Activities

Sidney Verba, Carl H. Pforzheimer Professor, department of government, Harvard University, was chosen as the 2003 speaker for the University of Michigan's Miller-Converse Lecture. The title of his talk was “Political Equality: Why Do We Want It? Why Won't We Get It?”

Administrative Appointments

Lyn Kathlene, director, Public Policy Institute, Colorado State University.

John Logsdon, professor, department of political science and international affairs, George Washington University, has been appointed director of the University's Space Policy Institute.

Michael A. Maggiotto, dean, College of Sciences and Humanities, Ball State University.

Richard Robyn, director, Washington Program in National Issues, Kent State University.

Vernon Sykes, director, Program in Intergovernmental Issues, Kent State University.

Charlie Tyer, director, Master's of Public Administration Program, department of government and international studies, University of South Carolina.

New Appointments

Arash Abizadeh, assistant professor, department of political science, McGill University.

Arun Agrawal, associate professor, department of political science and school of environment, McGill University.

Chris Anderson, professor, department of political science, Syracuse University.

Eva Bellin, associate professor, department of political science, Hunter College, CUNY.

Curtis Blakely, assistant professor, department of political science and criminal justice, University of South Alabama.

Holly Brasher, assistant professor, department of government, University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Leonard Bright, assistant professor, department of political science and criminal justice, University of South Alabama.

Kristin Campbell, assistant professor, department of political science, McKendree College.

Elizabeth Cohen, assistant professor, department of political science, Syracuse University.

Devra Coren, assistant professor, department of government, Cornell University.

Timothy Crawford, assistant professor, department of political science, Boston College.

Lynda Dodd, assistant professor, department of political science, Miami University, Ohio.

Keith Dougherty, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Georgia.

Todd Eisenstadt, assistant professor, department of government, American University.

Margaret E. Ellis, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Oklahoma.

Ken Fernandez, assistant professor, department of political science, Kent State University.

Charles J. Finocchiaro, assistant professor, department of political science, State University of New York, Buffalo.

Sumit Ganguly, professor, department of political science and Rabindranath Tagore Professor of Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University.

Alexandru V. Grigorescu, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Central Florida.

Marie Henehan, senior lecturer, department of political science, Colgate University.

Charles Hoffman, lecturer, department of political science, Butler University.

David Houghton, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Central Florida.

Jacques Hymans, assistant professor, department of government, Smith College.

Peter Jacques, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Central Florida.

Gregg B. Johnson, assistant professor, department of political science, State University of New York, Buffalo.

Juliet Johnson, associate professor, department of political science, McGill University.

Michael Johnston, Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science, Colgate University.

Jocelyn Jones, assistant professor, department of government, University of West Florida.

Scott L. Kastner, assistant professor, department of government and politics, University of Maryland.

Audie Klotz, associate professor, department of political science, Syracuse University.

Sarah K. Lischer, assistant professor, department of government and international affairs, Sweet Briar College.

Russell E. Lucas, assistant professor, department of political science and school of international and area studies, University of Oklahoma.

Alynna J. Lyon, assistant professor, department of political science, University of New Hampshire.

James MacDonald, assistant professor, department of political science, Kent State University.

Siobhán McEvoy-Levy, assistant professor, department of political science, Butler University.

Lorelei Moosbrugger, assistant professor, department of political science, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Meghana Nayak, assistant professor, department of political science, Pace University.

Ronald Nelson, assistant professor, department of political science and criminal justice, University of South Alabama.

Lina Newton, assistant professor, department of political science, Hunter College, CUNY.

Erin O'Brien, assistant professor, department of political science, Kent State University.

Catherine O'Leary, assistant professor, department of political science and international relations, Goucher College.

Michael Leo Owens, assistant professor, department of political science, Emory University.

Ricardo Ramirez, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Southern California.

Robert Rauchhaus, assistant professor, department of political science, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Sebastian M. Saiegh, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Pittsburgh.

Todd C. Shaw, assistant professor, department of government and international studies, University of South Carolina.

Abdulkader Sinno, assistant professor, department of political science, Indiana University.

Beate Sissenich, assistant professor, department of political science, Indiana University.

Peter Skerry, professor, department of political science, Boston College.

Stuart Soroka, assistant professor, department of political science and program on social statistics, McGill University.

Jessica E. Sowa, assistant professor, department of government and international studies, University of South Carolina.

Shawn Treier, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Georgia.

John A. Vasquez, Harvey Picker Distinguished Professor of International Relations, department of political science, Colgate University.

Jennifer Nicoll Victor, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Pittsburgh.

Robert Weiner, assistant professor, department of government, Cornell University.

Michelle Williams, assistant professor, department of government, University of West Florida.

Andrew C. Winner, associate professor of strategic studies, Strategic Research Department, Naval War College.

Nicholas Winter, assistant professor, department of government, Cornell University.

Karen Zivi, senior lecturer, department of political science, University of Southern California.

Promotions

Stephen Bragaw, associate professor and chair, department of government and international affairs, Sweet Briar College.

Anthony R. Brunello, professor, department of political science, Eckerd College.

Judith Failer, associate professor with tenure, department of political science, Indiana University.

Yufan Hao, Robert Ho Chair Professor of Chinese Studies, department of political science, Colgate University.

Michael Johnston, Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science, Colgate University.

Rogan Kersh, associate professor with tenure, department of political science, Syracuse University.

Michael McGinnis, professor, department of political science, Indiana University.

Karen Mossburger, associate professor, department of political science, Kent State University.

Laura Neack, professor, department of political science, Miami University, Ohio.

T. V. Paul, James McGill Professor of Political Science, department of political science, McGill University.

Brian Posler, associate professor and chair, department of political science, Millikin University.

Dan Reiter, professor, department of political science, Emory University.

Jean Robinson, professor, department of political science, Indiana University.

Mark Rupert, professor, department of political science, Syracuse University.

Abdoulaye Saine, associate professor with tenure, department of political science, Miami University, Ohio.

Richard Schultz, James McGill Professor of Political Science, department of political science, McGill University.

Isaac Unah, associate professor with tenure, department of political science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Paul Weizer, associate professor, department of social sciences, Fitchburg State College.

Robert C. Wigton, professor, department of political science, Eckerd College.

Retirements

David Ahola, professor, department of political science, McKendree College.

Robert L. Anderson, professor, department of government, University of West Florida.

John Gargan, professor, department of political science, Kent State University.

M. Lal Goel, professor, department of government, University of West Florida.

Kenneth Grimm, professor, department of government and international affairs, Sweet Briar College.

Francis Hoole, professor, department of political science, Indiana University.

Michael E. Lynch, professor and chair, department of political science, State University of New York, College at Oneonta.

Elaine McCoy, professor, department of political science, Kent State University.

David S. Myers, professor, department of government, University of West Florida.

Richard Stryker, associate professor, department of political science and director, Office of Overseas Study, Indiana University.

James W. Witt, professor, department of government, University of West Florida.

Visiting and Temporary Positions

Douglas Becker, visiting assistant professor, department of political science, Colgate University.

Brian McKenzie, visiting assistant professor, department of political science, Emory University.

Awards

Other Awards

Tim Byrnes, director, Colgate Center for Ethics and World Society, Colgate University, was awarded the Colgate Alumni Corporation Distinguished teaching award.

Joshua Foa Dienstag, associate professor, department of politics, University of Virginia, has received an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship for 2003–2004 to support the research and writing of his book, The Pessimistic Spirit: The Past and Future of an Untimely Ethic.

Richard N. Engstrom, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Wyoming, has been awarded the Extraordinary Merit in Teaching Award from the College of Arts and Sciences.

Walter Mebane, associate professor, department of government, Cornell University, is the recipient of the University's Robert A. and Donna B. Paul Award for Excellence in Advising.

M. Anne Pitcher, associate professor, department of political science, Colgate University, has received a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship for 2003–2004.

Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Cordero, senior partner and political scientist, Exergo Law and Consulting Offices, was awarded the 2002 SECOLAS Sturgis Leavitt Prize for the best journal article on Latin America and/or Iberia.

Allan Saxe, associate professor, department of political science, University of Texas, Arlington, won the University's 2003 “Academy of Distinguished Teachers” award.

Joseph Wagner, professor and chair, department of political science, Colgate University was awarded the Colgate Alumni Corporation Distinguished Teaching Award.

Nikolaos Zahariadis, associate professor, department of government, University of Alabama, Birmingham, has received the University's 2003 President's Award for Teaching Excellence. In addition to a stipend, he received a Steuben Crystal Apple.

Christopher Zorn, associate professor, department of political science, Emory University, has been named Winship Distinguished Research Professor for 2003.

FOR THE RECORD

Anthony (Tony) W. Marx, professor and director of undergraduate studies, department of political science, Columbia University, has been named the 18th president of Amherst College effective July 1, 2003.

Marx is widely recognized as a scholar. A member of the Columbia faculty since 1990, he is the author of a dozen substantive articles and three books. Making Race and Nation received the Association's 1999 Ralph J. Bunche Award (co-winner for the best book on ethnic and cultural pluralism).

Marx graduated from Yale with a B.A. degree in 1981. He received his M.P.A. degree from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University in 1986, then earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton in 1987 and 1990.

In 1984 and 1986, Marx lived in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he helped found Khanya College for the South African Committee for Higher Education (SACHED) Trust. He has served as a consultant to the United Nations Development Programme in South Africa, and also was a consultant to the Southern Education Foundation's Comparative Race Relations Initiative, which compared educational opportunities in the U.S., Africa, and Brazil.

Marx received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 1997. He also has received fellowships from the United States Institute of Peace, the National Humanities Center, the Howard Foundation, and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.

In announcing Marx's appointment, Amos B. Hostetter, Jr., chair of the presidential search committee, said, “Tony's career–and his life–reflect the intersection of three strong interests: the social role of education, contemporary world politics, and the workings of history. He has approached these interests both through rigorous scholarship and in practice.”

Scott Althaus, assistant professor, departments of speech communication and political science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, was named a 2003–2004 Helen Corley Petit Scholar of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Petit Scholars are selected by the college of liberal arts and sciences at UIUC for outstanding achievement in both teaching and scholarship.

Jeb Barnes, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Southern California, recently won a two-year Robert Wood Johnson Fellowship to study health politics at the University of California, Berkeley. He plans to compare how health care issues are handled in the United States, Britain, and Sweden.

Francis J. Beckwith, research fellow in the James Madison Program in the department of politics, Princeton University, has been appointed associate director of the J. M. Dawson Institute for Church-State Studies and associate professor of church-state studies, Baylor University. He is author or co-editor of several books, including The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to a Fast-Growing Movement (HarperCollins, 2002), which is a finalist for a 2003 Gold Medallion Award in theology and doctrine.

Richard A. Brisbin, Jr., associate professor, department of political science, West Virginia University, received the Benedum Distinguished Scholar Award, the highest research award given by the University. Brisbin was honored for his research in the field of public law and in particular for his two books, Justice Scalia and the Conservative Revival (1997) and A Strike Like No Other Strike: Law and Resistance During the Pittston Coal Strike of 1989–1990 (2002), both published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

Doris Graber, professor of political science at the University of Illinois, Chicago, won the 2003 Goldsmith Book Prize for her book Processing Politics: Learning from Television in the Internet Age (University of Chicago Press, 2001). The annual prize, awarded by the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University, honors a book that best contributes to the improvement of the quality of government or politics through the examination of the press or the intersection of press and politics in the formation of public policy.

Johanna Granville, assistant professor, department of political science, Clemson University, is one of eight recipients of Stanford University's Campbell National Fellowship for 2003–2004. She plans to work in the Hoover Institution's archives in preparation for her second book on the role of East European countries in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Her first book is The First Domino: International Decision Making in the 1956 Hungarian Crisis (Texas A&M Press, 2003).

Charles W. Harris, professor, department of political science, Howard University, retired from his full-time position in 2002. Dr. Harris donated $100,000 to the department to fund an endowed lecture series and offer an undergraduate prize in political theory. His donation to Howard University is one of three gifts he made to academic institutions to create scholarships or lecture series. Dr. Harris specializes in urban politics and American theory and continues to teach at Howard as an adjunct.

John Ishiyama, associate professor, department of political science, Truman State University, is among the fifth class of Carnegie Scholars as awarded by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He joins Susan Clarke as the only two political scientists to receive this prestigious honor. He also received the Allen Fellowship from the University for excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service.

Nannerl O. Keohane, president, Duke University, will step down in June 2004. Keohane is Duke's first female president and is one of the most prominent female leaders in higher education. Prior to her presidency at Duke, she served on the political science faculties of Swarthmore College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Stanford University. Dr. Keohane was also vice president of APSA from 1988 to 1990. She will take a sabbatical in 2004–2005, then return to teaching and research before retiring altogether.

Charles E. Menifield, will begin an appointment this fall as the Geier Visiting Professor, department of public and non-profit administration, University of Memphis. In addition, Menifield served as a visiting scholar to the Congressional Budget Office in July 2002 and was promoted to associate professor with tenure at Mississippi State University in spring 2002.

In the News …

R. William Ayres, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Star, the Indianapolis mayoral race.

Ross Baker, Rutgers University, USA Today, the impact of Saddam Hussein being dead or alive.

Lawrence Baum, Ohio State University and Christopher Zorn, Emory University, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, potential summer 2003 Bush Administration Supreme Court nominations.

Gene Beaupre, Xavier University, Cincinnati Enquirer, the historical differences of local politics in Cincinnati.

Sarah Binder, George Washington University, and Sheldon Goldman, University of Massachusetts, Washington Post, the polarized politics of judicial nominations.

Merle Black, Emory University, NPR's Morning Edition, Georgia's governor and the state flag issue.

Paul Blanchard, Eastern Kentucky University, Washington Times, Kentucky governors race.

Terry Christiansen, San Jose State University, San Diego Union Tribune, racketeering charges levied against San Diego City Council members.

William H. Coogan, University of Southern Maine, Boston Globe, tough starts for New England's newly elected governors.

David Elliott, Pomona College, AP, global perceptions of the United States.

Dan Falk, Humbolt State University, Eureka Times-Standard (CA), efforts to oust the Humbolt County District Attorney.

Amy Fried, University of Maine, Portland Press Herald, the ability of cash-strapped groups to sway the vote in competetive local elections.

Michael Gunter, Tennessee Technological University, NPR's Morning Edition, the makeup of ethnic groups in Iraq.

Karen M. Hult, Virginia Tech, Washington Post, the Bush Administration's overarching concern with public relations.

Ronald Inglehart, University of Michigan, Washington Post, the idealogical gulf between California's Marin and El Dorado counties.

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, University of Southern California, Houston Chronicle, the political climate for minorities at the mayoral level.

Richard Kearny, East Carolina University, Las Vegas Sun, government worker's salaries.

Stanley Klein, C. W. Post College, New York Newsday, Charles O'Shea and the Nassau County elections.

Terry Madonna, Millersville University, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Senator Rick Santorum's (R-PA) popularity following his recently stated views against homosexuality.

Susan MacManus, University of South Florida, NPR's Morning Edition, on the state of Florida politics.

Robert McClure, Syracuse University, USA Today, American appetite for future military conflict.

Ronald Paris, University of Colorado, Boulder, Toronto Globe and Mail, the rebuilding of police forces and private contractors in Iraq.

Kent Redfield, University of Illinois, Springfield, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Illinois Senate race.

Steffan Schmidt, Iowa State University, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, the 2004 presidential campaign.

Marty Wiseman, Mississippi State University, Mississippi's Clarion-Ledger, the Mississippi governors race.

Dali Yang, University of Chicago, Boston Globe, the SARs epidemic and China's image.