CURRICULUM VITAE Brian Evans Roberts Department of Government University of Texas Austin, Texas 78712-1087 (512) 471-5121 Education Experience Trinity College B.A. Economics 1980 Washington University Ph.D. Economics 1986 Professor, 2003 Associate Professor, 1992 2003 Assistant Professor, 1986 1992 Instructor, 1985 1986 Department of Government University of Texas at Austin Visiting Assistant Professor, 1990-91 Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences California Institute of Technology Administration Interim Chair, Department of Geography and the Environment, 2012- Vice President for Information Technology, 10/06 06/09 Interim Associate Vice President, Information Technology Services, 6/06 9/06 Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts, 1994-2006 Government Department Executive Committee 1992-2001, 2005-08, 2010-12 Regional Marshall Scholarship Selection Committee, Chair 2012- Texas Union Board of Directors, 1996-2001, 2009-2011 Faculty Building Advisory Committee, Vice Chair 2012-13, Chair 2013-1
Journal Publications Blass, Abby, Brian Roberts and Daron Shaw. 2012. Corruption, Political Participation, and Appetite for Reform: Americans' Assessment of the Role of Money in Politics Election Law Journal. 11(4): 380-398. Daron R. Shaw and Brian E. Roberts. 2000. Campaign Events, the Media, and the Prospects of Victory: The 1992 and 1996 US Presidential Elections. British Journal of Political Science. 30: 259-89 (April) Kevin B. Grier, Michael C. Munger and Brian E. Roberts. 1994. "The Determinants of Industry Political Activity, 1978-1986." American Political Science Review. 88(4): 911-926 (Dec) Peter Trubowitz and Brian E. Roberts. 1992. "Regional Interests and the Reagan Military Buildup," Regional Studies 26(6):555-67. Melissa P. Collie and Brian E. Roberts. 1992."Trading Places: Choice and Committee Chairs in the U.S. Senate, 1950-86." Journal of Politics, 54(1): 393-416. Kevin B. Grier, Michael C. Munger, and Brian E. Roberts. 1991. "The Industrial Organization of Corporate Political Participation," Southern Economic Journal. 57(3): 727-38. Brian E. Roberts. 1990. "Political Institutions, Policy Expectations, and the 1980 Election: A Financial Market Perspective, American Journal of Political Science. 34(2): 289-310. Brian E. Roberts. 1990. "A Dead Senator Tells No Lies: Seniority and the Distribution of Federal Benefits", American Journal of Political Science. 34(1): 31-58 Louis H. Ederington, Jess B. Yawitz, and Brian E. Roberts. 1987. "The Informational Content of Bond Ratings," with, Journal of Financial Research, 10(3): 211-226 Book Chapters Markets and Politics: The 2000 Taiwanese Presidential Election. with Tse-min Lin, in Topics in Analytical Political Economy. Melvin Hinich and William Barnett (eds.). Amsterdam: Elsevier (2007). "The Federal Reserve and Its Institutional Environment: A Review," with Michael Munger; in The Political Economy of American Monetary Policy. Thomas Mayer (ed.). Cambridge University Press, 1990, pp. 83-98. "Voters, Investors, and the Value of Political Information," In Models of Strategic Choice in Politics, Peter Ordeshook (ed.), Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1989. 2
Select Conference Papers Locating Candidates: Voters Use of Campaign Finance Information. With Stephen Jessee. Presented 2013 Annual Meetings of Midwest Political Science Association, April, Chicago, Ill. Business and Politics: Evidence of Correlated Corporate Campaign Contributions presented, 2012 Annual Meetings of Midwest Political Science Association, April 13, Chicago, Ill. A Comparative Study of Approval Voting, Borda Count, and STV in Committee Elections, with Tse-min Lin, presented, 2012 Annual Meetings of Midwest Political Science Association, April 14, Chicago, Ill. Money That Matters: The role of Money in Campaigns and Elections with Daron Shaw, Taofang Huang and Mijeong Baek. Presented at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 2-5. Was Lewis Black Right: Texans Beliefs about Evolution with David Prindle. Presented at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 2-5. Cash for Clunkers: Americans Assessment of Money and the Efficacy of the Political System with Abby Blass and Daron Shaw. Presented at the 2010 annual meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 22-25. Corporate Political Participation and Public Opinion. Presented at the Korea Development Institute Conference on The Development of Market Economy and Public Attitude Toward Business (October, 2006). Markets and Politics: The 2000 Taiwanese Presidential Election With Tse-min Lin. Presented at the 2001 Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 19 th, 2001, Chicago The Redistributive Consequences of Changing Majority Control in the US House of Representatives Presented at the 2000 Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 29 th, 2000, Chicago, IL. Campaign Contributions and Corporate Political Sensitivity Presented at the 1999 Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association, September 3 rd, 1999, Atlanta, GA. 3
If You Build It Will They Come? A Market Alternative to Public Opinion Polls With Daron Shaw. Presented at the 1998 Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Political Science Association, March 18-21, Corpus Christi, Texas Markets and Politics: The Use of Market Data in Political Science. Presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. Candidate Exit During the Presidential Nomination Process. with Philip Paolino. Presented at the 1996 annual meetings of the American Political Science Association. Polls, Events, the Media, and Victory: Presidential Campaign Dynamics in 1992. with Daron Shaw. Presented at the 1996 annual meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association. Political Slack. with Peter Trubowitz. Presented at the 1996 annual meetings of the Public Choice Society. "The Industrial Organization of the 1992 U.S. Presidential Election." presented at the 1994 annual meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association and the 1994 Annual Meetings of the Public Choice Society. "Firm-Level Political Participation." with Kathleen Rehbein. Presented at the 1992 Annual Meetings of the Public Choice Society, New Orleans, March 1992. Book Reviews Introduction to the Theory of Social Choice. By John Bonner. American Political Science Review, 81(1): 333-335 Rational Politics: Decisions, Games, and Strategy. By Steven J. Brams. American Political Science Review, 81(1): 333-335 Politics, Markets, and Congressional Policy. By Peter M. VanDoren. American Political Science Review, 86(4):1074-75 Money for Nothing: Politicians, Rent Extraction, and Political Extortion. By Fred S. McChesney. Regulation, 21(3): 78 Editorial Boards American Journal of Political Science Journal of Politics Business and Politics 4
Other Texas Leadership Institute Board Member, 2001-2010 Texas Lyceum Association (http://www.texaslyceum.org), 1996-2002 President 2001; Chairman 2002; Advisory Council 2012- American Youth Hostel Southwest Council, 1997-1999 Breakthrough Austin, Board of Directors, 2004-present 5
RETURN BY MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014 NAME: Brian Roberts FACULTY PERFORMANCE SUMMARY CALENDAR YEAR JANUARY 1, 2013- DECEMBER 31, 2013 TEACHING GOV 379s (Fall 2013) ADDITIONAL TEACHING Honors theses supervised o Kevin Rafferty (completed spring) o Philip Wiseman (started fall) Ph.D. dissertations supervised and Ph.D. committee service o Herschel Thomas (committee) o Joshua Blank (committee) o Molly Beth Malcolm (committee, College of Education) PAPERS Locating Candidates: Voters Use of Campaign Finance Information. with Stephen Jessee. Presented 2013 Annual Meetings of Midwest Political Science Association, April, Chicago, Ill. UNIVERSITY SERVICE Interim Department Chair, Geography and the Environment Chair, Faculty Building Advisory Committee o Member, Geography Building Renovation ad hoc committee Member, University Space Council Member, Campus Master Planning Committee Member, University Accessibility Committee Member, Graduate Studies Dean search committee Chair, Regional Marshall Scholarship Selection Committee Member, J. J. Jake Pickle Citizenship Award selection committee Participant, Texas Unions Director search process Member, Polymathic Scholars Program, College of Natural Sciences, Steering Committee Participant, Dept of Business, Government and Society (McCombs) faculty search process ATTACHMENTS Current curriculum vita