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Education:
Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1979
Courses Offered:
- USU 1300h U.S. Institutions
- PolS 1100 U.S. Government and Policy
- PolS 3000 Introduction to Political Research
- PolS 3130 U.S. Legislative Politics
- PolS 4820 Natural Resources and Environmental Policy
- PolS 5180 Natural Resource Policy
Current Research:
U.S. national institutions, U.S. public policy, U.S. natural resource policy, U.S. environmental policy, U.S. political parties, campaigns, elections. An article assessing how President George W. Bush's personality is likely to shape his leadership style, and a book chapter critiquing the feasibility of "free market" approaches to natural resource management.
Prominent Publications:
- Author of journal article: "Presidential Character Revisited." Political Psychology, September 1997.
- Co-Author of journal article: "Incumbency, Reapportionment, and the 1997-92 U.S. House Redistricting." Political Research Quarterly, December 1995.
- Co-Author of study guide: To accompany American Politics by William Lasser. D.C. Heath, 1996.
Recent Publications:
- Primary Elections and Congressional Representation, editor with Peter F. Galderisi and Marni Ezra, Roman and Littlefield Press, 2001
- "Congressional Self Interest, Bureaucratic Self Interest, and U.S. Environmental Policy Implementation," Environmental Law Reporter, Fall 2000
- "Political Self Interest and U.S. Environmental Policy," Natural Resources Journal, July 1999
- "Presidential Character Revisited," Political Psychology, September 1997
Other Interests:
Fly fishing, tomato gardening, skiing, and Italian, French, Spanish, Mexican, and Thai cooking.
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