MARK MAJOR 324 Pond Lab, University Park, PA Phone: (216)

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1 MARK MAJOR 324 Pond Lab, University Park, PA Phone: (216) EDUCATION Rutgers University, PhD, Political Science, 2013 William Paterson University, M.A., Public Policy and International Affairs, 2006 Michigan State University, B.A., Communication, 2004 ACADEMIC POSITIONS Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Political Science, Penn State University, 2015-Present Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Penn State University, Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University, RESEARCH INTERESTS Political Communication, American Presidency, American Political Development PUBLICATIONS BOOKS Mark Major. The Press as Enemy: The Conservative Countersphere and the Making of the Liberal Media (Under contract with Columbia University Press). Mark Major The Unilateral Presidency and the News Media: The Politics of Framing Executive Power (The Evolving American Presidency Series) (Palgrave Macmillan). Reviewed in Congress & the Presidency (2015, 42: ). Mark Major (ed.) Where Do We Go from Here? American Democracy and the Renewal of the Radical Imagination (Logos: Perspectives on Modern Society and Culture Series) (Lexington Books). ARTICLES Catie Snow Bailard and Mark Major It s Only a Game, Let s Leave Politics Out of It: Broadcasting Rights, Mega-Sporting Events, and Network News Bias. International Journal of Communication 12: Mark Major The Dan Rather Maxim: Collective Identity and News Coverage of Human Rights and International Law. Media, War & Conflict 10(2): Mark Major and David J. Andersen Swift Boating Reconsidered: News Coverage of Negative Presidential Ads. Presidential Studies Quarterly 46(4): MARK MAJOR CV November 2018

2 ARTICLES (CONT D) Mark Major Conservative Consciousness and the Press: The Institutional Contribution to the Idea of the Liberal Media in Right-Wing Discourse. Critical Sociology 41 (3): Mark Major Objective but Not Impartial: Human Events, Barry Goldwater, and the Development of the Liberal Media in the Conservative Counter-Sphere. New Political Science 34(4): BOOK CHAPTERS Mark Major. Bridging the Marginal and the Mainstream: Methodological Considerations for Conservative News as a Subfield in Anthony Nadler and A.J. Bauer (eds.) News on the Right: Studying Conservative News Cultures (New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming). Mark Major Objective but Not Impartial: Human Events, Barry Goldwater, and the Development of the Liberal Media in the Conservative Counter-Sphere in Claire Snyder-Hall and Cynthia Burack (eds.) Right-Wing Populism and the Media (New York: Routledge). ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES Mark Major Presidential Election in Michael A. Genovese and Alison Howard (eds.) Encyclopedia of the American Presidency 3 rd ed. (Facts on File). Mark Major Unilateral Powers Barack Obama in Michael A. Genovese and Alison Howard (eds.) Encyclopedia of the American Presidency 3 rd ed. (Facts on File). Mark Major Public Opinion in Vincent Parrillo (ed.) Encyclopedia of Social Problems (SAGE Publications). OTHER WRITINGS Mark Major One way Trump went big league in his first 100 days The Conversation, Mark Major How does Obama s use of unilateral powers compare to other presidents? The Conversation, Mark Major Unilateral presidential power in an age of polarized politics, BOOK REVIEWS Mark Major Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency by David Greenberg, Presidential Studies Quarterly (Vol. 46 No. 3 September). Mark Major Keeping Them Honest in the Promised Land? A Review Essay of Pens and Swords: How the American Mainstream Media Report the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Marda Dunsky and Israel-Palestine On Record: How the New York Times Misreports Conflict in the Middle East by Howard Friel and Richard Falk, New Political Science (Vol. 30 No. 4 December). 2 MARK MAJOR CV November 2018

3 BOOK REVIEWS (CONT D) Mark Major Outside the Box: Corporate Media, Globalization, and the UPS Strike by Deepa Kumar, New Political Science (Vol. 30 No. 3 September). Mark Major The Politics of Inequality: A Political History of the Idea of Economic Inequality in America by Michael J. Thompson, Democratiya (Issue 14 Autumn). Mark Major Presidential Power: Unchecked and Unbalanced by Matthew Crenson and Benjamin Ginsberg, New Political Science (Vol. 30 No. 1 March). CONFERENCES and INVITED TALKS American Political Science Association Conference 2008, 2017, 2018 Midwest Political Science Association Conference 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 Southern Political Science Association Conference 2016 Western Political Science Association Conference 2007, 2012, 2015 The Press as Enemy: On the Origins of the Liberal Media in the Conservative Press. Media, Technology, and Democracy in Historical Context Workshop, Social Science Research Council, Washington DC (December 13-14, 2018). Before Fox and Fake News: A Political History of the Liberal Media in the Conservative Press. Conference on Democracy and Disinformation in the Trump Era, Clinton Institute, University College, Dublin, Ireland (December 10-11, 2018). Executive Time is No Joke: President Trump s first year use of unilateral powers. Invited Talk, Department of Political Science, Lehigh University (February 21, 2018). Author Meets Critics: Mark Major s The Unilateral Presidency and the News Media: The Politics of Framing Executive Power. (with Karen M. Hult, Kenneth Mayer, Adam L. Warber, and Richard W. Waterman) Midwest Political Science Association Conference (2015). Earned but Not Always Wanted: News Coverage of Negative Political Ads. Invited talk, Center for American Political Responsiveness, Penn State University (October 15, 2015). We Can t Wait: The 2012 Election and the Electoral Imperatives of Presidential Unilateral Actions. Presidential Election of 2012 Conference, Hiram College (November 2012). Presidential Ambition, Power, and Representation in the 21 st Century. Invited talk, Woodbury Public Library, NJ (October 17, 2012). RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDER REVIEW Article - Reporting an Attack: Partisanship, Media Framing, and Public Perceptions of Negative Political Ads (with David J. Andersen). 3 MARK MAJOR CV November 2018

4 WORKS IN PROGRESS Book (data collection) - The Hungry and the Hunted: Police Brutality, Marginalized Groups, and the Press. Book (data collection) - I ve Had Successes and I ve Had Setbacks: Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Presidential Election, and Gendered Biases in the Press Reconsidered (with Erin Heidt-Forsythe). SERVICE POSITIONS Social Media Coordinator, Presidents & Executive Politics Section of APSA (2017-Present) Editor, The PEP Report, Presidents & Executive Politics Section of APSA ( ) Associate Director, The McCourtney Institute for Democracy, Penn State University ( ) FELLOWSHIPS and GRANTS Liberal Arts Undergraduate Research Fund, Penn State University, Fall 2017-Spring Center for American Political Responsiveness (CAPR) Grant, Penn State University, Summer Center for Cultural Analysis, Rutgers University, Graduate Fellowship, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University, Graduate Fellowship, Center for European Studies, Rutgers University, Graduate Associate, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton University, Research Assistant to Beth Leech, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University, Harold and Reba Martin Fellowship, SENIOR THESES ADVISING Cristine R. Dixon, Rutgers University, United in Discontent: Explaining the Media s Role in America s Contemptuous Sentiments Toward Congress. (Winner of the Neil MacDonald Prize) Kathryn Witkowski, Case Western Reserve University, The Infotainment Industry and the 2008 and 2012 Elections: Adding Truthiness to the Truth. Madison Plummer, Penn State University, The Development of a Moral Panic: A Comparative Analysis of Immigration Rhetoric during the 2012 and 2016 Presidential Elections. Joseph Sheaffer, Penn State University, Individual Political Ideology Informing the Consumption of Outrage Media. (Winner, Social and Behavioral Sciences Division, Undergraduate Research Exhibition) 4 MARK MAJOR CV November 2018

5 TEACHING American Government Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY - Spring 2007 Fall 2012 Brooklyn College, CUNY - Fall 2006, 2008, Spring 2007, Summer 2007 Case Western Reserve University - Fall 2012, Spring 2013 Penn State University - Spring 2017, Fall Rutgers University - Fall 2009 Spring 2011 (Teaching Assistant to Ross K. Baker) William Paterson University - Fall 2006 American Party Politics Rutgers University - Spring 2010 American Presidency Brooklyn College, CUNY - Fall 2007 Case Western Reserve University - Spring 2013 Penn State University - Fall , Spring 2014, Rutgers University - Fall 2008, Spring 2012, Summer , Summer 2013 (Online) Congressional Politics Rutgers University - Spring 2009, 2012 Democratic Leadership for Deliberative Government and Social Change (with John Gastil) Penn State University - Fall 2015 Early American History: Colonial Period to Civil War Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY - Fall 2006 Introduction to Politics Saint Peter s College - Summer 2008 William Paterson University - Fall 2006, Spring 2007 (Online), Fall 2007 (Online) Law and Politics Rutgers University - Summer 2010 Media and Politics Brooklyn College, CUNY - Spring 2007 Case Western Reserve University - Fall 2012 Penn State University - Fall , 16-17, Spring Rutgers University - Summer 2009, Fall Media and Politics (Penn State World Campus - Online) Fall , 2018, Spring 2018, Summer Political Advertising Penn State University - Spring , Fall MARK MAJOR CV November 2018