 2008.

“Race and Obama’s ‘Black Tax,’” The Huffington Post, September 23, 2008.

“Obama and the Bradley Effect,” The Huffington Post, August 21, 2008.

“More than Ever, Obama Needs Clinton,” The Huffington Post, May 20, 2008.

“McCain’s Gamble,” The Huffington Post, April 27, 2008.

“Stand Strong Tavis,” The Root, February 25, 2008.

“Pathetic Propaganda Posing as a Documentary,” The Huffington Post, November 18, 2007.

“Obama’s Struggles with Black America,” The Huffington Post, November 8, 2007.

“There’s Nothing Conservative in Cosby’s Message,” The Huffington Post, November 8, 2007.

“Is it Already Over for Barack Obama, The Huffington Post, October 25, 2007.

“GOP Presidential Candidates Forum Observations,” The Huffington Post, October 1, 2007.

“What Black Republicans Should Do Now,” The Huffington Post, September 26, 2007.

“Jackson Did Obama A Favor,” The Huffington Post, September 20, 2007.

“Republicans Blow Opportunity to Reach Black Voters, The Huffington Post, September 19, 2007.

“Labor Day’s Fruit Has Yet To Arrive For Some,” The Huffington Post, September 3, 2007.

“Is He Black Enough? Part Two,” The Huffington Post, August 14, 2007.

“A Blogger Should Ask Questions at the September Forum,” The Huffington Post, July 11, 2007.

“The Beginning of the End for McCain,” The Huffington Post, July 11, 2007.

“Scooter Walks,” The Huffington Post, July 3, 2007.

“Conservatives Roll Back Clock on Civil Rights Enforcement,” The Huffington Post, June 30, 2007.

“Winners, Loses, and Other Debate Observations,” The Huffington Post, June 29, 2007.

“Conservatives and Black Voter Disenfranchisement,” The Huffington Post, June 8, 2007.

“What’s Next Al?” The Huffington Post, April 12, 2007.

“The Imus Fallout and Lessons for Black America,” The Huffington Post, April 11, 2007.

“What Obama’s Money Really Means,” The Huffington Post, April 8, 2007.

“Where is the CBC in the Iraq Debate?” The Huffington Post, April 6, 2007.

“Subpoena Fight is �鶹��Ƶ Respect,” The Huffington Post, April 2, 2007.

“What Obama’s Candidacy Will Mean for Black America,” The Huffington Post, February 14, 2007.

“Is He Black Enough?” The Politico, February 5, 2007.

“Republicans and the Black Vote, The Huffington Post, January 4, 2007.

“Separating Myth From Reality For Democrats,” The Huffington Post, January 3, 2007.

“Hacking Democracy,” The Huffington Post, November 6, 2006.

“The ‘Black Jesse Helms’ Runs for Congress, The Huffington Post, October 18, 2006.

“Race and Representing Memphis,” The Huffington Post, October 5, 2006.

“Race and the Republicans,” The Huffington Post, September 26, 2006.

“GOP Backslides in Bid for Black Voters,” The Huffington Post, September 21, 2006.

“A Black Governor for Massachusetts,” The Huffington Post, September 18, 2006.

“ . . . And You Wonder Why Blacks Don’t Vote Republican,” Topeka Capital-Journal, July 21, 2006.

“Hypocrites on the Left,” The Washington Times, March 10, 2006.

“Beginning of the End for the GOP,” TomPaine.com, October 14, 2005.

“BET Nightly News Cancelled - No Big Loss,” Chicago Defender, May 5, 2005.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Presenter, “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Black Congressional Disagreement with President Barack Obama,” Western Political Science Association, Los Angeles, CA, April 11, 2020 (proposal accepted; event cancelled).

Presenter, “From Insurgency to Institutionalization: The Evolution of the Congressional Black Caucus,” Northeastern Political Science Association, Montreal, Quebec, November 10, 2018.

Discussant, “Transition to Home Rule,” D.C. Historical Studies Conference, Carnegie Library, Washington, DC, November 15, 2013.

Presenter, “Black Presidential Politics,” Howard University, Ronald W. Walters Center for Leadership and Public Policy, Walters Legacy Conference, October 11, 2013.

Panelist, “The Civil Rights Act of 1964: Is It Relevant Today?” Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, July 29, 2013.

(Convener, Host, and Panel Moderator) “Race and Public Policy: Issues and Solutions,” �鶹��Ƶ, October 10, 2011.

“Republican Party Outreach to African Americans: Evidence from Elite Interviewing,” Northeastern Political Science Association, November 2009.

“Cannon Fodder, Rising Stars, and Viable Options: African American Congressional Candidates,” National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Chicago, IL, March 22, 2008.

“Afros and Elephants: Black Votes for Black Republicans Running Statewide in 2006,” Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 16, 2007.

“Black Votes for Black Republican Candidates Running Statewide in 2006: Did it Make a Difference,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 14, 2007.

“District of Columbia Home Rule: Past, Present, and Future,” Yale University Conference Commemorating 40^th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, New Haven, CT, April 22, 2005.

“GOP Efforts to Win Black Votes” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 8, 2005.

“Republican Use of Symbolic Politics as Impediment to Attracting Significant African American Support,” American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September 4, 2004.

“Governance of the District of Columbia and Ten Other National Capitals: A Comparative Analysis,” National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Chicago, IL, March 25, 2004.

“The Evolution of African American Support for the Republican Party,” Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 7, 2003.

“Is the Committee of the Whole the House? Implications of Michel v. Anderson for District of Columbia Representation,” American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, September 2002 (with Richard Beth).

"Financial Control Boards as Remedies for Municipal Fiscal Crises," Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, November 9, 2001.

“Delegates to the U.S. House of Representatives: Evolution and Effectiveness, 1970-2000," Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, November 8, 2001.

“Remedying Municipal Fiscal Crises: The District of Columbia and Its Financial Control Board,” American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 31, 2000.

“Black Political Grass-Roots Organizing: The D.C. Home Rule Example,” National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Washington, D.C., March 10, 2000.

“Racial Conservatism and Partisan Politics as Factors in Congressional Intervention into District of Columbia Affairs,” National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Washington, D.C., March 8, 2000.

“Jim Crow and Apartheid: Was There a Link?” American Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, September 5, 1999.

“Washington, D.C. and Its Suburbs: An Example of Cross-Jurisdictional Influence on City Affairs,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 15, 1999.

“Has Shaw v. Reno Undermined Efforts to Elect More African Americans to Congress?” National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Baltimore, MD, March 10, 1995.

INVITED LECTURES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Ward 5 Democrats (Washington, D.C.), “D.C. Statehood Movement” January 13, 2021.

Co-Convenor and Moderator, Edgar Kemler Lecture featuring Rep. Jahana Hayes, Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center, Howard University, March 5, 2019.

Convenor, “Sisters in the Struggle: Black Women and the 2018 Elections,” The Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center and Department of Political Science, Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center, Howard University, November 8, 2018.

Panelist, The Role of Minority Voters in the 2018 Midterm Elections,” The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, November 1, 2018.

Speaker, “Salute to the Secretaries,” Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Washington, DC, June 28, 2016.

Panelist, W. Montague Cobb Lecture, Howard University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., April 13, 2016.

Keynote Speaker, D. C. Democratic State Committee Retreat, Thurgood Marshall Center, Washington, D.C., April 2, 2016.

Keynote Speaker, “D.C. Politics and Gentrification,” All Souls Church Unitarian, Washington, D.C., November 16, 2015.

Keynote Speaker, “The Fifteenth Amendment: From U.S. Grant to Lyndon B. Johnson’s Voting Rights Act,” U.S. Grant Library, Mississippi State University, September 25, 2015.

Panelist, “50 Years Later: President Johnson's Commencement Speech at Howard University,” sponsored by the National Collaborative for Health Equity, Howard Law School, June 9, 2015.

Panelist, “Black Votes Matter,” Founders Library, Howard University, April 9, 2015.

Panelist, “40^th Anniversary of the First Home Rule Elections,” Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, November 13, 2014.

Panelist, “Elections 2012,” American University, Washington, DC, October 9, 2012

Keynote, “Black Political Engagement,” Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC, October 4, 2012

“Black Politics: A Call to Action,” Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC, February 8, 2012.

“Is Congress Heights a Ghetto?,” Congress Heights Community Association, Washington, DC. October 17, 2011.

“Race and Public Policy,” �鶹��Ƶ, October 10, 2011 (panelist and conference convenor).

“Maryland Voter Identification Bills,” Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Ft. Washington, MD, April 30, 2011.

“Voter Identification Bills in State Legislatures,” Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., April 4, 2011.

Black History Month Keynote Address, DeWitt Army Hospital, Ft. Belvoir, February 25, 2011.

“Election 2010 Analysis,” School of Public Policy, �鶹��Ƶ, November 10, 2010.

Keynote Address, Prince Hall Freemasons and Order of the Eastern Star Charitable Foundation, Washington, DC, June 5, 2010.

“Current Political Issues,” Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Washington, D.C., April 19, 2010.

“We Count! The Black Agenda is the American Agenda,” Chicago State University, Chicago, Il., March 20, 2010.

Moderator, panel discussion of book “Stealth Politics,” by former Rep. Glen Browder and Professor Artemesia Stanberry, National Archives, January 14, 2010.

“Politics in a Post-Racial America,” �鶹��Ƶ Vision Series, December 7, 2009.

“Impact of Felon Disenfranchisement on Black Political Participation in the South,” Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Washington, D.C., August 6, 2009.

“Education and Politics,” National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. National Convention and Greek Symposium, Washington, D.C., May 30, 2009.

“President Obama’s First 100 Days,” The Kappa Sigma Man of the Year Lecture, University of Arkansas, Giffels Auditorium, April 16, 2009.

“Agenda Setting and the Obama Administration,” Historical Society of Washington, January 21, 2009.

“Republicans and the Black Vote,” Shirlington Public Library, October 26, 2008.

“2008 Election Roundtable,” Fall for the Book Festival, �鶹��Ƶ, September 23, 2008.

“Republicans and the Black Vote,” Chilmark Public Library, Chilmark, MA, August 14, 2008.

“Political Impact of Felon Disenfranchisement,” Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Washington, D.C., April 15, 2008

“Civil Rights,” Service Employees International Union, Washington, D.C., February 6, 2008.

“Emancipation, Revelation, and Revolution,” post-documentary screening panel discussion, Howard University, November 12, 2007.

“Civil Rights, Home Rule, and the Struggle for Political Autonomy in Washington, D.C., Washington Studies Conference, sponsored by the Historical Society of Washington, November 3, 2007.

“Republicans and the Black Vote,” Republicans for Black Empowerment, Washington, D.C., September 25, 2007.

“Republicans and the Black Vote,” TransAfrica Forum, Washington, D.C., March 1, 2007.

Keynote address to the Color Colorado Conference, sponsored by the Progressive Majority, Denver, CO. February 17, 2007.

“Blacks in American Politics,” Dominican University, River Forest, IL, February 15, 2007.

“New Era for DC Rights? D.C.’s Relationship with Congress,” sponsored by D.C. Vote, Our Nation’s Capital, and the League of Women Voters, Washington, D.C., January 25, 2007.

“November 2006 Elections and Beyond,” WVON Pre-Kwanzaa Festival, South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, December 17, 2006.

“Toward a More Politically Active Student Body,” St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Black Student Union Awards Ceremony, April 23, 2006.

“King’s Legacy and a Call to Action,” St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Martin Luther King Day Celebration, Keynote Address, January 16, 2006.

“A Call to Leadership,” Hampton University Alumni Association (Washington, D.C. Chapter) Founder’s Day, Keynote Address, January 8, 2006.

“Political Implications of Bush Supreme Court Nominations,” sponsored by Washington, D.C. Ward 4 Democrats, October 18, 2005.

“District of Columbia Voting Representation in Congress,” sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union-National Capital Area, September 15, 2005.

“Governance in the District of Columbia,” Keynote Address at the Spring Student Forum 2005, The George Washington University, May 16, 2005.

“Republican Outreach Efforts to African American Community,” sponsored by the Loudon County Senior Center, April 29, 2005 (via GMU Speakers Bureau).

“District of Columbia Home Rule: Past, Present, and Future,” invited presentation at the Yale University Conference, “Lessons From the Past, Prospects for the Future: Honoring the 40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965," April 22, 2005.

“Home Rule for the District of Columbia: Past, Present, and Future,” a panel discussion sponsored by the Office of the Mayor, District of Columbia as part of D.C. Emancipation Day celebration.

“The Relationship Between African Americans and the Republican Party,” sponsored by the Optimus Club of Alexandria, Virginia, August 3, 2004 (via GMU Speakers Bureau).

“District of Columbia Fiscal Imbalance and Its Impact on Local Policy,” sponsored by Our Nation’s Capital, April 27, 2004.

“District of Columbia Home Rule and Congressional Voting Representation,” sponsored by D.C. City Museum, January 13, 2004.

“2000 U.S. Presidential and Congressional Elections: An Assessment of the Candidates, Issues, and African American Presence,” West African Research Center, Dakar, Senegal, October 11, 2000.

“Preparing the Professoriate of the Future at Howard University,” Minnowbrook Conference of the Preparing Future Professoriate and Preparing Future Faculty, Syracuse University, May 25, 1999.

HONORS, AWARDS, COMMUNITY, PROFESSIONAL and UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Advisor to Urban Analytics for District of Columbia Government project assessing the costs to the District for hosting the national government, 2003

Board of Directors, Epsilon Boulè Education Foundation, January 2016 -- Currently

Board of Directors, Kappa Scholarship Endowment Fund, September 2010 – August 2018

Board of Directors, Historic Kappa House Restoration Foundation January 2007 – December 2012

Bowdoin College Political Science Department External Review Committee, February 2020

Choice Magazine Book Reviewer, 2009-2013

Community Service Award, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Washington, DC Chapter, 2007

Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession, American Political Science Association, 2014-2017

District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disability and Tenure, September 2009 – Currently

District of Columbia Quarter Design Advisory Committee (congressional appointee), February 2008

Dissertation Director

Kenneth Cooper, successfully defended May 2020
Delabian Rice-Thurston
Eugene J. Sokolowski, successfully defended April.

Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Grand Committee on HBCUs and College Access, July 2018-Currently

Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Grand Committee on Public Policy July 2020 -- Currently

Editorial Advisory Board, National Review of Black Politics, UC Press

Endowment Committee, Southern Political Science Association, 2007-2009

First Vice President, National Capital Area Political Science Association, 2004-2005

Hampton University Dean’s List for Academic Excellence

Howard University Graduate Teaching Fellowship, 1998-1999

Howard University Graduate Assistantship, 1991-1992; 1994-1995

School of Public Policy Library Liaison, 2008-2009

Manuscript Reviewer, American Politics Review, 2005-

Manuscript Reviewer, Party Politics, 2011-

Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of African American History, 2020-

Manuscript Reviewer, National Journal of Black Politics, 2019-

Paul Cooke Award for Civic Engagement, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Washington, DC Chapter, 2011

Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship, 1998-2000

President, National Capital Area Political Science Association, 2005-2006

Presidential Management Intern Program – 1992 National Semifinalist

Program Committee, Kappa Scholarship Endowment Fund, June 2006 – Currently

Section Co-Chair, Urban Policy, American Political Science Association Meeting, September 2005

Section Chair, Race and Ethnicity, Southern Political Science Association Meeting, January 2005

�鶹��Ƶ School of Public Policy Standing Committee on Curriculum, 2007-2009

Virginia Leadership Institute, Decade Award, 2016

W.E.B. DuBois Book Award Committee, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 2012

TELEVISION, RADIO, NEWSPAPER, AND MAGAZINE ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY

More than 1,000 radio and television appearances on networks such as NPR (“Tell Me More”, “Talk of the Nation,” and “The Diane Rehm Show”); PBS (“NewsHour”, “Tavis Smiley”, and “White House Chronicle”); ABC (“Newspath”); CBS (“The Early Show”, “The Saturday Early Show”, and “CBS Evening News”); NBC (“NBC Evening News”); MSNBC (“Hardball” and other broadcasts); CNN (various broadcasts); Al Jazeera America (“Inside Story with Ray Suarez”); Fox News Channel (“Hannity and Colmes” and “America’s Newsroom”); Minnesota Public Radio (“The Daily Circuit” and “MPR News with Kerri Miller”); Radio One (“The Joe Madison Show”); Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio; British Broadcasting Corporation; CTV News; France 24; Public Radio International (“Tavis Smiley Show”); C- SPAN (“Q and A” and various programs); Voice of America; Sirius/XM; Pacifica Radio (various programs); among others.

I have been quoted in newspaper and magazines including, but not limited to, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine, USA Today, The Associated Press, The Hartford Courant, Black Enterprise, The Oregonian, The Washington Afro-American, The Washington Times, Newsday, The Baltimore Sun, US News and World Report, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Los Angeles Times, CQ, Politico, Businessweek.

I have been published by newspapers and online outlets such as The Huffington Post, The Washington Times, New York Daily News, and the Topeka Capital-Journal.

EDUCATION

Howard University, Washington, DC

Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science
- African American Political Behavior
- American Government
Master of Arts in Public Administration
- Public Policy Analysis Hampton University, Hampton, VA
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science

Areas of Research

African American Political Behavior
Political Parties
Social Policy
The Presidency
U.S. Politics and Legal Studies
Voting Rights Policy

Robert L. Deitz

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Professor of Public Policy

Contact Information

rdeitz@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-3480
Fax: 703-993-8215
�鶹��Ƶ Square, Van Metre Hall, Room 674
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
MSN: 3B1

Biography

Robert L. Deitz is a professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at �鶹��Ƶ. Previously, he served as senior Councilor to the director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2006 until February 2009. From September 1998 to September 2006, Deitz was the general counsel at the National Security Agency where he represented the NSA in all legal matters. He has also held positions as acting general counsel at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and as acting deputy general counsel, intelligence, at the Department of Defense.

Deitz began his career as a law clerk to the Honorable Justices Douglas, Stewart, and White of the United States Supreme Court. He has also been in private practice and was special assistant to Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher and to Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Joseph Califano during the Carter Administration.

He is the author of Congratulations – You Just Got Hired: Don’t Screw It Up, which is intended to assist newly hired professionals excel in the workplace.

Deitz received his JD (magna cum laude) from Harvard Law School, where he was the Supreme Court Note and Note Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He received an MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, where he studied international politics and economics. He majored in English literature at Middlebury College, where he received a BA (cum laude) and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Curriculum Vitae

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PRESENT:

Professor of Public Policy, Schar School of Policy and Government, George �鶹��Ƶ University.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE:

May 2006 – June 2012: CIA Officer-in-Residence, School of Public Policy, �鶹��Ƶ.

September 2006 – May 2009: Senior Councilor to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

September 1998 – September 2006: General Counsel, National Intelligence Agency (NSA). Served as the chief legal officer of NSA and represented it in all legal matters. (From March 2005 to January 2006 was acting General Counsel, National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency. From January 2003 to June 2004 was acting Deputy General Counsel, Intelligence, at the Department of Defense.)

1981 – 1998: Private practice of law.

1979 – 1981: Special Assistant to Warren Christopher, Deputy Secretary of State.

1978 – 1979: Special Assistant to Joseph Califano, Secretary of Health Education and Welfare.

1976 – 1978: Private practice of law.

1975 – 1976: Law clerk to Honorable Justices Douglas, Stewart and White, United States Supreme Court.

EDUCATION:

1975: J.D. magna cum laude, Harvard Law School; Supreme Court Note and Note Editor, Harvard Law Review.

1972: M.P.A Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University.

1968: B.A. cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Middlebury College (major in English literature).

Bar Memberships:

District of Columbia, U.S. Supreme Court, D.D.C., D. Md., D.C. Cir., 2d Cir., 3d Cir., 4^th Cir., 5^th Cir., 6^th Cir., 7^th Cir., 8^th Cir., 9^th Cir., 10^th Cir., and U.S. Tax Court.

Military:

1968 – 1970: U.S. Army; awarded Army Commendation Medal.

Personal:

Married, two children.

James N. Burroughs

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Associate Professor

Contact Information

jburroug@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-2956
Fairfax Campus, Aquia Building, Room 312
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
MSN: 3F4

Biography

Public management, public administration ethics, administrative law, judicial process, and organization theory

Jim Burroughs came to �鶹��Ƶ after 15 years in the government and nonprofit sectors. In the federal government, he served as a legislative assistant to two members of Congress and as legal counsel in the Office of the Federal Register at the National Archives. He served seven years as general counsel and head of government relations for the National Propane Gas Association.

From 1995-2000, Burroughs was an adjunct instructor at �鶹��Ƶ and at Virginia Tech. He served as Acting Master of Public Administration (MPA) Director in 2000 and 2001, and has been a regular faculty member since then. He is a founder of the Master of Public Administration Cohort partnership with local government in Northern Virginia. He currently serves as a Judge Advocate in the Virginia Defense Force which is part of the Virginia Department of Military Affairs.

He earned his law degree at William & Mary, his Master of Public Administration (MPA) from �鶹��Ƶ, and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Public Administration and Policy at Virginia Tech.

Areas of Research

Public Management
Public Administration Ethics
Administrative Law
Judicial Process
Organization Theory

Christopher D. Berk

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Assistant Professor

Contact Information

cberk@gmu.edu
Fairfax Campus, Aquia Building, Room 331
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
MSN: 3F4

Biography

Christopher D. Berk is an assistant professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at �鶹��Ƶ. His research and teaching interests span the law, politics, and philosophy of punishment, with a particular concern for the relationship between democratic politics and penal law.

Berk received his PhD in 2016 from the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago, along with a joint degree, an MLS, from the University of Chicago Law School. Before coming to �鶹��Ƶ, he was a postdoctoral fellow in political philosophy, policy, and law at the University of Virginia.

Curriculum Vitae

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Research Hall, Room 339
George �鶹��Ƶ University
10401 York River Road
Fairfax, VA 22030

Phone: (703) 993-6365
Fax: (703) 993-8215
Email: cberk@gmu.edu
Chris Berk's website

Appointments

George �鶹��Ƶ University
Assistant Professor in the Schar School of Policy & Government
2019-

University of Virginia
DeOlazarra Fellow in the Program in Political Philosophy, Policy & Law
2016-2019

Education

Ph.D., Department of Political Science, University of Chicago
2016

Dissertation
On Self Government: Democratic Politics and Law in Prisons, Asylums, and Boarding Schools

Committee
Andrew Abbott, Cathy Cohen, Robert Gooding-Williams, & Bernard Harcourt (chair)

Examination fields
American Politics, Political Theory

M.L.S., University of Chicago Law School
2016

M.A., Department of Political Science, University of Chicago
2010

B.A., summa cum laude, Department of Political Science, University of Washington
2007

Book Manuscript

Democracy in Captivity: Essays on the political situation of prisoners, patients, and others in custody. In preparation.

Book manuscript conference held at the University of Virginia on May 3, 2019.

Publications, Refereed

Berk, Christopher D. 2019. “Reply to Elizabeth Scott, Laurence Steinberg, David Tanenhaus, and James Backstrom." Law & Social Inquiry 44, no. 3: 787-790.

Berk, Christopher D. 2019. “Childhood, development, and the troubled foundations of Miller v. Alabama." Law & Social Inquiry 44, no. 3: 752-770.

Symposium at LSI devoted to this article

Berk, Christopher D. 2018. “On Prison Democracy: The Politics of Participation in a Maximum Security Prison.” Critical Inquiry 44, no. 2: 275-302.

Under Review

“Must penal law be insulated from public influence?" Revise & resubmit at Law and Philosophy

“Democracy’s internal borders.”

Publications, Invited

Berk, Christopher D. 2010. “Investment Talk: Comments on the Use of the Language of Investment in Prison Reform Advocacy.” Carceral Notebooks 6 (2010): 115-129.

Works in Progress

“Mad Politics: Disability, Care, and Patient Collective Action.” “Governing Children: Resistance in a Boarding School for At-Risk Youth.”

Awards and Fellowships

2016. Visiting Scholar, The Newberry
Scholars-in-residence are given privileged use of the library and are "expected to publish or oth- erwise disseminate their research" and "participate in the Newberry’s intellectual community."

2015-16. Master of Legal Studies Fellowship, University of Chicago Law School Tuition remission and living stipend for a year of coursework in law.

2014-15. William Rainey Harper Provost Dissertation Fellowship, University of Chicago Tuition remission and living stipend, "one of the highest honors given to our graduate students."

2011. Grodzins Prize Lectureship, University of Chicago
Competition among advanced graduate students to design and teach a course.

2010. Joseph Cropsey Prize for the “outstanding master’s thesis in political philosophy written by a student in the Department of Political Science,” University of Chicago

2010. High Pass in the American Politics Field Exam, University of Chicago

2008-13. McCabe Fellowship, University of Chicago
Tuition remission and living stipend for five years of graduate study.

2007. Daniel Lev Award for the “outstanding political science senior thesis” in 2007, University of Washington

2007. Graduated summa cum laude in the Honors College with Distinction in Political Science, University of Washington

Grants

2013-14. Social Science Division Long-Term Project Grant, University of Chicago ($8,000)

2013. Social Science Division Summer Grant, University of Chicago ($3,000)

2011. Doolittle-Harrison Travel Grant, University of Chicago ($1,000)

Teaching

George �鶹��Ƶ University
Democratic Theory and Practice and Constitutional Law (graduate)
Seminar in the Courts
Spring 2020

University of Virginia
Prisons - Fall 2018
Law and Democracy - Fall 2017
Law & Political Thought: Punishment - Fall 2016
B.A. Thesis Colloquium in Political Philosophy, Policy & Law
Spring 2017, 2018, 2019

Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (Piedmont Virginia Community College)
Constitutional Foundations of American Government
Summer 2017

University of Chicago
B.A. Thesis Colloquium, Department of Political Science
2013-2014

Classics of Social and Political Thought III
Spring 2013

The Politics of Mass Incarceration in the U.S.
Spring 2012

Advising

Resident Head of Vincent House, University of Chicago College Housing
2013-2016

Pedagogical Training

Center for Teaching Excellence in-class observation & focus group (Virginia) - 2016

Seminar and Workshop on Course Design (Chicago) - 2015

Workshop on Teaching in the College (Chicago) - 2012

Talks

Leadership Alliance Mellon Initiative, University of Virginia, 2019. "Life in Graduate School and Law School."

Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought, Columbia University. 2015. “Democratic Exclusions: Prisoners, patients, and children in democratic politics."

Chicago Area Behavior Workshop, Northwestern University. 2015. “Participatory Politics and Equality in the Digital Age."

Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics, MacArthur Foundation. 2014. “Partic- ipatory Politics and Equality in the Digital Age."

Spring Lecture Series for Political Science Majors, University of Chicago. 2014. “Data Collection in Political Science Research."

Asylums and Prisons: Deinstitutionalization and Decarceration, University of Chicago. 2013. “Mad Politics."

Conferences

Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Washington, DC 2010; Seattle, WA 2011; Chicago, IL 2013; Washington, DC 2014; San Francisco, CA 2015; San Francisco, CA 2017; Boston, MA 2018.

Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association. San Francisco, CA 2011; Seattle, WA 2015; New Orleans, LA 2016; Toronto, Canada 2018; Washington, DC 2019.

Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Law, Cultural, and the Humanities. Stan- ford Law School, Palo Alto, CA 2017; Georgetown Law School, Washington, DC 2018.

Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association. San Antonio, TX 2011; Seattle, WA 2014; Vancouver, Canada 2017; San Francisco, CA 2018.

Annual Meeting of the Association for Political Theory. Ohio State University, 2016; Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges, 2018; University of California, Irvine, 2019.

Fourth Annual Conference on Radical Democracy. New School for Social Research, New York, NY 2014.

Social Science History Association. Chicago, IL 2013.

Annual Meeting of the Mid-West Political Science Association in Chicago, IL. 2009; 2010.

Research Seminars, Workshops

WRiPS, George �鶹��Ƶ University. 2019. “Must penal law be insulated from public influence?"
PPL Colloquium, University of Virginia. 2018. “Custody and Community Control."
PPL Colloquium, University of Virginia. 2016. “Democracy’s Internal Borders."
Self & Subjectivity Workshop, University of Chicago. 2015. “Mad Politics."
Political Theory Workshop, University of Chicago. 2015. “Governing Children."
American Politics Workshop, University of Chicago. 2014. “Governing Children."
Political Theory Workshop, University of Chicago. 2014. “Mad Politics."
Political Theory Workshop, University of Chicago. 2013. “On Prison Democracy."

Professional Memberships

American Political Science Association (APSA)
Law & Society Association (LSA)
Association for Political Theory (APT)

Professional Service

Manuscript Reviewer
Law & Society Review, Political Theory, Theoretical Criminology, and Routledge

Political Theory Workshop
Student Coordinator
Fall 2011-2013
Chicago, IL

Faculty Hiring Committee
Student Representative
Fall 2011-Spring 2012 Graduate
Chicago, IL

Community Service

Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women
Instructor
2017
Troy, VA

Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, Nancy B. Jefferson School
Volunteer Tutor
2013-2015
Chicago, IL

Safer Foundation, 1811 Adult Transition Center
Volunteer Tutor
2008-2011
Chicago, IL

Literacy Americorps, King County Correctional Facility
Instructor
2007-2008
Seattle, WA

Updated October 16, 2019

Areas of Research

Politics of Punishment
Penal Law
Law and Society
Democratic Theory

James Pfiffner

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Professor Emeritus, Schar School of Policy and Government

Contact Information

pfiffner@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-1417
Fax: 703-993-2284
�鶹��Ƶ Square, Van Metre Hall
3351 Fairfax Dr.
Arlington, Virginia 22201
MS 3B1

Personal Websites

View James Pfiffner's website

Biography

James P. Pfiffner is University Professor emeritus in the Schar School of Policy and Government at �鶹��Ƶ. His major areas of expertise are the Presidency, American national government, public management, and the national security policy process. He has lectured on these topics at universities in Europe and throughout the United States as well as at the Federal Executive Institute, the National War College, the U.S. Military Academy, and the Departments of State, Justice, and Defense.

He has written or edited 16 books on the Presidency and American national government, including The Strategic Presidency: Hitting the Ground Running (2nd edition, 1996), The Character Factor: How We Judge Our Presidents, (2004), Power Play: The Bush Administration and the Constitution (Brookings 2008), and Torture as Public Policy (2010). He has also published more than 100 chapters and articles in books and scholarly journals.

His professional experience includes service in the Director’s Office of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (1980-81), and he has been a member of the faculty at the University of California, Riverside and California State University, Fullerton. He has testified about the presidency before both Houses of Congress.

In 2007, he was S.T. Lee Professorial fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of London, and in 2013 he was visiting professor at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia.

He is an elected member of the National Academy of Public Administration, and he has been a panel member or on project staffs of the Volcker Commission, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Center for the Study of the Presidency. He received the Distinguished Faculty Award at �鶹��Ƶ (1990) and the College of Arts and Sciences Award for Scholarship (1999). He is listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World.

While serving with the 25th Infantry Division (1/8 Artillery) in 1970, he received the Army Commendation Medal for Heroism (with “V” device) in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Curriculum Vitae

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University Professor Emeritus
Schar School of Policy and Government �鶹��Ƶ
9508 Shipwright Drive
Burke, VA 22015
email: pfiffner@gmu.edu
View James Pfiffner's website

EDUCATION

B.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison (1968), Political Science

M.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison (1972), Political Science Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison (1975), Political Science

EXPERIENCE

2001-220 �鶹��Ƶ, University Professor of Public Policy Director of the Doctoral Program, 2010 – 2014

2013 Visiting Professor, Griffith University, Australia (June – August) 2007 S.T. Lee Professorial Fellow, School of Advanced Study, University College London (January-July)

1987-2001 Professor of Government and Politics, �鶹��Ƶ 1997 Visiting Scholar, The Brookings Institutions (January-August)

1984-87 Associate Professor of Government and Politics, �鶹��Ƶ

1980-84 California State University, Fullerton, Associate Professor of Political Science

1980-81 U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Special Assistant, Office of the Director

1978-80 California State University, Fullerton, Assistant Professor of Political Science

1975-78 University of California, Riverside, Assistant Professor of Political Science

1974-75 Brookings Institution, Research Fellow

1971-74 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Teaching Assistant 1970 U.S. Army, Vietnam/Cambodia, 25th Infantry Division Section Chief, Fire Direction Center, A Battery, 1/8 Artillery, 1969 Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Instructor in Artillery Gunnery

HONORS AND AWARDS

College of Arts and Sciences, Scholarly Award, �鶹��Ƶ, 1999. National Academy of Public Administration, elected member.

Distinguished Faculty Award, �鶹��Ƶ, 1990. Brookings Institution, Visiting Scholar (Summer 1983).

John Brown �鶹��Ƶ Professorship, California State University, Fullerton (1983-84). National Association of Schools of Public Affairs & Admin. Faculty Fellowship (1981-82). Army Commendation Medal for Heroism, (with “V” device) Vietnam/Cambodia (1970).

Who’s Who in America, 2000; Who’s Who in the World, 2010.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books

Organizing the Presidency, Fourth edition, with Stephen Hess (Washington: Brookings, 2021).

Examining Torture: Empirical Studies of State Repression, co-edited with Tracy Lightcap (NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).

Understanding the Presidency, co-edited with Roger H. Davidson. Seventh Edition (New York: Pearson-Longman, 2013).

Torture as Public Policy, (Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2010).

The Modern Presidency (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994) Sixth Edition (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson, 2010).

Power Play: The Bush Presidency and the Constitution (Washington: Brookings Institution Press, 2008), paperback edition, 2009.

Intelligence and National Security Policymaking on Iraq: British and American Perspectives Co-edited with Mark Phythian (Manchester University Press, co-published in the United States by Texas A&M University Press, 2008).

The Character Factor: How We Judge America’s Presidents (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2004).

Triumphs and Tragedies of the Modern Presidency General editor: David Abshire (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2001)
I am listed as “Executive Editor” for The Center for the Study of the Presidency. I edited 75 brief (1000 words) case studies and wrote five cases. I also wrote the concluding chapter (cited below) to the volume.

The Future of Merit: Twenty Years after the Civil Service Reform Act, co-edited with Douglas A. Brook (Washington: Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000).

Governance and American Politics: Classic and Current Perspectives, edited (Harcourt, Brace, and Company; 1995).

The Presidency and the Persian Gulf War, co-edited with Marcia Whicker and Raymond Moore (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1993).

The Managerial Presidency, edited (Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole, 1991).
Second edition: (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1999).

The Presidency in Transition, co-edited with R. Gordon Hoxie (New York: Center for the Study of the Presidency, 1989).

The Strategic Presidency: Hitting the Ground Running
(Chicago: Dorsey Press, 1988). Second Edition: (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1996). Winner of the Presidency and Executive Politics section of the American Political Science Association “Legacy Award” for a book that has had a “continuing contribution to the intellectual development” of the field of presidency studies (2021).

The President and Economic Policy (editor) (Philadelphia: ISHI Publications, 1986.

The President, the Budget, and Congress: Impoundment and the 1974 Budget Act (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1979).

Editor: special issue of Presidential Studies Quarterly (co-edited with Marcia Whicker): The Clinton Presidency in Crisis, Vol. XXVIII, No. 4, (Fall 1998).

Editor: special issue of Presidential Studies Quarterly: Presidential Decision Making, Vol. 35, No. 2 (June 2005).

Congressional Testimony

“Presidential use of White House ‘Czars’”
Testimony before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, October 22, 2009.

“The Constitutional Role of the Pardon Power”
Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties; March 27, 2019; testimony posted on SSRN.

Scholarly Journal Articles (total = 56)

[many of these articles are posted at pfiffner.gmu.edu]

“President Trump and the Shallow State: Disloyalty at the highest levels,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 52., No. 3 (September 2022).

“Organizing the Biden Presidency,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol 51, No. 4 (Dec. 2021).

“Donald Trump and the Norms of the Presidency,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, (March 2021).

“The Transition of the Presidency, 2020-2021,” Korean Journal of Policy Studies,” Special issue (2021), pp. 110-137.

“Organizing the Trump Presidency, Presidential Studies Quarterly Vol. 48, No. 1 (March 2018), pp. 153-167.

“The Unusual Presidency of Donald Trump,” Political Insight (September 2017) Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 9-11.

“Magna Carta and the Contemporary Presidency,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 1 (March 2016), pp. 140-157.

“The Constitutional Legacy of George W. Bush,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 4 (December 2015), pp. 727-741.

“On Reading the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation,” Intelligence and National Security: Special Forum on the US Senate Select Committee Report on the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program, November 2, 2015), pp. 15-17.

“Dysfunctional Politics in the United States: Origins and Consequences,” Papers on Parliament, No. 60 (March 2014), pp. 17-37. Published by the Department of the Senate, Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. “The Paradox of President Reagan’s Leadership,” Presidential Studies Quarterly Vol. 43, No.1, (March 2013), pp. 81-100.

“Torture During Interrogation: Notes from the Field,” Public Integrity, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Winter 2012-2013), pp. 97-102 (book review essay).

“Strong Executive Branch Leadership Crucial for Policy Implementation,” (with co-authors)
The Public Manager (Winter 2012), pp. 37-40.

“Federalist No. 70: Is the President Too Powerful?” Public Administration Review Special Issue, (November/December 2011), pp. 112-118.

“Decision Making in the Obama White House,” Presidential Studies Quarterly Vol. 41, No.2, (June 2011), pp. 244-262.

“U.S. Blunders in Iraq: De-Baathification and Disbanding the Army,” Intelligence and National Security Vol. 25, No. 1 (February 2010), pp. 76-85.

“Obamas Prasidentschaft: Wandel und Kontinuitat,” (“The Obama Presidency: Change and Continuity”) Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (January 2010), pp. 6-12.

“Decision Making in the Bush White House,” Presidential Studies Quarterly (June 2009), pp. 363-384.

“Presidential Signing Statements and Their Implications for Public Administration,” Public Administration Review Vol. 69, No. 2 (March/April 2009), pp. 249-255.

“Executive Power: George W. Bush and the Constitution,” Presidential Studies Quarterly (March 2008), pp. 124-144.

“The Institutionalist: A Conversation with Hugh Heclo,” Public Administration Review Vol.. 67, No. 3 (May/June 2007), pp. 418-423. [conducted and edited interview with Heclo]

“Marching in Time: Alliance Politics, Synchrony, and the Case for War in Iraq, 2002-2003,” co-authored with Mark Phythian, Rod Tiffen, and Alan Doig. Australian Journal of International Affairs, March 2007.

“The First MBA President: George W. Bush as Public Administrator,” Public Administration Review, January/February 2007.

“U.S. Obligations for the Treatment of Prisoners,” Virginia Lawyer, Vol. 95, No. 4 (December 2006), pp. 44-49.

“Les decisions de guerre de George W. Bush: ‘’Afghanistan et l’Irak
Politique Americaine No. 5, (Ete-Automne, 2006), pp. 35-52.

“Torture and Public Policy,” Public Integrity Vol. 7, no. 4 (Fall 2005), pp. 313-330. Reprinted in Richard J. Stillman, ed. Public Administration: Concepts and Cases (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2010), pp. 454-465.

“Presidential Decision Making: Rationality, Advisory Systems, and Personality,”
Presidential Studies Quarterly Vol. 35, No. 2 (June 2005), pp. 217-228.

“Did President Bush Mislead the Country in His Arguments for War with Iraq?,” Presidential Studies Quarterly Vol. 34, No. 1 (March 2004), pp. 25-46.

“The Electoral College and the Framers’ Distrust of Democracy,” with Jason Hartke, White House Studies Vol. 3, No. 3 (2003), pp. 261-272.

“President George W. Bush and His War Cabinet,” Foreign Policy Bulletin (Winter 2003), pp. 288-296.

“Elliot L. Richardson: Exemplar of Integrity and Public Service,” Public Integrity Vol. 5, No. 3 (Summer 2003), pp. 251-269. Won award from the Ethics Section of the American Society for Public Administration for outstanding article published in 2003.

“Ranking the Presidents: Continuity and Volatility,” White House Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1 (2003), pp. 23-34. Reprinted in Meena Bose and Mark Landis, eds. The Uses and Abuses of Presidential Ratings (Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2004).

“Judging Presidential Character,” Public Integrity, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Winter 2002-2003), pp. 7-24.

“George Washington’s Character and Slavery” White House Studies, Vol 1, No. 4, ( 2001), pp. 351-461. Reprinted in: Robert P. Watson, ed., Contemporary Presidential Studies:; A Reader (NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2003), pp. 3-12.

“The White House Office of Presidential Personnel,” (with Bradley Patterson) Presidential Studies Quarterly Vol. 31, No. 3 (September 2001), pp. 415-438.
[A longer version of this article was prepared by the authors for the White House 2001 project, directed by Martha Kumar and financed by the Pew Charitable Trusts. It was one of a series of papers on the primary White House Offices prepared for the 2001 transition. The papers were read and used by the incoming Bush transition team.]
Reprinted in: The White House World edited by Martha Kumar and Terry Sullivan (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press), pp. 165-192.

“Meeting the Freight Train Head on: Planning for the Transition to power,” (co-author)
Presidential Studies Quarterly Vol. 30, No. 4 (December 2000), pp. 754-769. Reprinted in: The White House World edited by Martha Kumar and Terry Sullivan (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press), pp. 5-24/

“Presidential Lies,” Presidential Studies Quarterly (Vol. 29, No. 4 (December 1999), pp. 903-917.

“Sexual Probity and Presidential Character,” Presidential Studies Quarterly (Vol. XXVIII, No. 4 (Fall 1998), pp. 881-887.

“The Public Service Ethic in the New Public Personnel Systems,” Public Personnel Management, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Winter 1999), pp. 541-555.

"The National Performance Review in Perspective," International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 20, No. 1 (1997), pp. 41-70.

"The President's Chief of Staff: Lessons Learned," Presidential Studies Quarterly (Winter 1993), pp. 77-102.
Reprinted in: The Managerial Presidency, 2nd ed., James P. Pfiffner editor (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1998), pp. 75-104.

"Establishing the Bush Presidency," Public Administration Review (January/February 1990), 64- 72.

"The 1988-89 Presidential Transition," Presidency Research, Vol. XI, No. 2 (Spring 1989), p.18- 30.

"The President's Legislative Agenda," The Annals Vol. 499 (September 1988), pp. 22-35. Reprinted in: Randall Ripley and Elliot Slotnick (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2nd ed., 1993, pp. 353-362.

"Thirteen Year Paper Chase: The Nixon Archives," Presidency Research (Spring 1987), pp. 15- 20).

"Political Appointees and Career Executives: The Democracy-Bureaucracy Nexus in the Third Century," Public Administration Review (January/February 1987), pp. 57-65. Reprinted in: The American Constitution and the Administrative State edited by Richard Stillman (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989). Reprinted in: The Managerial Presidency edited by James P. Pfiffner (Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole 1991). Reprinted in: Agenda for Excellence edited by Patricia Ingraham and Donald Kettl (Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 1992).

"White House Staff versus the Cabinet: Centripetal and Centrifugal Roles," Presidential Studies Quarterly (Fall 1986) pp.666-90. Reprinted in: Readings In American Government and Politics edited by Randall Ripley and Elliot Slotnick (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1989), pp. 429-439; 2nd ed., 1993, pp. 322-331.

"Learning From Presidential Transfers," Presidency Research (Fall 1985), pp. 15-19).

"The Federal Budget: Policy, Process, and Politics," Congress and the Presidency (Autumn 1985), pp. 193-197).

"Political Public Administration," Public Administration Review (March/April 1985), pp. 352- 356).

"Budgetary Crisis and Congressional Spending," Policy Studies Journal (March 1983), pp. 539- 545).

"The Challenge of Federal Management in the 1980s," Public Administration Quarterly (Summer 1983), pp. 162-182).

"The Carter-Reagan Transition: Hitting the Ground Running," Presidential Studies Quarterly (Fall 1983), pp. 623-645.

"Presidential Personnel Policy," Presidency Research (Spring 1982), pp. 2-6.

"Management and Central Controls Reconsidered," The Bureaucrat (Winter 1981-82), pp. 13-16.

"Budgeting and the 'People's Reform'," Public Administration Review (March/April 1980), pp. 194-200.

Book Chapters (Total = 72)

[many of these chapters are posted at pfiffner.gmu.edu]

“How Donald Trump Tried to Overturn the 2020 Election, in James Thurber, ed. Rivals For Power, 7th edition, (Roman and Littlefield, 2022).

“OMB, the Presidency, and the Federal Budget,” in Executive Policymaking edited by Meena Bose and Andrew Rudalevige (Brookings 2020), pp. 11-40.

“The Lies of Donald Trump: A Taxonomy” in The Trump Presidency and Executive Power, edited by Charles Lamb (NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), pp. 17-40.

“President Bush and the Invasion of Iraq: Presidential Leadership and Thwarted Goals,” in James McCormick, ed., The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy, 6th ed. (Roman & Littlefield, 2017), pp. 361-380.

“Unilateral Presidential Authority: Uses and Abuses,” in Rivals for Power, edited by Jordan Tama and James Thurber (Roman and Littlefield, 2017), pp. 75-97; updated in 7th edition.

Staffing the President’s Team,” in Keifer, J. J. and Neaves, T. T. “Implementing Successful Strategies for Emergency Management and Homeland Security.” In Memos to National Leaders, edited by P. L. Posner, J. R. Lachance, and T. T. Neaves. Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration and the American Society for Public Administration (2016)., pp. 28-31.

“Managing the Federal Executive Branch,” with Mary Boardman, in Foundations of Public Administration, edited by Jos C.N. Raadschelders and Richard J. Stillman (Irvine, CA: Melvin & Leigh, 2017), pp. 262-278.

“Introduction,” in The George W. Bush Presidency, Volume I: The Constitution, Politics, and Policymaking, ed. Meena Bose (Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2016), pp. xi-xvi.

“White House Rules: The Post-World War II Presidency,” in Triumphs and Tragedies of the Modern Presidency, edited by Maxmillian Angerholzer III, et al. (Praeger, Denver, CO, 2016), pp. 11-15.

“The First Hundred Days: Myth and Mystique,” in Triumphs and Tragedies of the Modern Presidency, edited by Maxmillian Angerholzer III, et al. (Praeger, Denver, CO, 2016), pp. 91-96.

“Presidents Bush, Obama and the Surveillance of Americans,” In The Quest for Leadership: Essays in Honor of Thomas E. Cronin. Michael Genovese, ed. (Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2015), pp. 131-148.

“The Efficacy of Coercive Interrogation,” in Examining Torture: Empirical Studies of State Repression, editors James P. Pfiffner and Tracy Lightcap, (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), pp. 127-157.

“U.S. Torture Policy and Command Responsibility,” in Examining Torture: Empirical Studies of State Repression, editors James P. Pfiffner and Tracy Lightcap, (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), pp. 103-125.

“Organizing the 21st Century White House,” in James Thurber, ed., Rivals for Power, 5th ed. (Lanham, MD: Roman Littlefield, 2013), pp. 63-86.

“Bill Clinton and the Character Factor in Perspective,” in Rosanna Perotti, ed. The Clinton Presidency and the Constitutional System (Texas A&M University Press, 2012), pp. 221-232. “Clinton, Congress, and the Presidency,” in Rosanna Perotti, ed.

The Clinton Presidency and the Constitutional System (Texas A&M University Press, 2012), pp. 43-46.

“Organizing the Obama White House,” in James A. Thurber, ed., Obama in Office (Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2011), pp. 75-85.

“President Bush as Chief Executive,” in Robert Maranto, et al., Judging Bush (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2009), pp. 58-74. “Presidential Transitions,” in George C. Edwards and William G. Howell, eds.

The Oxford Handbook of The American Presidency (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 85-107.

“Partisan Polarization, Politics, and the Presidency: Structural Sources of Conflict,” in James A. Thurber, ed. Rivals For Power: Presidential Congressional Relations (Lanham, MD: Roman and Littlefield, 2009), pp. 37-60 (revised for 4th edition).

“George W. Bush as Chief Executive,” in Andrew Wroe and Jon Herbert, Assessing the Bush Presidency: A Tale of Two Terms? (Edinburgh University Press, 2009), pp. 29-43.

“Introduction: Policy-Making and Intelligence on Iraq,” with Mark Phythian, In James P. Pfiffner and Mark Phythian, eds. Intelligence and National Security Policymaking on Iraq: British and American Perspectives (UK: Manchester University Press, 2008); U.S. edition: Texas A&M University Press, 2008, pp. 1-16.

“Decisionmaking, Intelligence, and the Iraq War,” in James P. Pfiffner and Mark Phythian, eds. Intelligence and National Security Policymaking on Iraq: British and American Perspectives (UK: Manchester University Press, 2008); U.S. edition: Texas A&M University Press, 2008, pp. 213-232.

“The Ethics of Interrogation: Torture and Public Management,” in Derek S. Reveron and Judith Hicks Stiehm, eds., Inside Defense: Understanding the U.S. Military NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, pp. 161-172.

“Intelligence and Decision Making Before the War with Iraq,” in George C. Edwards and Desmond King, eds., The Polarized Presidency of George W. Bush (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 213-242.

“Presidential Leadership and Advice about Going to War,” in Terry L. Price and J. Thomas Wren, eds., The Values of Presidential Leadership (NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), pp. 135-157.

“Do Presidents Lie?”, in George C. Edwards, Readings in Presidential Politics (Belmont, CA: Thompson Wadsworth, 2006), pp. 159-181.

“The Decision to Go to War with Iraq,” in Richard J. Stillman, Public Administration: Concepts and Cases (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2010), pp. 195-209 (also in 8th and 9th editions).

“National Security Policymaking and the Bush War Cabinet,” in Richard Conley, ed. Transforming the American Polity: The Presidency of George W. Bush and the War on Terrorism (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004).

“George W. Bush: Policy, Politics, and Personality,” in George C. Edwards III and Philip John Davies, eds., New Challenges for the American Presidency (NY: Pearson/Longman, 2004), pp.161-181.

“Ranking the Presidents: Continuity and Volatility,” in Meena Bose and Mark Landis, eds., The Uses and Abuses of Presidential Ratings (Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2004), pp. 27-42.

“Traditional Public Administration versus The New Public Management: Accountability versus Efficiency” Festschrift for Professor Klaus Konig of Speyer, Germany. In Institutionenwandel in Regierung und Verwaltung: Festschrift fur Klaus Konig, Arthur Benz, HHeinrich Siedentopf, and Karl-Peter Sommermann, eds. (Berlin, Germany: Duncker & Humblot, 2004), pp. 443-454.

“Assessing the Bush Presidency,” in Gary L. Gregg and Mark J. Rozell, eds. Considering the Bush Presidency (NY: Oxford University Press, 2004), pp. 1-20.

“George H.W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton,” Chapter 10 in Organizing the Presidency by Stephen Hess (Washington: Brookings, 2002), pp. 146-164.

“The Transformation of the Bush Presidency,” in James P. Pfiffner and Roger Davidson, eds.
Understanding the Presidency, 3rd edition (NY: Longman, 2002), pp. 453-471.

“Reevaluating the Electoral College” in James P. Pfiffner and Roger Davidson, eds. Understanding the Presidency, 3rd edition (NY: Longman, 2002), pp. 57-72.

“Presidential Appointments: Recruiting Executive Branch Leaders” in Innocent Until Nominated: the Breakdown of the Presidential Appointments Process, edited by G. Calvin Mackenzie (Washington: Brookings, 2001), pp. 50-80. A 2500 word version of the chapter was published in The Brookings Review (Spring 2001), pp. 41-44.

“The President and Congress at the Turn of the Century: Structural Sources of Conflict,” in Rivals For Power, ed. By James A. Thurber (Lanham, MD: Roman and Littlefield, 2002), pp. 27-48.

“Presidents in Crisis: Watergate, Iran-Contra, and President Clinton’s Impeachment” in Triumphs and Tragedies of the Modern Presidency, ed David Abshire (Wesport, CT: Praeger, 2001), pp. 284-300.

“The Paradox of Governmental Power,” in Moorhead Kennedy, et. al, The Moral Authority of Government (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2000), pp. 183-188.

“Character and the Modern Presidency: Multi-Dimensional or Seamless?” in Clyde Wilcox and Mark Rozell eds. The Clinton Scandal (Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2000), pp. 225-255..

“Government Legitimacy and the Role of the Civil Service,” in James P. Pfiffner and Douglas A. Brook, eds. The Future of Merit Twenty Years after the Civil Service Reform Act. (Washington: Woodrow Wilson Press, 2000), pp. 15-38.

“Presidential Constraints and Transitions.” in Presidential Policymaking: An End-of-Century Assessment. Ed. Steven A. Shull. (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharp, 1999). pp. 19-37.

“President Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the 104th Congress.” in On Parties: Essays Honoring Austin Ranney. Eds. Nelson W. Polsby and Raymond E. Wolfinger (Berkeley, CA: Institute of Governmental Studies Press, 2000). pp. 135-168.

“President Clinton’s Impeachment and Senate Trial,” in Understanding the Presidency, 2nd ed. edited by James P. Pfiffner and Roger H. Davidson (NY: Longman, 2000).

“The American Tradition of Administrative Reform,” in The White House and the Blue House: Government Reform in the United States and Korea eds., Yong Hyo Cho and H. George Frederickson (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1998).

“Ronald Reagan’s Contrasting Chiefs of Staff,” in Ronald Reagan’s America, edited by Eric J. Schmertz, et. al. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997), pp. 493-502.

"President Clinton and the 103rd Congress: Winning Battles and Losing Wars," in Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations, edited by James Thurber (Washington: CQ Press, 1996), pp. 170-190.

"Governance," in Governance V: Institutions and Issues, ed. Kenneth Thompson (New York: University Press of America, 1994), pp. 113-134.

“Presidential Policy Making and the Gulf War,” in The Presidency and the Persian Gulf War, co- edited Marcia Whicker, James Pfiffner, and Raymond Moore (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1993), pp. 3-24. Reprinted in: Understanding the Presidency, eds. James P. Pfiffner and Roger Davidson (New York: Addison Wesley Longman, 2000), pp. 405-415.

"The Bush Transition: Symbols and Substance," in Presidential Transitions: The Reagan to Bush Experience ed. Kenneth Thompson (New York: University Press of America, 1993), pp. 61-84.

"The President and the Postreform Congress," The Postreform Congress, ed. Roger Davidson (New York: St. Martins, 1991).

"Divided Government and the Problem of Governance," Divided Democracy, edited by James A. Thurber (Washington: CQ Press, 1991).

"The Political Appointments Process and the Recruitment of Scientists and Engineers," in Report of the National Academy of Sciences, Recruitment, Retention, and Utilization of Federal Scientists and Engineers (Washington: National Academy Press, 1990), pp. 133-142.

"Introduction," with Elliot L. Richardson to Leadership for America: Rebuilding the Public Service [The Volcker Commission]. Report of the National Commission on the Public Service (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1990), pp. xii-xxvi.

“Politics and Performance: Strengthening the Executive Leadership System,” with Elliot L. Richardson in Leadership for America: Rebuilding the Public Service [The Volcker Commission]. Report of the National Commission on the Public Service (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1990), pp. 209-242.

"Can the President Manage the Government?, in James P. Pfiffner, ed. The Managerial Presidency, 2nd ed. (College Station, TX, 1998), pp. 3-22. Reprinted in: Understanding the Presidency 2nd ed, James P. Pfiffner and Roger H. Davidson eds. (New York: Addison Wesley Longman, 2000), pp. 226-240.

"Presidential Control of the Bureaucracy," Chapter four of The Strategic Presidency, reprinted in Current Issues in Public Administration edited by Frederick S. Lane (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990).

"OMB: Professionalism, Politicization, and the Presidency," in Executive Leadership in Anglo- American Systems, edited by Colin Campbell and Margaret J. Wyszomirski (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991), pp. 195-218.

"Presidential Transitions and National Security Policy" in The Constitution and National Security edited by Walter R. Thomas and Howard E. Shuman (Washington, D.C.: National Defense University Press, 1990).

"Nine Enemies and One Ingrate: Presidential Appointments During Transition," in The In and Outers: Presidential Appointees and the Problems of Transient Government in Washington, edited by G. Calvin Mackenzie (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987).

"Strangers In a Strange Land: Orienting New Presidential Appointees," in The In and Outers, edited by G. Calvin Mackenzie (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987).

"Taking Over the Government: Key Tools for a New Administration," in Papers on Presidential Transitions and Foreign Policy edited by Frederick C. Mosher (New York: University Press of America, 1987).

"The Reagan Budget Juggernaut: The Fiscal 1982 Budget Campaign," in The President and Economic Policy edited by James P. Pfiffner (Philadelphia: ISHI Publications, 1986). Reprinted in: Public Administration: Concepts and Cases, 3rd Edition, edited by Richard J. Stillman (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984).

"The Crisis of Confidence in U.S. Economic Policy," in The President and Economic Policy (Philadelphia: ISHI Publications, 1986).

"Inflexible Budgets, Fiscal Stress, and the Tax Revolt," in The Municipal Money Chase edited by Alberta Sbragia (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1983.

"California and the Tax Revolt," in California Government in National Perspective edited by Keith Boyum and Philip Gianos (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1984).

Papers Posted on Websites

“Trump’s lies corrode democracy,” The Brookings Institution (April 13, 2018).

“The Unusual Presidency of Donald Trump,” Political Insight (September 2017), pp. 9-11.

“Why John Kelly can’t tame the White House Chaos, Washington Post (August 18, 2018).

“Inexperience in the White House breeds friction across the executive branch,” Brookings FixGov Website on the first 100 days of the Trump administration (May 2, 2017).

“Trump wants a White House that’s not ‘top down.’ Here’s why this won’t work,” Washington Post, Monkey Cage blog, (28 November 2016).

“Trump pledged to reverse Obama’s executive orders. Here’s how well past president have fulfilled that pledge,” with graduate student Joshua Lee. Washington Post, Monkey Cage, (23 January, 2017).

“Why Does Trump Still Have So Many Vacancies to Fill?” Foreign Affairs online (April 27, 2017).

“The Office of Presidential Personnel,” White House Transition Project Report, 2016), pp. 1-30. “Cabinet Secretaries versus the White House Staff,” Posted by Brookings on the FIXGOV: Making Government Work website (March 2015).

“Policy Making in the Bush White House,” (2008 APSA paper cited above) Posted by Brookings in their Issues in Governance Studies paper series.

“Managing the Executive Branch in the 20th Century: Consolidation and Disaggregation” co-authored with Mary Boardman. Posted on Public Administration Review website: Foundations of Public Administration, along with bibliography and model course syllabus.

Scholarly Reference Works

“The Presidency: Governing” (6,000 words) Oxford Companion to American Politics, edited by David Coates Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2013. Vol. II, pp. 220-229.

“Impeachment: The Constitutional Issues,” Oxford Companion to American Politics, edited by David Coates Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2013. Vol. II, pp. 526-528.

“Torture, Interrogation, and Fair Trial Procedures,” (2,750 words) Oxford Companion to American Politics, edited by David Coates Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2013. Vol. II, pp. 372-376.

“Torture, Issue of, in U.S. Military and Diplomatic Affairs.” In The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History, edited by Timothy J. Lynch, vol. 2, pp. 364-366. Oxford University Press, UK and New York, 2012.

“Presidential Transitions,” in The Oxford Handbook of The American Presidency, edited by George C. Edwards and Willaim G. Howell. (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. 85-107.

Encyclopedia of the American Presidency edited by Leonard W. Levy and Louis Fisher (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994) Commissioned entries:
Divided Government (750 words)
Managerial Presidency (500 words)
Patronage (1500 words)
Strategic Presidency (750 words)
Departmental Secretaries (2000 words)
Office of Personnel Management (1500 words)
Schedule C Positions (500 words)
Presidential Transitions (2500 words)
White House Personnel Office (1000 words)
The Persian Gulf War (1000 words)

Encyclopedia of the United States Congress edited by Donald C. Bacon, Roger H. Davidson, and Morton Keller (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994). One commissioned article on Presidential Transitions.

Oxford Historical Guide to American Government edited by George T. Kurian (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) Commissioned Entries: Office of Personnel Management (2,000 words) Chief of Staff to the President (1,500 words) White House Office (1,500 words) Executive Office of the President (500 words) Office of Presidential Personnel (500 words) The President’s Cabinet (2,500 words)

The Heritage Guide to the Constitution edited by Matthew Spalding and David Forte (Washington: Regnery, 2005, 2014). Commissioned Entries:
“Pardon Power,” pp. 203-205
“Recommendation Clause,” pp. 217-219 (coauthored)

Popular Press

“Executive Power in the Bush and Obama Administrations,” Presidency Research Group Report (PRG), Spring 2011, pp. 4-5.

Op-ed piece: “Impeachment: The Constitutional Issues” White House Weekly (14 December 1998). [5 days before the House voted on impeachment]

“Rating Scootergate: Washington scandals run the gamut, from greed to sex, but abuse of power threatens the health of our republic,” New York, Newsday, October 30, 2005

"Cutting Staff No Easy Task for Clinton," Maine Sunday Telegram (12 December 1993), 1800 words.

"Building the White House Staff," with Bradley H. Patterson Government Executive (December 1992), pp. 14-16.

"Political Appointees: Fewer is Better," with Elliot L. Richardson, Government Executive (June 1991), pp. 58-59.

"Creating a Real Cabinet," with Elliot L. Richardson, USA Today Magazine, Vol. 119, No. 2544 (September 1990), pp. 10-12. Reprinted in Governing, ed. Roger Davidson and Walter Oleszek (Washington: CQ Press, 1992), pp. 364-368. Reprinted in Bruce Stinebrickner, American Government 91/92 (Guilford, CT Dushkin, 1991), pp. 83-85.

"Our Cabinet System is a Charade," with Elliot L. Richardson, The New York Times (28 May 1989), op-ed page. "The Twentieth Amendment," The Book of Days: 1988 (Ann Arbor, MI: The Pierian Press, 1987).

"Presidential Succession and Transition," Book of Days: 1987 (Ann Arbor, MI: The Pierian Press, 1986).

Commissions and Panel Reports

National Academy of Public Administration Report, 2012. with Dwight Ink, David Lewis, and Anne O’Connell, “Strengthening Administrative Leadership: Fixing the Appointment Process”

National Academy of Sciences, Consultant and Staff Member, 1991. Project on "Politically Appointed Scientists and Engineers." Participated in Panel meetings, did research, and helped draft final report. Panel chaired by Kenneth Dam.

Testimony: Statement before the President's Commission on the Federal Appointments Process, printed in the Report of the Commission (Washington: Executive Office of the President, December 1990), pp. 41-47.

National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 1990: Project on "Recruitment, Retention, and Utilization of Federal Scientists and Engineers." Participated in Panel Meetings, wrote and presented paper: "The Presidential Appointments Process and the Recruitment of Scientists and Engineers." Published in the Final Report of the Project, pp. 133-142. Panel chaired by Alan K. Campbell.

Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1990-91: Panel member, Congressional Oversight of Defense Project Participated in series of Panel meetings. Prepared background paper: "Congressional Oversight of Defense Management." Panel Chaired by John O. Marsh.

National Commission on the Public Service (Volcker Commission)
Project Director, Task Force on Political/Career Relationships. Researched/wrote, revised, and edited the Task Force Report: "Politics and Performance: Strengthening the Executive Leadership System," Published by the National Commission on the Public Service, 1989. in Leadership for America: Rebuilding the Public Service, Task Force Reports. Task Force chaired by Elliot L. Richardson.

National Academy of Public Administration, 1987-88
Issue Leader, Presidential Transition Project. Researched, wrote, revised, and edited the report section on the White House Staff and the Cabinet, published as: "Organizing the White House and Consulting with the Cabinet," Chapter Two of The Executive Presidency: Federal Management for the 1990s (Washington: 1988). Panel chaired by Elmer B. Staats.

National Academy of Public Administration, 1984-85
Senior Research Associate, Presidential Appointee Project Collaborated in the collection of an extensive data base on Presidential Appointees from 1964-84, and the writing of: The Presidential Appointee's Handbook (NAPA, 1985) and Leadership in Jeopardy: The Fraying of the Presidential Appointments System, (NAPA, 1985).
Panel chaired by John W. Macy.

Book Reviews

�鶹��Ƶ thirty book reviews in the following journals:

American Political Science Review Presidential Studies Quarterly Public Administration Review Western Political Quarterly Political Science Quarterly Journal of Politics

The Bureaucrat Perspective The Annals Governance

Professional Conferences and Conventions

One or two appearances each year (since 1975) as paper presenter, chair, or panel discussant at annual conventions of the following professional associations, among others: American Political Science Association Center for the Study of the Presidency Midwest Political Science Association

International Lectures and Briefing of Foreign Officials

Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, Summer 2013
Visiting Professor and Lecture tour of government agencies and universities: Senate Occasional Lecture, The Theatre, Parliament House, Canberra, July 19 Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, July 18
Office of National Assessments Roundtable Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, luncheon
Griffith University, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Seminar Australia Institute of International Affairs, Lectures
ACT Branch, Canberra, July 16; Victoria Branch, July 29, Melbourne Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Leadership Institute, July 30, Lecture Monash University, Melbourne, academic seminar, August 1.

Rothermere American Institute and Nuffield College, Oxford University Conference on the American Presidency, “Politics and Polarization: The George W. Bush Presidency” May 25-27, 2006
Paper Presentation: “Presidential Decision Making and the War in Iraq” University of Leuven, Belgium
Conference on: “Ethics and Integrity of Governance,” June 2-5, 2005 Leuven, Belgium
Paper presented: “Torture and Public Policy: The Ethics of Interrogation” University of Wales, Swansea, October 6-10, 2004, Conference on U.S. Elections
United States Studies Program.
Presentation: “U.S. National Security and the 2004 Presidential Election.” American Politics Group of the United Kingdom
Annual Meeting: November 14, 2003, United States Embassy, London
Keynote address: “John Kennedy and the Transformation of the American Presidency” School of Advanced Study, University College London Institute of United States Studies
Conference: “New Challenges for the American Presidency” May 12-13, 2003, British Library Conference Centre
Paper presentation: “George W. Bush: Politics, Policy, and Personality” Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C., 13 April 2002
Briefing of members of the President’s Office on presidential transitions Follow-up briefing on the organization of the presidency, spring 2005.

Germany, Paper presentation at conference on “Federalism in Germany and the USA: From Cooperative to Competitive Federalism?” Sponsored by the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, Munchen. April 22-24, 1998.

United States Information Agency, Representative of the United States Conference on Management Reform, Institute for Strategic and Developmental Studies Athens, Greece (May 1996)

Briefing of Foreign visitors for USIA and State Department for representatives of the countries of: France, Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Poland, Russia (former Soviet Union), Sierra Lione.

United States Information Agency, Lecture tour of Germany Seminars and Lectures at Universities in Munich, Frankfurt, Gottingen, Heidelberg, and Speyer (Summer 1990).

Department of State, Foreign Service Institute briefings and professional development seminars

Professional Development Seminars or Lectures

National War College, National Defense University Department of Treasury, Treasury Executive Institute Department of Defense, Inspector General's Office Federal Executive Institute

Office of Personnel Management, Government Executive Institute American Political Science Association, Congressional Fellows Program The Brookings Institution

Executive Seminar Center, Denver, Office of Personnel Management The American University

Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York

Harvard Center for International Affairs, Fellows Program

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Graduate School

University of Kansas, Keynote Speaker, Conference on War in Iraq, 2004

Television and Radio Programs and Interviews

Voice of America, USIA: 30 March 1999, 26 May 2004. ABC Network Morning News, CNBC News, NVCC TV, WORLDNET (USIA), Voice of America, Tros Aktua Televisie (The Netherlands)

Newsweek on Air, Canadian Broadcasting Radio
C-SPAN, Series of interviews on White House Organization (November 1996) C-SPAN, presentation on the Clinton Presidency, Hempstead, NY:
Hofstra University, 12 November 2005 (aired November 24, 2005)

News Reporting Interviews and Quotes

The New Yorker
The New York Times The Washington Post Wall Street Journal Associated Press
Los Angeles Times National Journal Congressional Quarterly Christian Science Monitor Business Week
USA Today

Editor of Book Series, 1996-2014

"The Hughes Series in the Presidency and Leadership Studies" Texas A & M University Press

34 books published, 1996-2014

Editorial Boards

Journal of Public Administration and Theory (1996-2002)
Presidential Studies Quarterly, Editor of The Contemporary Presidency Feature responsible for commissioning one article for each issue, 2000- present.

Book Manuscripts Reviewed

Westview Press
Johns Hopkins University Press New York University Press Brooks/Cole Publishing
The Dorsey Press Duxbury Press
W.H. Freeman
University of Tennessee Press Nelson Hall Publishers
State University of New York Press Greenwood Press
F.E. Peacock
St. Martin's Press Cambridge University Press
University of Pittsburgh Press University Press of Kansas
Texas A & M University Press Columbia University Press New York University Press AW Longman
Cambridge University Press Palgrave Macmillan
Roman and Littlefield Princeton University Press

Reviewer of Articles submitted to: American Political Science Review Public Administration Review

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Public Budgeting and Finance
Congress and the Presidency Western Political Quarterly
Presidential Studies Quarterly (5-6 per year) Journal of Policy Analysis and Management State and Local Government Review Political Science Quarterly
American Politics Research Intelligence and National Security

University Service

Chair, Second Level Promotion and Tenure Committee, Schar School 2016-17 Chair, Second Level Promotion and Tenure Committee, S-CAR 2015-16 Chair, Second Level Promotion and Tenure Committee, PIA, 2014-15

Member, Provost Committee to Review Appeal of Dean’s Report, S-CAR, 2016 Chair, Search Committee for several positions, SPP 2005-2006, 20010-2011 Chair, SPP Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2012-13

Strategic Planning Committee for �鶹��Ƶ, appointed by the president, 2013. University Life Committee, appointed by the President, 1991-92

Robinson Recruitment Committee, 1987-1995 Provost Search Committee, 1987-88

Public Policy Program Development and Search Committee, 1987-88 University Faculty Search Committee for Senior Faculty Position in Applied Physics and National Security (1988) Graduate Council, 1987-88

Department Search Committees
Position in Soviet Politics (1988) Position in Public Policy (1988) Department Chair Search (1989-91)
Three positions in Public Administration (1995-96) Political Theory Search (1999)
MPA Director Search (2000-2001) MPA Screening Committee (1991-92) Public Policy PhD Development Committee

Dean's Advisory Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 1991-1993 College of Arts and Sciences Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1994-1997

Chair, Provost’s Committee to Evaluate the Dean of the Law School, 2001 Chair, Search Committee for the Hazel and Hirst Chairs, SPP, 2003-2004

Professional Service

Steering Committee, Presidential Studies Group, 1984-1990 American Political Science Association

Advisory Board, Public Administration Group, 1982-1988 American Political Science Association

Academic Board of Advisors
Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, 1980 - The American University

President, National Capital Area Political Science Association 1990-91, Member of Board, 1985-95

Academic Judge for the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency, 1992, 1993, 1994

Brownlow Book Award Committee
National Academy of Public Administration, 1999.

Chair, Committee to select the best dissertation on the presidency, annual award Bush School of Public Service, Texas A&M University, 1997-2001.

Fellows Selection Committee, National Academy of Public Administration 2003-2004.

Areas of Research

Presidency and Executive Branch
Public Administration
Public Management
National Security Policy Process
White House – Cabinet Relations
Political Appointee – Civil Service Relations

Robert L. Dudley

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Robert L. Dudley Kelly Hansen Tue, 10/06/2020 - 11:39

Professor Emeritus, Schar School of Policy and Government
rdudley@gmu.edu

Contact Information

rdudley@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-1412
Fairfax Campus, Robinson Hall A 231
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
MSN: 3F4

Biography

Robert Dudley received a PhD in political science from Northern Illinois University. His interests are generally in American government and politics.

He has published work on American elections and judicial decision-making. His articles have appeared in journals such as the Journal of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, PS, and American Political Quarterly. He has also authored or been the co-author of five books; one, a textbook, on American government is in the 11th edition.

Curriculum Vitae

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Schar School of Policy and Government
5018 Gadsen Drive
�鶹��Ƶ Fairfax, VA 22032
4400 University Drive (703) 978-3649
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 993-1412
Fax 703-993-1399
e-mail: rdudley@gmu.edu

EDUCATION

B.A. Western Illinois University

M.A. Northern Illinois University

Ph.D. Northern Illinois University; Dissertation: "Explanations of Judicial Decision-making: Testing the Psychometric Model Against Case Law."

MILITARY SERVICE

U.S. Army, 1970-1972; honorably discharged with rank of Sergeant, U.S. Infantry

RESEARCH INTERESTS

American Government

Judicial Process/Constitutional Law, Executive Politics Electoral Behavior

Public Policy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chair, Department of Public and International Affairs, �鶹��Ƶ, 2002-2010. Professor of Government of Politics, Department of Public and International Affairs, �鶹��Ƶ, 2003-

Associate Chair, Department of Public and International Affairs, �鶹��Ƶ, 1995-2001

Director, Center for Public Service, Department of Public and International Affairs, �鶹��Ƶ, 1995-1998.

Associate Professor of Government and Politics, Department of Public and International Affairs, �鶹��Ƶ, 1991.

Director, Administration of Justice Program, �鶹��Ƶ, 1986-1992. Assistant Professor, Department of Public Affairs, �鶹��Ƶ, 1986-1990.

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Colorado State University 1980-1986 (Granted tenure and promoted, Spring 1986).

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Loyola University of Chicago, 1979-1980.

Instructor, Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, 1978-1979.

Research Associate, Program for Applied Policy Research, Northern Illinois University, 1976-1978.

Instructor, Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, 1976.

Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, 1973-1975.

AWARDS/HONORS

Finalist for the David King Outstanding Teacher Award at �鶹��Ƶ in 2005.

Recipient of a travel grant award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice, to attend the 1992 National Conference of the Justice Research and Statistics Association.

Professor of the Year, 1987-1988, Department of Public and International Affairs, �鶹��Ƶ.

Recipient of a Colorado State University Faculty Research Grant, 1981.

Nominated for the Edward S. Corwin Award for 1980.

Gerald Maryanov Graduate Fellow, presented by the Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, May 1978.

ARTICLES

“Development of an Algorithm Calculating the Risk of Terrorist-CBRN,” (with David Bolduc) Journal of Bioterrorism and Biodefense, Vol. 3. #2 2012.

"Janus-Faced Federalism: State Sovereignty and Federal Preemption in the Rehnquist Court," (with Timothy J. Conlan) PS, 2005.

"The Growing International Activities of American State Legislatures," (with Timothy J. Conlan and Joel F. Clark) Publius 34(2004) 183-199.

“Civic Education, Civic Engagement, and Youth Civic Development,” (Robert L. Dudley and Alan R. Gitelson) forthcoming in PS: Political Science and Politics (April, 2003).

“Political Literacy, Civic Education, and Civic Engagement: A Return to Political Socialization.” (Robert L. Dudley and Alan R. Gitelson) Applied Developmental Science (forthcoming).

“The 2000 Election: A Great Civics Lesson?” (September, 2001) 31 Presidential Studies Quarterly , 505-513.

“The 2000 Virginia Senate Race” (with Robert D. Holsworth, Stephen K. Medvic, Harry L. Wilson, and Scott Keeter), PSOnline June, 2001. Abstracted in 34 PS: Political Science and Politics (2001), 274.

“Forms and Problems of Patriotism in the 21st Century: Patriotism vs.Mondialisation,”2000[James Wilson-Quayle and Robert L. Dudley] (2000)
GRAAT, #22, (Re)Mapping the Centres Membership and the State. Publications de l Universite Francois-Rabelais, Tours.

"Regulating Cyberspace: The Communications Decency Act" Politics Now-Classroom WEB SITE, Jan., 1997.

"Tenure and Turnover on State High Courts: Does Method of Selection Matter" (1997) 19 Justice System Journal 1-15.

"American Government Update: The 1995 Term of the U.S. Supreme Court," prepared for Houghton-Mifflin Company and posted on the Houghton-Mifflin Home Page.

"American Government Update: The 1994 Term of the U.S. Supreme Court," prepared for Houghton-Mifflin Company and posted on the Houghton-Mifflin Home Page.

"The Freshman Effect and Voting Alignments: A Reexamination of Judicial Folklore," (July, 1993) 21 American Politics Quarterly 360-367.

"Vice Presidential Candidates and the Home State Advantage: Playing Second Banana at Home and on the Road" [Robert L. Dudley and Ronald Rapoport] (May, 1989) 33 American Journal of Political Science 537-540.

"Federal District Court Judges and Presidential Power in the Post-War Era"[ Craig R. Ducat and Robert L. Dudley] ( February, 1989) 51 Journal of Politics .

"Federal Judges and Presidential Power: Truman to Reagan" [Craig R. Ducat and Robert L. Dudley] (Spring, 1989) 22 Akron Law Review 561-598.

"Election Supplement to American Government" (Alan R. Gitelson, Robert L. Dudley, and Melvin J. Dubnick) in American Government, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.

"Dimensions Underlying Economic Policymaking in the Early and later Burger Courts, (Craig R. Ducat and Robert L. Dudley) (May, 1987) 49 Journal of Politics 521-539.

"The Burger Court and Economic Liberalism" [Robert L. Dudley and Craig R. Ducat] (June, 1986) 39 Western Political Quarterly. 236-249.

"Who Supports Public Employee Strikes?" (Victor E. Flango and Robert L. Dudley), Journal of Collective Negotiations, Vol. 7 (1), 1978.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

“The Electoral College,” in Guide to U.S. Elections Safe/CQ Publishers (in press).

“The 2000 Virginia Senate Race,” (with Harry Wilson, Robert Holsworth, Scott Keeter, and Steve Medvic) in David B. Magleby ed., The Outside Campaign: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2000 Congressional Elections. Rowman & Littlefield 2002.

“The 2000 Virginia Senate Race,” (Robert L. Dudley, Harry Wilson, Robert Holsworth,

Scott Keeter, and Steve Medvic) in David B. Magleby ed., Election Advocacy: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2000 Congressional Elections, Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, 2001.

“Judicial Control of the Presidency: Stability and Change,” in James P. Pfiffner and Roger H. Davidson, eds., Understanding the Presidency, 2nd. ed. Addison Wesley Longman, 2000. Reprinted in the 3rd. edition.

“Military Expenditures and State Economic Growth,” (with Paul Brace) in James Anderson, Melvin Dubnick, and Alan R. Gitelson, eds., Public Policy and Economic Institutions, JAI Press, 1991.

“Coalition Building on the California Supreme Court: Votes on Access and Votes on the Merits,” in Charles Lamb and Sheldon Goldman, eds., Judicial Conflict and Consensus: Behavioral Studies of American Appellate Courts,” University of Kentucky Press, 1986.

BOOK REVIEWS AND REVIEW ESSAYS

“Law, Politics, and Impeachment” (A review essay of Raoul Bergers Impeachment: the Constitutional Problems and Peter Charles Hoffer and N.E.H. Hulls Impeachment in America, 1635-1805.) Legal Times, October 5, 1998, p. 62.

Review of Arnold Rochvarg’s Watergate Victory: Mardians Appeal, Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association Newsletter and Web Site (June, 1998).

“Optimism and Pessimism on Judicial Reform,” review of Phillip Dubois, The Analysis of Judicial Reform and The Politics of Judicial Reform in Policy Studies Review, Spring, 1993.

BOOKS

Governing the Commonwealth �鶹��Ƶ Press, 2010.

Counting Every Vote: the Most Contentious Elections in American History (with Eric Shiraev) Potomac Books (2008).

American Government 9 editions (Alan Gitelson, Robert L. Dudley and Melvin Dubnick); Houghton-Mifflin, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995,1998, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009).

American Government 10th edition (Alan Gitelson and Melvin Dubnick) Cengage.

American Government: Myth and Reality 11th edition (Alan Gitelson and Melvin Dubnick) Oxford University Press 2015.

Instructor's Manual to American Government 9 editions (Alan Gitelson, Robert L. Dudley, and Melvin Dubnick); Houghton-Mifflin, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2006, and 2009).

A Civics Teacher Guide & Reader For the Democracy in American High School Teachers Video/Print/Web Course funded by Annenberg/CPB, 2003.

American Elections: The Rules Matter (Robert L. Dudley and Alan Gitelson) Addison Wesley Longman ( 2001).

WORK IN PROGRESS

A series of papers on the work of the specialized courts of the U.S. court system. 12th edition of American Government Oxford University Press.

REPORTS

“Meeting the Needs of the Virginia Fire Service: A Survey of Virginia Fire Departments,” (Robert L. Dudley Catherine Gallagher, Greg Guagnano, and Scott Keeter). Report to Virginia Department of Fire Programs and the Virginia Fire Services Board, November 24, 2000.

“Evaluation of Communication Campaigns to Combat FSDI Involvement in Highway Crashes,” Report to U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, March, 2000.

‌“Survey of Regulatory Practices in the Gaming Industry,” (Amy Bunger Pool, Robert L. Dudley, and L. Meredith Rucker) submitted to the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, 1999.

“Recreational Interests and Citizen Satisfaction with the Reston Community Center,” Center for Public Service, Department of Public and International Affairs, �鶹��Ƶ. (Prepared under contract to the Reston Community Center, Reston, Virginia.) January, 1996.

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Moderator, Civic Education/Engagement Panel, Teaching and Learning Conference of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., February, 2005.

"The End of the New Deal Consensus: An Analysis of the Rehnquist Court's Business Cases," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, La, January 5-9, 2005.

“Whither the E Scale? The Rehnquist Court’s Business Decisions,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago, IL., April, 2002.

“Issue Advocacy and Soft Money in the 2000 Virginia Senate Race,” (Robert L. Dudley, Robert D. Holsworth, Stephen K. Medvic, Harry L. Wilson, and Scott Keeter) presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, August 29-September 3, 2001.

“Electoral Reform: Is This The End of the Electoral College?” (Robert L. Dudley and Alan R. Gitelson), presented at The Annual Meeting of the British Association for American Studies, Keele University, Staffordshire, Great Britian, April 6-9, 2001.

“The Clinton Presidency,” Washington Executive Seminar, Graduate School, USDA, Leadership Development Academy, August 3, 2000.

“Forms and Problems of Patriotism in the 21st Century: Patriotism vs. Mondalisation,” (James Wilson Quayle and Robert L. Dudley) presented at the International Colloquium on (Re)Mapping the Centers: Membership and State sponsored by the Anglo-American Research Group of Tours, September, 17-19, 1999 Tours, France.

Discussant, “Presidents and the Supreme Court,” 1998 Midwest Political Science Association Meetings.

"When Silence is Golden: Presidential Speechmaking and Consumer Confidence," presented at the 1995 Midwest Political Science Association Meetings.

Chair and discussant, "The President, Congress, and the Federal Courts," 1995 Southern Political Science Association Meetings.

Discussant, "Organized Interests and Repeat Players in the Judicial Arena," 1995 Southern Political Science Association Meetings.

"Tenure and Turnover on State High Courts: A Preliminary Analysis," presented at the 1994 Midwest Political Science Association Meetings.

Invited participant in round table discussion at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the Justice Research and Statistics Association; participated at the request of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice.

"State High Court Decision Making in Pornography Cases," presented at the 1989 Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association.

"Lower Court Decision Making in Pornography Cases: Do We Know It If They See It?" presented at the 1989 meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association.

"Interactions Between Federal Courts in Presidential Power Cases" presented at the 1988 meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association (Robert L. Dudley and Craig R. Ducat).

"Federal Appellate Judges and Presidential Power," presented at the 1987 meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association (Craig R. Ducat and Robert L. Dudley).

"Federal District Judges and Presidential Power: A Multivariate Analysis," presented at the 1986 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (Robert L. Dudley and Craig R. Ducat).

"Federal Judges and Presidential Power: Truman to Reagan," presented at the 1986 Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association (Craig R. Ducat and Robert L. Dudley).

"Presidential Power in the Federal Courts," presented at the 1985 Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association (Craig R. Ducat and Robert L. Dudley).

"Economic Growth in the American States: A Reconsideration," presented at the 1985 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association ( Paul Brace and Robert L. Dudley).

"Recent Voting Patterns on the Burger Court in Economic Cases," presented at the 1985 Annual Meetings of the Western Political Science Association (Robert L. Dudley and Craig R. Ducat).

"Rise and Decline Among the Fifty States: Olson's Analysis Applied Within America," presented at the 1985 Annual Meetings of the Western Political Science Association (Paul Brace and Robert L. Dudley).

Chair of panel entitled, "Party Organization" at the 1984 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association.

"Alternative Models of Party Organization," presented at the 1984 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association (Robert L. Dudley and Alan Gitelson).

"Economic Outcomes of the Burger Court, 1972-1975," presented at the 1984 Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association (Robert L. Dudley and Craig Ducat).

"Supreme Court Economic Decisions," presented at the 1984 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (Robert L. Dudley and Craig Ducat).

"Needs and Policy Outcomes," presented at the 1983 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association (Robert L. Dudley and L. Douglas Dobson).

"Franchising the Parties: An Alternative Model of Party Organization," presented at the 1983 Annual Meeting of the Colorado/Wyoming Political Science Association.

"Case Selection on the California Supreme Court," presented at the 1983 Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association.

"Coalition Building on the California Supreme Court: Votes on Access and Votes on the Merits," presented at the 1983 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.

"State Legislators' Perceptions of the Elderly: Problems and Prospects," presented at the 1982 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Association of Public Opinion Researchers.

"Closeness and the Vote: Systematic Distortions of the Likelihood of Winning," presented at the 1981 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Introduction to American Government The Presidency

Legislative Politics Constitutional Development Civil Rights and Liberties

Judicial Process/Behavior

Political Methodology (undergraduate and graduate)

Political Participation

Sex Discrimination and the Law Urban Justice Systems

U.S. Elections Criminal Law

Parties and Elections

The Politics of the Internet

CONSULTING/CONTRACT EXPERIENCES

Contract with Reston Community Center, Reston. Virginia. Study to assess citizen satisfaction with services offered by community center. (1996)

Consultant to National Gambling Impact Study Commission and the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. Developed questionnaires and drew samples for national study of gambling industry and state regulators. Directed the collection of all state statutes dealing with gambling and the regulation of such activities. This data base of statutes was assembled into a searchable data and loaded onto a CD Rom for general distribution to government agencies and regulators (1998-1999).

Consultant to U.S. Department of Transportation (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). Conducted policy evaluation of an education campaign to combat drowsy driving (1997-2000).

Consultant to the National Institutes of Health, Center for Scientific Review. Conducting grant review satisfaction surveys. Providing benchmarking for future studies of applicant satisfaction (1999-2000).

Contract with Virginia Department of Fire Programs (with Catherine Gallagher, Greg Guagnano, and Scott Keeter). Survey of local fire departments’ needs ( 2000).

Consultant to Freddie Mac Foundation. Developed data reporting forms for social service agencies in 6 cities participating in “Wednesday’s Child” a program funded by the foundation to encourage adoption of foster children. Using the data generated by the reporting forms, conducted a process and outcome evaluation of the program in the 6 cities. Made recommendations for improving the adoption rate in the six cities and proposed model program for use at future sites.

Director of Content for Annenberg/CPBS secondary teacher training course and college level distance learning course in American Civics/American Government. This was a $1.9 million dollar grant awarded to GMU and the Educational Film Center to develop content, printed instructional materials, and videos.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Political Science Association Midwest Political Science Association

Southern Political Science Association

REVIEWER for, St. Martin's Press, Houghton-Mifflin, SUNY Albany Press, Temple University Press, Palgrave/McMillan, Westview Press, The American Political Science Review, The Journal of Politics, The American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, American Politics Quarterly, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Virginia Social Science Journal.

SELECTED UNIVERSITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Member of the Faculty Senate, 2010-2015, member of the Executive Committee, 2013-2015. Member of the reappointment committee regarding President Alan Merten, 2010.

Member of the Reappointment Committee regarding Provost Peter Stearns, 2009.

Chair of the Committee to Consider the Reappointment of the Chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, 2004.

Chair of the Committee to Consider the Reappointment of the Chair of the English Department, 2005.

Chair of the Committee to Select the Program Director of the University Honors Program, 20006. Pre-Law Advisor, 1986-2014.

Areas of Research

Judicial Behavior
American Elections

Janine R. Wedel

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Distinguished University Professor

Contact Information

jwedel@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-3567
Fax: 703-993-8215
�鶹��Ƶ Square, Van Metre Hall, Room 638
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
MSN: 3B1

Personal Websites

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Biography

Janine R. Wedel, an award-winning author, writes about power networks, shadow elites, informality, and weaponized corruption through the lens of a social anthropologist. A Distinguished University Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at �鶹��Ƶ, she is also a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, and a Faculty Associate of the Petrach Program on Ukraine. She additionally has served as a Global Policy Chair at the University of Bath, UK; a fellow at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin; and a fellow at the New America Foundation. Her forthcoming book, Elite Influence: Everything You Need to Know, will be published by Oxford University Press. Her most recent book, Unaccountable: How Elite Power Brokers Corrupt Our Finances, Freedom, and Security (Pegasus 2014; updated Kindle & paperback 2016), which exposes new forms of legal corruption, was named in Bloomberg’s survey of 2014 favorite reads.

Wedel is a pioneer in applying anthropological insights to topics dominated by political science and economics. Choice writes that "as a thinker she is in the same league as John Kenneth Galbraith and Charles Lindblom." Her books—widely and favorably reviewed—include the award-winning Shadow Elite: How the World's New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government, and the Free Market (Basic Books, 2009) and Collision and Collusion: The Strange Case of Western Aid to Eastern Europe (Palgrave 2001). Shadow Elite was book of the month for The Huffington Post and received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. Collision and Collusion, winner of the Grawemeyer Award, was named "impressive and informative" by Foreign Affairs and "a key text in the critics' armory" by The New York Times Magazine. American Ethnologist called it "a tribute to the high caliber of Wedel's journalistic and anthropological abilities alike." Wedel's first book, The Private Poland (1986) was likened by the Christian Science Monitor to Hedrick Smith's The Russians and called "a brilliant account of contemporary Polish society" by Osteuropa Wirtschaft. Wedel has also published Political Rigging: A Primer on Political Capture and Influence in the 21st Century (2017, with Nazia Hussain and Dana A. Dolan); Confronting Corruption, Building Accountability (2010, with Lloyd J. Dumas); and The Unplanned Society: Poland During and After Communism (edited, translated, annotated and introductions, 1992), which the anthropology journal Man called a "pioneering work."

A public intellectual, Wedel has contributed congressional testimony and analysis pieces to more than a dozen major outlets, including the New York Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal Europe, Washington Post, Nation, Politico, Salon, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Policy, USA Today, Boston Globe, Huffington Post, and Project Syndicate. She was a featured columnist in The Huffington Post. She has been invited to speak at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, MIT, Chicago, Berkeley, Oxford, Central European University (Budapest), Institute of Social Studies (the Hague), United Nations University (Helsinki), Freie Universität (Berlin), TEDx (Berlin), Bruno Kreisky Institute (Vienna), European Journalism Observatory (Lugano), New America Foundation, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, National Press Club, and National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences, among others. Her television and radio appearances include MSNBC, CNN, PBS's Frontline, C-Span, Al-Jazeera, BBC, and NPR.

A five-time Fulbright fellow, she also won the (2001) Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order (whose previous holders include Mikhail Gorbachev and Samuel Huntington), as well as major awards from the National Science Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of America, MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Swedish Research Council, Horizon Europe, Social Science Research Council, German Marshall Fund, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, New America Foundation, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Institute for New Economic Thinking, among others. Her work has been favorably reviewed and quoted in the New York Review of Books, Economist, New York Times, Newsweek, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Investor's Business Daily, New Republic, Foreign Affairs, Chronicle of Higher Education, and Publishers Weekly, among many others. It has been reviewed or translated into more than a dozen languages, including Polish, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Serbian, Hungarian, Swedish, Danish, Mandarin, and Japanese.

Wedel is co–founder and past president of the Association for the Anthropology of Policy (ASAP), a section affiliated with the American Anthropological Association.

Laura Walker

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Laura Walker Kelly Hansen Mon, 10/05/2020 - 15:27

Professor Emerita

Contact Information

lwalker1@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-9348
Fairfax Campus, Aquia Building, Room 318
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
MSN: 3F4

Biography

Laura Walker, attorney-at-law, was engaged in the private practice of law in Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Virginia prior to joining the �鶹��Ƶ faculty.

She is the director of �鶹��Ƶ's Minor in Legal Studies Program, the head of the Pre-Law Advising Program, and the faculty advisor to Phi Alpha Delta, the pre-law student organization. She is the author of the textbook, Family Law and Public Policy.

She received her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1977. She earned her PhD from �鶹��Ƶ's School of Public Policy, with dual concentrations in culture, values and social policy and national governance and society in 2012.

Areas of Research

Constitutional Law
Judicial Process
Law and Public Policy