VITAE JON R. BOND. James and Terese Garner Fellowship in Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,

VITAE JON R. BOND CONTACT INFORMATION Office Address Department of Political Science Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843-4348 (979) 845-4246 or 845-2511 jonbond@polisci.tamu.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1978 Fields: American Politics, Public Policy, Political Behavior Minor: Economic Theory Dissertation: Oil and the Policy Process: The Causes and Effects of the Oil Depletion Allowance M.A. Oklahoma State University, 1973 Fields: Public Law, American Politics, Political Theory Thesis: The Impact of Judicial Policy in a Local Community: School Desegregation in Oklahoma City B.A. Oklahoma State University, 1969 AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS APSA Congressional Fellow, 1987-88. (Worked on the staffs of Senator Lloyd Bentsen and Representative Norman Mineta.) Fellow, N.E.H. Summer Institute, Extending Theoretical Foundations to Subfields of Political Science, Vanderbilt University, 1979. James and Terese Garner Fellowship in Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1975-76. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION American Political Institutions: Congress and the Legislative Process; Presidential-Congressional Relations; Congressional Elections Public Policy Analysis: Policy Making Processes; U.S. Energy Policy Public Law: Judicial Process & Behavior; Judicial Impact; Civil Rights & Liberties

RESEARCH Books Bond, Jon R., and Richard Fleisher. 1990. The President in the Legislative Arena. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press). Rogers, James R., Roy B. Flemming and Jon R. Bond., eds. 2006. Institutional Games and the U.S. Supreme Court. (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press). Bond, Jon R., and Richard Fleisher, eds. 2000. Polarized Politics: Congress and the President in a Partisan Era. (Washington, DC: CQ Press,). Textbook Bond, Jon R., and Kevin Smith. 2010. Promise and Performance of American Democracy, 9 th edition. (Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth). Bond, Jon R., Kevin Smith, and Richard A. Watson. 2008. Promise and Performance of American Democracy, 8 th edition. (Belmont, CA: Thompson/Wadsworth). Bond, Jon R., Kevin Smith, and Richard A. Watson. 2006. Promise and Performance of American Democracy, 7 th edition. (Belmont, CA: Thompson/Wadsworth). Bond, Jon R., Kevin Smith, and Richard A. Watson. 2000. Promise and Performance of American Democracy, 6 th edition. (Itasca, IL: F.E. Peacock). Journal Articles Bond, Jon R., Richard Fleisher, and Glen S. Krutz. 2009. Malign Neglect: Evidence that Delay Has Become the Primary Method of Defeating Presidential Appointments. Congress & the Presidency 36: (No.3): 1-18. Bond, Jon R. 2007. The Scientification of the Study of Politics: Some Observations on the Behavioral Evolution in Political Science. Journal of Politics 69 (Nov): 897-907. Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 2004. The Shrinking Middle in the US Congress. British Journal of Political Science 34 (Jul): 529-451. Bond, Jon R., Richard Fleisher, and B. Dan Wood. 2003. The Marginal and Time Varying Effect of Public Approval on Presidential Success in Congress. Journal of Politics 65 (Feb): 92-110. Bond, Jon R., and Richard Fleisher. 2001. Partisanship and Presidential Performance Evaluations. Presidential Studies Quarterly 31 (Sep): 529-40. Cohen, Jeffrey, Jon R. Bond, Richard Fleisher, and John Hamman. 2000. State Level Presidential Approval and Senatorial Support. Legislative Studies Quarterly 25(Nov): 577-90. Chin, Michelle, Jon R. Bond, and Nehemia Geva. 2000. A Foot in the Door: An Experimental Study of PAC and Constituency Effects on Access. Journal of Politics 62 (May): 534-49. Fleisher, Richard, Jon R. Bond, Glen S. Krutz, and Stephen Hanna. 2000. The Demise of the Two Presidencies. American Politics Quarterly 28 (Jan): 3-25. Krutz, Glen S., Jon R. Bond, and Richard Fleisher. 1998. From Abe Fortas to Zoe Baird: Why Some Presidential Nominations Fail in the Senate. American Political Science Review 92 (Dec): 871-81. Bond, Jon R., Richard Fleisher and Jeffery C. Talbert. 1997. Partisan Differences in Candidate Quality in Open Seat House Races, 1976-1994. Political Research Quarterly, 50 (Jun): 281-300. Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 1996. The President in a More Partisan Legislative Arena. Political Research Quarterly 49 (Dec): 729-48. Bond, Jon R., and Richard Fleisher. 1995. Clinton and Congress: A First Year Assessment. American Politics Quarterly 23 (Jul): 355-72. Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 1992. Assessing Presidential Support in the House II: Lessons from George Bush. American Journal of Political Science 37 (May): 525-41. Bond, Jon R., Richard Fleisher and Michael Northrup. 1988. Public Opinion and Presidential Support. Annals 499 (Sep): 47-63. Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 1988. Are There Two Presidencies? Yes, But Only for Republicans. Journal of Politics 50 (Aug): 747-67. Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 1986. Presidential-Congressional Relations on Economic Votes, 1957-1980. Polity 18 (Spring): 498-513. Bond, Jon R. 1985. Dimensions of District Attention Over Time. American Journal of Political Science 29 (May): 330-47.

Bond, Jon R., Cary Covington and Richard Fleisher. 1985. Explaining Challenger Quality in Congressional Elections. Journal of Politics 47 (May): 510-29. Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 1984. Presidential Popularity and Congressional Voting: A Re-examination of Public Opinion as a Source of Influence in Congress. Western Political Quarterly 37 (Jun): 291-306 Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 1983. Assessing Presidential Support in the House: Lessons from Reagan and Carter. Journal of Politics 45 (Aug): 745-58. Bond, Jon R. 1983. The Influence of Constituency Diversity on Electoral Competition in Voting for Congress, 1974-1978. Legislative Studies Quarterly 8 (May): 201-17. Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 1983. Beyond Committee Control: Committee and Party Leader Influence on Floor Amendments in Congress. American Politics Quarterly 11 (Apr): 131-61. Johnson, Charles A., and Jon R. Bond. 1982. Policy Implementation and Responsiveness in Nongovernmental Institutions: Hospital Abortion Services after Roe v. Wade. Western Political Quarterly 35 (Sep): 385-405. Bond, Jon R., and Charles A. Johnson. 1982. Implementing a Permissive Policy: Hospital Abortion Services after Roe v. Wade. American Journal of Political Science 26 (Feb): 1-26. Bond, Jon R. 1980. The Politics of Court Structure: The Addition of New Federal Judges, 1949-1978. Law & Policy Quarterly 2 (Apr): 181-88. Bond, Jon R., and Richard Fleisher. 1980. The Limits of Presidential Popularity as a Source of Influence in the U.S. House. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 5 (Feb): 69-78. Johnson, Charles A., and Jon R. Bond. 1980. Coercive and Noncoercive Abortion Deterrence Policies: A Comparative State Analysis. Law & Policy Quarterly 2 (Jan): 106-28. Bond, Jon R. 1979. Oiling the Tax Committees in Congress, 1900-1974: Subgovernment Theory, the Overrepresentation Hypothesis, and the Oil Depletion Allowance. American Journal of Political Science 23 (Nov): 651-64. Chapters in Books Lou, Diqing, and Jon R. Bond. 2009. The State s Rubber Stamp or Independent Agent: A Study on the Development of Municipal People s Congress in China. Toward Better Governance in China: An Unconventional Pathway of Political Reform. (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books). Fleisher, Richard, Jon R. Bond, and B. Dan Wood. 2008. Which Presidents Are Uncommonly Successful in Congress? In Bert A. Rockman and Richard W. Waterman, eds., Presidential Leadership: The Vortex of Presidential Power (Oxford University Press, 2008). Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 2001. Evidence of Increasing Polarization among Ordinary Citizens. In Jeffrey E. Cohen, Richard Fleisher, and Paul Kantor, eds., American Political Parties: Resurgence and Decline (Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2001): Chap 3. Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 2000. Congress and the President in a Partisan Era. In Jon R. Bond and Richard Fleisher, eds., Polarized Politics: Congress and the President in a Partisan Era (Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2000): Chap 1. Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 2000. Partisanship and the President s Quest for Votes on the Floor of Congress. In Jon R. Bond and Richard Fleisher, eds., Polarized Politics: Congress and the President in a Partisan Era (Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2000): Chap 8. Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 2000. Polarized Politics: Does It Matter? In Jon R. Bond and Richard Fleisher, eds., Polarized Politics: Congress and the President in a Partisan Era (Washington, DC: CQ Press): Chap 9. Bond, Jon R., Richard Fleisher, and Glen S. Krutz. 1996. An Overview of the Empirical Findings on Presidential- Congressional Relations. In James A. Thurber, ed., Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations (Washington, DC: CQ Press): Chap 6. Bond, Jon R., and Richard Fleisher. 1994. Carter and Congress: Presidential Style, Party Politics and Legislative Success. In Herbert D. Rosenbaum and Alexej Ugrinsky, eds., Jimmy Carter: Keeping Faith (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press). Bond, Jon R. 1980. Public Interest vs. Private Benefit: An Empirical Test of Two Competing Theories of the Oil Depletion Allowance. In Barry S. Rundquist, ed., Political Benefits: Empirical Studies of American Public Programs (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books): 207-227.

Book Reviews Political Ambition: Who Decides to Run for Congress, by Linda L. Fowler and Robert D. McClure. (New Haven: Yale University Press). Journal of Politics 52 (August 1990): 965-67. The Politics of Mistrust: Estimating American Oil and Gas Resources, by Aaron Wildavsky and Ellen Tennenbaum. (Beverly Hills: Sage, 1981). American Political Science Review 76 (March 1982): 154-55. Reprints of Articles Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 1991. Are There Two Presidencies? Yes, But Only for Republicans. Reprinted in Steven A. Shull, ed., The Two Presidencies : A Quarter Century Assessment (Nelson-Hall, 1991): Ch. 10. Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 1991. Presidential-Congressional Relations on Economic Policy Votes, 1957-1980. Reprinted in Joel H. Silbey, ed., The Congress of the United States, 1789-1989, Vol. 10 (New York: Carlson Publishing, 1991): Ch. 32. Johnson, Charles A., and Jon R. Bond. 1990. Implementing a Permissive Policy: Hospital Abortion Services after Roe v. Wade. Reprinted in Henry R. Glick, ed., Courts in American Politics (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990): 391-400. Bond, Jon R. 1984. The Politics of Court Structure: The Addition of New Federal Judges, 1949-1978. Reprinted in Robert A. Bernstein and James A. Dyer, An Introduction to Political Science Methods, second edition. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1984): 15-16. Johnson, Charles A., and Jon R. Bond. 1980. Coercive and Noncoercive Abortion Deterrence Policies: A Comparative State Analysis. Reprinted in John Brigham and Don Brown eds., Policy Implementation: Penalties or Incentives? (Beverly Hills: Sage, 1980): 185-207. Convention Papers Agenda Change and Party Homogeneity in Congress, 1901-2000. MPSA 2010 (with Richard Fleisher) The Status and Development of the Local Congress in Urban China. Presented at a conference, Greater China in an Era of Globalization at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 13-16, 2008. (with Diqing Lou). The Rise and Decline of Moderates in the House, 1876-2004. Presented at the Alben Barkley History of Congress Conference, George Washington University, May 29-June 1, 2008. (with Richard Fleisher and Jeff Stonecash). Slightly revised version presented at a Conference on Going to Extremes: The Fate of the Political Center in American Politics Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire June 19-21, 2008. Taking Back What Was Once Yours: Party Success in Winning Back House Seats Lost in the Last Election. MPSA 2008 (with Richard Fleisher) A Reassessment of Party Voting in the US House. MPSA, 2007 (with Richard Fleisher and John E. Owens) The Scientification of the Study of Politics. Presidential Address, Southern Political Science Association, 2007 Explaining Challenger Quality in Congressional Elections Reconsidered. APSA, 2006. (with Nathan Ilderton) The Presumption of Success on Presidential Appointments Reconsidered: How Delay Has Become the Primary Method of Defeating Nominees. MPSA, 2006. (with Richard Fleisher and Glen Krutz). Winner of Patrick J. Fett Award for the Best Paper on the Scientific Study of Congress and the Presidency. The Creation of an Endangered Species: Party Nonconformists of the U.S. Senate. Southern Political Science Association, 2005. (with Richard Fleisher) The House Public Works Committee and the Distribution of Pork Barrel Projects. APSA, 2004. (with Emily M. Bonneau and James B. Cottrill) Not Very Much: The Effect of Presidential Approval on Support in the Senate MPSA, 2004. (with Brandy Durham, Richard Fleisher, and Jeffrey Cohen) Chamber Medians, Party Medians and Theories of Party Politics in Congress. APSA, 2003. (with Richard Fleisher) The Effects of State Level Presidential Approval on Support in the Senate. MPSA, 2003. (with Brandy Durham, Jeff Cohen, and Richard Fleisher) Fleisher, Richard, Jon R. Bond, and B. Dan Wood. Presidential Success in Congress: Which Presidents Do Better or Worse Than Expected. SPSA, 2002. Maligned Neglect: How Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations Has Changed. APSA, 2002. (with Richard Fleisher and Glen Krutz)

The Electoral Consequences of Presidential Support. MPSA, 2002. (with Jeffrey E. Cohen, Brandy M. Durham, and Richard Fleisher) The Puzzle of Constituency Diversity Revisited: Conditional Effects of District Diversity on Competition in Congressional Elections. SPSA, 2001. (with Kristin Campbell and James Cottrill) The Disappearance of Cross-Pressured Members of Congress: Conversion, Replacement and Electoral Change. APSA, 2001. (with Richard Fleisher) Consumer Oriented American Government: Selling the Same Old Thing. APSA, 2001. (with Lydia Andrade) External Validity in Experimental Tests of the Impact of Money on Access to Congress. MPSA, 2000. (with Michelle Chin and Nehemia Geva) The Real World vs. College Students: Experimental Tests of the Perception and Reality of PAC Access to Congress. SPSA, 2000. (with Michelle Chin and Nehemia Geva). Where Have All the Moderates Gone, Long Time Passing? The Disappearance of Cross-Pressured Republicans in Congress. APSA, 2000. (with Richard Fleisher). Partisanship and the Presidential Performance Evaluations. MPSA, 2000. (with Richard Fleisher) Partisanship and the President s Quest for Votes on the Floor of Congress. APSA, 1999. (with Richard Fleisher). A Reexamination of the Effects of Party and Presidential Approval on Success in Congress: Evidence of Time Varying Relationships. WPSA, 1999. (with Richard Fleisher and B. Dan Wood) State Level Presidential Approval and Senatorial Support. MPSA, 1999. (with Jeffrey E. Cohen, Richard Fleisher, and John Hamman) The Electoral Consequences of Ideological Discrepancy. APSA, 1998. (with Stephen Hanna and Kristin L. Campbell) Yet Another Two Presidencies Paper. MPSA, 1998. (with Richard Fleisher, Glen S. Krutz, and Stephen Hanna) A Foot in the Door: Do PACs Buy Access? SPSA, 1997. (with Michelle Chin and Nehemia Geva) The Puzzle of Constituency Diversity: Conditional Effects of Population Characteristics on Competition in Congressional Elections. APSA, 1997. (with Kristin Campbell) Under What Conditions Do Incumbents Face Effective Challenges and Can They Do Anything About It? MPSA, 1997. (with Richard Fleisher and Stephen Hanna) From Abe Fortas to Zoe Baird: Explaining Why Some Presidential Nominations Fail in the Senate. APSA, 1996. (with Richard Fleisher and Glen Krutz) Why Has Party Conflict among Elites Increased if the Electorate Is Dealigning? MPSA, 1996. (with Richard Fleisher) The President in a More Partisan Legislative Arena. MPSA, 1995. (with Richard Fleisher) Clinton and Congress: A First Year Assessment. MPSA, 1994. (with Richard Fleisher) Strategic Politicans and Competition for Open House Seats, 1976-1988. MPSA, 1992. (with Ricahrd Fleisher) Explaining Candidate Quality in Open Seat House Races, 1976-1988. SPSA, 1991. (with Richard Fleisher) Assessing Presidential Support in the House II: Lessons from George Bush. APSA, 1990. (with Richard Fleisher) Marginal Effects of Presidential Popularity on Success in Congress. APSA, 1989. (with Richard Fleisher) Congressional Leaders and Presidential Success in Congress. MPSA, 1989. (with Richard Fleisher) Ideological Diversity, Party Unity, and Presidential Success in Congress. APSA, 1987. (with Richard Fleisher) Are There Two Presidencies? Yes, But Only for Republicans. MPSA, 1987. (with Richard Fleisher) Legislative Skills and Presidential Success in Congress. SPSA, 1986. (with Richard Fleisher) Congress and the President: The Effects of Public Opinion. MPSA, 1986. (with Richard Fleisher and Michael Northrup) Perks and Competition: The Effects of District Attention at Three Points in Time. MPSA, 1985. Explaining Challenger Quality in Congressional Elections. MPSA, 1984. (with Cary Covington and Richard Fleisher) Presidential Policy Making Coalitions in Congress: Economic Policy, 1957-1980. APSA, 1983. (with Richard Fleisher) Dimensions of District Attention over Time. MPSA, 1983. Presidential Popularity and Congressional Voting: A Re-examination of Public Opinion as a Source of Influence in Congress. APSA, 1982. (with Richard Fleisher) The Influence of Personal Skills and Political Structures on Support for the President in the House: A Comparison of Reagan and Carter. MPSA, 1982. (with Richard Fleisher) A Paradox of Representation: Diversity, Competition, Perks and the Decline of Policy Making in the U.S. House. APSA, 1981.

Beyond Committee Control: An Empirical Analysis of the Success of Floor Amendments in the U.S. Congress. MPSA, 1981. (with Richard Fleisher) Policy Implementation and Community Linkages: Hospital Abortion Services after Roe v. Wade. SPSA, 1980. (with Charles Johnson) Implementing the Abortion Decision: Hospital Responses to Roe v. Wade. MPSA, 1980. (with Charles Johnson) Extending Political Theory to Public Policy Analysis: Explaining the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978. APSA, 1979. (with David Resnick) Coercive and Noncoercive State Policies to Deter Abortions: A Comparative State Analysis. MPSA, 1979. (with Charles Johnson) The Politics of Taxation: Partisan Change and the Adoption of State Sales and Income Taxes. SPSA, 1978. (with Roby Robertson) Oil State Representation on the Tax Committees in Congress and the Oil Depletion Allowance. MPSA, 1978. Presidential-Congressional Relations: The Effects of Party Congruence, Ideological Conflict, and Presidential Popularity on Presidential Support in the House. MPSA, 1977. (with Richard Fleisher) A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of the Oil Depletion Allowance. MPSA, 1976. Other Publications and Research Presentations Bond, Jon R. 2001. A Silver Anniversary Retrospective on David Mayhew s Congress: The Electoral Connection. Guest editor of four other essays and wrote introductory essay. PS: Political Science and Politics (June 2001). Bond, Jon R., and Richard Fleisher. 1993. Clinton and Congress: End of Gridlock. Extension of Remarks: APSA Legislative Studies Section Newsletter. (November 1993): pages 6-7. Also presented to the German Association for American Studies, Frankfurt Germany, November 1993. Fleisher, Richard, and Jon R. Bond. 1999. The Disappearing Middle and the President s Quest for Votes in Congress. PRG Report: Newsletter of the Presidency Research Group of the APSA. Fall 1999. Malign Neglect: How Delay Has Become the Primary Way of Defeating Presidential Appointments. Invited speaker at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Oklahoma State University, April 2007. The Creation of an Endangered Species: Party Nonconformists in the U.S. Senate. Conference on Parties in the United States Senate. The Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, April 1-3, 2005. Party Polarization in Congress. Presented at the conference on The Polarization of American Politics: Myth or Reality? Princeton University, December 3-4, 2004. A More Appropriate Test of the Relationship between Presidential Popularity and Support in Congress: New Data for an Old Problem. Presented to the American Politics Research Group, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. April 2003. From Abe Fortas to Zoe Baird: Why Some Presidential Nominations Fail in the Senate University of Houston Where Have All the Moderates Gone, Long Time Passing: The Shrinking Middle in Congress. Presented at the Jim Wright Symposium, Texas Christian University, April 19, 2002. Organized and Hosted Conference, Institutional Games and the U.S. Supreme Court, November 2-3, 2001. Texas A&M University. Sponsored by the Center for Policy and Governance in the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Organized and Hosted Conference, Congress and the President in a Partisan Era, February 5-6, 1999. Texas A&M University. Sponsored by the Program in American Politics and the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University. Carter and Congress: Presidential Style, Party Politics, and Legislative Success. Presented at the Eighth Presidential Conference, Hofstra University, November 15 17, 1990. The Marginal Effects of Presidential Popularity on Success in Congress. Seminar presented at The Brookings Institution, February, 1, 1988, and at the Carl Albert Congressional Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, October 10, 1988. Invited participant, Colby College Conference on Congressional Candidate Selection, L. Sandy Maisel, coordinator. Colby College, Waterville, Maine. July 14 15, 1986. Presidential Congressional Relations on Economic and Foreign Policy Votes: The Marginal Effects of Public Opinion. Seminar presented at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. March 14, 1986. Competition in Congressional Elections: The Importance of Challengers. Seminar presented at the Carl Albert Congressional Studies Center, University of Oklahoma. November, 1984. Funded Research Mini-Grant ($950) to study the congressional candidate emergence, 1996. Mini-Grant ($1000) to conduct telephone interviews with congressional staff, 1990. Research Grant ($1500) from the Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center to study Congressional Leaders, Constituency Service and Institutional Maintenance, 1988. Summer Research Grant ($1000) from Texas A&M University to conduct telephone interviews with congressional staff, 1986. Expense Grant ($900) from Texas A&M University to conduct telephone interviews with congressional staff, 1984. Expense Grant ($750) from Texas A&M University to conduct telephone interviews with congressional staff, 1982.

Summer Research Grant ($2000) from Texas A&M University to analyze relationships between district characteristics and policy making behavior in Congress, 1981. Summer Research Grant ($1000) from Texas A&M University to conduct telephone interviews with congressional staff, 1980. Mini-Grant ($500) from Texas A&M University to conduct a mail survey of Hospital Abortion Services in the U.S., 1978-79. Research in Progress Polarized! A book under contract to Routledge publishing company analyzing the causes and consequences of the partisan polarization that has gripped American politics for the past twenty-five years. This book will present a synthesis of the extensive academic literature on various aspects of partisan polarization in contemporary American politics as well as some original data analysis in a way that will be accessible to undergraduate and beginning graduate students. The Shrinking Middle in American Politics A series of papers culminating in a book (with Richard Fleisher) analyzing party polarization and the rise and disappearance of moderates in the U.S. Congress from the 1870s to the present. Presidential-Congressional Relations A series of articles up-dating and building upon previous research on the conditions that explain presidential success and failure in Congress. Congressional Elections A series of papers and articles analyzing problems of representation and democratic linkage in congressional elections. The papers focus on the effects of partisanship, district characteristics and candidate behavior (i.e., voting records, constituency service) on congressional elections. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Editorships, Editorial Boards, and Reviewing Activities Editor, Journal of Politics, 1993-1997. (with Edward B. Portis) Advisory Editor, Textbook Series in American Politics. F.E. Peacock Publishers, 2000-2002. Editorial board member on the following journals: Journal of Politics, 1985-1993, 2001-2004. Congress & the Presidency, 2007-present. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 1999-present. American Politics Quarterly, 1984-1993. Manuscript reviewer for the following journals: American Political Science Review; American Journal of Political Science; British Journal of Political Science; Journal of Politics; Political Research Quarterly/Western Political Quarterly; Polity; Political Behavior; Social Science Quarterly; Legislative Studies Quarterly; American Politics Research/American Politics Quarterly; Congress & the Presidency; Presidential Studies Quarterly; Law & Policy Quarterly; Policy Studies Review. Book manuscript reviewer for the following publishers: Oxford University Press; SUNY Press; Longman; Prentice-Hall; Addison, Wesley; Wadsworth; F.E. Peacock; Brooks-Cole; West Publishing Company; Little, Brown; John Wiley & Sons; Harper & Row; Scott, Foresman; Wm. C. Brown Publishers; Macmillan Publishing Co. Grant reviewer for the National Science Foundation Association Offices and Committees AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION Member, Publications Committee, 1999-2001

Chair, Carl Albert Dissertation Award Committee of Legislative Studies Section to select the best dissertation on legislative politics in 2000 Member, Legislative Studies Section Committee to select the recipient of Fenno Award for the best book published on legislative politics in 1998 Member, Legislative Studies Section Committee to select the recipient of the Congressional Quarterly Prize for the best paper on legislative politics at the APSA Meeting, 1986, 1992 MIDWEST POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION Member, Patrick J. Fett Award Committee for best the paper on the scientific study of Congress and the Presidency at the 2003 Meeting Member, Executive Council, 1992-1995 Member, Program Committee Executive Politics Section, 2001 Legislative Politics Section, 1993 PI SIGMA ALPHA President, 2006-2008 President-elect, 2004-2006 Member, Executive Council, 1994-98, 2008-2009 SOUTHERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION President, 2006-2007 President-elect, 2005-2006 Vice President and Program Chair 2004 Annual Meeting Vice President Elect, 2001-2002 Member, Executive Council, 2000-2001, 2007-2008 Chair, Committee to Implement Moving the Time of the Annual Meeting, 2001 Member, Committee to select the recipient of the Malcolm Jewell Award for the best Graduate Student paper presented at the 1999 SPSA meeting Member, Committee to select the Editor of the Journal of Politics, 1998-99, 2003-04 Member, Program Committee, (Executive/Bureaucratic Politics Section), 1992 Chair, Nominating Committee 1991 Member, Nominating Committee, 1990 Chair, Committee to select the recipient of the Brooks/Cole Award for the best Graduate Student paper presented at the 1988 SPSA meeting Member, Committee to select the recipient of the Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper presented at the 1986 SPSA Meeting Panel Chair and Discussant Regular participant on panels at APSA, MPSA, and SPSA, 1977-present. Occasional participant at the Southwestern Political Science Association, 1977-present. Political Commentary Editorial, Clinton, the Timex President, Keeps on Tickin. Houston Chronicle, August 19, 1994. Editorial on Disciplinary Action against Congressman Phil Gramm for UPI Wire Service, 1983. Commentator, Dividing Line. KAMU-TV News, 1982 (a point-counterpoint segment on the local PBS affiliate) Guest Speaker, Muck and Mire Show. WTAW Radio on the Disciplinary Action against Congressman Phil Gramm, 1983. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Academic Appointments Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University, 1987-Present Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University, 1982-1987 Instructor and Assistant Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University, 1976-1982

Part-time Instructor, Parkland College (Champaign, Illinois), 1974-1975 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, Oklahoma State University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1969-1975 Courses Taught Presidency (Junior/Senior level) Congressional Elections; Elections in American Politics (Graduate level) Congress and the President (Graduate level) Congress (Junior/Senior and Graduate levels) Public Policy Theory (Graduate level) The Judicial Process (Junior/Senior level) Political Science Methods (Sophomore/Junior level) American National Government (Freshman level) State and Local Government (Freshman/Sophomore level) Urban Politics (Sophomore level) Graduate Committees Chair of ten Ph.D. and eight M.P.A. and M.A. committees, 1979-2008. Member of twelve Ph.D. committees and three Masters committees, 1981-2008. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Placement Director, Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University, 2002-2004. Responsible for advising Ph.D. students on the job market and guiding their preparation of application credentials such as curriculum vitae and cover letters, conducting annual seminars for students on job search procedures and expectations, supervising the timely collation and mailing of job application materials for each student, coordinating the presentation of practice job talks for students on the job market, and consulting with students who receive job offers concerning conditions of employment and related contractual issues. Graduate Advisor, Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University, 1988-1991. Responsible for general administration of the Ph.D. and M.A. programs. Duties include recruitment of graduate students; monitoring progress through the programs; assignment of graduate assistantships and management of the assistantship budget; chair the Graduate Committee to set policy for the graduate programs. SERVICE University Member, Faculty Development Leave Committee, 2009-2010 Elected to Texas A&M University Faculty Senate, 1983-84, 1984-87. Executive Committee, 1986-87 Chair, Academic Affairs Committee, 1984-85; member 1985-87 Chair, Ad hoc Committee on Academic Standards, 1983-84 Member, By-Laws Committee, 1983-84 Member, Parking Committee, 1983-84 Deputy Parliamentarian, 1988-1991, 1996-97. Member, Mini-Grant Committee, 1988-1992. Representative of the Faculty (At Large), University Rules and Regulations Committee, 1986-89. Roundtable Co-chair, Student Conference on National Affairs, Texas A&M University, 1978 and 1979. Guest Speaker, The Impeachment Process. Political Forum Program, 1998. Guest Speaker, The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment. Hughes Hall Education Program, 1981. College Member, Search Committee for the Director of the George Bush School. Member, College of Liberal Arts, Dean's Advisory Committee, 1990-1993 Member, College of Liberal Arts By-Laws Revision Committee, 1984-1985.

Member, College of Liberal Arts Budget Alert Committee, 1985. Member, College of Liberal Arts Graduate Instruction Committee, 1988-1991 Department Member, Race and Ethnic Politics Search Committee, 2009-2010. Faculty Advisor, Pi Sigma Alpha chapter at Texas A&M University, 2006-10 Member, Department Head Search Committee, 2001-02; 2002-03. Member, Head s Advisory Committee, 1986-87, 1994-95, 1997-98, 2000-01; 2001-02; 2003-04; 2008-09; 2009-10. Member, Senior American Politics Search Committee, 1996-97. Chair, By-Laws Committee, 1985-86. Member, Tenure and Promotion Review Committee, 1985-86, 1997-98, 2000-01. Member, Graduate Committee, 1985-86, 1986-87, Chair, 1988-90. Undergraduate Advisor, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81. Member, Student Affairs Committee, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81. Member, Curriculum Committee, 1978-79, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84. Member, Teaching Evaluation Committee, 1982-83, 1990-91, 2005-06; 2008. Chair, Public Choice Search Committee, 1986-87, 1990-91, 1994-95. Chair, Pre-Law Committee, 1981-82; Member, 1982-83, 1983-84. Chair, Judicial Politics Search Committee, 1980-81, Member 1985-86. Member, Political Methodology Search Committee, 1984-85. Member, American Politics Search Committee, 1977-78, 2005-06. Chair, Academic Standards and Appeals Committee, 1978-79, 1979-80. Member, American Government Placement Examination Committee, 1977-78. Community Vice President, Foxfire Homeowners Association, 2005 Guest Speaker, Presidential Leadership. Junior Statesmen Texas Symposium on Leadership and Politics, June 11, 2002. Guest Speaker, Black Graduate Students Association, 1996. Guest Speaker, The 1988 Elections: Divided Control and the Implications for Governing. Washington County, Texas, Republican Club, 1988. Member, Administrative Board, A&M United Methodist Church, College Station, Texas, 1985-1987. Member, Organizing Committee for Parent-Teacher Organization, Oakwood Middle School/Jr. High, College Station, Texas, 1980-81. Chair, Board of Deacons, A&M Presbyterian Church, College Station, Texas, 1982; member, 1978-82. Member, City of College Station Capital Improvements Committee, 1977-78.