Nicholas R. Seabrook Curriculum Vitae, Updated November 2017 University of North Florida and Public Administration 1 UNF Drive Jacksonville, FL 32250 Positions Held: Education: Phone: (904) 620-5856 E-mail: n.seabrook@unf.edu Website: http://www.unf.edu/~n.seabrook/ University of North Florida, Jacksonville FL Associate Professor, 2016 present Assistant Professor, 2010 2016, Buffalo NY Instructor, 2007 2010 Academic Profile Ph.D, Political Science (2010), Fields: American Politics; Public Law Dissertation: The Electoral Effects of Partisan Gerrymandering (Committee: James E. Campbell, Chair; Harvey D. Palmer; Charles M. Lamb; Joshua J. Dyck) MA, Political Science (2007), BA (First Class Honors), American Studies (2005), University of Nottingham Study Abroad: University at Albany, SUNY (2003 2004) Research and Teaching Interests: Memberships: Constitutional Law; American Government and Politics; Judicial Behavior; Direct Democracy; Fair Housing Policy; Political Geography; Elections; Redistricting; Voting and Public Opinion; State and Local Politics; Money in Politics; Spatial Statistics; Applied Research Methods American Political Science Association (2007-present) Midwest Political Science Association (2007-present) Southern Political Science Association (2010-present) 1
Scholarly Activities Books: Seabrook, Nicholas R. 2017. Drawing the Lines: Constraints on Gerrymandering in U.S. Politics, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Refereed Journal Articles: Seabrook, Nicholas R., and Nicholas C. Cole. 2016. Secret Law: The Politics of Appointments to the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Justice System Journal (accepted and forthcoming) Seabrook, Nicholas R., Joshua J. Dyck, and Edward L. Lascher, Jr. 2015. Do Ballot Initiatives Increase General Political Knowledge? Political Behavior 37: 279-307 Seabrook, Nicholas R., Eric M. Wilk, and Charles M. Lamb. 2013. Administrative Law Judges in Fair Housing Enforcement: Attitudes, Case Facts, and Political Control. Social Science Quarterly 94: 362-378 Seabrook, Nicholas R. 2010. The Limits of Partisan Gerrymandering: Looking Ahead to the 2010 Congressional Redistricting Cycle. The Forum Vol. 8: Iss. 2 Seabrook, Nicholas R. 2010. Money and State Legislative Elections: The Conditional Impact of Political Context. American Politics Research 38: 399-424 Dyck, Joshua J., and Nicholas R. Seabrook. 2010. Mobilized by Direct Democracy: Short-term versus Long-term Effects and the Geography of Turnout in Ballot Measure Elections. Social Science Quarterly 91: 188-208 Seabrook, Nicholas R. 2009. The Obama Effect: Patterns of Geographic Clustering in the 2004 and 2008 Presidential Elections The Forum Vol. 7: Iss. 2 Chapters in Edited Volumes: Seabrook, Nicholas R., Charles M. Lamb, and Eric M. Wilk. 2011. Fair Housing Policy Making in the Federal Courts: A Principal-Agent Interpretation, in Fair and Affordable Housing Policy in the US: Trends, Outcomes, Future Directions, Robert M. Silverman and Kelly L. Patterson, eds. Brill Wilk, Eric M., Charles M. Lamb, and Nicholas R. Seabrook. 2011. Intergovernmental Enforcement of the Fair Housing Act: The Fair Housing Assistance Program, in Fair and Affordable Housing Policy in the US: Trends, Outcomes, Future Directions, Robert M. Silverman and Kelly L. Patterson, eds. Brill Other Publications: "Anti-vaccine movement is based on ideology and bad science." Florida Times-Union, July 12, 2016. "We can't break our promises to Syrian refugees." Florida Times-Union, January 26, 2016. "Congress should fix the H-1B visa program, not abolish it." Orlando Sentinel, January 23, 2016. 2
"Changing birthright citizenship would backfire" Florida Times-Union, October 6, 2015. "The ballot initiative process does not make people more generally knowledgeable about politics" (with Joshua J. Dyck and Edward L. Lascher, Jr.) London School of Economics USAPP Blog, August 14, 2015. Open primaries would be ineffective, possibly unconstitutional. Orlando Sentinel, October 13, 2014 Conference Presentations: The Two Obamas: Patterns of Geographic Clustering in the 2008 and 2012 Presidential Elections. Presented at the 2015 Southern Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans, LA January 15-17, 2015 Secret Law: The Politics of Appointments to the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Presented at the New York State Political Science Association Conference, New York, NY - April 25-26, 2014 Judges or Bureaucrats? Hierarchical Constraints on Administrative Law Judges in Fair Housing Enforcement. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL - April 11-14, 2013 A Regional Analysis of Discrimination Complaints in America (with Charles M. Lamb and Eric M. Wilk). Presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Seattle, WA - September 1-4, 2011 The Right to Fair Housing: Its Development and Growth (with Charles M. Lamb and Eric M. Wilk). Presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Seattle, WA - September 1-4, 2011 Housing Discrimination Complaints in America: A Regional Analysis (with Charles M. Lamb and Eric M. Wilk). Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL - March 31-April 1, 2011 Fair Housing Policymaking in the Lower Federal Courts (with Charles M. Lamb and Eric M. Wilk). Presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Washington, DC - September 2-5, 2010 Patterns of Behavior of Administrative Law Judges in Federal Fair Housing Enforcement (with Charles M. Lamb). Presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA - November 19-21, 2009 The Priming Effects of Informational Spillover: Campaign Advertising and Media Market Overlap in U.S. House Elections. Presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Toronto, ON - September 3-6, 2009 The Problem with Vote-By-Mail (with Joshua J. Dyck). Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL - April 2-5, 2009 Spatial Dynamics in the Impact of Campaign Expenditures: Evidence From U.S. House Elections. Presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association Conference, Boston, MA - November 13-15, 2008 Money and State Legislative Elections: The Conditional Impact of Political Context. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL - April 3-6, 2008 3
Who is Mobilized by Direct Democracy? Context, Partisanship, and Turnout in Ballot Initiative Elections (with Joshua J. Dyck). Presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL - August 30-September 2, 2007 The U.S. Supreme Court and Political Gerrymandering, 1986-2006. Presented at the New York State Political Science Association Conference, Poughkeepsie, NY - April 20-21, 2007 Awards/Honors: Award of Research Excellence (2014) University of North Florida, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs For commitment in promoting research and sponsored activities Graduate Paper Award (2008), For the Best Graduate Student Paper in Political Science College Fellowship (2007-10), College of Arts and Sciences Awarded to Exceptional Doctoral Students who, in the Estimation of Faculty, have Potential for an Outstanding Graduate Career at the University James Unger Memorial Undergraduate Research Award (2004). University at Albany, SUNY, /Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. For the Best Undergraduate Student Paper in Political Science Teaching Courses Taught: University of North Florida IDS 1999 Civic Engagement: The Politics of Participation POS 2041 Introduction to American Government POS 3413 The American Presidency POS 3444 Parties, Campaigns, and Elections POS 3606 The U.S. Supreme Court POS 4608 Constitutional Law I: Government Powers and Constraints POS 4624 Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties PAD 6934 Public Law and Local Government PSC 101 Introduction to American Politics PSC 215 Law and the Political Process PSC 293 Race and the Law Awards/Honors: 4
Certified Online Instructor and Course Developer (2015) University of North Florida, Center for Instruction and Research Technology Service University of North Florida: Professional: Public: American Politics Search Committee (Fall 2010) Hired Dr. Michael Binder Public Administration Search Committee (Spring/Fall 2011) Hired Dr. Sucheta Pyakuryal Political Science Committee (Fall 2010-present) Pre-Law Lecture Series Committee (Fall 2010-present) COAS Curriculum Committee (Fall 2011-Spring 2015) American Politics Search Committee (Fall 2013) Hired Dr. Matthew Childers Academic Programs Committee (Fall 2014-present) Reviewer: American Politics Research, Social Science Quarterly, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Behavior, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Guest Speaker, Ponte Vedra Beach Democratic Society (February 2014) Guest Speaker, Jacksonville Beach Democratic Society (July 2014) Political Commentator, WJCT (Jacksonville NPR Affiliate): 8/10, 1/11, 12/11, 6/12, 3/13, 8/14, 6/15; WJXT (News 4 Jacksonville): 10/10, 1/11, 1/11, 5/11, 1/12, 3/13; WTEV (Action News Jacksonville): 5/11, 2/12, 5/12; WTLV (First Coast News): 1/12, 1/12, 3/12, 6/12, 12/13, 11/14, 4/16, 5/16; WFOR (CBS 4 Miami): 1/12; Folio Weekly: 5/11 James E. Campbell UB Distinguished Professor 520 Park Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 Office Phone: (716) 645-8452 Email: jcampbel@buffalo.edu References 5
Charles M. Lamb Professor 520 Park Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 Office Phone: (716) 645-8441 Email: clamb@buffalo.edu Harvey D. Palmer Associate Professor and Chair 520 Park Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 Office Phone: (716) 645-8449 Email: hpalmer@buffalo.edu Joshua J. Dyck Associate Professor University of Massachusetts Lowell Coburn Hall 204 Lowell, MA 01854 Office Phone: (978) 934-3229 Email: JoshuaDyck@uml.edu 6