Patricia Lee Sykes 2220 20 th Street NW #55 Washington, DC 20009 psykes@american.edu Current Position: Education: Associate Professor with tenure Department of Government School of Public Affairs, American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016 Yale University: Ph.D. in political science, 1985. M.Phil. in political science, 1982. MA in political science, 1981. Nuffield College, Oxford University: Graduate Fellowship, 1981-82. Boston College: BA in political science (minor in romance languages) Summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Scholar of the College, 1979. Fields: U.S. National Government and Political Development (especially the Presidency and Political Parties); Comparative Politics (North America, Europe, Oceania); Public Administration and Public Policy; Democratic Theory and the History of Political Thought. Awards: Government of Canada Faculty Research Grant Canadian Studies Program, Research in Ottawa, 2010-11. Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Political Science (research award) Australian National University, January-May 2008 Visiting Research Fellowship in Political Science Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, February-March 2003. Fulbright Fellowship, Senior Scholar Award (research/lecturing) Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin, AY1997-98.
2 Awards (cont.): National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Research Award, 1990. American University: Research Leaves, Spring 2008, AY1997-98. Summer Research Grants, 1990-94. Teacher of Distinction The University of Massachusetts state-wide system, 1988 (selected by faculty and administrators). Outstanding Teacher and Honorary Member Golden Key Honor Society, 1988 (selected by students). Lilly Endowment Teaching Fellowship, 1987-88 (selected by administrators at the University of Massachusetts to develop the general education curriculum in the field of U.S. Politics). Yale University: Ph.D. thesis: Party Leaders: Private Goals and Public Good. Microfilms International, 1986. Research Grant for the study of media and politics, Block Fund, 1984. Research Grant, Concilium on International and Area Studies, 1983. Graduate Fellowship, 1979-83. Nuffield College, Oxford University: Research Grant for survey of British party activists, 1982. Book In Progress: Women as Executive Leaders: Engendering Change in Anglo-American Nations This book examines the nature and impact of Anglo institutions, ideology, and political development on women as executives in six nations: the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Separate chapters focus on the obstacles and opportunities women encounter as party leaders, presidents and prime ministers, cabinet ministers, governors/premiers/first ministers, and modern (non-monarchical) ceremonial executives. Data include parliamentary records, government documents, public opinion polls, news sources, leaders memoirs and diaries, extensive elite interviews and field work conducted by the author in all six countries.
3 Publications: Books: Presidents and Prime Ministers: Conviction Politics in the Anglo-American Tradition. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2000. (See review in the American Political Science Review, June 2001.) Second edition of Losing from the Inside: The Cost of Conflict in the British Social Democratic Party. New Brunswick, NJ and London: Transaction, 1990 (paperback edition with a new epilogue). Losing from the Inside: The Cost of Conflict in the British Social Democratic Party. New Brunswick, NJ and Oxford, U.K.: Transaction, 1988. Book Chapters: Gendering Prime Ministerial Leadership. In Paul Strangio, Paul t Hart, and James Walter, eds. Prime Ministerial Leadership: Power, Party and Performance in Westminster Systems Oxford University Press, chapter 5 (in press). Political Leadership: How Does Gender Matter? In Paul t Hart and Rod Rhodes, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership Oxford University Press, chapter 47 (in press). Incomplete Empowerment: Female Cabinet Ministers in Anglo-American Systems. In John Kane, Haig Patapan, and Paul thart, eds. Dispersed Leadership in Democracy: Origins, Dynamics, and Implications Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, chapter 3. The Gendered Nature of Leadership Analysis: Lessons from Women Leaders as Executives in Anglo-American Systems. In Joseph Masciulli, Mikhail Molchanov, and W. Andy Knight, eds. The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Leadership: Theories, Cases, and Future Contexts Surrey, UK: Ashgate, 2009, chapter 11. Thinking about Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Political Parties. In Gary Gregg, ed., Thinking about the Presidency. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, chapter 26. "Women as National Leaders: Patterns and Prospects." In Michael Genovese, ed., Women as National Leaders. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993, chapter 10. "'Democracy' in British Political Parties," co-author Gerald Pomper. In Gerald Pomper, Voters, Elections and Parties: The Practice of Democratic Theory. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, 1988, chapter 19.
4 Refereed Articles: Gender in the 2008 Presidential Election: Two Types of Time Collide. PS: Political Science & Politics, 41 (October 2008): 761-64. "Iron Ladies, Green Goddesses, the Mouth of Marilyn Monroe: When Women of Conviction Enter the Politics of Consensus." International Issues 40 (December 1997): 50-71. "Party Constraints on Leaders in Pursuit of Change." Studies in American Political Development 7 (Spring 1993): 151-176. "The President as Legislator: A 'Superepresenator'." Presidential Studies Quarterly (Spring 1989): 301-15. Invited Articles: Women Leaders and Executive Politics: Engendering Change in Anglo-American Nations. Papers on Parliament 49 (August 2008): 11-23. Women Presidents and Prime Ministers in Anglo-American Systems. Presidential Studies Research (Spring 2002): 9-14. Encyclopedia Entry: Women as Political Leaders. In Keith Dowding, ed. Encyclopedia of Power. Sage, 2010. Book Reviews: Anthony King, ed., Leaders Personalities and the Outcomes of Democratic Elections in Political Studies (June 2003): 291. Joseph B. Underhill-Cady, Death and the Statesman: The Culture and Psychology of U.S. Leaders During War in the American Political Science Review (December 2002): 836-37. Robert Wood, Whatever Possessed the President? Academic Experts and Presidential Policy, 1960-1988 in Congress and the Presidency (Spring 1994): 79-80. Electronic Publications: Report on the European Union sponsored project on the status of women in ten new member countries, Enlargement, Gender, and Governance, Pan-European Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2005. http://www.qub.ac.uk/egg/
5 Research Papers and Conference Participation (selected): Gendering Executive-Centric Governments: The Power, Peril, and Paradox of Leadership in Anglo Nations. Paper presented at the International Political Science Association World Congress, Madrid, Spain, July 2012. Presidentialization and Executive-led Systems. Chaired panel at the International Political Science Association World Congress, Madrid, Spain, July 2012. Gendering Prime Ministerial Leadership in Anglo-American Systems. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, September 2011. Women as Executive Leaders: Canada in the Context of Anglo-American Systems. Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference and the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Montreal, Canada, June 2010. Placing Prime Ministers in Political Development: The Anglo-Americanization of the Executive? Paper presented on panel sponsored by the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), the American Political Science Association Annual Meetings, Toronto, Canada, August 2009. The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Women as Executive Leaders in Anglo-American Political Development. Paper presented at the International Political Science Association World Congress, Santiago, Chile, July 2009. Presidential Use of Executive Orders. Chaired panel at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, August 2008. Presentations on The Under-Representation of Women in US Politics and Women in Government. Women s Leadership Initiative Conference, Yale Law School, November 3, 2007. Women in Cabinet: Obstacles to Engendering Change. Co-author Sarah Fischer (Ph.D. student). Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, September 2007. Reconsidering Women and Power: The Representation of Women in Political and Bureaucratic Institutions. Chaired panel and served as discussant at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, September 2006. Women Presidents and Prime Ministers. Paper delivered at the International Political Science Association World Congress, Fukuoka, Japan, July 2006.
6 Women as Executive Leaders in Anglo-American Systems. Paper delivered (and chaired panel) at the Women and Political Leadership Research Conference, American University, April 2006. Enlargement, Gender, and Governance: The Civic and Political Participation and Representation of Women in 10 Central and Eastern European Countries. Chaired panel on Feminist Mobilisation, delivered rapporteur s comments and conference closing remarks, authored final report (see above). Pan-European Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2005. Toward a More Competitive Two-Party System? Party Governance in the US and the UK. Paper delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, September 2004. Executive Authority, Government Transparency, and Democratic Accountability: Freedom of Information in Anglo-American Systems. Co-author Suzanne Piotrowski (Ph.D. student). Paper delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, September 2004. Executive Authority and Democratic Accountability: Freedom of Information in a Crossnational Context. Co-author Suzanne Piotrowski. Paper delivered at the Second International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Prato, Italy, July 2004. Interpreting Presidencies. Chaired panel at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, August 2002. Public Opinion and Public Administration. Discussant on panel at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, August 2002. Is Gridlock Dead? Governance in Times of Crisis. Presentation at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies-APSA Congressional Fellowship Conference on Presidential- Congressional Relations Post 9/11, Washington, D.C., November 15, 2001. Women Leaders and the Westminster Model : Obstacles to Engendering Change. Paper delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco 2001. "Berlin - Between the Past and the Future." Participant in the 1998 Fulbright Conference, Berlin, March 28-April 2, 1998. Selected by the Fulbright Commission to represent Senior Scholars in Ireland at the conference. "Iron Ladies and Green Goddesses: Women of Conviction in Western Europe." Paper delivered at The Queen's University, Belfast. Sponsored by the Centre for Women's Studies and the Department of Politics, March 19, 1998. "Political Leadership and 'Conviction Politics' in the U.S. and the U.K." Paper delivered at University College Dublin, Department of Politics Research Seminar Series, January 30, 1998.
7 "Changing Politics, Changing Political Science." Discussant on panel at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, New York 1994. "Studying the Presidency." Roundtable participant on panel at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, September 1992. Research-related Professional Activity (selected): Fourteen Public Lectures/Research Seminars in Australia (Canberra, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Hobart). February-May 2008. Topics included the 2008 Presidential Election, Women as Executive Leaders. Presentation on the Presidency of George W. Bush, sponsored by the American Embassy, Canberra, Australia, March 18, 2003. Public Lecture on Presidents and Prime Ministers at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., March 22, 2001. Testimony on H.R. 155, a bill to establish a congressional question period for members of the President's Cabinet. Delivered before the Committee on Rules, U.S. House of Representatives, 18 March 1992. Review manuscripts for American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Polity, Public Administration Review, Congress and the Presidency, Political Science Quarterly, Women and Politics, Journal of Politics, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Houghton Mifflin, Longman, and University of Michigan Press. Teaching Positions: Associate Professor (with tenure): 1993-present, Assistant Professor: 1989-93 Department of Government, American University Teaching load 2/3 courses per semester. Undergraduate courses (and Honors seminars) in U.S. Politics, the Presidency, American Political Thought, Political and Organizational Leadership, Women Presidents and Prime Ministers; Ph.D. seminar on the Presidency; Ph.D. proseminar in U.S. Politics; MA seminars on the Presidency and the Executive Branch; Key Executive Program: Politics, Policymaking, and Public Administration; Ethical Issues in Public Policy. Assistant Professor: 1986-89 Department of Political Science, The University of Massachusetts at Amherst Undergraduate courses in American Politics, American Political Thought, and the Presidency; Graduate seminars on Political Leadership and the Presidency.
8 Visiting Assistant Professor: Spring 1988 Department of Political Science, Smith College Senior Seminar on the American Executive in Comparative Perspective. Assistant Professor: 1984-86 Department of Government, Clark University Undergraduate courses in American Government, American Political Thought, Constitutional Law, and the Presidency. Instructor: 1983 Department of Political Science, Yale University Modern British Politics; American Political Thought. Politics Tutor: Trinity Term (spring) 1982 Merton College, Oxford University Twentieth Century American Political History (PPE). Service (selected): Member of the Executive Board, Research Committee on Gender, Politics, and Policy, International Political Science Association (elected), 2012-present. Phi Beta Kappa Vice President of American University Chapter, 2003-present. Phi Beta Kappa Faculty Committees, 1994-present. University Faculty Senate, Student Learning and Academic Engagement (SLAE) Committee (elected), 2010-12. Fulbright Faculty Fellowships, Multidisciplinary Peer Review Selection Committee (Australia and New Zealand), 2010. Faculty Advisor: Animal Welfare and Rights Effort (AWARE), 2004-10. School of Public Affairs Educational Policy Committee (elected), 2000-01, 2004-06, 2008-09. Faculty Advisor: Stars, Stripes, Students, 2008-09. Mentor, first-year Honors students (selected by students in the Honors program), 2005. Conducted Learning Assessment Evaluation for Department of Government, 2004. Faculty Jury, Public Purpose (graduate student journal), 2003-04. University Women's and Gender Studies Advisory Board, 1994-2002. Area Coordinator for Ph.D. Examinations in the field of U.S. Politics, 1993-94, 2002. Fulbright Faculty Fellowships, Multidisciplinary Peer Review Selection Committee (United Kingdom and Ireland), 2000-02. Chair, American Politics Search Committee, 2000-01. School of Public Affairs Rank and Tenure Committee (elected), 1993-95. University Senate Research Committee, 1994-95. School of Public Affairs Ph.D. Committee, 1993-94. Political Theory Search Committee, 1992-93. University Graduate Studies Committee, 1990-92. Chair, University Dissertation Awards Committee, 1990-91.
9 Media: Appeared on CBS Evening News, NBC Today Show and Evening News, ABC Evening News, CNBC, CNN, Public Television, the CBC News (Canadian), the ABC News (Australian), and the BBC News (British). Frequently heard on radio, especially National Public Radio and the BBC. Frequently quoted in print media. References: Furnished upon request.