PAUL GOREN Curriculum Vita September 2010 Associate Professor 612-626-7489 (Office) Department of Political Science 612-626-7599 (Fax) 1414 Social Sciences Building pgoren@umn.edu 267 19 th Ave South Minneapolis, MN 55455 Web page: http://www.polisci.umn.edu/~pgoren/ Academic Employment Associate Professor, University of Minnesota (2008 ) Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota (2006-2008) Assistant Professor, Arizona State University (2001-2006) Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (1998-2001) Education Ph.D., Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1998 M.A., Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1994 B.S., Industrial Management with University Honors, Carnegie Mellon University, 1989 Publications Logan Dancey and Paul Goren. 2010. Party Identification, Issue Attitudes, and the Dynamics of Political Debate. American Journal of Political Science 54: 686-699. Paul Goren, Christopher M. Federico, and Miki Caul Kittilson. 2009a. Source Cues, Partisan Identities, and Political Value Expression. American Journal of Political Science 53: 805-20. Christopher M. Federico and Paul Goren. 2009b. Epistemic Motivation and Elite Discourse. In Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification, John T. Jost, Aaron C. Kay, and Hulda Thorisdottir, eds. New York: Oxford University Press. Paul Goren. 2008a. The Two Faces of Government Spending. Political Research Quarterly 61: 147-57.
Goren vita 2 Paul Goren. 2008b. Dimensionality Redux: A Rejoinder to Professor Jacoby. Political Research Quarterly 61: 162-64. Paul Goren. 2007. Character Weakness, Partisan Bias, and Presidential Evaluations: Modifications and Extensions. Political Behavior 29: 305-25. Paul Goren. 2005. Party Identification and Core Political Values. American Journal of Political Science 49: 881-96. Featured in David Brooks 6-5-04 column Paul Goren. 2004. Political Sophistication and Policy Reasoning: A Reconsideration. American Journal of Political Science 48: 462-78. Article reprinted and extended with additional analysis in Controversies in Voting Behavior, 5 th ed., Richard G. Niemi, Herbert F. Weisberg, and David Kimball, eds. Washington DC, CQ Press. 2010. Paul Goren. 2003. Race, Sophistication, and White Public Opinion on Government Spending. Political Behavior 25: 201-220. Paul Goren. 2002. Character Weakness, Partisan Bias, and Presidential Evaluation. American Journal of Political Science 46: 627-41. Paul Goren. 2001. Core Principles and Policy Reasoning in Mass Publics: A Test of Two Theories. British Journal of Political Science 31: 159-177. Paul Goren. 2000. Political Expertise and Principled Political Thought. Political Research Quarterly 53: 117-36. Paul Goren. 1997a. Political Expertise and Issue Voting in Presidential Elections. Political Research Quarterly 50: 387-412. First Prize in the AAPOR (American Association for Public Opinion Research) Student Paper Competition Paul Goren. 1997b. Gut-Level Emotions and the Presidential Vote. American Politics Quarterly 25: 203-29. Lynn Robinson, and Paul Goren. 1997c. Religious Conservative Elites as Source Cues. Social Science Quarterly 78: 233-33. Review Essays and Book Reviews Paul Goren 2009. Review Essay on Voting Behavior. Journal of Politics 71: 748-52.
Goren vita 3 Paul Goren. 2003. Review of Citizens and Politics: Perspective from Political Psychology. Journal of Politics 65: 610-12. Current Research Projects Book Manuscript: On Voter Competence. Under contract with Oxford University Press (series in Political Psychology). Five of eight chapters completed, with an expected completion date of March 2011. Working Papers: Liberal-Conservative Identification and Core Political Values. Personal Values and Public Opinion. Papers in Progress: Political Elites, Ordinary Citizens, and the Structure of Public Opinion. (With Caitlyn Dwyer). Grants and Awards External Grant: 2010. TESS (Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences) data collection grant ($10,000) Internal Grants: 2008. The Center for the Study of Political Psychology, University of Minnesota ($10,000) With Christopher Federico. 2007. The Graduate School, University of Minnesota ($30,000). 2005. Institute for Social Science Research, Arizona State University ($13,560) With Miki Caul Kittilson and Christopher M. Federico. 2000. Summer Research Fellowship Award, Southern Illinois University ($4,000).
Goren vita 4 Awards: First Prize in the American Association for Public Opinion Research Student Paper Competition, Political Expertise and Issue Voting in Presidential Elections, 1997 Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship 1997-98, University of Pittsburgh Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship 1996-97, University of Pittsburgh Conference Presentations and Invited Talks 2010. The Availability of Core Principles. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. 2009. Personal Values and Public Opinion. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, CA. 2008. Party Identification, Issue Attitudes, and the Dynamics of Political Debate. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA. With Logan Dancey. 2008. The Competent Voter. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA. 2008. Party Identification, Issue Attitudes, and the Dynamics of Political Debate. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. With Logan Dancey. 2007. The Two Faces of Government Spending. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 2007. Motivated Social Cognition and Ideology: The Role of Attention to Elite Discourse. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Portland, OR. With Christopher Federico. 2007. The Two Faces of Government Spending. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 2007. Partisan Persuasion and Value Modification. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. With Christopher M. Federico, and Miki Kittilson. 2006. Party Identification and Personal Values: A Research Program. Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota.
Goren vita 5 2006. Party, Values, and Mass Belief Systems. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA. With Christopher Federico and Miki Kittilson. 2006. Vertical Constraint and Core Predispositions. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 2005. The Conceptualization, Measurement, and Stability of Core Political Predispositions. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. 2005. Ideological Identification and Core Political Values. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 2004. The Polarization of American Politics: Myth or Reality? sponsored by the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics and the Program in Leadership Studies, Princeton University. 2004. Party Identification and Core Values. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 2003. Policy, Sophistication, and the American Voter: A Reconsideration. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 2002. Policy Mood and the American Voter. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA 2002. 2002. Political Sophistication and Public Opinion about Foreign Policy. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 2001. Cognitive Ability and the Derivation of Issue Attitudes in Mass Publics: A Methodological Critique. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA. 2001. Cognitive Ability, Core Principles, and the Derivation of Social Welfare Attitudes. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 2000. Partisan Bias and Presidential Evaluation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. 2000. Character Weakness, Partisan Bias, and Presidential Evaluation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 1999. Framing and Political Awareness. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA.
Goren vita 6 1999. The Sources of Presidential Approval. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 1998. Political Expertise and Principled Political Thought. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 1997. Political Expertise and Issue Voting in Presidential Elections. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Norfolk, VA. 1996. Political Expertise and Presidential Performance Evaluations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA. 1995. The Impact of Emotions in Presidential Elections: A Reconsideration. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. Teaching Interests American Politics: Introduction to American Politics, Public Opinion, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Political Parties Methodology: Research Design, Probability and Statistics, Regression Analysis, Structural Equation Modeling Teaching Experience Undergraduate courses: University of Minnesota Public Opinion and Voting Behavior (POL 3769) Political Psychology of Mass Behavior (POL 3766). American Political Parties (POL 4737) Arizona State University Empirical Political Inquiry (POS 301) Public Opinion (POS 331) Voters in America (POS 336) Southern Illinois University Introduction to American Government (POLS 114) Introduction to the Discipline: Scope (POLS 200)
Goren vita 7 Introduction to the Discipline: Methods (POLS 300) Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior (POLS 317) Political Parties (POLS 319) Ph. D courses: University of Minnesota Pro-seminar in Political Psychology (POL 8307) Probability and Statistics (POL 8160) Introduction to Quantitative Political Analysis: Regression (POL 8123) Public Opinion and Political Participation (POL 8302) Campaigns, Elections, and Voters (POL 8360) Arizona State University Empirical Political Inquiry (POS 503) Public Opinion (POS 591) Southern Illinois University Research Design (POLS 500a) Introduction to Quantitative Political Analysis (POLS 500b) Professional Activities Editorial Boards: Political Behavior (2005 ) American Politics Research (2008 ) Associate PI, TESS (Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences) (2010 ) Award Committees: APSA Political Organizations and Parties Section, Chair of Jack L. Walker Award Committee (best article) (2010) APSA Election, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section, Warren E. Miller Award Committee (outstanding career) (2010) APSA Political Psychology Section, Robert E. Lane Award Committee (best book) AAPOR 2008 Seymour Sudman Best Student Paper Award Committee Section Duties: APSA Political Parties and Organizations Section, Council Member (2008-2010) APSA panel discussant or chair at annual meetings (2009, 2008, 2007, 2000) Midwest Political Science Association panel discussant or chair at annual meeting (2008, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2000, 1998, 1997)
Goren vita 8 International Society of Political Psychology Annual Conference, Co-chair for Political Decision Making Section (2010) Ad Hoc Reviewer: American Journal of Political Science, American Politics Research, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Journal of Politics, Journal of Social Psychology, Political Analysis, Political Behavior, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Psychology, Political Studies, Presidential Studies Quarterly Columbia University Press, Congressional Quarterly Press, Oxford University Press, Stanford University Press National Science Foundation, TESS (Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences), Israel Science Foundation Departmental Service University of Minnesota Director of graduate studies for the Political Psychology Ph.D. minor, (2009 ) Merit advisory committee (spring 2009) Political science advisor to the Center for the Study of Political Psychology (2007 2009) American politics field chair (2006 2008, 2009 2010) Grievances and academic freedom committee (2007 2008) Arizona State University Chair s advisory committee (2004 2006) Undergraduate studies committee (2003 2004) Head, Warren E. Miller colloquium series (2003 2004) Southern Illinois University Executive committee (2000 2001) Undergraduate studies committee (1998 2001) Guest speaker committee (1998 1999) Professional References Larry Bartels Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544-1013 bartels@princeton.edu
Goren vita 9 James Druckman Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208 druckman@northwestern.edu Stanley Feldman Professor of Political Science Stony Brook University Stony Brook, N.Y. 11794-4392 Stanley.Feldman@StonyBrook.edu Kim Fridkin Professor of Political Science Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-3902 kahn@asu.edu Paul M. Sniderman Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor of Public Policy Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6044 paulms@stanford.edu