JEFFREY S. PEAKE

Department of Political Science

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, OH 43403

Office: (419) 372-8194

Mobile: (419) 464-6307

jpeake@bgnet.bgsu.edu

(Updated December 8, 2009)

 

 

I.          Academic Degrees

           

            Ph.D., Political Science, Texas A&M University (May, 1999).

Examination Fields: American Politics, Public Policy and Public Administration, US Foreign Affairs. 

Committee Chair: Professor George C. Edwards, III. 

Dissertation:  “Presidential Agenda Setting in Foreign Policy”

     

            B.A., Political Science, Clemson University, 1992.

 

 

II.        Academic Positions

           

Associate Professor with tenure, Dept. of Political Science, Bowling Green State

     University, 2005-present.

 

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, BGSU, 1999-2005.

 

            Instructor, Dept. of Political Science, Texas A&M University, 1997-1999.

 

 

III.       Teaching Experiences

 

A.    Undergraduate Courses

 

Semester

Course

Enrollment

 

Spring 2010

 

POLS 1100 Introduction to American Politics

 

90

 

POLS 3450 Legislative Process

38

 

POLS 4700 Undergraduate Research

9

 

Fall 2009

 

POLS 1100 Introduction to American Politics

 

84

 

Summer 2009

 

POLS 346 (online) The Presidency

 

25

 

POLS 443 Politics & Mass Media

13

 

Spring 2009

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

83

 

POLS 345 Legislative Process

46

 

POLS 470 Undergraduate Research

12

 

Fall 2008

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

55

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

48

 

Summer 2008

 

POLS 346 (online) The Presidency

 

23

 

POLS 443 Politics & Mass Media

11

 

Spring 2008

 

POLS 345 Legislative Process

 

54

 

Fall 2007

 

POLS 110V Introduction to American Politics (BGeX)

 

24

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

46

 

Summer 2007

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

 

23

 

POLS 443 Politics & Mass Media

23

 

Spring 2007

 

On Faculty Improvement Leave

 

 

Fall 2006

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

53

 

POLS 110V Introduction to American Politics (BGeX)

24

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

46

 

Summer 2006

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

 

14

 

POLS 443/543 Politics & Mass Media

7/6

 

Spring 2006

 

POLS 345 Legislative Process

 

48

 

POLS 400 Leadership & Democracy (Sr. Capstone)

12

 

Fall 2005

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

166

 

POLS 110V Introduction to American Politics (BGeX)

28

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

51

 

Summer 2005

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

24

 

POLS 443/543 Politics & Mass Media

17/6

 

Spring 2005

 

POLS 345 Legislative Process

 

59

 

POLS 443/543 Politics & Mass Media

47/5

 

Fall 2004

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

149

 

POLS 110V Introduction to American Politics (BGeX)

16

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

43

 

Summer 2004

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

14

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

23

 

Spring 2004

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

147

 

POLS 443 Politics & Mass Media

39

 

Fall 2003

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

117

 

POLS 110Q Introduction to American Politics

31

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

39

 

Summer 2003

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

12

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

15

 

Spring 2003

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

171

 

POLS 345 Legislative Process

44

 

Fall 2002

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

151

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

47

 

POLS 443 Politics & Mass Media

34

 

Summer 2002

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

 

15

 

POLS 443 Politics & Mass Media

15

 

Spring 2002

 

POLS 345 Legislative Process

 

48

 

Fall 2001

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

80

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

91

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

43

 

Summer 2001

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

 

18

 

Spring 2001

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

148

 

POLS 345 Legislative Process

36

 

Fall 2000

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

107

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

63

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

57

 

Summer 2000

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

 

12

 

Spring 2000

 

POLS 345 Legislative Process

 

28

 

POLS 346 The Presidency

35

 

Fall 1999

 

POLS 290 Introduction to Political Inquiry

 

28

 

POLS 110 Introduction to American Politics

77

 

 

 

Other Undergraduate Teaching:

 

            POLS 470       Independent Study—Usually 1 or 2 per semester, including summer

 

POLS 492       Internship Advising—1 or 2 per semester including students interning in

the Washington Center program.  Internships include positions in congressional offices, on campaigns, the White House, and various cabinet departments.

 

POLS 495/HIST 480  Honors thesis advising—including (6 theses total)

 

 

B.     Awards for Undergraduate Teaching

 

                 2009 Disability Services Outstanding Faculty Award, BGSU, April 2009.

                 2008 Faculty Excellence Award (teaching), University St. Gov’t, BGSU, April 2008.

                 2008 APSA Certificate for Outstanding Teaching in Political Science, presented at the

            APSA meetings, Pi Sigma Alpha, Aug. 29, 2008.

 

 

C.     Undergraduate Advising

 

AY 2009-10          114 students

AY 2008-09          107 students

AY 2007-08          110 students

 

 

D.  Graduate Teaching

 

Semester

Course

Enrollment

 

Fall 2009

 

POLS 6200 Public Policy & Public Administration

 

12

 

Summer 2006

 

POLS 543 Politics & Mass Media

 

6

 

Summer 2005

 

POLS 543 Politics & Mass Media

 

6

 

Spring 2005

 

POLS 543 Politics & Mass Media

 

5

 

Spring 2002

 

POLS 631 Seminar on American Politics

 

7

 

 

Other Graduate Teaching:

 

POLS 689       Public Service Internship (Experiential paper)—4 students

 

E. Graduate Thesis and Dissertation Committees

 

MPA Thesis Committee          Kristin Ruff (2008)

 

MA Thesis Committee            Christina Stefanik (German/POLS, 2009)

                                                            Jay Faykosh (History, 2009)

 

MPA Experiential Paper Advisor—4 students

 

Ph.D. Diss. Committee           Alvin D. Beggs (History, expected 2010)

 

Graduate College Representative on dissertation committees (three times)

 

 

            F. Course Development

 

Completed department’s course development (blue sheets) for: POLS 110 and POLS 346; Web course development for POLS 346; Developed POLS 400 (Democracy and Leadership).

 

 

IV.       Research Interests

 

The American Presidency: Presidential-congressional relations, presidential agenda setting, the public presidency, media coverage of presidents and presidential candidates.

 

American Foreign Policy Process: Presidential-congressional relations in foreign policy, treaties and executive agreements.

 

 

V.        Funded Research Grants

 

(Co-PI) “Overt Message/Covert Meaning: Race and Gender in Press Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Campaign,” 2009 American Political Science Association Small Research Grant, with Melissa Miller ($2,200).

 

(Co-PI) “Press Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Election,” Center for Research Libraries through the BGSU University Libraries, August, 2008, with Melissa Miller ($940).

 

(Co-PI) “Press Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Primaries,” Center for Research Libraries through the BGSU University Libraries, August, 2007, with Melissa Miller ($1,500).

 

BGSU Mentor Grant, SPAR, BGSU, March, 2007, with Melissa Miller ($1,000).

 

(PI) “The Politics of International Agreements:  Presidential-Congressional Relations on Treaties and Executive Agreements,” the Carl Albert Center’s Visiting Scholars Program, University of Oklahoma, August, 2005 ($1,000).          

 

(Co-PI) “Presidential-Congressional Relations on International Agreements, 1949-2000,” (2003).  Dirksen Congressional Center, Congressional Research Award, with Glen Krutz of University of Oklahoma ($3,479).

 

(PI) “Presidential Agenda-Setting in Foreign Policy,” (1998) American Politics Dissertation Grant, Center for Presidential Studies, Program in American Politics, Texas A&M University ($3,000).

 

 

VI.       Publications

           

            A.  Books (Research Monographs)

 

Glen S. Krutz and Jeffrey S. Peake (2009), Treaty Politics and the Rise of Executive Agreements: International Commitments in a System of Shared Powers, Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 978-0-472-11687-4

 

 

            B.  Refereed Journal Articles

                

Melissa K. Miller, Jeffrey S. Peake, and Brittany Boulton. “Testing the Saturday Night Live Hypothesis: Fairness and Bias in Newspaper Coverage of Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign,” forthcoming (2010) in Politics & Gender.

 

Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Jeffrey S. Peake. “The Presidency and Local Media: Local Newspaper Coverage of President George W. Bush,” Presidential Studies Quarterly 38 (December 2008): 606-627. [Special Issue on the President and the Press, invited paper].

           

            Jeffrey S. Peake and Amanda Parks. “Presidential Pseudo-Events and the Media

            Coverage They Receive,” American Review of Politics 29 (Summer 2008): 85-108.

           

            Jeffrey S. Peake and Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha. "The Agenda-Setting Impact of Major

            Presidential TV Addresses,” Political Communication 25 (April-June 2008): 113-137.

 

Jeffrey S. Peake. “Presidents and Front-Page News: How America’s Newspapers Cover the Bush Administration,” Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 12 (Fall 2007): 52-70.

           

Jeffrey S. Peake, David J. Jackson, and Glen Biglaiser. “’Don’t Go Changing to Try and Please Me’: a Preference-Consistency Analysis on Trade Policy in the U.S. House.” Congress & the Presidency 34 (Spring 2007): 79-99.

 

            Andrew W. Barrett and Jeffrey S. Peake. “When the President Comes to Town:

Examining Local Newspaper Coverage of Domestic Presidential Travel.” American Politics Research 35 (January 2007): 3-31.

 

Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Jeffrey S. Peake. “‘Going Local’ to Reform Social

Security.” Presidential Studies Quarterly 36 (December 2006): 689-704.

 

            Glen S. Krutz and Jeffrey S. Peake. “The Changing Nature of Presidential Policymaking

            on International Agreements,” Presidential Studies Quarterly 36 (Sep. 2006): 391-409.

 

            Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Jeffrey S. Peake. “Presidents and the Economic Agenda,”

            Political Research Quarterly 58 (March 2005): 127-38.

 

Karl DeRouen, Jr., Jeffrey S. Peake, and Kenneth Ward. “Presidential Mandates and the Dynamics of Senate Advice and Consent, 1885-1996.” American Politics Research 33 (January 2005): 106-131.

 

            Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Jeffrey S. Peake. “Presidential Influence Over the

            Systemic Agenda.” Congress & the Presidency 31 (Autumn 2004): 181-201.

 

Glen Biglaiser, David J. Jackson, and Jeffrey S. Peake. "Back on Track: Support for Presidential Trade Authority in the House of Representatives." American Politics Research 32 (November 2004): 679-697.

 

            Jeffrey S. Peake and Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha. "U.S. Presidents, the Foreign Policy

            Agenda, and U.S.-East Asian Relations." Korean Journal of Public Policy 14 (December

            2003): 139-161.

 

Karl DeRouen and Jeffrey S. Peake. "The Dynamics of Diversion: The Domestic Implications of Presidential Use of Force." International Interactions 28 (April-June 2002): 191-211.

 

            Jeffrey S. Peake. "Coalition Building and Overcoming Gridlock in Foreign Policy,

            1947-1998." Presidential Studies Quarterly 32 (March 2002): 67-83.

 

            Jeffrey S. Peake. "Presidential Agenda Setting in Foreign Policy."  Political Research

            Quarterly 54 (March 2001): 69-86.

           

B. Dan Wood and Jeffrey S. Peake. “The Dynamics of Foreign Policy Agenda Setting.”  American Political Science Review 92: No. 1 (March 1998): 173-184.

 

            George C. Edwards, Andrew Barrett, and Jeffrey Peake. “The Legislative Impact of

            Divided Government.”  American Journal of Political Science 41 (April 1997): 545-563.

 

           

            C.  Book Chapters and Contributions to Edited Volumes

           

Jeffrey S. Peake. "Congress” and “Congressional Responses.” In Historical Encyclopedia of U.S. Presidential Use of Force, 1789-2000, pp. 51-59, 59-65.  Karl DeRouen Jr., ed, Greenwood Press (2001).

 

           

            D.  Book Reviews and Other Publications

 

Review of Spinner in Chief: How Presidents sell their Policies and Themselves, Stephen J. Farnsworth, Paradigm Press, Journalism, (forthcoming).

 

Review of Congress and the Cold War, Robert David Johnson, Cambridge University Press, in Journal of Political and Military Sociology, 2008, 36 (2): 294-96.

 

Review of While Dangers Gather: Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers, William G. Howell and Jon C. Pevehouse, Princeton University Press (2007), in Presidential Studies Quarterly, 2008, 38 (4): 768-69.

 

Review of The Presidential Agenda: Sources of Executive Influence in Congress, Roger T. Larocca, Ohio State University Press, in Political Science Quarterly 2007, 122 (3): 509-11.

 

            Review of Mandate Politics. Lawrence Grossback, David Peterson, and James Stimson,

Cambridge University Press, in the Journal of Politics, 2007, 69 (August): 890-92.

 

            Glen S. Krutz and Jeffrey S. Peake. "The Politics of International Agreements:  Seeking

Insights into Inter-Branch Relations," published in the Legislative Studies Section Newsletter, American Political Science Association (2002: Spring).

           

            Review of Defense Spending and Congress: the Distributive Politics of Military

            Procurement. Barry S. Rundquist and Thomas M. Carsey, University of Oklahoma Press,

            in Congress and the Presidency, 2002, 29 (2): 232-34.

 

Review of Foreign Policy and Congress: an International Relations Perspective.  Marie Henehan, University of Michigan Press (2000), in Armed Services and Society, 2002, 28 (Winter): 353-56.

 

 

VII.  Research in Progress

 

What Goes around Comes around: Presidential Leadership of the Public and News

Media, book manuscript under preparation, with Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, University of North Texas.

 

“Presidents, the Media, and Public: The Case of Iraq,” article manuscript under review,

   with Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, University of North Texas.

 

“The Rise of the U.S. House in Passing Treaty Implementation Legislation,” article

manuscript under review, with Glen Krutz and Walt Jatkowski, University of  Oklahoma.

 

        “Press Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Election,” a major study on newspaper

            coverage in the earliest primary/caucus states for the nomination contests and battleground states for the general election, with Melissa Miller, BGSU.

       

        “Framing the Candidates,” article manuscript in preparation, with Melissa Miller, BGSU.

 

       

VIII.  Convention Papers

 

      “Presidents, the Media, and Public: The Case of Iraq,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Sep. 2009 (with Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha).

    

     You've Come a Long Way Baby? Press Coverage of Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign,” Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago, Apr. 2009, with Melissa Miller and Brittany Boulton, BGSU.

    

     “Presidential Primaries and the News: Coverage of the 2008 Nomination Campaign,” American Political Science Association Meetings, Philadelphia, Aug. 2008, with Melissa Miller, BGSU.

    

     “Testing the Saturday Night Live Hypothesis: A Study of Hillary Clinton’s Press Coverage,” National Women’s Studies Association Meetings, Cincinnati, Jun. 2008, with Melissa Miller and Brittany Boulton, BGSU.   

 

     “Presidential Primaries in Print: Newspaper Coverage of the 2008 Campaign,”

        Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago, Apr. 2008, with Melissa Miller, BGSU.                       

       

        “The Forgotten House? Treaties, Executive Agreements and the Role of the

  U.S. House of Representatives,” American Political Science Association  

  Meetings, Chicago, Aug. 2007, with Glen Krutz and Walt Jatkowski.

           

       “Presidents, America’s Newspapers, and Pseudo-Events,” Midwest Political

            Science Association Meetings, Chicago, Apr. 2007, with Amanda Jo Parks.

 

       “Presidents and Front-Page News: How America’s Newspapers Cover the Bush

            Administration,” Southern Political Science Association Meetings, New Orleans,

            LA, Jan. 2007.

 

   “Presidential Leadership of Public Opinion on the Economy,” Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago, IL, Apr. 2006, with Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha.

       

   “New Strategies in Presidential Policy Appeals: the Case of Social Security Reform,” Southern Political Science Association Meetings, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 2005, with Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha.

       

   “On the Road Again: Local Media Coverage of Presidential Domestic Travel,” Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago, IL, Apr. 2005, with Andrew Barrett.

       

   “Presidential Decisions on International Agreements: The Alternative Use of Treaties and Executive Agreements,” Southern Political Science Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 2005, with Glen Krutz.

 

   “’Don’t Go Changing to Try to Please Me:’ A Preference-Consistency Analysis on Trade Policy in the U.S. House,” Southern Political Science Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 2005, with Glen Biglaiser and David Jackson.

       

   “Delayed Diplomacy: The Politics of Treaty Ratification in the U.S. Senate,” Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago, IL, Apr. 2004, with Glen Krutz.

 

“The Limits of Presidential Rhetoric: the Agenda-Setting Impact of Major Television Addresses,” American Political Science Association meetings, Sep. 2003, Philadelphia, PA, with Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha.

 

“A Lack of Presidential Influence? The Going Public Assumption Revisited,” Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, April 2003, Chicago, with Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha.                      

 

        “When Legislators Change Their Mind: Explaining Congressional Behavior on

     Fast-Track Trade Authority, 1998 and 2001.” Southern Political Science

Association Meetings, Savannah, GA, Nov. 2002, with Glen Biglaiser and David Jackson.

 

        “Presidential Priorities and Issue Salience in the Public and Media." Midwest

             Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, Apr. 2002, with Matthew Eshbaugh-

             Soha.

 

        “The Politics of International Agreements: Insights into Presidential-

Congressional Relations.” Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 2001, with Glen Krutz.

       

        “Taking it to the Senate: Treaties, Executive Agreements, and Presidential-

             Congressional Relations.” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL,

             Apr. 2001, Glen Krutz.

 

        “Congressional Activism in Foreign Policy.”  Midwest Political Science

             Association, Chicago, IL, Apr. 2000.

 

        “The Dynamics of Diversion.”  Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago,

             IL, Apr. 2000, with Karl DeRouen.

 

        “Untangling the Web: the President’s Foreign Policy Agenda.” Midwest   

             Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, Apr. 1999.

 

        “President, the Media, and Congress in Foreign Aid and Trade Policy.”  Southern

             Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 1998.

 

   “Presidential Agenda Setting in Foreign Policy: Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way.”  American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, Sep. 1998.

 

        “The President, the Media, and Congress in Setting the Foreign Policy Agenda.”

             Southern Political Science Association, Norfolk, VA, Nov. 1997.

       

        “The Impact of Divided Government on Setting the Legislative Agenda.”

Southwest Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, Mar. 1997, with Andrew Barrett.

       

        “The Dynamics of Foreign Policy Agenda Setting.”  Midwest Political Science

             Association, Chicago, IL, Apr. 1996, with B. Dan Wood.

 

        “The Legislative Impact of Divided Government: What Failed to Pass,”

American Political Science Association, New York, NY, Aug. 1995, with George C. Edwards and Andrew Barrett.

       

 

IX.       Service

 

        A.  Department

       

        Undergraduate Advisor (for alpha A-K), Political Science, BGSU, Fall 2007-present.

Interim Department Chair, Political Science, BGSU, Summer, 2003.

Merit and Promotion Committee, Political Science, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007-2008.

Reappointment and Tenure Committee, Political Science, 2005, 2007-2008.

Political Theory Search Committee, Political Science, BGSU, 2001-2002.

        Public Administration Search Committee, Political Science, BGSU, 2000-2001, 2002-2003

                 (Chair), 2003-2004 (Chair).

        American Politics Search (Chair), Political Science, BGSU, 1999-2000; 2004-2005.

        Public Law Search Committee, Political Science, BGSU, 2006.

        Instructor Search (Chair), Political Science, BGSU, 2006.

        Graduate Committee, Political Science, BGSU, 1999-2003, 2004-2005.

        Undergraduate Committee, Political Science, BGSU, 1999-present.

Committee Member, Burrell Scholarship, Political Science, BGSU. 2000-2003, 2009.

 

       

        B.  College

 

College of Arts & Sciences Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment Committee, 2008-2010.

College of Arts & Sciences, Ad Hoc Faculty Investigation Committee- Summer 2008.

 

 

        C.  University

 

Committee Member, Faculty Personnel Conciliation Committee (Faculty Senate), Spring

         2008.

Faculty Senator, BGSU, Fall 2000, 2001, 2003.

Committee Member, Frazier Reams Fellowship Selection Committee, 2008-present.

Constitution Day Organizer and Panel Discussant, Sep. 17, 2007.

Committee Member, Academic Honesty Committee, 2004-05.

BGSU Orientation & Registration Luncheons, 2004-2007.

Committee Member, Journey Towards Democracy (Fac. Senate), BGSU 2003-04.

Committee Member, Faculty Welfare Committee (Fac. Senate), BGSU, 2001-04.

        Committee Member, Distinguished Dissertation Award, BGSU, 2001.

Advisor, Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honorary, BGSU, 1999-2004.

Advisor, College Republicans, BGSU, 2000-2003, 2007-present.

 

 

D.  Professional Service

 

Executive Board Member, Presidency Research Group (APSA), 2007-present.

Committee Member, Best Dissertation on the Presidency (the George C. Edwards Award),

         Presidency Research Group (APSA), 2007-2009.

Committee Member, Best Graduate Student Conference Paper Award, Presidency Research

         Group (APSA), 2004-2006.

AP Exam Reader, June 2000, 2001, 2002, for AP US Government and Politics.

       

Grant Peer Reviewer for: 

National Science Foundation (3 grant proposals);

The Dirksen Congressional Center Grant Review (2 grant proposals);

 

Peer Reviewer for Journals (95 total articles):

American Journal of Political Science (17 ms);

Journal of Politics (15 ms);

Political Research Quarterly (5 ms);

Legislative Studies Quarterly (4 ms);

Perspectives on Politics (1 ms);

International Studies Quarterly (3 ms);

Foreign Policy Analysis (2 ms);

Polity (2 ms);

Journal of Conflict Resolution (3 ms);

Presidential Studies Quarterly (13 ms);

American Politics Research (13 ms);

Political Communication (3 ms);

American Review of Politics (1 ms);

Journal of Policy History (1 ms);

Congress & the Presidency (6 ms);

Politics & Policy (2 ms);

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics (2 ms);

Communications Reports (1 ms);

Journalism (1 ms);

       

        Book Publishers:

        Lynne Rienner Publishers (2 book ms);

        Congressional Quarterly Press, Inc. (1 textbook ms);

        Prentice-Hall Press (1 textbook ms).

       

        Panel Discussant and Chair at Conferences:

        “Congress, the President, and the Politics of Signing Statements,” Discussant/Chair, APSA,

                 September 2009.

        “Presidential-Cong. Policy-Making,” Discussant/Chair, MPSA, Chicago, April 2008.

        “War and the Presidency,” Discussant, APSA, Boston, MA, August 2008.

        Executive Politics Section, Discussant, MPSA, Chicago, IL, April 2007.

        Presidential Politics Section, Discussant, SPSA, New Orleans, LA, January 2007.

        Executive Politics Section, Discussant, MPSA, Chicago, IL, April 2006.

        Presidential Politics Section, Discussant, SPSA, Atlanta, GA, January 2006.

        Executive Politics Section, Discussant, MPSA, Chicago, IL, April 2005.

        Presidential Politics Section, Discussant, SPSA, New Orleans, LA, January 2005.

        Executive Politics Section, Discussant & Chair, MPSA, Chicago, IL. April 2004.

        Presidential Politics Section, Discussant, APSA, Philadelphia, MA, September 2003.

        Executive Politics Section, Discussant, MPSA, Chicago, IL, April 2003.

        Executive Politics Section, Discussant & Chair, MPSA, Chicago, IL. April 2002.

        Legislative Politics Section, Discussant, SPSA, Atlanta, GA.  November 2001.          

        Executive Politics Section, MPSA, Chicago, IL.  April 2001.

        Executive Politics Section, SWPSA, Houston, TX.  March 1996.

       

 

 

 

        E.  Community Service

       

        Media commentator on elections, presidential politics, and public opinion:

                 Toledo PBS, WGTE, “The Editors,” Feb. 3, 2006.

                 MSNBC "Lester Holt Live," Oct. 11, 2004.

Toledo CBS Affiliate, July 24, 2004; Oct. 20 and 23, 2004; Feb. 27, 2008;

     January 24, 2009.

Toledo ABC Affiliate, Aug. 10, 2004; Feb. 27, 2008; April 16, 2008.

Toledo Fox affiliate, Jan. 27, 2000; Jan. 20, 2004.

Toledo NBC affiliate, Feb. 1, 2000; Feb. 27, 2008.

                 WBGU, "The Journal," Mar. 5 and Oct. 17 2000, Jan. 14th 2001.

                 WFIN Radio, several dates.

                 WSPD Radio, several dates.

Numerous discussions with print journalists (including Bowling Green,

     Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, and Fort Wayne newspapers).

USA Today, on presidential travel (April 13, 2009).

       

        “Topical Tuesdays” Presentation on Hillary Clinton’s press coverage at Way Public

                 Library, Perrysburg, May 2008.

        Keynote speaker, "Journey Toward Democracy" discussion "Does Your Voice

Count?" Oct. 19, 2004.

        Discussion Leader, Union’s 6 O’clock Series on Politically Biased Professors,

Sep. 15, 2004.

        “Great Decisions” presentation, Bowling Green Senior Center, Feb. 14, 2004.

        Debater in Great Debates:  “Should the US Attack Iraq?” Mar., 2003.

        Election 2000 discussion at St. Thomas Catholic Church, Oct. 2000.

        Economics Club panel discussion on 2000 election, Oct. 2000.

        Dept. of Political Science panel discussion on 2000 election, Nov. 2000.

        Dept. of Political Science panel discussion on 2004 election, Oct. 2004.

        Dept. of Political Science panel discussion on 2008 election, Oct. 2008.

        Teach-in on Terrorism for College of Arts and Sciences, Sep. 13, 2001.

 

 

X.  Non-Faculty Positions

           

Commissioned Officer (CPT) in the U.S. Army Reserves, Signal Corps, 1992-2001; Honorably discharged, January 2001.

 

 

XI.  Professional Development

                

         “BGSU Online Faculty Training Course,” Jan.-Feb. 2007.

         “Values Education in General Ed at BGSU,” May, 2004.

         “The Public Presidency, New Directions in Research,” Feb. 27-28, 2004, at the Bush

                 Presidential Library Center, Texas A&M University.

         “Researching the Presidency Conference,” February 22-23, 2002, at the Bush Presidential

                 Library Center, Texas A&M University.

 

 

XII. Membership in Professional Organizations

 

        American Political Science Association; Presidency Research Group; Legislative Studies

Section; Midwest Political Science Association; Southern Political Science Association; Western Political Science Association; Center for the Study of the Presidency.

 

 

XIII.  References

 

 George C. Edwards III. (Dissertation Committee Chair), Distinguished Professor of

Political Science and Editor of Presidential Studies Quarterly, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4348. Phone (979) 845-9764

 

          Glen S. Krutz, Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Carl Albert

                 Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK  73019-4031. Phone (405) 325-6372  

 

 Marc Simon, Associate Professor of Political Science and Former Department Chair,

        Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403.  Phone (419) 372-7386

 

          B. Dan Wood, Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

                 77843-4348. Phone (979) 845-1610