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 Lonna Rae Atkeson

Curriculum Vitae

August 2007

 

Department of Political Science

MSC05-3070

1 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001

(505) 277-7592 (office)/(505) 660-8976 (mobile)

E-mail:atkeson@unm.edu

FAX:(505) 277-2821/(505)471-2469

 

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:

1995                      Ph.D., Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder

Dissertation Title:  Divisiveness or Unity?  Reassessing the Divisive Nomination Hypothesis in the Presidential Selection Process (Chair: Walter J. Stone)

Summer 1990               ICPSR Summer Training in Quantitative Methods for Social Science Research, University of Michigan.

1987               BA, Political Science, University of California, Riverside

 

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:

 

2006-Present               University of New Mexico, Professor

2001- 2006                  University of New Mexico, Associate Professor

1995-2001                   University of New Mexico, Assistant Professor

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

Peer Reviewed Articles:

 

Atkeson, Lonna Rae and Timothy Krebs.  2008. “Press Coverage in Mayoral Elections: Is there a Gender Bias?” Political Research Quarterly (forthcoming).

Atkeson, Lonna Rae & Lori Tafoya. 2008.  “Testing the Representativeness of Mixed Mode Surveys.”  Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (forthcoming).

Atkeson, Lonna Rae & Kyle L. Saunders.  2007. “Voter Confidence: A Local Matter?” PS: Political Science & Politics 40(October):forthcoming.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae & Nancy Carrillo.  2007. “More is Better: The Impact of Female Representation on Citizen Attitudes Toward Government Responsiveness,” Gender and Politics 3(1):79-101.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae.  2003.  “Not All Cues are Created Equal: The Conditional Impact of Female Candidates on Political Engagement,” Journal of Politics 65(4): 1040-61.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae and Ronald B. Rapoport.  2003.  “The More Things Change the More they Stay the Same: Examining Differences in Political Communication, 1952-2000,” Public Opinion Quarterly 67(4):495-521. 

Atkeson, Lonna Rae and Randall W. Partin. 2001.  "Candidate Advertisements, Media Coverage, and Citizen Attitudes: The Agendas and Roles of Senators and Governors in a Federal System,” Political Research Quarterly 54(4): 795-813. 

Atkeson, Lonna Rae.  1999.  “‘Sure, I voted for the Winner!’ Over Report of the Primary Vote for the Party Nominee in the American National Election Studies,” Political Behavior 21(3): 197-215.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae and Randall W. Partin.  1998.  "Economic and Referendum Voting and the Problem of Data Choice: A Reply," American Journal of Political Science  42:1003-1007. 

Atkeson, Lonna Rae.  1998.  "Divisive Primaries and General Election Outcomes: Another Look at Presidential Campaigns," American Journal of Political Science 42:256-271. 

Rapoport, Ronald O.  Walter J. Stone, and Lonna Rae Atkeson.  1996.   "Candidate Chances, Ideological Moderation and American Nomination Politics: A Simulation Approach," European Journal of Political Research  29:147-168.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae and Randall W. Partin.  1995.  "Economic and Referendum Voting: A Comparison of Senate and Gubernatorial Elections," American Political Science Review 89:99-107.

Stone, Walter J., Ronald Rapoport and Lonna Rae Atkeson.  1995.  “A Simulation Model of Presidential Nomination Choice,” American Journal of Political Science 39:135-161. 

Atkeson, Lonna Rae.  1993.  “Moving Toward Unity: Attitudes in the Nomination and General Election Stages of the Presidential Campaign.”  American Politics Quarterly 21:272-289.

Stone, Walter J., Lonna Rae Atkeson and Ronald Rapoport.  1992.  "Turning On or Turning Off: Mobilization and Demobilization Effects of Participation in Presidential Nomination Campaigns," American Journal of Political Science 36:665-691.

 

Book:

Atkeson, Lonna Rae and Cherie D. Maestas.  Under Contract. Media Framing, Public Perceptions, and Political Consequences in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. University of Michigan Press.

 

Book Chapters, Monographs:

 

Atkeson, Lonna Rae.  2008.  “Voter Decision-Making on the Heels of Iowa,” in TBA, University of Utah. 

Atkeson, Lonna Rae, Luciana Zilberman, Alex N. Adams, and Kyle Saunders. 2008 (Forthcoming). “Using Mixed-Mode Surveys (Internet and Mail) to Examine General Election Voters,” in Elections and Exit Polling, eds. Wendy Alvey and Fritz Scheuren, John Wiley and Sons.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae and Kyle L. Saunders. 2008. “Voter Confidence: A Local Matter?”  In TBA, Brookings.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae and Lorraine Tafoya.  2007.  “Close, but Not Close Enough: Democrats Lose Again by the Slimmest of Margins in New Mexico’s First Congressional District,” In War Games: Issues and Resources in the Battle for Control of Congress, edited by David Magleby and Kelly Patterson, Provo: Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, Brigham Young University.

 

Atkeson, Lonna Rae, Nancy Carrillo and Mekoce Walker.  2006.  “The New Mexico Presidential Race After BCRA,”  in Dancing without Partners: How Candidates, Parties and Interest Groups Interact in the New Campaign Environment,” edited by David B. Magleby and J. Quin Monson, Roman and Littlefield.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae, Nancy Carrillo and Mekoce Walker.  2005.  “The New Mexico Presidential Race After BCRA,”  in Dancing without Partners: How Candidates, Parties and Interest Groups Interact in the New Campaign Environment,” edited by David B. Magleby and J. Quin Monson, Provo: Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, Brigham Young University.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae and Nancy Carrillo.  2005. “De Ja Vu 2002: The New Mexico 1st Congressional District,” in Dancing without Partners: How Candidates, Parties and Interest Groups Interact in the New Campaign Environment,” edited by David B. Magleby and J. Quin Monson, Provo: Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, Brigham Young University.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae, Nancy Carrillo and Margaret C. Toulouse.  2003.  “The New Mexico 1st and 2nd Congressional District,” in The Last Hurrah?  Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Congressional Elections, edited by David B. Magleby and J. Quin Monson, Provo: Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, Brigham Young University.

           Reprinted in PS, E-Symposium, Fall 2003

Atkeson, Lonna Rae and Anthony C. Coveny.  2000.  “1998 New Mexico’s Third Congressional District Race” in Outside Money: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 1998 Congressional Elections, edited by David Magleby, Rowman and Littlefield.   

Atkeson, Lonna Rae.  1999.  "From the Primaries to the General Election: Does a Divisive Nomination Race Affect a Candidates Fortunes in the Fall?" in In Pursuit of the White House 2000, edited by William G. Mayer, Chatham House.  

Atkeson, Lonna Rae, Jay McCann, Ronald Rapoport and Walter J. Stone.  1996.  “Citizens for Perot: Activists and Voters in the 1992 Presidential Campaign” in Broken Contract?  Changing Relationships between Citizens and Their Government in the United States, edited by Stephen C. Craig, Westview Press.

 

Book Reviews and Other Writings:

 

Atkeson, Lonna Rae.  1997. What Americans Know About Politics and Why it Matters, by Michael X. Delli Carpini and Scott Keeter.  Book Review, American Political Science Review  91:452-453.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae.  2002.  Learning by Voting, by Rebecca B. Morton and Kenneth C. Williams.  Book Review, American Political Science Review 96(3):648-49.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae.  2004.  Models of Voting in Presidential Election: The 2000 US Election, edited by Herbert Weisberg and Clyde Wilcox,  Book Review, Perspectives on Politics 2(4):860-861.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae.  2004.  “Executive Summary of Caucus Goers in New Mexico’s First Ever Presidential Caucus,” University of New Mexico.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae and Patricia Jaramillo.  2007. “Primaries,” in the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition, edited by William A. Darity, Macmillan.

Alvarez, R. Michael, Lonna Rae Atkeson, Thad E. Hall.  2007. “The New Mexico Election Administration Report:  The 2006 New Mexico Election,” typescript, University of New Mexico.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae.  2007. “The 2006 New Mexico Election Administration Voter Report,”  University of New Mexico.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae. 2007.  “The 2006 Colorado Election Administration Voter Report,”

Atkeson, Lonna Rae.  2007.  Contributor The New Mexico Capitol Report, Edited by Harold Morgan

 

GRANTS:

 

2007                National Science Foundation, (SES-0553081), Supplemental: “Who's to Blame? Public Perceptions of the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina” with Cherie Maestas

2006                Research Allocation Committee Grant, University of New Mexico, “Examining Voter Confidence in the 2006 Midterm Elections.”

2006                    Faculty Consultant, 2006 Federal Elections, Pew Charitable Trusts

2005                National Science Foundation, (SES-0320585) “Who's to Blame? Public Perceptions of the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.” With Cherie Maestas

2004                Faculty Consultant, “Federal Elections after the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act,” Pew Charitable Trusts

2004                Resource Allocation Committee Grant, University of New Mexico, “Examining Voter Learning, Information and Voter Choice In New Mexico’s 2004 Democratic Presidential Caucus”

2003-2004      National Science Foundation (SES-0321438) “The Impact of Community Organizing on Political Engagement,” with Nancy Carrillo

2002               Faculty Consultant, “Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Elections,” Pew Charitable Trusts

1998                Faculty Consultant, “Undisclosed and Unregulated Money in Congressional Elections,”  Pew Charitable Trusts

1997                Feminist Research Institute, Small Research Grants, "Examining Differences between Male and Female Political Activity at the Mass and Elite Level," University of New Mexico

1992-93           National Science Foundation Grant (SES-9123337),"Research on the Divisive Nomination Campaign and its Effect on Individual Attitudes and Behavior During the General Election."

1993                Dean’s Small Grant Award, “Political Commercial Advertising and its Link to Institutional Expectations” with Randall W. Partin

1992                Graduate Student Research and Creative Work Award, University of Colorado

1991-92           University Doctoral Fellowship

1989-91           Colorado Graduate Student Grant

1987                Undergraduate Research Mini-grant, University of California, Riverside

 

AWARDS:

2006                Fellowship, Political Methodology Conference, Society for Political Methodology.

2006                Gunter-Starkey College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award, University of New Mexico

2001-2004             Regents’ Lecturer, University of New Mexico

2000                College of Arts and Sciences Research Semester Award, University of New Mexico, Spring 2000

1998                Emerging Scholar Award, Political Parties and Organizations Section, American Political Science Association

1995                Social Science Dissertation Enhancement Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Colorado

 

COURSES TAUGHT:

 

Undergraduate

Graduate

Introduction to American Politics

Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior

Public Opinion and Political Behavior

American Politics Pro-seminar

Women in American Politics

Introduction to Statistics

Junior Honors Seminar

Topics in Advanced Research Methods: Linear Structural Equation Modeling

 

Introduction to Methods of Political Science Research/Scope and Methods

 

TEACHING & RESEARCH INTERESTS:

 

            Public Opinion & Political Behavior                               Media & Politics

            Campaigns & Elections                                     Gender & Politics

            Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences                    Social Movements & Interest Groups

            American Politics                                                          State Politics

            Political Parties                                                 Political Psychology

 

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS:

 

Atkeson, Lonna Rae & Cherie Maestas, “Racing to the Front: The Influence of Presidential Primary Frontloading on Presidential Primary Turnout.” Submitted.

Atkeson, Lonna Rae and Patricia Jaramillo, “Threat and Political Engagement in Presidential Nominations.”

Atkeson, Lonna Rae & Wendy L. Hansen, “News and Views: An Examination of US and Japanese Attitudes toward US-Japan Trade Relations.”

 

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION:

 

2007    “Who has to show what?  An Examination of the Application of Voter ID Laws in New Mexico’s 2006 Election” presented at the American Political Science Association, August 29-September 2, Chicago, Illinois, with Lisa Bryant, Kyle Saunders, Thad Hall, R. Michael Alvarez.

2007    “Using Mixed Mode Surveys (Internet and Mail) to Examine General Election Voters” presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research, May 17-20, 2007, Anaheim, California with Luciana Zilberman, Alexander Adams and Kyle Saunders.

2007    “Who’s Responsible?  Federalism and Hurricane Katrina,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association,” April 12-15, Chicago, Illinois, with Cherie Maestas.

2007    “Voter Confidence: A Local Matter?” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association,” April 12-15, Chicago, Illinois, with Kyle Saunders.

2007    “Authors Meet Students: A Critical Assessment of Ronald Rapoport and Walter J. Stone’s Three’s a Crowd,” presented at the Southwest Political Science Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 12-15.

2006    “Hurricane Katrina and Framing the Blame Game,” Cherie Maestas, presented at the American Political Science Association, August 30-September 3, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Cherie Maestas.

2006    “Threat, Anxiety and Political Engagement,” Lonna Rae Atkeson and Patricia Jaramillo, presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association, April 12-15, 2006, San Antonio, Texas with Patricia Jaramillo.

2006    “Race, Media, and the Evaluation of Government Response to Hurricane Katrina,” presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association, April 12-15, 2006, San Antonio, Texas with Cherie Maestas.

2006    “Examining Gender Bias in Press Coverage of Mayoral Races,” presented at the Western Political Science Association, March 16-18, 2006, Albuquerque New Mexico with Cherie Maestas.

2006    Discussant/chair, “Public Opinion in Comparative Perspective,” Western Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting, March 16-18, 2006, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2005    “Internet Polls and Political Activists,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association,” April 6-8, Chicago, Illinois, with Lori Tafoya.

 2005   “Threat and Political Engagement in Presidential Nomination Politics,” presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association, March 23-26, New Orleans, Louisiana. 

2004    “Nomination Turnout and Frontloading,” presented at the Western Political Science Association, March 11-13, Portland, Oregon with Cherie Maestas.

2004    “Press Coverage in Mayoral Elections: Is there a Gender Bias?  Lonna Rae Atkeson and Timothy Krebs, presented at the American Political Sciences Association, August, Washington DC.

2003    “Frontloading and Presidential Primary Voting,” presented at the American Political Science Association, August, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Cherie Maestas.

2003    “Not All Cues are Created Equal: The Conditional Impact of Female Candidates on Political Engagement,” presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association, April 16-19, San Antonio, Texas.

2003    “Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the New Mexico Federal Races in 2003,” presented at the Western Political Science Association, March 26-29, Denver, Colorado with Nancy Carrillo and Maggie Toulouse.

2002    “Divisive Primaries and National Party Unity,” presented at the American Political Science Association, August 28-September 1, Boston, Massachusetts with Audrey Haynes and Paul Gurrian.

2002    “Explaining Presidential Divisive Primaries,” presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association, March 27-30, New Orleans, Louisiana.

2001    “More is Better: The Impact of Female Representation on Citizen Attitudes Toward Government Responsiveness,” presented at the American Political Science Association, August 27-30, San Francisco, California, with Nancy B. Carrillo.

2001    "The Influence of the Mass Media on US and Japanese Attitudes toward US-Japan Trade Relations, presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association, March 23-25, Ft. Worth, Texas, with Wendy L. Hansen.

2000    “Descriptive Representation and External Efficacy,” presented at the International Society for Political Psychology,  July 1-4, Seattle, Washington with Nancy Carrillo,

2000        Discussant, “Senate and Gubernatorial Candidates,” presented at the Midwestern Political Science Association, April 27-29, Chicago, Illinois.

2000    “Political Communication: The Dimension of Federalism,” presented at the Midwestern Political Science Association, April 27-29, Chicago, Illinois, with Randall Partin. 

2000    “Increasing External Efficacy: The Importance of Gender Diversity in State Legislatures” presented at the Western Political Science Association, March 24-26, San Jose, California with Nancy Carrillo. 

2000    Panelist, Roundtable on Presidential Primaries, presented at the Western Political Science Association, March 24-26, San Jose, California

2000    Panelist, Roundtable on Presidential Primaries presented at the Southwestern Social Science Association’s Annual Meeting March 16-18, Galveston, Texas.

2000    “Sects and Politics,” presented at the Southwestern Social Science Association, March 16-18, Galveston, Texas with Joseph Stewart, Jr.

1999    “Dividing the Flock: Religion and Political Participation” presented at the American Political Science Association, September 1-5, Atlanta, Georgia with Joseph Stewart, Jr. 

1999    Participant, Political Methodology Summer Conference, July 15-18. 

1999    Panelist, Roundtable on “Issue Ads, Party Soft Money and Independent Expenditures,” participant at the Western Political Science Association, March 24-March 26 in Seattle, Washington. 

1998    “The Three Legs of the Gubernatorial and Senate Elections: Voters, The Media and Candidates” presented at the American Political Science Association, Boston, September 2-5, Massachusetts with Randall Partin.

1998    Discussant Panel and Chair on "The Dynamics of Primaries" presented at the Western Political Science Association, March, Los Angeles, CA.

1998    "Thinking and Discussing Politics: The Role of Gender” presented at the Western Political Science Association, Los Angeles, CA

1997    Discussant, Panel on "Public Opinion and Public Policy" at the American Political Science Association, August 27-August 31, Washington, D.C.

1997    "American and Japanese Attitudes toward US-Japan Trade Relations" poster presented at the American Political Science Association, Washington DC with Wendy L. Hansen.

1997    "Are they Different or are they the Same?  An Examination of Male and Female Political Activists"  presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association, March 23-26, New Orleans, Louisiana, with Linda Crawford.

1997    Chair/Discussant Panel on "Nomination Politics" at the Western Political Science Association, March 13-15 Tucson, Arizona.

1996    "The Relationship between Presidential Divisive Primaries and General Election Outcomes" presented at the Workshop on Presidential Nominations at the Southern Political Science Association, November 6-9, Atlanta, Georgia.

1996    "Divisive Primaries and General Election Outcomes: Another Look at Presidential Campaigns" poster presented at the American Political Science Association, August 28 - September 1, San Francisco, California.

1996    "Persuading Voters: Federalism and Paid Election Advertisements in Senate and Governor's Races" presented at the 1996 Western Political Science Association, March 13-16, San Francisco, California, with Randall Partin. 

1995    Discussant/Chair: Panel on "Voting, Issues, and Campaigns" at the Western Political Science Association, March 16-19, Portland, Oregon.

1995    Panelist, "Roundtable, 1994 Midterm Elections" at the Western Political Science Association, March 16-19, Portland, Oregon.

1994    "Presidential Nomination Campaigns and General Elections:  The Divisive Primary Hypothesis Revisited" presented at the American Political Science Association, September 1-4, New York, New York.

1994    "A Simulation Model of Presidential Nomination Choice" presented at the European Consortium for Political Science Research,  April 12-16, Madrid, Spain, with Walter J. Stone, and Ronald Rapoport. 

1994    "A Re-Examination of the Divisive Nomination Hypothesis" presented at the Western Political Science Association, March 10-13, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

1993    "The Perot Campaign: Volunteers and Voters" presented at the American Political Science Association, September 2-5, Washington DC. with Walter J. Stone, Ronald Rapoport, Jay McCann, and Randall Partin.

1993    Discussant: Panel on "Candidate Recruitment and the Nomination Process" at the Western Political Science Association, March 18-20, Pasadena, California.

1993    "Economic Voting: A Comparison of Gubernatorial and Senate Elections" presented at the Western Political Science Association, March 18-20, Pasadena, California with Randall W. Partin.

1992    "Divisive Nomination Campaigns: An Experimental Look at Attitude Change during a Simulated Presidential Campaign," presented at the American Political Science Association, September 3-6, Chicago, Illinois.

1992    "Gender and Choice in Presidential Nomination Campaigns," presented at the Western Political Science Association, March 19-21, San Francisco, California.

1991    "Candidate Choice on Super Tuesday: An Expected Utility Approach," presented at the American Political Science Association, August 29 - September 1, Washington DC with Walter J. Stone and Sean Q. Kelly.

1991          "Moving Toward Unity:  Attitudes in the Nomination and General Election Stages of the Campaign," presented at the Western Political Science Association, March 21-24, Seattle, Washington.

1991    "An Expected Utility Model of Nomination Choice," presented at the Western Political Science Association, March 21-24, Seattle, Washington with Walter J. Stone and Ronald Rapoport.

1990    "The Carryover Effect Revisited: Mobilization and Demobilization Effects of Presidential Nomination Campaigns," presented at the Western Political Science Association, March 21-23, Newport Beach, California with Walter J. Stone.

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES:

 

Invited Talks and Participation:

 

Workshop “The 2008 Presidential Nominating Campaign,” hosted by the Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, TBA. 

“First Tuesday Forums on American Democracy and Elections,” University of Arizona, Department of Political Science, October 2, 2007.

      PBS interview guest, The Line, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 29, 2007.

Panelist, Press Conference, War Games: Issues and Resources in the Battle for Control of Congress, Washington DC, February 2-3, 2007, Pew Charitable Trusts.

“Voter Confidence: A Local Matter?” at “The Future of Election Reform and Ethics in the State,” hosted by Kent State University, Department of Political Science, Columbus, Ohio, January 16-17, 2007 with Kyle Saunders.

Workshop on Voting Technology and Practices, hosted by the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young University and the Center for American Politics and Citizenship at the University of Maryland, Salt Lake City, May 7, 2007.

Invited Participant, Political Methodology Conference, Davis California, July 20-23, 2006

Invited Participant, Federal 2006 Congressional Election Conference, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, June 22-23, 2006.

PBS interview guest, The Line, November 7, 2006.

            PBS interview guest, The Line, October, 2006.

            “Voter Decision-Making on the Heels of Iowa and New Hampshire,” at “Exploring the Western Presidential Primary Option,” hosted by the Western Policy Research Network at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah September 28-29, 2006.

PBS interview, In Focus, Topic: New Mexico Federal and State Elections, October, 2004

      “University Of New Mexico Showcase Interview,” KUNM, November 1, 2002.

“Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Elections,” Roswell High School, Roswell, New Mexico

"More Errors in Voting Behavior: Overreport of Vote for the Party Nominee in the National Election Studies, " Institute for Public Policy, University of New Mexico, July 1997

“Thinking and Discussing Politics: The Role of Gender," Feminist Research Institute, University of New Mexico, December 5, 1997

Participant, Press Conference on “The Role of Soft Money in 1998 Federal Elections,” Washington DC, February 1, 1999.

PBS interview, In Focus, Topic: Negative Advertising in New Mexico Elections, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 30, 1998

American Association of University Women, University of Colorado, 1994

 

Department/University Committee Work/Service:

      Chair, faculty hiring committee American Politics/Public Policy, Fall 2006–Spring 2007

      Senate Graduate Committee, Fall 2007-present

      Chair, University Honorary Degree Committee, AY 2006-07, 2007-08

      Director, Legislative Internship Program, Fall 2005-present

Director, Department Honors Program, 2002-present

Faculty hiring committee, American Politics, Fall 2004/spring 2005/

Graduate Committee, 2003-2004

Regents’ Lecturer Appointment Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, University of New Mexico, 2004

      Chair, faculty hiring committee, American Politics/Public Law, spring 2004

      Faculty hiring committee, American Politics, summer 2003

Political Methodology Committee, Chair 2002

Faculty hiring committee, American Politics/Public Policy, 2001

Steering Committee, Institute for Public Policy, 2001, 2002

College of Arts and Sciences, Research Semester Review Committee

Department Roper Center Representative

Undergraduate Committee 1997-98

Executive Committee, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004

Reader for Methodology Comprehensive Exam, Fall 1999, Fall 2000

Organized Methodology Comprehensive Exam, Fall 2000

Organized American Comprehensive Exam Fall 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004; Spring 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007

Reader for American Comprehensive Exam Fall 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002; Spring 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007

Faculty hiring committee, American Politics, State and Local, 1996

Faculty hiring committee, American Politics/Public Law, 1995

Computer Lab Committee, 1995

 

Ph.D. Dissertation Committees:

      Lisa Bryant (Chair)

Lori Tafoya (Chair)

                  Clogg Fellowship ICPSR, Summer 2004         

Nancy Carrillo (Chair)

Anthony Coveny (Chair, Ph.D. May 2002)

Francois Gullineau (Co-chair, Ph.D. December 2002)

Assistant Professor, University of Leval, Canada

Received Popejoy Dissertation Award, 2004

Jennifer Espey (Ph.D 1998)

 

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Vincent Ward, 1997

Maggie Toulouse 2001

John Sugg, 2004 (Chair)

Southwestern Political Science Association Best Undergraduate Paper, Corpus Christi, Texas

            Maureen Shaw 2004

            Sean Romero 2004 (Chair)

            Mekoce Walker 2005

Southwestern Political Science Association Best Undergraduate Paper, San Antonio, Texas

            Dahlia Dorman 2006 (Chair)

            Jacqueline Belding 2006 (Chair)

            Kevin Pierce 2006 (Chair)

            Lisa Bryant 2006 (Chair)

            Scott Darnell 2007 (Chair)

            Alex Adams 2007 (Chair)

            Jamie Gonzales 2007

 

Manuscript Referee:

American Political Science Review

American Journal of Political Science

American Politics Quarterly American Politics Review

Political Research Quarterly

Journal of Politics

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Southeastern Political Review

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Editorial Board Member, 2001-2003

Women and Politics

Journal of Theoretical Politics

British Journal of Politics

Politics and Policy

Gender and Politics

Policy Studies Journal

 

Grant Referee:

National Science Foundation, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005

Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences, 2003

 

Associations and Association Service:

American Political Science Association

Council Member, Political Organizations and Parties, 2006-2008

Section Chair, Elections, Voting Behavior and Public Opinion, 2007

Chair, Emerging Scholar Award, Political Parties and Organizations Section, American Political Science Association, 2007

Council Member, State Party and Politics, 2003-2004

Council Member, Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior, 1998-2000

Chair, Committee on Undergraduate and Graduate Methods, Political Methodology, 2006-2007

Southern Political Science Association

American Association for Public Opinion Research

International Society for Political Psychology

Western Political Science Association

Committee on Professional Ethics, 2004-2005

Member, Charles Redd Award Paper Committee, 2003-2004

Program Committee, Political Parties, 2003-2004

Chair, Betty Nesvold Women and Politics Award, 1999-2000

Program Committee, Voting and Elections, 1998-1999

Nomination Committee, 1999-2000

Midwest Political Science Association

            Best Paper by an Emerging Scholar Award, 2007

Southwestern Political Science Association

            President, 2006-2007

            President Elect, 2005-2006

Southwestern Social Science Association Nomination Committee, 2002-2005, Nomination Committee Chair 2003-2204, 2004-2005

            Nomination Committee Chair, 2002-2003, 2003-2004

            Nomination Committee, 2001-2004

            Vice President and Program Chair, 2001-2002

            Vice President Elect, 2000-2001

Chair, Pi Sigma Alpha Award for Best Paper, Political Science Program, 2000

            Council Member, 1999-2000

Program Committee, Political Parties and Interest Groups, 1997

 

Other Service:

Reviewer, Tenure and Promotion files, University of Kentucky, University of Georgia, Colorado State University

Contributor, New Mexico Captiol Report

 

Community Service:

Speaker, “Does Your Vote Count,” League of Women Voters, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October, 2007

Help America Vote Act, New Mexico Advisory Commission, Member, Spring-Summer 2003

Numerous (100s of) interviews with local, national and international print, radio, and TV journalists (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Panel member, "Expanding Democracy," presented by the Albuquerque League of Women Voters, April, 1998. 

Presentation on Campaign Finance Reform for the Campaign Finance and Reform Committee of the New Mexico State Legislature, July 30, 1999

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

 

Consultant, Penny Adrian for Congress, Summer 2006

Consultant, Duran, Giles and Rappaport vs The City of Albuquerque, Summer 2001

Consultant, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris and Sisk, September-November, 1999

Expert Witness: The People versus Nathan Dunlap, Change of Venue Motion, 1995

Public Opinion Research Analyst, various election campaigns, 1994, Talmey-Drake Research and Strategy, Inc., Boulder, Colorado

 

 

REFERENCES:

 

Available upon request.