Curriculum Vitae Jason A. MacDonald Department of Political Science Kent State University 302 Bowman Hall Kent, OH 44242 Phone: (330) 672-8936 Fax: (330) 672-3362 jmacdon1@kent.edu Academic Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Kent State University, August 2003-Present Education: Ph.D. August 2003, The George Washington University B.A., 1995, Political Science, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. Publications: Peer Reviewed Articles: MacDonald, Jason A. Forthcoming (December 2007). Agency Design and Post- Legislative Influence over the Bureaucracy. Political Research Quarterly. MacDonald, Jason A., and William W. Franko, Jr. Forthcoming (November 2007). Bureaucratic Capacity and Bureaucratic Discretion: Does Congress Tie Policy Authority to Performance? American Politics Research. MacDonald, Jason A. 2007. The U.S. Congress and the Political Design of Agencies. Legislative Studies Quarterly. 32 (August): 395-420. Henig, Jeffrey R., and Jason A. MacDonald. 2002. Locational Decisions of Charter Schools: Probing the Market Metaphor. Social Science Quarterly. 83 (Dec): 962-980. MacDonald, Jason A., Lee Sigelman, and Steven A. Tuch. 2000. Not Black and White: The Racial Attitudes of American Youth. The Responsive Community. 10 (Fall): 76-81.
MacDonald, Jason A., and Lee Sigelman. 1999. Public Assessments of Gubernatorial Performance: A Comparative State Analysis. American Politics Quarterly. 27 (April): 201-215. Tuch, Steven A., Lee Sigelman, and Jason A. MacDonald. 1999. Race Relations and American Youth, 1976-1995. Public Opinion Quarterly. 63 (Spring): 109-148. Chapters in Edited Volumes: MacDonald, Jason A., and Caroline Tolbert. Forthcoming. Something Rich and Strange: Civic Engagement and the Tempest of Online Politics. In Civic Engagement in a Network Society, Erik Bergrud and Kaifeng Yang, eds. Information Age Publishing. Tuch, Steven A., Lee Sigelman, and Jason A. MacDonald. 2006. Race and social capital in the United States. In Kapita, Ludzie i Instytucje: Studia i Szkice Socjologiczne. (Translation: Capital, People and Institutions: Sociological Essays.) Marek Szczepanski and Ania Sliz, eds. Opole, Poland: Opole University Press. 297-305. Book Review: Predicting Presidential Elections and Other Things by Ray C. Fair, Journal of the Operational Research Society with Lee Sigelman. 54 (Dec. 2003): 1308. Work Under Review and in Progress: Lawmakers Preferences for Regulatory Discretion in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Revise and Resubmit Invitation. What Moves Partisanship? The Effect of State Migration on Partisan Identification with William W. Franko, Jr. Revise and Resubmit Invitation. Legislative Productivity, the Dynamics of Public Policy, and Lawmakers Electoral Calculations. Under Review. Competition, Proposal Power, and Policy-Making in the U.S. House of Representatives: Limitation Riders in House Appropriations Bills, 1993-2002. In preparation. Congressional Earmarks and the Production of Policy Knowledge. In Preparation
Invited Presentation: Competition, Proposal Power, and Policy-Making in the U.S. House of Representatives: Limitation Riders in House Appropriations Bills, 1993-2002. Presented May 21, 2007 at the Program in Statistics and Methodology, Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University. Conference Participation: Congressional Earmarks and the Production of Policy Knowledge: A Duration Analysis of Earmarks in EPA Appropriations. Presented at the annual Midwest Political Science Association meeting. Chicago, IL., April 12-15, 2007. MacDonald, Jason A. Competing Agents: Managing Policy through Competition in the U.S. House of Representatives. Presented at the annual Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL. April 20-23, 2006. MacDonald, Jason A. The Consideration of Policy Language in House Appropriations Bills, 1995-2002. Presented at the annual Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL. April 2005. MacDonald, Jason A., and Thom Yantek. 2004. What Moves Partisanship? The Effects of Geographic Relocation on Partisan Identification. Presented at the American Political Science Association s annual State Politics and Policy Conference, Kent State University, April 30-May 1, 2004. MacDonald, Jason A. 2004. Congressional Oversight Still Overlooked? The Use of Limitation Riders in Appropriations Legislation. Presented at the annual Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL, April 15-18. MacDonald, Jason A. 2004. Rifle-Shots and Republicans: Controlling the Bureaucracy through the Appropriations Process, 1995-2002. Presented at the annual Southern Political Science Association meeting, New Orleans, LA., January 8-10. MacDonald, Jason A. 2002. The Use of Ex Ante Controls on Bureaucratic Policymaking: The Role of Disagreement within Congress. Presented at the annual Southern Political Science Association meeting, Savannah, GA, Nov. 6-9. MacDonald, Jason A. 2000. The Ultimate Ex Post Veto: Who Controls Congressional Input into Bureaucratic Policy Making Decisions? Presented at the annual American Political Science Association meeting, Washington, DC, August 31-September 3.
MacDonald, Jason A. 2000. Legislators Preferences for Oversight of the Bureaucracy: Committee Membership, Policy Preferences, and Partisanship. Presented at the annual Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL April 27-30. Sigelman, Lee, Jason A. MacDonald, Steven A. Tuch. 1999. Trust in Government among Black and White Adolescents, 1976-1997. Presented at the annual Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL, April 15-17. MacDonald, Jason A. 1998. Legislators Preferences for Ex Ante Control of the Bureaucracy: Committee Membership, Policy Preferences, and Partisanship. Presented at the annual American Political Science Association meeting, Boston, MA, September 3-6. Deering, Christopher J., Rachel Caufield, and Jason A. MacDonald. 1998. Partisanship, Sectionalism, and Policy Change: The Case of the National Army. Presented at the annual American Political Science Association meeting, Boston, September 3-6. Grants Received: Summer Research and Creative Activity Appointment from Kent State University. Do Members of Congress Try to Foster Policy Knowledge? 2007. Amount: $6250. Summer Research and Creative Activity Appointment from Kent State University. Controlling the Bureaucracy through the Appropriations Process: Parties, Committees, and Internal Disagreement within Congress. 2004. Amount: $6500. Teaching Experience: Assistant Professor, Kent State University, Fall 2003-Present Undergraduate Courses Taught: U.S. Congress (Fall 2003; Fall 2004; Spring 2006; Spring 2007); The U.S. President and the Executive Bureaucracy (Spring 2004; Fall 2004; Fall 2005); Introduction to American Politics (Fall 2003; Fall 2004; Fall 2005); Senior Writing Seminar on Dilemmas of Democracy (Fall 2006; Fall 2007) Graduate Courses Taught: Proseminar in American Politics and Public Policy (Spring 2005; Spring 2006); Congress, the Presidency and the Courts (Spring 2004; Fall 2006); Policy Methods I, i.e., Introductory Statistics for Graduate Students in Political Science (Fall 2007).
Professional Service: Reviewer: American Political Science Review, American Politics Research, Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly Chair of the Presidency and Executive Politics Section for the 2008 Midwest Political Science Association Meeting Professional Memberships: The American Political Science Association The Midwest Political Science Association The Southern Political Science Association The Western Political Science Association