Activities

J. Michael Bitzer, professor and chair, department of history and politics, Catawba College, received a Wye Faculty Fellowship to attend their 2006 summer seminar, designed to assist professors from colleges and universities in relating their teaching to broad issues of citizenship in the American polity.

Mark Gasiorowski, professor, department of political science, Louisiana State University, was elected president of the International Society of Iranian Studies and appointed director of International Studies.

Jamal Nassar, chair, department of politics and government, Illinois State University, was a guest lecturer and speaker at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Pippa Norris, Harvard University, is taking a two-year leave to become the director of the Democratic Governance Group at the United Nations Development Program in New York.

John R. Wassach, Hunter College and CUNY, received a $175,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to direct a NEH Summer Institute for College and University Teachers in June.

Administrative Appointments

J. Michael Bitzer, professor and chair, department of history and politics, Catawba College.

Ralph G. Carter, chair, department of political science, Texas Christian University.

Christine L. Day, chair, department of political science, University of New Orleans.

Richard Hardy, chair, department of political science, Western Illinois University.

Sheldon Kamieniecki, dean, division of social sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Marisa Kelly, Al and Agnes McQuinn Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of St. Thomas.

Elizabeth E. Kiss, president, Agnes Scott College, formerly director of Duke University's Kenan Institute for Ethics.

Robert Latham, director, York Centre for International and Security Studies (YCISS), York University, Toronto.

Kimberly Marten, professor and chair, department of political science, Barnard College, Columbia University.

Terry Nardin, professor and head, department of political science, National University of Singapore.

David L. Paletz, director, Film/Video/Digital Program, Duke University.

Leonard Ray, associate professor, department of political science, Louisiana State University, appointed rector of Global Studies Residential College.

Richard Rose, professor and director, Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Aberdeen.

Barry Sharpe, executive director, Center for Academic Excellence, Marshall University.

New Appointments

Jeffrey A. Becker, assistant professor, department of political science, University of the Pacific.

Michael H. Crespin, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Georgia.

Mona El-Ghobashy, assistant professor, department of political science, Barnard College, Columbia University.

Erwin Hargrove, professor, department of political science, Princeton University.

Thomas Holbrook, Wilder Crane Professor of Government, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Christine Kelleher, assistant professor, department of political science, Villanova University.

J. Celeste Lay, assistant professor, department of political science, Stonehill College.

Jacob T. Levy, Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, department of political science, McGill University.

Anna Ohanyan, assistant professor, department of political science, Stonehill College.

Brock Tessman, assistant professor, department of international affairs, University of Georgia.

Catherine E. Warrick, assistant professor, department of political science, Villanova University.

Visiting and Temporary Positions

Edward G. Carmines, Warner O. Chapman and Rudy Professor of Political Science, Indiana University will be a visiting fellow in residence at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics in Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Daniel L. Dreisbach, professor, department of government, American University, was awarded a fellowship at Princeton University, department of political science, for the 2006–07 academic year.

Patrick J. Egan, Ph.D. candidate, department of political science, University of California, Berkeley, will be a visiting fellow in residence at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics in Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Jill Frank, Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Scholar, Center for Human Values, Princeton University.

Daniel W. Gingerich, Ph.D. candidate, department of government, Harvard University, will be a visiting fellow in residence at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics in Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Karen Long Jusko, Ph.D. candidate, department of political science, University of Michigan, will be a visiting fellow in residence at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics in Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Alan Levin, associate professor, department of government, American University, was awarded a fellowship at Princeton University, department of political science, for the 2006–07 academic year.

Jamie Mayerfeld, Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Scholar, Center for Human Values, Princeton University.

Tasha S. Philpot, assistant professor, department of government, University of Texas at Austin, will be a visiting fellow in residence at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics in Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Robert D. Putnam, Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University, will be a visiting fellow in residence at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics in Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Christopher Saeger, temporary professor of International Relations, department of politics and govenrment, Illinois State University.

Taye Woldesmiate, temporary professor of Global Studies, department of politics and government, Illinois State University.

Promotions

David Barrett, associate professor, department of political science, Villanova University.

Sheri Berman, associate professor with tenure, department of political science, Barnard College, Columbia University.

Clifford Bob, associate professor, department of political science, Duquesne University.

Kathleen Dolan, professor, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Maria Escobar-Lemmon, associate professor, department of political science, Texas A & M University.

Michael Givel, associate professor, department of political science, University of Oklahoma.

Alex Kaufman, associate professor, department of political science, University of Georgia.

Xiaobo Lu, professor, department of political science, Barnard College, Columbia University.

John A. Maltese, professor, department of political science, University of Georgia.

Cynthia Ostberg, professor, department of political science, University of the Pacific.

Carlos Parodi, professor, department of politics and government, Illinois State University.

Hans Stockton, associate professor, department of international studies, St. Thomas University, Houston, TX.

Jaroslav Tir, associate professor, department of international affairs, University of Georgia.

Craig M. Wheeland, professor, department of political science, Villanova University.

Awards

Leslie Anderson, associate professor, department of political science, University of Florida, has been designated a University of Florida Research Foundation Professor for outstanding accomplishments and an anticipated excellent trajectory in the area of research.

Kathleen Bratton, associate professor, department of political science, Louisiana State University, was awarded the Arts and Sciences Tiger Athletic Foundation for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award.

Robert Denemark, professor, department of political science, University of Delaware, was awarded the University's Excellence in Teaching Award.

Ralph G. Carger, professor, department of political science, Texas Christian University, has been named the 2006 winner of the Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award by the International Studies Association Midwest Region.

Cecil L. Eubanks, professor, department of political science, Louisiana State University, received the 2005 Robert Udick Distinguised Undergraduate Award, the Tiger Athletic Faculty Award for Honors College, and the Arts and Sciences Student Council Nicholson Teaching Award.

James Garand, professor, department of political science, Louisiana State University, was awarded the 2005 Marian Irish Award and received the Distinguised Research Master.

James Gibson, professor, department of political science, Washington University, St. Louis, had a book, Overcoming Apartheid: Can Truth Reconcile a Divided Nation?, selected for the 2006 Award for Conceptual Innovation in Democratic Studies. He also received the 2006 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award.

Stacia Haynie, professor, department of political science, Louisiana State University, was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Professor Award and the J. W. Annison Jr. Family Alumni Professorship.

Andrew Polsky, professor, department of political science, Hunter College, was selected as this year's TIAA-CREF/Hunter College Outstanding Faculty Lecturer.

Jong Ra, chair, department of politics, Hollins University, was awarded an endowed chair, John P. Wheeler Professor of Political Science.

Houman A. Sadri, associate professor, department of politics, University of Central Florida, was awarded the 2006 Teaching Incentive Program Award for effective teaching.

Mark Schafer, associate professor, department of political science, Louisiana State University, received the College Tiger Athletic Foundation Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching.

Sheldon Simon, professor, department of political science, Arizona State University, has been given the Outstanding Research Scholar Award from the National Bureau of Asian Research for his career publications in Asian, foreign, and defense policies.

Bruce Wilson, associate professor, department of political science, University of Central Florida, was awarded the 2006 Teaching Incentive Program Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching.

Retirements

Charles D. Hadley, chair and professor, department of political science, University of New Orleans.

For the Record

Jeffrey D. Straussman, associate dean, Maxwell School and chair of the department of public administration, Syracuse University, has been appointed the next dean of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University of Albany, SUNY, effective July 1, 2006.

Straussman completed his M.A. from Hunter College and earned a Ph.D. in political science from CUNY in 1975. He taught at Michigan State University until moving to the Syracuse faculty in 1979. At Syracuse, he was recognized for superior teaching when he became the Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence in 1999.

Straussman's extensive record of research includes five books and numerous articles on public management, government budgeting and finance, and political economy, both in the U.S. and internationally. In 1992 he was a Fulbright Scholar at the Budapest University of Economic Science where he taught public management and policy analysis and assisted Hungarian faculty in developing a public affairs department. He has taught and consulted in Macedonia, Israel, Venezuela, the Czech Republic, the People's Republic of China, Bulgaria, Malaysia, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. He has had articles translated into Hungarian, Russian, and Ukranian.

University of Albany President Kermit L. Hall said of the appointment: “[Straussman is a] top scholar, master teacher, and institutional leader.”

Jeffrey L. Brudney, professor, department of public administration and policy, University of Georgia, has been named the Albert A. Levin Chair of Urban Studies and Public Service, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University. Brudney is the co-author of, most recently, Applied Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administration (Thompson-Wadsworth, 6th ed., 2006) and editor of Emerging Areas of Volunteering (ARNOVA, 2005).

Josep M. Colomer, research professor, political studies department, CIDE (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas), Barcelona, Spain, has been elected a member of the Academia Europaea. The Academia is a non-governmental association aimed at promoting excellence in research and teaching. Colomer is the only political scientist elected to the Academia this year. He is the editor of, most recently, The Handbook of Electoral System Choice (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2004).

Marien Lief Palley, professor, school of urban affairs and public policy, University of Delaware, recently received two University-wide awards: the Graduate Advisement and Mentoring Award and the E. A. Trabant Award for Women's Equity. Her research interests include intergovernmental relations, health, and welfare policy. She is the co-author of Women and Public Policies: Reassessing Gender Politics (University Press of Virginia, 1996).

Emmett H. Buell, Jr., professor, department of political science, Denison University, has been named to the Richard G. Lugar Chair in Public Policy. Buell has directed the Richard G. Lugar Program in Politics and Public Service since 1995. He has authored and co-edited three books, with a fourth in the works, and he is the author or co-author of articles and research notes in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, American Politics Quarterly, Urban Affairs Quarterly, Social Science Quarterly, and the Journal of Law & Politics.

J. Patrice McSherry has been promoted to professor, department of political science, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus. Her key interests are civil-military relations and the political role of the military, the repressive program of the 1970s known as Operation Condor, changing forms of the state, democratization, human rights, political economy, security issues, North-South politics, and U.S. foreign policy. She is the author of, most recently, Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005).

In the News…

Lara Brown, California State University- Channel Islands, LA Times, on the alleged bribary scandal of Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA).

Thom Yantek, Kent State University, Cleveland Plain Dealer, on the Sherrod Brown (R-OH) senate race and his stance against free trade.

Amy Fried, University of Maine, Bangor Daily News, on Gov. John Baldacci's (D-ME) recent rise in popularity.

Robert O. Rupp, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Congressional Quarterly Politics, on Mike Callaghan, West Virginia Democratic candidate for Congress.

Peter Skerry, Boston College, San Francisco Chronicle, on immigration reform.

Neal Thigpen, Francis Marion University, Contra Costa Times, on Democratic congressional campaigns in South Carolina.

Darrell West, Brown University, Boston Globe, on Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) being outspoken about addiction and containing political damage.

Rod Tiffen, Sydney University, Sydney Morning Herald, on Prime Minister John Howard's bid for reelection.

Todd Shaw, University of South Carolina, Myrtle Beach Sun Times, on the impact of Hispanic voters.

Brian Brox, Tulane University, Christian Science Monitor, on the New Orleans mayoral race.

Jack Pitney, Claremont McKenna College, Seattle Post Intelligencer, on the California special election to replace former Congressman Duke Cunningham.

Richard Semiatin, American University, San Jose Mercury News, on close congressional races in Florida.

Suzanne Mettler, Syracuse University, Jackson Clarion Ledger, on the long-term impact of the GI Bill.

Terry Christensen, San Jose State University, LA Times, on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's reelection campaign.

Lars Rensmann, University of Potsdam, Boston Globe, on right-wing extremists in Germany and fears about terrorism at the World Cup.

Christopher F. Gelpi, Duke University, New York Times, on retired military officers speaking out against Donald Rumsfeld.

Merle Black, Emory University, USA Today, on President Bush's speeches to gain support for Iraq war.

Patrick Dunleavy, London School of Economics, Seattle Post Intelligencer, on Tony Blair's declining popularity.

David Rebovitch, Rider University, Philadelphia Inquirer, on Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) reaching out to Cuban Americans beyond New Jersey.

Michael Binford, Georgia State University, Atlanta Journal Constitution, on Georgia gubernatorial candidates courting Black voters.

Clifford Bob, Duquesne University, YaleGlobal Online, on the marketing of humanitarian crises.

Melinda Jackson, San Jose State University, San Francisco Chronicle, on two leading Democratic candidates for California Governor taking similar issue positions in debate.

Richard Niemi, University of Rochester, USA Today, on state term limits for legislators and governors.

Ross Baker, Rutgers University, Orlando Sentinel, on how Congress will handle the immigration issue and the possible split within the GOP.

John Green, University of Akron, Akron Beacon Journal, on candidates seeking support from Ohio evangelicals.

Mark Rozell, George Mason University, Chicago Sun-Times, on President Bush's lack of vetos and his unwillingness to confront fellow Republicans.

Dick Simpson, University of Illinois-Chicago, Christian Science Monitor, on Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth's run as a Democratic candidate to represent Illinois's sixth district.

Angelo Panebianco, University of Bologna, Toronto Star, on Italy's election.

Jeffrey Stonecraft, Syracuse University, Houston Chronicle, on redistricting in Texas.

Sylvain Brouard, Science Po Institute-Paris, Washington Post, on French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, under fire after a touchy first year.

Booklist: Upcoming Publications in the Political Science Discipline

This section lists upcoming book publications across the broad field of political science. This list is fully reader-generated. If your first-edition book is scheduled for publication in the three months before publication of the next issue of PS (i.e., if it will be published in the July, August, or September months that lay between publication of PS's July and October issues), enter the details of publication in the box found at PS's web site: www.apsanet.org/section_223.cfm. We hope that spreading word of upcoming work will help keep our members even more attune to new scholarship within the discipline.

The American Vice Presidency Reconsidered, Jody Baumgartner, Praeger

Becoming Party Politicians: Eastern German State Legislators in the Decade since Democratization, Louise K. Davidson-Schmich, University of Notre Dame Press

Cleft Countries: Regional Political Divisions and Cultures in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova, Ivan Katchanovski, Ibidem-Verlag

Fascism Past and Present, West and East: An International Debate on Concepts and Cases in the Comparative Study of the Extreme Right, Edited by Roger Griffin, Werner Loh, and Andreas Umland. With an afterword by Walter Laqueur, Ibidem-Verlag

Flashpoints in the War on Terrorism, Derek S. Reveron and Jeffrey Stevenson Murer, Routledge

Interstate Disputes: The Supreme Court's Original Jurisdiction, Joseph F. Zimmerman, State University of New York Press

Peaceful Resistance: Advancing Human Rights and Democratic Freedoms, Robert M. Press, Ashgate

The Psychology of Nuclear Proliferation: Identity, Emotions, and Foreign Policy, Jacques Hymans, Cambridge University Press

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects New Fellows

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently announced the election of 175 new Fellows and 20 new Foreign Honorary Members. The seven political scientists who were included among the 195 scholars, scientists, artists, and civic, corporate, and philanthropic leaders follow:

Michael C. Dawson, University of Chicago

Nathaniel Beck, New York University

Lee Epstein, Washington University, St. Louis

David A. Lake, University of California, San Diego

Keith T. Poole, University of California, San Diego

John E. Roemer, Yale University

Pierre Hassner, Institut D'Etudes Politiques, Paris, France (Foreign Honorary Member)