September 2010 Curriculum Vitae STUART ELAINE MACDONALD Address (Office): Department of Political Science Email: macdonald@unc.edu University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3265 Telephone: (919) 962-0402 Address (Home): 617 Arlington Street Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Telephone: (919) 929-5891 Professional Experience Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000-present Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992-2000 Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Honors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993-96 Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1987-92 Instructor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985-87 Lecturer (Part-time), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1974-85 Lecturer (Part-time), North Carolina State University, 1972-73 Instructor in the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1970, 1971, and 1984 Education Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1987 Dissertation: Political Ambition and Attainment: A Dynamic Analysis of Parliamentary Careers M.A. Ohio State University, 1967 A.B. (with Honors) Hollins College, 1965 Awards and Honors Abbey Fellow of the College of Arts and Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, July 1, 2008 The Edward Kidder Graham Outstanding Faculty Award, given by the Class of 2005, Division of Student Affairs and General Alumni Association for significant impact on undergraduate studies inside and outside the classroom. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April 2005.
Macdonald page 2 Nominated for the Pi Sigma Alpha Award of the American Political Science Association 1996, for the best paper presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting. The paper Issue Competition and Multiparty Politics: Insights from the 1993 Norwegian National Election, coauthored with George Rabinowitz and Ola Listhaug, was nominated by the Elections and Voting Behavior Section. Gunnarius Professor of the Royal Norwegian Scientific Society, University of Trondheim, Norway, January - June 1993. Heinz Eulau Prize of the American Political Science Association 1992, for the best article published in the American Political Science Review in 1991. The article Issues and Party Support in Multiparty Systems was coauthored with Ola Listhaug and George Rabinowitz. Franklin L. Burdette Pi Sigma Alpha Award of the American Political Science Association 1989, for the best paper presented at the 1988 Meetings of the American Political Science Association. The paper New Players in an Old Game was coauthored with George Rabinowitz and Ola Listhaug. Phi Beta Kappa Pi Sigma Alpha Horace H. Rackham Ford Foundation Graduate Fellowship, University of Michigan Proctor & Gamble Scholarship, Hollins College Professional Service Editorial Board of the American Journal of Political Science, 2002-2005 Program Chair of the Elections and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political Science Association for the 2001 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA Editorial Board of The Journal of Politics, 1997-2001 Nominating Committee of the Southern Political Science Association, 1999 Head of the Public Opinion and Elections Section of the Southern Political Science Association, 1994 Regular participant in the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association Manuscript reviewer for the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, American Politics Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior, Polity, and American Sociological Review
Macdonald page 3 Departmental Service Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2004-present Co-Director of Political Science Honors, 1978-present Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1978-87, 2000-present Faculty Recruitment Committees, 1991-92, 1993-94, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2006-07, 2008-09 Faculty Review Committees, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2002-2003, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2009-10 Chair of the Methods Field, 1988-90, 1992-94, 2000-2004 Graduate Studies Committee, 1975-77, 1988-90, 1992-94, 2000-2004 Graduate Admissions Committee, 1996-98 Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, 1997-98 Regular participant in the American Politics Research Group, Political Science Discussion Group, and Applied Statistics Working Group University Service Educational Policy Committee of the University, 2007-2010 Distinguished Scholarships Advisory Board, 2000-present Selection Committee for the Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Fellowship, 2004-2009 National University of Singapore-University of North Carolina Joint Degree Committee, 2006- Undergraduate Curriculum Review: Committee Q (Quantitative Reasoning), 2001-2002 Faculty Recruitment Committee for the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, 2001-02 University Committee on Scholarly Publications and Artistic Presentations, 1999-2001 Provost's Committee on Prestigious Scholarships, 1997-2000 Chancellor's Task Force on The University and Undergraduate Education, 1998-99 Chancellor's Committee on Intellectual Climate in the Classroom, 1996-97 Assistant Dean for Honors, College of Arts and Sciences, 1993-96 Honors Advisory Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 1989-96 Honors Advisor in the General College, 1977-83 General College Advisor, 1977 External Research Grants Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities, Mass Communication and Voter Decision Making in Democracies, January - June 2010 (approximately $30,000). Declined for family reasons; may be renewed January - June 2011. National Science Foundation, The Directional Theory of Issue Voting, July 1992 - July 1994 ($50,000) Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities, Voter Decision Making in Democracies, December 1992 - May 1993 (NOK 128,000 @ $20,000) Norwegian Marshall Fund, Summer 1992 ($3000) National Science Foundation, A Directional Theory of Multiparty Systems, July 1989 - July 1991 ($43,900)
Macdonald page 4 Publications Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, George Rabinowitz, and Ola Listhaug. 2007. Simulating Models of Issue Voting. Political Analysis 15 (4): 406-427. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, George Rabinowitz, and Ola Listhaug. 2004. Bush vs. Gore: Policy Issues in the 2000 U.S. Presidential Elections. Journal of Social Research 45 (1): 185-213. Also reprinted in H.M. Narud and A. Krogstad (eds.), Voters, Parties, and Political Representation. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. Pages 185-213. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, George Rabinowitz, and Holly Brasher. 2003. Policy Issues and Electoral Democracy. In Michael MacKuen and George Rabinowitz (eds.), Electoral Democracy. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Pages 172-199. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, and George Rabinowitz. 2002. Issue Voting. In Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes (eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Oxford, England: Pergamon. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, George Rabinowitz, and Ola Listhaug. 2001. Sophistry versus Science: On Further Efforts to Rehabilitate the Proximity Model. Journal of Politics 63 (2): 482-500. Aarts, Kees, Stuart Elaine Macdonald, and George Rabinowitz. 1999. Issues and Party Competition in the Netherlands. Comparative Political Studies 32 (1): 63-99. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, George Rabinowitz, and Keith Brown. 1999. Comparing Theories of Issue Voting: A Test with Randomized Candidate Placements. In Hanne Marthe Narud and Toril Aalberg (eds.), Challenges to Representative Democracy: Parties, Voters and Public Opinion. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, and George Rabinowitz. 1998. Solving the Paradox of Nonconvergence: Valence, Position, and Direction in Democratic Politics. Electoral Studies 17 (3): 281-300. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, George Rabinowitz, and Ola Listhaug. 1998. Issue Competition in the 1993 Norwegian National Election. Public Choice 97 (3): 295-322. Reprinted in Melvin Hinich and Michael Munger (eds.), Empirical Studies in Comparative Politics. Amsterdam: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, George Rabinowitz, and Ola Listhaug. 1998. On Attempting to Rehabilitate the Proximity Model: Sometimes the Patient Just Can't Be Helped. Journal of Politics 60 (3): 653-690. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, George Rabinowitz, and Ola Listhaug. 1997. Individual Perception and Models of Issue Voting: Comment on Gilljam. Journal of Theoretical Politics 9 (January): 13-21.
Macdonald page 5 Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, and George Rabinowitz. 1997. On Correcting for Rationalization: Comment on Merrill and Grofman. Journal of Theoretical Politics 9 (January): 49-55. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, George Rabinowitz, and Ola Listhaug. 1995. Political Sophistication and Models of Issue Voting. British Journal of Political Science 25: 453-483. Listhaug, Ola, Stuart Elaine Macdonald, and George Rabinowitz. 1994. Issue Perceptions of Parties and Candidates: A Comparison of Norway and the United States. Scandinavian Political Studies 17: 273-287. Listhaug, Ola, Stuart Elaine Macdonald, and George Rabinowitz. 1994. Ideology and Party Support in Comparative Perspective. European Journal of Political Research 25: 111-149. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, and George Rabinowitz. 1993. Ideology and Candidate Evaluation. Public Choice 76: 59-78. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, and George Rabinowitz. 1993. Direction and Uncertainty in a Model of Issue Voting. Journal of Theoretical Politics 5: 61-87. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, Ola Listhaug, and George Rabinowitz. 1991. Issues and Party Support in Multiparty Systems. American Political Science Review 85: 1107-1131. Rabinowitz, George, Stuart Elaine Macdonald, and Ola Listhaug. 1991. New Players in an Old Game: Party Strategy in Multiparty Systems. Comparative Political Studies 24: 147-185. Listhaug, Ola, Stuart Elaine Macdonald, and George Rabinowitz. 1990. A Comparative Spatial Analysis of European Party Systems. Scandinavian Political Studies 13: 227-254. Rabinowitz, George, and Stuart Elaine Macdonald. 1989. A Directional Theory of Issue Voting. American Political Science Review 83: 93-121. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, James W. Prothro, George Rabinowitz, and Keith J. Brown. 1988. Political Evocation and Styles of Candidate Evaluation. Political Behavior 10: 117-135. Macdonald, Stuart Elaine, and George Rabinowitz. 1987. The Dynamics of Structural Realignment. American Political Science Review 81: 775-796. Rabinowitz, George, and Stuart Elaine Macdonald. 1986. The Power of the States in U.S. Presidential Elections. American Political Science Review 80: 66-87. Rabinowitz, George, Paul-Henri Gurian, and Stuart Elaine Macdonald. 1984. The Structure of U.S. Presidential Elections and the Process of Realignment: 1944-1980. American Journal of Political Science 28: 611-635.
Macdonald page 6 Conference Papers Polarization in the U.S. Congress 1952-2008: A Directional Explanation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, DC, September 2-5, 2010. The Influence of Personal Importance in Issue Voting Models. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, IL, April 22-25, 2010. Issue Strategies in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 3-6, 2009. The Issue Dynamic of the 2008 Presidential Election: A Preliminary Investigation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, IL, April 2-5, 2009. Directional Representation in the United States Congress. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago, IL, August 29-September 2, 2007. Out of Step Is Different from Stepping Out. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, IL, April 11-14, 2007. Bush vs. Kerry: Policy Issues in the 2004 US Presidential Election. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, DC, September 1-4, 2005. Polarization in the US Congress. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, IL, April 7-10, 2005. Simulating Models of Issue Voting. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, IL, April 14-18, 2004. Issue Voting in a Responsible Party System. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Philadelphia, PA, August 27-31, 2003. Gore v. Bush: Policy Issues in the 2000 Presidential Election. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Boston, MA, August 29- September 1, 2002. Owning up to History. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, DC, August 30-September 2, 2000. Unraveling Canadian Politics. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in Savannah, GA, November 3-5, 1999.
Macdonald page 7 Directional Politics and the 1996 Presidential Election. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Boston, MA, September 2-6, 1998. Valence, Position, and Direction in Democratic Politics. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, DC, August 28-31, 1997. Issues and Party Competition in the Netherlands. Presented at the Anniversary Conference of the Faculty of Public Administration and Public Policy, University of Twente, The Netherlands, October 3, 1996. Issue Competition and Party Support in the Netherlands. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in San Francisco, CA, August 29-September 1, 1996. Issue Competition in the Netherlands. Presented at the Joint Sessions of Workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research in Oslo, Norway, March 29-April 3, 1996. Issue Competition and Multiparty Politics: Insights from the 1993 Norwegian National Election. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago, IL, August 31-September 3, 1995. Competing Theories of Issue Voting: Is Discounting the Explanation? Presented at the European Consortium for Political Research Joint Sessions of Workshops in Bordeaux, France, April 27-May 2, 1995. Comments on Issues and Candidate Evaluation. Presented at the National Election Studies Conference on Candidate Evaluation in Berkeley, CA, December 2-3, 1994. Issues and Candidate Choice in the 1992 Presidential Election. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in New York, NY, September 1-4, 1994. Competing Theories of Issue Voting: Is Discounting the Explanation? Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, DC, September 1993. Political Ambition and Parliamentary Careers. The Gunnarius Lecture of the Royal Norwegian Scientific Society, Trondheim, Norway, June 1993. Theories of Issue Voting: A Test with Perceived Candidate Positions. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in Atlanta, GA, November 1992. Ideology and Party Support: Patterns and Anomalies. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Consortium for Political Research in Limerick, Ireland, April 1992. The Role of Issues in Elections: Voting Decisions in Norway and the United States. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, DC, August 1991.
Macdonald page 8 Issue Voting in Multiparty Systems. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in San Francisco, CA, September 1990. A Dynamic Analysis of Parliamentary Careers. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in Memphis, TN, November 1989. Directional Theory as a Probability Model of Mass-Elite Linkage. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, DC, September 1989. New Players in an Old Game. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, DC, September 1988. A Comparative Spatial Analysis of European Party Systems. Presented at the XIVth World Congress of the International Political Science Association in Washington, DC, August 1988. An Alternate Spatial Model of Elections. Presented at the Carnegie-Mellon Conference on Political Economy in Pittsburgh, PA, May 1987. Knowledge, To What End? Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in Atlanta, GA, November 1986. A Spatial Theory of Political Realignment. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in New Orleans, LA, August 1985. The Power of the States in Presidential Elections. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago, IL, September 1983. Work in Progress Representation in the United States. Article under review. The Influence of Personal Importance in Issue Voting Models. Article under review.