Department of Political Science John Jay College of Criminal Justice 524 W. 59 th Street New York, New York 10019 Andrew H. Sidman Associate Professor Phone: (646) 557-4613 Fax: (212) 237-8245 Email: asidman@jjay.cuny.edu http://www.andrewsidman.com Academic Appointments Associate Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York Department of Political Science (2014-present) Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York Department of Political Science (2007-2014) Lecturer, Stony Brook University, Department of Political Science, Ph.D. Program (Spring 2009) Education Ph.D., Political Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY (2007) Examination Fields: American Politics, Methodology, and Political Economy Dissertation: Distributive Benefits and American House Elections: Outcomes and Voter Heterogeneity Committee: Scott J. Basinger (Chair), Jeffrey A. Segal, René Lindstädt, and Shanna S. Rose (New York University) B.A. with Honors, Political Science and Economics, Fordham University, Bronx, NY (2002) Grants Congress and the Federal Pork Barrel. PSC-CUNY Research Award, 2009-2010. Understanding Terrorism and Violence in Colombia. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2008-2009 (with Enrique Desmond Arias). Peer Reviewed Publications Johnston, Christopher D., Maxwell Mak, and Andrew H. Sidman. 2016. On the Measurement of Judicial Ideology. Justice System Journal 37(2): 169-188. Mak, Maxwell, Andrew H. Sidman, and Udi Sommer. 2013. Is Certiorari Contingent on Litigant Behavior? Petitioners Role in Strategic Auditing. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 10(1): 54-75. Norpoth, Helmut, Andrew H. Sidman, and Clara H. Suong. 2013. Polls and Elections: The New Deal Realignment in Real Time. Presidential Studies Quarterly 43(1): 146-166. Sidman, Andrew H. and Helmut Norpth. 2012. Fighting to Win: Wartime Morale in the American Public. Electoral Studies 31(2): 330-341. Cann, Damon M. and Andrew H. Sidman. 2011. Exchange Theory, Political Parties, and the Allocation of Federal Distributive Benefits in the House of Representatives. Journal of Politics 73(4): 1128-1141. Lizotte, Mary-Kate and Andrew H. Sidman. 2009. Explaining the Gender Gap in Political Knowledge. Politics and Gender 5(2): 127-151. Revised: 6/8/15
Sidman, Andrew H., Maxwell Mak, and Matthew J. Lebo. 2008. Forecasting Non-Incumbent Presidential Elections: Lessons Learned from the 2000 Election. International Journal of Forecasting 24(2): 237-258. Norpoth, Helmut and Andrew H. Sidman. 2007. Mission Accomplished: The Wartime Election of 2004. Political Behavior 29(2): 175-196. Other Publications Contributing Author (see below). 2008. Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior, ed. Kenneth F. Warren. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Sole Authored Entries (page numbers follow entries) Entries Coauthored with Maxwell Mak Campaign Spending, 106-107 Congressional Elections, 130-134 Challengers to Incumbents, 117-119 Determinants of Vote Choice, An Overview, 180-182 Cross Pressures, Socio-Political, 154-156 Election Outcome Forecasting Models, 208-210 Incumbent, 318-319 Government Spending, 284-285 Partisanship, 483-485 Suffrage, 771-774 Presidential Approval Ratings & the Vote, 542-543 Straight Ticket Voting, 767-769 Invited Presentations Sidman, Andrew H. The Effects of State Legislative Term Limits on Competition and Representation in the U.S. Senate. Presented to the Political Science Department of Fordham University, Bronx, NY (Oct. 22, 2012). Conference Presentations (Listed in Reverse Chronological Order; Alphabetized within Years) 2016 Sidman, Andrew H. 2016. The Pork Barrel, Polarization, and U.S. House Elections. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA. Sidman, Andrew H. 2016. The Pork Barrel, Polarization, and U.S. House Elections. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science 2015 Johnston, Christopher D., Maxwell Mak, and Andrew H. Sidman. 2015. Public Opinion and the U.S. Courts of Appeals: The Case of Abortion. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science 2014 Mak, Maxwell and Andrew H. Sidman. 2014. Get the Party Started: An Examination of the Influence of Presidential Approval on Party Unity in Congress. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science 2012 Norpoth, Helmut, Andrew H. Sidman, and Clara Suong. 2012. The New Deal Realignment in Real Time. Presented at the Workshop on Political Psychology, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University, New York, NY. Sidman, Andrew H. 2012. Partisan Effects of the Pork Barrel in House and Senate Elections: Direct, Indirect, and Spillover Effects in House and Senate Races. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science 2
2011 Johnston, Christopher D., Maxwell Mak, and Andrew H. Sidman. 2011. Measuring Ideology at the Lower Federal Courts. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. Norpoth, Helmut, Andrew H. Sidman, and Clara Suong. 2011. The New Deal Realignment in Real Time. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, WA. Norpoth, Helmut, Clara Suong, and Andrew H. Sidman. 2011. The New Deal Realignment in Real Time. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Phoenix, AZ. Norpoth, Helmut, Clara Suong, and Andrew H. Sidman. 2011. The New Deal Realignment in Real Time. Sidman, Andrew H. and Mary-Kate Lizotte. 2011. Regional Differences in the Gender Gap in Voting. 2010 Mak, Maxwell, Christopher D. Johnston, and Andrew H. Sidman. 2010. Public Opinion and the U.S. Courts of Appeals: The Case of Abortion. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C. 2009 Arias, Enrique Desmond and Andrew H. Sidman. 2009. Terrorism and Violence in Colombia. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, College Park, MD. Basinger, Scott J. and Andrew H. Sidman. 2009. Campaign Advertising, Credit Claiming, and Fenno s Paradox. Cann, Damon and Andrew H. Sidman. 2009. Member-to-Member Contributions and the Allocation of Federal Distributive Outlays. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA. Lizotte, Mary-Kate and Andrew H. Sidman. 2009. The Gender Gap in Voting: A Simultaneous Equations Approach. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. Norpoth, Helmut and Andrew H. Sidman. 2009. Fighting to Win: Major Wars and the American Public. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2008 Cann, Damon and Andrew H. Sidman. 2008. Political Parties and the Allocation of Federal Distributive Outlays. Lizotte, Mary-Kate and Andrew H. Sidman. 2008. Explaining the Gender Gap in Political Knowledge. 3
Mak, Maxwell and Andrew H. Sidman. 2008. Petition and Review: Strategic Litigant and Auditing of the U.S. Court of Appeals. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Sidman, Andrew H. and Maxwell Mak. 2008. A State Level Forecast of the 2008 Presidential Election. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA. 2007 Basinger, Scott J. and Andrew H. Sidman. 2007. Advertising and Credit Claiming in the 2002 House Elections. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. Mak, Maxwell, Andrew O Geen, and Andrew H. Sidman. 2007. A Bit of a Bad Mood: A Reexamination of the Search for Influence of Popular Sentiment on the Choices Judges Make. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Mak, Maxwell and Andrew H. Sidman. 2007. The Effects of Public Opinion on Supreme Court Decision Making. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Mak, Maxwell and Andrew H. Sidman. 2007. A New Approach to the Study of Rolling Cross-Sectional Design Surveys. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA. Norpoth, Helmut and Andrew H. Sidman. 2007. Wartime Presidents: Battle Casualties and Popular Support. Sidman, Andrew H., Holly T. Goerdel, and Helmut Norpoth. 2007. Battle Casualties and Public Support for Wartime Policy Options. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science 2006 Norpoth, Helmut and Andrew H. Sidman. 2006. Pain or Glory? The Iraq War and Presidential Support. Presented at the Wartime Election of 2004 Conference, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Sidman, Andrew H. 2006. Campaign Strength: Addressing the Measurement Problem in the Ability of Incumbents to Deter Strong Challengers through Pork Barreling. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA. Sidman, Andrew H. and Maxwell Mak. 2006. The Effects of Distributive Benefits on Turnout and Voting in House Elections, 2000 to 2004. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA. Sidman, Andrew H. and Maxwell Mak. 2006. Pork, Awareness, and Ideological Consistency: The Effects of Distributive Benefits on Vote Choice. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Westview Press Award Winner 2005 Sidman, Andrew H. 2005. A Brave New World: Changes in the Effects of Economic and Foreign Policy Considerations on Presidential Approval since September 11 th. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science 4
Teaching Experience (Undergraduate except as noted) John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, Department of Political Science POL 409: Colloquium for Research in Government and Politics POL 302: Voting & Public Opinion POL 235: Judicial Process & Politics POL 225: Introduction to Research in Politics POL 220: The American Presidency POL 215: U.S. Congress POL 101: American Government and Politics Stony Brook University, Department of Political Science POL 621: Theories of Policy Making Doctoral Level POL 560: American Democracy: Its Critics and Defenders Masters Level POL 501: Introduction to Statistics for Public Policy Masters Level POL 318: Voters and Elections POL 322: The Presidency in the American Political System POL 102: Introduction to American Government College & University Service Activities Faculty General Education Assessment Liaison (2015-present) Member, Political Science Department Committee on Personnel and Budget (2010-2011, 2014- present) Political Science Major Coordinator, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (2011-2015) Representative on the John Jay College Council of Undergraduate Coordinators (2010-2014) CUE Conference 2013, Proposal Selection Committee (2013) Member, John Jay College Committee on General Education Assessment (2011-2012, 2013) Member, John Jay College-Wide Committee on Assessment (2011-2012) Presenter, John Jay College Forum on the 2010 Midterm Elections (2010) Presenter, John Jay College Forum on the 2008 Presidential Election (2008) Presenter, John Jay College Summer Institute (2008) Professional Service Activities Referee for several academic journals including: American Journal of Political Science, American Politics Research, Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, and Political Research Quarterly eposter Discussant, 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Chair and Discussant, 2014 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association Chair and Discussant, 2012 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association Discussant, 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Discussant, 2010 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association Chair and Discussant, 2009 Annual Meeting of the New York State Political Science Association Harrell Rodgers Graduate Student Travel Scholarship Committee (Midwest Political Science Association; 2009) Professional Awards and Honors William Stewart Travel Award, Academy for the Humanities and Sciences, CUNY ($500) 5