August 2002 Curriculum Vitae David William Rohde Business Address: Home Address: Department of Political Science Michigan State University 303 South Kedzie Hall East Lansing MI 48824 (517) 355-7655 Fax: (517) 432-1091 6125 Oakpark Trail Haslett MI 48840 (517) 339-4565 Personal Information: Born June 4, 1944, Buffalo, New York; Married, two children. Education: B.S., Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, 1967. Ph.D., University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 1971. Fellowships, Woodrow Wilson Fellowship (honorary), 1967-68. Awards,and Herbert Lehman Fellowship, 1967-70. Grants: A.P.S.A. Congressional Fellowship, 1972-73. Grants from the Dirksen Congressional Center, 1987, 1990. National Science Foundation Grant, 1989-91. Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan State University, 1992. 1996 CQ Press Award (For the best paper on legislative politics delivered at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.) (with John H. Aldrich) 1997 Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper delivered at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association (with John H. Aldrich) Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2000 Employment: Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, 1970-73. Associate Professor, Michigan State University, 1973-78. Professor, Michigan State University, 1978-92. Manning J. Dauer Eminent Scholar in Political Science, University of Florida, 1993-94 University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University, 1992-93, 1994- Administrative (All at Michigan State University) Experience: Chairperson: April 1981-August 1987.
2 Acting Chairperson, Academic Year: 1978-79, 1980-81. Summers: 1975-80. Assistant to the Chairperson, Academic Years: 1976-78, 1979-80, 1991-93. Acting Director, Social Science Research Bureau: 1987. Director, Political Institutions and Public Choice Program, 1994- Teaching Interests: Legislative Politics, Campaigns and Elections, Positive Political Theory, Research Methods. Recent Professional Editor, American Journal of Political Science, three- year term, 1988-90. Service: Chair, Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association, 1991-93. Member, National Science Foundation Political Science Advisory Panel, 1992-93. Member, Editorial Board of Legislative Studies Quarterly, three-year term, 1992-94. Member, Editorial Board of PS, three-year term, 1993-95. Advisory editor, "Analytical Perspectives on Politics" series, University of Michigan Press. Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Politics, three-year term, 1997-2000. Chair, 1997 Patrick Fett Award Committee of the Midwest Political Science Association Member, Editorial Board of Political Science Quarterly, 1998- Member, search committee for the editor of the Journal of Politics, 1999 Chair, nominating committee of the American Political Science Association, 2000 (member, 2001) Member, search committee for the editor of the American Journal of Political Science, 2000 Member, William H. Riker Prize Committee, 1999-2001 Published and Forthcoming RESEARCH BOOKS Supreme Court Decision Making (W.H. Freeman, 1976). (with Harold Spaeth) Change and Continuity in the 1980 Elections (CQ Press, 1982). (with Paul Abramson and Change and Continuity in the 1980 Elections, Revised Edition (CQ Press, 1983). (with Paul Abramson and
3 Change and Continuity in the 1984 Elections (CQ Press, 1986). (with Paul Abramson and American Government: People, Institutions, and Policies (Houghton, Mifflin Inc., 1986). (with John Aldrich, Gary Miller, and Charles Ostrom) Change and Continuity in the 1984 Elections, Revised Edition (CQ Press, 1987). (with Paul Abramson and Home Style and Washington Work: Studies of Congressional Politics (University of Michigan Press, 1989). (with Morris Fiorina) Change and Continuity in the 1988 Elections (CQ Press, 1990). (with Paul Abramson and Change and Continuity in the 1988 Elections, Revised Edition (CQ Press, 1991). (with Paul Abramson and Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House (University of Chicago Press, 1991). Portions reprinted in Herbert F. Weisberg, Eric S. Heberlig, and Lisa M. Campoli (eds.), Classics in Congressional Politics (Addsion, Wesley, Longman, 1999), 366-376. Change and Continuity in the 1992 Elections (CQ Press, 1994). (with Paul Abramson and Change and Continuity in the 1992 Elections, Revised Edition (CQ Press, 1995). (with Paul Abramson and Change and Continuity in the 1996 Elections (CQ Press, 1998). (with Paul Abramson and Change and Continuity in the 1996 and 1998 Elections (CQ Press, 1999). (with Paul Abramson and Change and Continuity in the 2000 Elections (CQ Press, 2002). (with Paul Abramson and ARTICLES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS "Comments on 'A Cost Theory of Judicial Alignments,'" Midwest Journal of Political Science 14 (May, 1970), 331-336. "A Theory of the Formation of Opinion Coalitions in the U.S. Supreme Court," in Richard G. Niemi and Herbert F. Weisberg (eds.), Probability Models of Collective Decision Making (Charles Merrill, 1972), 165-178.
4 "Policy Goals and Opinion Coalitions in the Supreme Court," Midwest Journal of Political Science 16 (May, 1972), 208-224. The Making of U.S. Foreign Policy: An Annotated Bibliography (The Kellogg Center for Continuing Education, Michigan State University, 1972). (with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita) "Policy Goals, Strategic Choice and Majority Opinion Assignments in the U.S. Supreme Court," Midwest Journal of Political Science 16 (May, 1972), 652-682. "Democratic Committee Assignments in the House of Representatives: Strategic Aspects of a Social Choice Process," American Political Science Review 67 (September, 1973), 889-905. (with Kenneth Shepsle) Reprinted in Robert Peabody and Nelson Polsby (eds.), New Perspectives on the House of Representatives, 3d Ed. (Rand McNally, 1977), 295-323. Reprinted in Mathew McCubbins and Terry Sullivan (eds.), Congress: Structure and Policy (Cambridge University Press, 1987), 179-206. "Committee Reform in the House of Representatives and the 'Subcommittee Bill of Rights,'" The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 411 (January, 1974), 39-47. "Public Financing of Federal Election Campaigns," Columbia Human Rights Law Review 6 (Spring, 1974), 43-58. "Historical Change in House Turnover," in Norman Ornstein (ed.), Congress in Change (Prager, 1975), 24-57. (with Morris Fiorina and Peter Wissel) "Seniority and Future Power in Congress," in Norman Ornstein (ed.), Congress in Change (Prager, 1975), 72-87. (with Norman Ornstein) "The United States Senate as a Presidential Incubator: Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen," Political Science Quarterly 91 (Summer, 1976), 237-258. (with Norman Ornstein and Robert Peabody) "Shifting Forces, Changing Rules and Political Outcomes: The Impact of Congressional Change on Four House Committees," in Robert Peabody and Nelson Polsby (eds.), New Perspectives on the House of Representatives, 3d Ed. (Rand McNally, 1977), 186-269. (with Norman Ornstein) "The Changing Senate: From the 1950s to the 1970s," in Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer (eds.), Congress Reconsidered (Prager, 1977), 3-20. (with Norman Ornstein and Robert Peabody) "Resource Usage, Information and Policy Making in the U.S. Senate," in Senators Offices, Ethics, and Pressures (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977), 37-46. (with Norman Ornstein) Reprinted in David Kozak and John Macartny (eds.), Congress and Public Policy (Dorsey Press, 1982), 305-312.
5 "Revolt From Within: Congressional Change, Legislative Policy and the House Commerce Committee," in John Peters and Susan Welch (eds.), Legislative Reform and Public Policy (Prager, 1977), 54-72. (with Norman Ornstein) "Some Clarifications Regarding a Theory of Supreme Court Coalition Formation," American Journal of Political Science 21 (May, 1977), 409-413. "Membership Turnover and Congressional Reform: The More Things Change, The More They May or May Not Stay The Same," Policy Studies Journal 5 (Spring, 1977), 469-476. (with Kenneth Shepsle) "Congressional Reform and Political Parties in the U.S. House of Representatives," in Jeff Fishel (ed.), Parties and Elections in an Anti-Party Age (Indiana University Press, 1978), 280-294. (with Norman Ornstein) "Thinking About Legislative Reform," in Leroy Rieselbach (ed.), Legislative Reform: Effects and Prospects (Heath, Lexington, 1978), 9-22. (with Kenneth Shepsle) "Risk-Bearing and Progressive Ambition: The Case of Members of the United States House of Representatives," American Journal of Political Science 23 (February, 1979), 1-26. Reprinted in Herbert F. Weisberg, Eric S. Heberlig, and Lisa M. Campoli (eds.), Classics in Congressional Politics (Addsion, Wesley, Longman, 1999), 152-167. "The Contemporary Senate: Into the 1980s," in Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer (eds.), Congress Reconsidered, 2d Ed. (CQ Press, 1981), 13-30. (with Norman Ornstein and Robert Peabody) "The Limitations of Equilibrium Analysis in Political Science," in Peter Ordeshook and Kenneth Shepsle (eds.), Political Equilibrium (Martinus Nijhoff, 1982), 62-95. (with John Aldrich) "The Measurement of Public Opinion About Public Policy: A Report on Some New Issue Question Formats," American Journal of Political Science 26 (May, 1982), 391-414. (with John Aldrich, Richard Niemi, and George Rabinowitz) "Political Change and Legislative Norms in the United States Senate," In Glenn R. Parker (ed.), Studies of Congress (CQ Press, 1985), 147-188. (with Norman Ornstein and Robert Peabody) "The Senate Through the 1980s: Cycles of Change," in Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer (eds.), Congress Reconsidered, 3d Ed. (CQ Press, 1985), 13-33. (with Norman Ornstein and Robert Peabody) "Presidential Vetoes and Congressional Response: A Study of Institutional Conflict," American Journal of Political Science 29 (August, 1985), 397-427. (with Dennis Simon) "Progressive Ambition Among United States Senators: 1972-1988," Journal of Politics 49 (February, 1987), 3-35. (with Paul Abramson and
6 "The Changing Shape of Partisanship Among Democrats in Congress," A.P.S.A. Legislative Studies Section Newsletter 10 (June, 1987), 93-96. "Vetoes," in Vernon Bogdanor (ed.), Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Institutions (Blackwell Reference, 1987), 630-631. "Leaders and Followers in the House of Representatives: Reflections on Woodrow Wilson's Congressional Government," Congress and the Presidency 14 (Autumn, 1987), 111-133. (with Kenneth Shepsle) "Studying Congressional Norms: Concepts and Evidence," Congress and the Presidency 15 (Autumn, 1988), 139-145. "Change in the Senate: Toward the 1990s," in Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer (eds.), Congress Reconsidered, 4th Ed. (CQ Press, 1989), 13-37. (with Norman Ornstein and Robert Peabody) "Richard Fenno's Research Agenda and the Study of Congressional Politics," in Morris Fiorina and David Rohde (eds.), Home Style and Washington Work (University of Michigan Press, 1989), 1-15. (with Morris Fiorina) "'Somethin's Happening Here; What It Is Ain't Exactly Clear:' Southern Democrats in the House of Representatives," in Morris Fiorina and David Rohde (eds.), Home Style and Washington Work (University of Michigan Press, 1989), 137-163. "Ideology, Strategy and Supreme Court Decisions: William Rehnquist as Chief Justice," Judicature (December-January, 1989), 247-250. (with Harold Spaeth) "Electoral Forces, Political Agendas, and Partisanship in the House and Senate," in Roger Davidson (ed.), The Postreform Congress (St. Martin's Press, 1992), 27-47. "Agenda Change and Partisan Resurgence in the House of Representatives," in Alan Hertzke and Ronald Peters (eds.), The Atomistic Congress (M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1992), 231-258. "'Sophisticated' Voting in the 1988 Presidential Primaries," American Political Science Review 86 (March, 1992), 55-69. (with Paul Abramson, John Aldrich, and Philip Paolino) "Committee Assignments," in Robert Peabody and Nelson Polsby (eds.), New Perspectives on the House of Representatives, 4th Ed. (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992), 79-107. (with Kenneth Shepsle) "The U.S. Senate in an Era of Change," in Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer (eds.), Congress Reconsidered, 5th Ed. (CQ Press, 1993), 13-40. (with Norman Ornstein and Robert Peabody)
7 "Partisanship, Leadership, and Congressional Assertiveness in Foreign and Defense Policy," in David Deese (ed.), The Politics of American Foreign Policy (St. Martin's Press, 1993), 76-101. "Clinton and Congress Under Semi-Unified Government," Extensions Of Remarks (in the A.P.S.A. Legistudies Section Newsletter) 17 (November, 1993), 8-9. "The Contemporary Congress, 1930-1990," in Joel Silbey (ed.), Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System Vol. I (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994), 157-173. "Parties and Committees in the House: Member Motivations, Issues, and Institutional Arrangements," Legislative Studies Quarterly 19 (August, 1994), 341-359. Reprinted in Kenneth Shepsle and Barry Weingast (eds.), Positive Theories of Congressional Institutions (University of Michigan Press, 1995), 119-137. "Presidential Support in the House of Representatives," in Paul Peterson (ed.), The President, The Congress, and the Making of Foreign Policy (University of Oklahoma Press, 1994), 101-128. "The Fall Elections: Realignment and Dealignment," Chronicle of Higher Education, December 14, 1994, B1-B2. "Third-Party and Independent Candidates in American Politics: Wallace, Anderson, and Perot," Political Science Quarterly 110 (Fall, 1995), 349-367 (with Paul Abramson, John Aldrich, and Philip Paolino) Reprinted in Robert Y. Shapiro (ed.), Understanding Presidential Elections: Trends and New Developments (Academy of Political Science, 1996), 31-50. "Conditional Party Government Revisited: The House GOP and the Committee System in the 104th Congress." Extensions Of Remarks (in the A.P.S.A. Legislative Studies Section Newsletter) 19 (1995), 5-7 (with "The Inevitability and Solidity of the 'Republican Solid South,'" The American Review of Politics 17 (Spring/Summer 1996), 23-46. "The U.S. Senate: Toward the 21st Century." In Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer (eds.), Congress Reconsidered, 6th Ed. (CQ Press, 1997), 1-28. (with Norman Ornstein and Robert Peabody) "The Transition to Republican Rule in the House: Implications for Theories of Congressional Politics," Political Science Quarterly 112 (Winter, 1997-98): 541-567. (with John Aldrich). "Fighting Fire With Water: Partisan Procedural Strategies and the Senate Appropriations Committee," Congress and the Presidency 26 (Fall 1999): 113-132. (with Bryan W. Marshall and Brandon C. Prins)
8 "The Consequences of Party Organization in the House: The Role of the Majority and Minority Parties in Conditional Party Government," in Jon Bond and Richard Fleischer (eds.), Polarized Politics: Congress and the President in a Partisan Era (CQ Press, 2000): 31-72. (with John H. Aldrich) "The Republican Revolution and the House Appropriations Committee," Journal of Politics 62 (February 2000): 1-33. (with John H. Aldrich) "Majority Party Leadership, Strategic Choice, and Committee Power: Appropriations in the House, 1995-98," in William Bianco (ed.), Congress on Display, Congress at Work (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000): 69-99. (with Bryan W. Marshall and Brandon C. Prins) "Challenges to the American Two-Party System: Evidence From the 1968, 1980, and 1992 Elections." 53 Political Research Quarterly (September 2000): 495-522. (with Paul R. Abramson, John H. Aldrich, and Philip Paolino). "The Logic of Conditional Party Government: Revisiting the Electoral Connection." In Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer (eds.), Congress Reconsidered, 7th ed. (CQ Press, 2001): 269-292. (with John H. Aldrich) "The Gingrich Speakership in Context: Majority Leadership in the House in the Late Twentieth Century" Extensions (Fall 2000): 5-7. "Preference Conflict and Electoral Uncertainty: The Congress in the Next Decade" Extensions of Remarks (APSA Legislative Studies Section Newsletter): 5-6. "What You See is...essentially...what You Get: House Races in the Contemporary South." In John C. Kuzenski, Laurence W. Moreland and Robert P. Steed (eds.). Eye of the Storm: The South and Congress in an Era of Change. (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000): 39-67. (With Stanley Berard) "Partisanship and the Purse: The Money Committees and Procedures in the Post-reform Congress" Politics and Policy 29 (June 2001): 291-316. (with Bryan W. Marshall and Brandon C. Prins) "The Impact of National Tides and District-Level Effects on Electoral Outcomes: The U.S. Congressional Elections of 1862-63" American Journal of Political Science 45 (October 2001): 887-898 (with Jamie Carson, Jeff Jenkins and Mark Souva) "Partisanship, Consensus, and Committee-Floor Divergence: A Comparison of Member Behavior in the 96th and 104th Congresses" American Politics Research (January 2002): 3-33. (With Jamie Carson and Charles Finocchiaro) "Distributive and Partisan Issues in Agriculture Policy in the 104th House" American Political Science Review 95 (December 2001): 911-922 (with Mark Hurwitz and Roger Moiles)
9 "The Historical Variability in Conditional Party Government, 1877-1986". In David W. Brady and Mathew D. McCubbins (eds.). Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress: New Perspectives on the History of Congress. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, forthcoming 2002). (with John H Aldrich and Mark M. Berger) "American Fears: Change and Continuity." In Vladimir Shlapentokh and Eric Shiraev (eds.), Fears in Post Communist Societies: A Comparative Perspective. (Pellgrave-St.Martin's, forthcoming 2002). "The Structure of Legislatures. In Joel B. Grossman (ed.), The Oxford Companion to American Law. (New York: Oxford University Press forthcoming 2002). "Seeing the House and Senate Together: Some Reflections on the Research on the Exceptional Senate" in Bruce Oppenheimer (ed.). U.S. Senate Exceptionalism (Columbus: Ohio State University Press forthcoming 2002). SELECTED UNPUBLISHED PAPERS "The Strategy of Reform: Recorded Teller Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives," presented at the 1974 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. "Taking Stock of Congressional Research: The New Institutionalism," presented at the 1978 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. (with Kenneth Shepsle) "Variations in Partisanship in the House of Representatives, 1953-1988: Southern Democrats, Realignment, and Agenda Change," presented at the 1988 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. "Democratic Party Leadership, Agenda Control, and the Resurgence of Partisanship in the House," presented at the 1989 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. "The Electoral Roots of the Resurgence of Partisanship Among Southern Democrats in the House of Representatives," presented at the 1991 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. "Consensus, Conflict, and the Domain of Partisanship in House Committees," presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. "Presidential Surge and Differential Decline: The Effects of Changing Turnout on the Fortunes of Democratic House Incumbents in 1994," presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. (with Robert Orme) "A Tale of Two Speakers: A Comparison of Policy Making in the 100th and 104th Congresses," presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. (with
10 "Parties, Institutional Control, and Political Incentives: A Perspective on Governing in the Clinton Presidency," presented at the Colloquium "Mise en perspective des années Clinton/The Clinton Years in Perspective," Université de Montréal, October 6-8, 1996. "Balance of Power: Republican Party Leadership and the Committee System in the 104th House," presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. (with ""Theories of Legislative Organization: An Empirical Study of Committee Outliers in the Senate," presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. (with Bryan Marshall and Brandon Prins) "Measuring Conditional Party Government." A paper presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (with "Controlling the House Appropriations Agenda, 1955-1998. " A paper delivered at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. (With Gregory L. Bovitz) "Consensus and Conflict in House Decision Making: A Bill-Level Examination of Committee and Floor Behavior." A paper delivered at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. (With Jamie Carson and Charles Finocchiaro) "An Electoral and Institutional Explanation of Conflict and Partisanship in Congressional Foreign Policy." A paper delivered at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. (with Mark Souva) "Measuring the Effect of Differential Turnout on House Elections in the 1990s." A paper delivered at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. (with Jamie Carson, Charles Finocchiaro, and Eduardo Leoni) "War for the Floor: Agenda Control and the Relationship Between Conditional Party Government and Cartel Theory." A paper to be delivered at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. (with Charles Finocchiaro) Balance of Power (with PROJECTS IN PROGRESS