Fall 2003 Visiting Scholars

Pamela Blackmon is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of International Studies at the University of Miami. Her dissertation research analyzes the differences in the economic reform processes of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and whether stronger economic reforms likely result in higher foreign investment. During her stay at the Center, she will conduct follow-up interviews with economists at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, as well as interviews with investor representatives that have invested in the two countries. She will be in residence for two months.

Laverne M. Carter is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at St. Louis University. Her study investigates how social welfare policies for the poor in the U.S. advance and rescind from the national policy agenda over time. While in Washington she will conduct interviews will members of Congress and review archival documents to allow her to complete her dissertation “The Impact of Image and Venues on Social Welfare Policy Outcomes: A Case Study of Community Health Centers (1991-2000) ”. Her stay at the Center will last four months.

Katrina Gamble is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of political science at Emory University. She is completing work on her dissertation “The Face of Congress: The Impact of Race on Representation and Deliberation” which explores how different group interests are represented in legislative institutions. While in Washington she will conduct interviews on Capitol Hill and complete coding of committee markup transcripts. Her stay at the Center will last six weeks.

Michael T. Heaney is a Ph.D. candidate in political science and public policy at the University of Chicago. He plans to complete his dissertation on the politics of interest group networks in August 2004. While at the Centennial Center, his project focuses on how interest groups forge identities, build networks and coalitions, and achieve influence (or not) on Capitol Hill. The research is based on more than 250 in-person interviews with health care lobbyists, congressional staff, and other policy-elites in Washington, D.C. He will be in residence for 12 months.

Kathryn Pearson is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. For the last year, she has been a Research Fellow at The Brookings Institution working on her dissertation, “Party Discipline in the Contemporary Congress: Rewarding Loyalty in Theory and in Practice.” Kathryn's research also includes work on women's representation in Congress, public opinion on language policy and immigration, campaign finance, and women and congressional elections. She will be in residence for 12 months.

Kevin Quigley is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Governance of Queen's University (Belfast). During his stay he will conduct research on his project “Y2K as a Lens on New Public Management, Risk Management, and Bureaucratic Behaviour in the U.S. and UK.” This involves interviews with civil servants and information technology consultants who worked at government agencies during the Y2K operation along with myriad staff from offices such as CBO, OMB, and GAO. He will work at the Center for 10 weeks

Jana von Stein is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of political science and an Associate Global Fellow at the International Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. During her stay at the Center she will consult archives, conduct interviews, and collect data at the International Monetary Fund to complete work on her project “Party Politics and Compliance with the International Monetary Fund Treaty.” Her stay was for three weeks in September.

Dorian R. Woods is a Ph.D candidate at the University of Tübingen, Germany, where she is completing work on her dissertation “U.S. and British Work-Related Family Policies 1993–2003.” During her stay in Washington she will conduct interviews with administration and legislative staffers. Her stay was for three weeks in September.

Grant Recipients for 2003

Over the past five years, a number of endowments have been developed under the auspices of the Centennial Campaign to support a diverse range of grant programs. The first round of grants was awarded this fall. Full details on the availability of funding can be found online <www.apsanet.org/future>.

Fund for Latino Scholarship

This fund provides support to individuals or programs that promote the recruitment, retention, and promotion of Latino and Latina political scientists. The fund will also provide travel grants to support research work or presentations. Recipients for 2003 are:

Marisa Abrajano, New York University, travel to University of Oklahoma's P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive;

Jessica Pérez-Monforti, Mercer College, travel to APSA Annual Meeting;

Brandon Valeriano, Vanderbilt University, travel to APSA Annual Meeting

Warren E. Miller Fellowship in Electoral Politics

This fund will provide supplemental support for research residencies in national and comparative electoral politics at the Centennial Center. Recipient for 2003 is:

Kathryn Pearson, University of California, Berkeley, “Party Discipline in the Contemporary Congress: Rewarding Loyalty in Theory and in Practice”

Paul A. Volcker Endowment for Public Service Research

This fund promotes and supports excellence in research and theory building on public administration issues. The fund will provide seed grants to junior scholars researching important public administration questions. Recipients for 2003 are:

Laura Evans, University of Michigan, “Political Disadvantage and Policy Spillovers: The Interactions of Tribal Governments and Nearby Authorities”;

Yilin Hou, Rutgers University-Newark, “Budgetary Decision-Making in Reforming Countries: Mechanisms, Theory, and Rationale—The Case of China 1950-2000”

Kimberely S. Johnson, Barnard College, “Stateways: Public Administration in the Jim Crow South, 1930–1954.”

Special Fund for the Study of Women and Politics

This fund provides supplemental support for the study of women and politics to both resident and non-resident scholars. Recipient for 2003 is:

Susanne Zwingel, “How do International Women's Rights Become Effective Domestic Norms?”

Walter Beach Endowment Travel Fund

This endowment will help support travel for scholars to the APSA Annual Meeting. The 2003 recipient is:

Louise Chappell, University of Sydney