JOHN J. PITNEY, JR.

Government Department, Claremont McKenna College

850 Columbia Avenue

Claremont, California  91711-6420

909/607-4224 (office); 909/621-8419 (fax)

E-mail:  jpitney@cmc.edu  WWW:  http://www1.cmc.edu/pages/faculty/JPitney/ 

Twitter: http://twitter.com/jpitney

Career

• 1986-present    Claremont McKenna College, Department of Government. Roy P. Crocker Professor of American Politics (2005-present); professor (2001-present); associate professor (1994-2001); assistant professor (1986-1994; on leave 1989-91).  

• 1989-1991       Research Department, Republican National Committee. Acting director (1990‑1991); deputy director (1989‑1990), during leave from  Claremont McKenna College.  Responsible for policy statements and briefings.

• 1984-1986       US House Republican Research Committee.  Senior domestic policy analyst.  Responsible for background papers and public statements on a variety of domestic and economic issues.

• 1983-1984       American Political Science Association. Congressional Fellow.  Second-half assignment:  Representative Dick Cheney (WY). Prepared briefing material for House Republican Policy Committee, chaired by Rep. Cheney.  First-half assignment: Senator Alfonse D'Amato (NY). Served as legislative assistant for environmental issues.

• 1978‑1980       New York State Senator John R. Dunne. Legislative assistant (1979‑1980); Legislative Fellow (1978‑1979).  Conducted research on insurance regulation and public authorities; managed procedure for the State Senate Corporations Committee.

  Education 

• Yale University.  Department of Political Science. Ph.D. (1985); M. Phil. (1981); M.A. (1978). Fields:  American politics, public policy, and political psychology.  Dissertation: “Hazardous Politics:  Toxic Waste and American Government.”  Advisor:  Theodore Marmor. 

• Union College, Schenectady, New York. B.A. in political science (1977; co-valedictorian). 

Scholarly Writing

Books

• Divided We Stand: The 2020 Elections and American Politics (Lanham, Maryland; Rowman and Littlefield, 2021). With Andrew E. Busch.
• Un-American: The Fake Patriotism of Donald Trump (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2020).
• After Reagan: Bush, Dukakis, and the 1988 Election (Lawrence, Kansas: Univesity Press of Kansas, 2019).
• Defying the Odds: The 2016 Elections and American Politics (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2017). With James W. Ceaser and Andrew E. Busch.
• Is Congress Broken? The Virtues and Defects of Partisanship and Gridlock (Washington: Brookings, 2017).  Co-edited with William F. Connelly, Jr. and Gary J. Schmitt.
• The Politics of Autism: Navigating the Contested Spectrum (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield: 2015).
• Private Anti-Piracy Navies How Warships for Hire are Changing Maritime Security (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2013).  With John-Clark Levin. Note: the project is John-Clark’s initiative.
• After Hope and Change: The 2012 Elections and American Politics (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2013).  With James W. Ceaser and Andrew E. Busch.

• American Government: Deliberation, Democracy and Citizenship, 2d ed.  (Boston: Wadsworth, 2011).  With Joseph M. Bessette. 

• Epic Journey: The 2008 Elections and American Politics (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2009).  With James W. Ceaser and Andrew E. Busch.

• The Art of Political Warfare (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000).

• Congress' Permanent Minority? Republicans in the US House (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 1994). With William F. Connelly, Jr.

Book Chapters

• “What is Trumpism?” in William Mayer and Andrew Busch, The Elephant in the Room, (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2022.
• "George W. Bush and Congress,” in Michael Nelson, Barbara Perry and Russell Riley, eds., 43: Inside the George W. Bush Presidency (Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2022).
• “Trump, Trouble, and Teaching,” in Trumping Ethical Norms: Teachers, Preachers, Pollsters, and the Media Respond to Donald Trump, edited by L. Sandy Maisel and Hannah E. Dineen (Routledge, 2018).
• "Introduction” and “A Return to Madisonian Republicanism,” chapters in Is Congress Broken? The Virtues and Defects of Partisanship and Gridlock, edited by William F. Connelly, Jr., John J. Pitney, Jr., and Gary Schmitt (Washington: Brookings, 2017).  With William F. Connelly, Jr.“Obama and Washington: Fallen Hopes and Frustrated Change,” chapter in Debating the Obama Presidency, edited by Steven Schier (Rowman and Littlefield, 2016).
• “Autism,” chapter in Issues and Controversies in Science and Politics, edited by Brent Steel (Washington; CQ Press, 2014).
• “The Iron Law of Emulation,” chapter in Interest Groups Unleashed, a reader on the impact of Citizens United, edited by Paul Herrnson, Clyde Wilcox, and Christopher Deering (Washington: CQ Press, 2012).

• "Asymmetric Warfare:  Supporters and Opponents of President Obama,” chapter in Transforming America: Barack Obama in the White House, edited by Steven Schier.(Rowman and Littlefield, 2011).

• “Organ Transplants,” in Governing America: Major Policies and Decisions of Federal, State, And Local Government, edited by Paul J. Quirk and William Cunion (New York: Facts On File, 2011).

• "California: The Great Exception," in Pendulum Swing, edited by Larry J. Sabato (New York: Longman, 2011).

• “Resolved, the Senate Should Represent People, not States – Con,” in Debating Reform, edited by Richard J. Ellis and Michael Nelson (Washington: CQ Press, 2011).

• “The Culminating Point: Democrats versus Republicans in the Bush Years,” in Ambition and Division:  Legacies of the George W. Bush Presidency, edited by Steven E. Schier (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009).

• “Political Warfare During Wartime,” in High Risk and Big Ambition:  The Presidency of George W. Bush, edited by Steven E. Schier (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004)  Originally presented as a paper at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 30, 2003. 

• “Nixon, California and American Politics, chapter in The California Republic: Institutions, Statesmanship, and Policies, edited by Brian Janiskee and Ken Masugi (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2004).  Reprint from Nexus:  A Journal of Opinion (Chapman University School of Law) 6 (Spring 2001).  Originally presented as a paper at a conference on “Democracy in California,” Salvatori Center and Claremont Institute, Claremont, California, October 27, 2000.

• “Bipartisanship,” “Contempt of Congress," “Delegation of Legislative Power,” in The Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, edited by Michael Genovese (New York: Facts on File, 2004).

• "Intellectual Challenges Facing the Republican Party,” in The Politics of Ideas, 2d ed., edited by John White and John C. Green (Albany:  SUNY Press, 2001). 

• Clinton and the Republican Party,” in The Postmodern Presidency: Bill Clinton's Legacy in U.S. Politics, edited by Steven Schier (Pittsburgh:  University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000).

•  “The House Republicans:  Lessons for Political Science,” New Majority or Old Minority? The Impact of Republicans on Congress  (Lanham, Maryland:  Rowman and Littlefield, 1999), edited by Nicol C. Rae and Colton C. Campbell.  With William F. Connelly, Jr.  Originally presented as a paper at “The Impact of the New Majority:  Republican Control of Congress,” Florida International University, Miami, January 31, 1998

•  “Fascism in Gabriel over the White House” and “Anti-Fascism in Citizen Kane,” in Reelpolitik : Political Ideologies in 30s and 40s Films, edited by Beverly Merrill Kelley (Westport, Connecticut:  Praeger, 1998).  Originally presented as papers at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, San Diego, November 23, 1996.

•  “`Permanent Minority' No More:  House Republicans in 1994,” in Midterm:  The Elections of 1994 in Context, edited by Philip A. Klinkner (Boulder, Colorado:  Westview Press, 1996).  With William F. Connelly, Jr. 

• “From Ward Heelers to Public Relations Experts:  The Parties' Response to Mass Politics,” in Broken Contract?  Changing Relationships Between Citizens and Their Government in the United States, edited by Stephen C. Craig (Boulder, Colorado:  Westview Press, 1996). With Paul S. Herrnson and Kelly Patterson. 

• “Ideas and the President's Party,” research note in The Politics of Ideas, edited by John White and John C. Green (Lanham, Maryland:  Rowman and Littlefield, 1995). 

• “The Speaker:  A Republican Perspective,” in The Speaker:  Leadership in the US House of Representatives, edited by Ronald M. Peters, Jr.  (Washington: CQ Press, 1994).  With William F. Connelly, Jr.

•  “FHP Health Care PAC,” in Risky Business:  PAC Decisionmaking and Strategy in 1992, edited by Robert Biersack, Paul S. Herrnson and Clyde Wilcox (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994).  Originally presented as a paper at the University of Maryland, April 30, 1993. 

• “A Congress Restored,” in Rethinking Political Reform, edited by Ruy Teixeira (Washington:  Progressive Foundation, 1994).

•  “Republican Elites Under Reagan and Bush,” in A Conservative Revolution?  The Thatcher‑Reagan Years in Perspective, edited by Andrew Adonis and Timothy Hames (Manchester, UK:  Manchester University Press, 1994).

•  “Republican Alternatives to the Great Society,” in Politics, Professionalism and Power, edited by John C. Green (Lanham, Maryland:  University Press of America, 1994).  Originally presented as a paper at the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, Akron, Ohio, September 13, 1991.  

• “Conservatism,” in Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, volume I, edited by Leonard W. Levy and Louis Fisher (New York:  Simon and Schuster, 1994). 

• “Frames, Wedges, Magnets and Silver Bullets:  Republican Strategies,” in American Political Parties and Constitutional Politics, edited by Peter W. Schramm and Bradford P. Wilson (Lanham, Maryland:  Rowman and Littlefield, 1993).  Originally presented as a paper at the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs, Ashland, Ohio, November 10, 1990.

•  “What If There Were Three Major Parties?” in What If the American Political System Were Different?  edited by Herbert M. Levine (Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1992).

•  “What If There Were No Welfare State?” in What If the American Political System Were Different?  edited by Herbert M. Levine (Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1992). 

• Biographical sketches of Joseph Cannon, Everett Dirksen and thirteen other national party leaders in: Political Parties and Elections in the United States, edited by L. Sandy Maisel (New York: Garland, 1991).

•  “The Many Faces of Incumbency,” in The New Federalist Papers, edited by J. Jackson Barlow, Dennis J. Mahoney and John G. West, Jr. (Lanham, Maryland:  University Press of America, 1988).

• “Disability Politics in the Contemporary Congress,” The Forum, June 5, 2023, at https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/for-2023-2017/html.   
• “Class Connections: Congressional Classes and the Republicans of 1994,” The Forum 12 (October 2014). With Nichol C. Rae.
• “The Politics of Constraint:  House Republicans in Retrospect and Prospect,” The Forum 6 (2008), Issue 3, article 2, at http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol6/iss3/art2/
• "The Coming Ascent of Congress," Policy Review 100 (April-May 2000).
•  “President Clinton's 1993 Inaugural Address,” Presidential Studies Quarterly 27 (Winter 1997).
•  “The Future of the House Republicans,” Political Science Quarterly 109 (Fall 1994).  With William F. Connelly, Jr.  Originally presented as a paper at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York City, September 2, 1994. 
•  “Using Electronic Spreadsheets in Undergraduate Political Science Courses,” Teaching Political Science, Fall 1988.
• “Covering Congress,” Polity 27 (Spring 1985).  With Charles M. Tidmarch.
•  “Leaders and Rules in the New York State Senate,” Legislative Studies Quarterly 7 (November 1982).

 Short Essays

• “The Midterm:  What Political Science Should Ask Now,” The Forum 4 (2006), No. 3, article 2, at http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol4/iss3/art2/

• “The Backseat Boys,” with William F. Connelly, Jr. (a retrospective analysis of our Congressional Fellowship experiences), in APSA Legislative Studies Section Newsletter, Extension of Remarks 27, January 2004.  

• Biography of Lee Atwater, American National Biography Online, April-May 2001. 

• "War on the Floor,” APSA Legislative Studies Section Newsletter Extension of Remarks, 24  (January 2001).

• "The House GOP's Civil War," PS: Political Science and Politics 30 (December 1997). With William F. Connelly, Jr.

•  “The Study of a Fickle Political Universe,” Chronicle of Higher Education, December 15, 1995.

•  “What Scholars Don't Know About Term Limits,” Chronicle of Higher Education, April 28, 1995.

•  “The Dearth of Scholarship on Republicans,” Chronicle of Higher Education, September 7, 1994.  With William F. Connelly, Jr. 

• “The Mixed Blessings of Graduate School,” PS:  Political Science and Politics 23 (September 1990).

•  “Bile Barrel Politics: Siting Unwanted Facilities,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management  3 (Spring 1984).

 Book Reviews 

• Louis Fisher, President Obama: Constitutional Aspirations and Executive Actions, in Perspectives on Politics 17 (March 2019): 256-258.
• Donald T. Critchlow, Republican Character: From Nixon to Reagan, in Political Science Quarterly 133 (Winter 2018-2019): 778-780. 
• Jamie L. Carson and Jason M. Roberts, Ambition, Competition, and Electoral Reform, in Perspectives on Politics 13 (June 2015): 529-530.
• Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism;  Robert Draper, Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the US House of Representatives, in The Forum 10 (July 2012).
•  Seth E. Masket, No Middle Ground: How Informal Party Organizations Control Nominations and Polarize Legislatures, in The Forum 7 (2009), No. 4, Article 12, at http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol7/iss4/art12/

• Andrew Wroe, The Republican Party and Immigration Politics: From Proposition 187 to George W. Bush, in Political Science Quarterly 124 (Summer 2009): 373-373.

• Sean J. Savage, JFK, LBJ, and the Democratic Party in Review of Politics 68 (Spring 2006).

• Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy.  In The Forum 3 (2006), No. 4, Article 8, at  http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol3/iss4/art8. Also a rejoinder to their reply in The Forum 4 (2006), No. 1, Article 9, at http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol4/iss1/art9.

• George Lakoff, Don’t Think of an Elephant!  In The Forum 3 (2005), No. 3, Article 8, at
  http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol3/iss3/art8

• Peter J. Wallison, Ronald Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of His Presidency; Peter Schweizer, Reagan’s War: The Epic Story of His Forty Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism; in Political Science Quarterly 118 (Fall 2003).

• What Motivates Bureaucrats? by Marissa Martino Golden, in H-Pol@h-net.msu.edu (August, 2001)

•  Sidney Milkis, Political Parties and Constitutional Government, in Presidential Studies Quarterly 30 (June 2000).

•  V. Lance Tarrance, Jr. and Walter DeVries, Checked and Balanced:  How Ticket-Splitters are Shaping the New Balance of Power in American Politics, in Political Science Quarterly 114 (Fall 1999). 

• Mary C. Brennan, Turning Right in the Sixties:  The Conservative Capture of the GOP, in Political Science Quarterly 111 (Summer 1996). 

• Philip A. Klinkner, The Losing Parties, in American Political Science Review 89 (June 1995).

•  Irene Rubin, The Politics of Public Budgeting; and Charles Stewart, Budget Reform Politics; in American Political Science Review 84 (December 1990).

•  Stanley Bach and Steven Smith, Managing Uncertainty in the House of Representatives, in Corruption and Reform 4 (1989).

Conference Papers

•   “Autism and Accountability,” American Political Science Association, September 11, 2020.
• “A Return to Madisonian Republicanism,” at “Congress, the Constitution, and Contemporary Politics,” American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, October 16, 2015.  With William F. Connelly, Jr.
• “The Politics of Autism,” American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 30, 2014.

•  “Autism Politics:  A Research Agenda,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 22-25, 2010.

• “Political Science and the Art of Political Warfare,” American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 29, 1997. 

• “Understanding Newt Gingrich,” American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 29, 1996.

•  “Republican Policymaking After Bush,” Western Political Science Association, Albuquerque, March 12, 1994.

•  “House Republican Responses to Permanent Minority Status,” Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, November 7, 1992.  With William F. Connelly, Jr. 

• “Republican Factionalism in the House of Representatives,” American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 5, 1992. With William F. Connelly, Jr. 

• “The House Republicans' Electoral Base,” Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, March 19, 1992.

•  “Madison v. Clausewitz:  Structural Barriers to the Nationalization of House Elections,” Western Political Science Association, Seattle, March 22, 1991.

•  “Republican Party Leadership in the US House,” American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September 1, 1990.

• “Comparing the National Party Platforms of 1960 and 1988,” Western Political Science Association, Salt Lake City, March 31, 1989. 

• “The War on the Floor:  Partisan Conflict in the US House of Representatives,” American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 1, 1988. 

• “The Conservative Opportunity Society,” Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, March 12, 1988.

• “Imagine Debating a Gravity Denier,” Medium, July 5, 2023.
• “Newsom’s Uncanny Resemblance to Michael Dukakis,” The Hill, August 11, 2022.
• “Democrats Are Running as Opposition Party,” The Bulwark, August 5, 2022.
• “Trump and Vaccine Hesitancy,” Medium, January 3, 2022
• “California’s Warning,” Medium, November 5, 2021.
• “The C-Word [communism],” Medium, July 30, 2021.
• “200,000 Dead Isn’t a Statistic. It’s a Tragedy.” The Bulwark, September 23, 2020.
• “A Good Republican Convention Can't Change Bad Realities. And So Far Trump's Isn't  Good,” USA Today, August 25, 2020. 
•  “Trump Saying Biden Would ‘Hurt the Bible’ and ‘Hurt God’ is the Height of Hypocrisy,” The  Bulwark, August 7, 2020.
• “A Wistful 30th ADA Anniversary with Trump, Who Doesn't Care about People with Disabilities,” USA Today, July 24, 2020.
• “Trump’s Mt. Rushmore Patriotpalooza,” The Bulwark, July 3, 2020.
• “Trump and the Mystic Chords,” Medium, June 22, 2020.
• “Trump and the California GOP,” Fox and Hounds, June 11, 2020.
• “Trump’s Not Only Echoing Nixon; He’s Channeling Joe Colombo,” New York Daily News, June 10, 2020.
• “Conservative: I'd Take Obama Over Trump in an Instant, Especially After the Day We Just Had,” USA Today, June 1, 2020.
• “Trump, Reagan, and `Mourning in America,’” The Bulwark, May 11, 2020.
• “Trump's Science Denial Is Un-American. Just Ask Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson,” USA Today, April 28, 2020.
• “Donald Trump, Un-American,” The Bulwark, April 24, 2020.
• "Shutdown Is No Time For Celebratory State Of The Union. No Time Is. Let's Scrap It,” USA Today, January 17, 2019.
• “Nancy Pelosi Is Too Old and Too Unpopular to Be Speaker. She's Also Too Good at the Job to Pass Over,” Los Angeles Times, November 23, 2018.
• “Four Midterm Takeways,” USA Today, November 6, 2018.
• "Democrats, Whatever You do When You Deize the House in November, Don't Act like Newt Gingrich," Los Angeles Times, October 15, 2018.
• “Stop comparing Donald Trump to Abraham Lincoln. He's no Honest Abe, USA Today, September 4., 2018.
• "Strunk and White, TL;DR" (book review), Claremont Review of Books, June 13, 2018.
• "Trump Jr.'s Russia Meeting Would Have Gotten Me Fired," Newsweek,  January 4, 2018.
• "Trump the Disloyalist," Politico Magazine, July 25, 2017.
• “I Was a Republican Until Donald Trump Hijacked My Party,” USA Today, May 23, 2017.
• “Obama’s Legacy: Expectations High,” San Diego Union-Tribune, January 27, 2017.
• "Trump's Fake Science Could Be Lethal," USA Today, January 26, 2017.
• "Back to the Nixon Future?" Liberty Law Forum, January 17, 2017.
• "Congress Could Never Control Trump," USA Today, October 23, 2016.
• "Trump's Disturbing `Love' for the Constitution," USA Today, September 16, 2016. 
• “It’s the Nukes, Not the Supreme Court,” Sacramento Bee, August 11, 2016.
• “Advantage Team Blue,” US News & World Report, July 29, 2016.
• “Trump Wasted His Chance for a Convention Bounce,” USA Today online, July 22, 2016.
• “#NeverTrump Republicans Shouldn't Vote Clinton,” USA Today online, June 14, 2016.
• “Dark Horses,” Fox and Hounds, April 18, 2016.
• “Will the GOP Come Apart?” Fox and Hounds, March 16, 2016.
• “The Five Blatantly False Rationalizations Republicans Will Use to Vote for Donald Trump,” Quartz, March 15, 2016.
• “La regola del più forte e l’esempio di Trump,” Formiche, March 2016.
• “Primary Performance Does Not Predict General Election Outcomes,” Fox and Hounds, March 9, 2016.
• "Republicans: Even More Divided Than Usual," Fox and Hounds, March 2, 2016. 
• “Trump and California,” Fox and Hounds, February 25, 2016.
• "After Nevada and South Carolina," Fox and Hounds, February 22, 2016.
• “The Presidential Race: But Seriously…” Fox and Hounds, February 10, 2016.
• "Fox News Is Too Mainstream for America’s New Conservative Movement,” Quartz, February 10, 2016.
•  “Iowa, Psychology, and Arithmetic,” Fox and Hounds, February 2, 2016.
• “The GOP Establishment Is Really Feeling the Bern,” Quartz, January 25, 2016.
• “Autism and the Presidential Campaign,” The Hill, September 19, 2015.
• “Kevin McCarthy Changes Nothing,” Politico, June 19, 2014.
• “How The Godfather Explains House GOP Leadership Politics,” Politico, June 13, 2014.
• “Reading the Tea (Party) Leaves of GOP Senate Primaries,” Christian Science Monitor, March 3, 2014.
• “McAuliffe and Christie Victories Can't Be Read As a Sign of Things to Come,” Christian Science Monitor, November 6, 2013.
• “To Help John Boehner Herd Cats, Bring Back Earmarks (And Other Ways To Fix Congress),” Christian Science Monitor, October 17, 2013.
• “Why Obama's Old Bag of Tricks Won't Persuade Congress, Americans On Syria,” Christian Science Monitor, September 9, 2013.
• “Speaker Boehner Up at Bat with Immigration Reform,” Christian Science Monitor, July 8, 2013.

• “Is Washington Too `Broken' to Handle Big Problems Such as Immigration Reform?” Christian Science Monitor, May 22, 2013.

• “Benefits Even with the Politics,” New York Times Room for Debate blog, May 9, 2013.

• "Why the 90 Percent Lost on Gun Background Checks," Christian Science Monitor, April 18, 2013.

• “Think You Know the Reagan and Bush Era? Think Again,” Christian Science Monitor, April 1, 2013.

• "California's Balanced Budget? Hold the Applause." Christian Science Monitor, February 6, 2013.

• "Inauguration 2013: Will President Obama's Second Term Resemble Reagan's?" Christian Science Monitor, January 21, 2013.

• “`Fiscal Cliff’ Or Not, Tax Reform Is Easier Said Than Done,” Christian Science Monitor, December 10, 2012.

• “How President Obama Can Win Over Congress,” Christian Science Monitor, November 9, 2012.

• "No Mandate for Either Mitt Romney or President Obama," Christian Science Monitor, November 1, 2012.

• “Note to Tweeting #Romney, #Obama Campaigns and #Journalists: Chill,” Christian Science Monitor, September 28, 2012.

• “How the GOP Convention Could Help – and Harm – Mitt Romney,” Christian Science Monitor, August 28, 2012.

• “Can Paul Ryan Educate Voters About Medicare Reform?” Christian Science Monitor, August 20, 2012.

• "Who Will Be Romney's Running Mate?" Fox and Hounds Daily, June 26, 2012.

• “What Obama and Romney Aren’t Talking About: America's Class Divide,” Christian Science Monitor, June 13, 2012.

• “Top Two Blues,” City Journal California, June 8, 2012.

• “An `Interview’ With a K Street Master of Campaign Clichés,” Christian Science Monitor, April 25, 2012.

• "Will Obama's Re-Election Pitch Work?" CNN.com, March 20, 2012.

• Review of Democracy Despite Itself, Washington Post, March 9, 2012.

• “After Super Tuesday:  How Damaged is Mitt Romney to Run Against Obama,” Christian Science Monitor, March 7, 2012.

• "Ex Gobernador Sigue Siendo El Favorito,” La Tercera, Chile, March 7, 2012.

• “Two Cheers for Super PACs,” Christian Science Monitor, February 14, 2012.

• “The Most Important Election of a Lifetime?” Christian Science Monitor, January 30, 2012.

• “Why Gingrich Would Lose in a Debate with Obama,” Washington Post, January 27, 2012 (online), January 29, 2012 (print).

• “Un Final Aun Incierto,” La Tercera, Chile, January 4, 2012.

• “When Character Counts in Choosing a President,” Christian Science Monitor, January 3, 2012.

• “Five Myths about Newt Gingrich, Washington Post, November 22, 2011 (online); November 27, 2011 (print).

• “Will Voters Kick Out All Incumbents in 2012?” Christian Science Monitor, October 24, 2011.

• “Simply Not a Talking Point,” New York Times Room for Debate blog, October 12, 2011.

• “Blurry Lines,” City Journal California, June 14, 2011.

• “Don’t Do It,” New York Times Room for Debate blog, May 12, 2011.

• “Becoming a Living Donor,” Live and Give (Kidnay Advocacy Network), Spring/Summer 2011.

• “Voters Won’t Blame the White House,” New York Times Room for Debate blog, April 6, 2011.

• “It’s Easier to Blame Congress,” New York Times Room for Debate blog, February 23, 2011.

• "The Reagan Years:  Not as Civil as We Think," Britannica Blog, February 3, 2011.

• “No Splitting the Difference,” New York Times Room for Debate blog, December 9, 2010.

• "Pelosi in the Wilderness,” National Review Online, November 19, 2010.

• “Unions, Secular Whites Part of GOP’s California Problem,” Orange County Register, November 7, 2010.

• “California: Brown’s Dilemma with the Budget,” San Diego Union-Tribune, November 7, 2010.

• "Anger's Staying Power," New York Times Room for Debate blog, October 24, 2010.

• “In Search of Enemies, National Review Corner, October 11, 2010.

• "Improved Speeches Won't Work," New York Times Room for Debate blog, September 28, 2010.

• “The GOP and the Temptation of Hubris,” Wall Street Journal, August 23, 2010.

•  “Unintended Consequences," New York Times Room for Debate blog, August 17, 2010.

• “Less Potent than Past Scandals,” Room for Debate (New York Times blog), July 29, 2010.

• “Don’t Expect Change,” Room for Debate (New York Times blog), June 9, 2010.

• “American Woman” (review of Palin autobiography), Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2010.

• “The Nader Problem,” New York Times Room for Debate blog, April 30, 2010.

• “Honest, Mr. President, Abe Never Said It,” NPR.org, March 25, 2010.

• “1994 and 2010,” National Review Online, March 12, 2010.

• "Friction Creates Light as Well as Heat,” New York Times Room for Debate blog, February 12, 2010.

• “As a Candidate, Barack Obama Set Expectations That He Could Not Meet as President,” San Bernardino County Sun, January 16, 2010.

• “Parties Should Disagree,” New York Times Room for Debate blog, October 13.

• “Holding All the Cards and Still Losing,” National Review Online, August 25.

• “Virtual Town Halls,” National Review Online, August 11, 2009.

• "Of Little Consquence,” New York Times Room for Debate blog, August 6, 2009.

• "Curtains for the GOP?" National Review Online, July 8, 2009.

• “Beyond Specter, Republicans Have a Steep Hill to Climb,” Christian Science Monitor, April 29, 2009.

• "Transformer – Or Not,” National Review Online, April 29, 2009.

• "The Next Enemy," National Review Online, March 31, 2009.

• "Steele's Challenge," National Review Online, February 3, 2009.

• "Here Are Your Assignments," National Review Online, November 12, 2008.

• “Strange Scenario,” National Review Online, November 3, 2008.

• “Two Words for Team McCain,” National Review Online, October 27, 2008.

• “The Things They Thought and Did Not Say,” National Review Online, October 16, 2008.

• “Phrase Not Found: Debate Omissions,” National Review Online, October 14, 2008.

• “Debate Like It’s 1996,” National Review Online, October 8, 2008.

• “Comeback Reagan,” National Review Online, October 3, 2008.

• “Saturday-Morning Quarterbacking,” National Review Online, September 27, 2008.

• “The Alinsky Ticket: McCain-Palin 2008,” National Review Online, September 16, 2008.

• Go Ahead and Laugh:  How Palin Matters,” National Review Online, September 1 2008.

• “La Apuesta Republicana,” La Tercera, Chile, August 30, 2008.

• “La experiencia y las ideas,” La Tercera, Chile, August 22, 2008.

• “A Savage Attack,” National Review Online, July 24, 2008.

• “The Obama Code,” National Review Online, June 23, 2008.

• “Capitol Connection,” National Review Online, June 4, 2008.

• “Red Bull Primary,” National Review Online, May 27, 2008.

• “House Republicans in the Red,” National Review Online, May 21, 2008.

• “Not a Hugger” (review essay), Claremont Review of Books, Spring, 2008.

• "The Perfect Defeat?" National Review Online, April 10, 2008.

• “Political Weather Report,” National Review Online, March 5, 2008.

• “Public-Finance Dilemma,” National Review Online, February 20, 2008.

• “Roots of Rancor,” National Review Online, February 15, 2008.

• “Where the Candidates Have No Control,” San Diego Union-Tribune, February 10.

• “Super Tuesday Super State,” National Review Online, February 4, 2008.

• “California's Choices,” San Diego Union-Tribune, January 27, 2008.

• “Las Debilidades Salen A La Luz,” La Tercera, Chile, January 22, 2008.

• “Caution: Small ‘N,’” National Review Online, January 20, 2008.

• “Now, Electability,” National Review Online, January 16, 2008.

• “La `Obama-Fatiga’ Y El ‘Cambio’ De Hillary,” La Tercera, Chile, January 9, 2008.

• "St. Barack, Not,” National Review Online, January 7, 2008

• "Fuerte Revés Para Hillary,” La Tercera, Chile, January 5, 2008.

• “A Vast Right-Wing of Gratitude,” National Review Online, January 2, 2008.

• “The Weak Huck,” National Review Online, December 21, 2007.

• "Rudy Giuliani," San Diego Union-Tribune, December 9.

• “Watching With the Clintons,” National Review Online, October 22, 2007.

• Brief review of The End of Government … As We Know It, by Elaine Kamarck, Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2007.

• “California GOP's War With Itself,” Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2007.

• “Will the Dems Go to War?” National Review Online, September 5, 2007.

• “Campaign Chaos,” National Review Online, August 27, 2007.

• “Sacramento’s Boomerang Reforms,” Los Angeles Times, August 26, 2007.

• “Hillary’s Academy,” National Review Online, July 30, 2007.

• “Sinking Senator,” National Review Online, July 11, 2007.

• “`Sopranos,’ Government and Immigration,” Orange County Register, June 22, 2007.

• "The House of Pelosi," National Review Online, May 29, 2007.

• "An Enemy of Convenience," Wall Street Journal, May 26, 2007.

• "Perfect Storm Brews in California," Politico, May 1, 2007.

• “There’s a Bear in the Woods,” National Review Online, March 20, 2007

• "George W. Obama,” National Review Online, February 27, 2007.

• “How Conservatives Shot Small Government in the Foot” (review essay), The Politico, February 26, 2007.

• “Democrats’ Haste Creating Waste,” Orange County Register, January 23, 2007.

• “Way Ahead,” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 29, 2006.

• “Do You Believe in GOP Magic?” National Review Online, October 16, 2006.

• "Republicans: Divided, as Usual," Roll Call, June 27, 2006.

• “Unpretty Poison” (review), National Review Online, June 20, 2006.

• “How Angelides Can Win: Thinking Outside the Box,” Capitol Weekly, June 15, 2006.

• "California 50:  A Break in the GOP's Clouds? National Review Online, June 7, 2006.

• "Black.White.Like.Me," National Review Online, March 9, 2006.

• "The Silence of the Cats" (review), Reason, March 2006.

• "California's Day After," National Review Online, November 9, 2005.

• "Stuck in the Middle With You," CMC homepage, November 3, 2004.

• “The Race Card,” National Review Online, October 18, 2004.

• “The Missing Minus,” National Review Online, October 14, 2004.

• “No Jed Bartlet,” National Review Online, October 9, 2004.

• "Very Well, He Contradicts Himself," National Review Online, October 1, 2004.

• A Controversial Confession," San Francisco Chronicle, September 27, 2004.

• “The Man Who Called Out Evil,” National Review Online, June 8, 2004.

• Lincoln, Douglas, and Kerry," National Review Online, March 15, 2004.

• “Governor’s Star Power Will Meet Hard Reality,” Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2004.

• "The California Primary: Too Late, Too Weird, Too Big, Too Lopsided,” San Diego Union-Tribune, February 29.

• “Preemptive Politics,” Newsday, January 25, 2004.

• “For Our Next Governor, No Pain Means No Gain,” Los Angeles Times, Orange County ed., November 16, 2003.

• High Stakes, Slow Change,” San Diego Union-Tribune, October 5, 2003.

• “Dean and the Fundamentalists,” National Review Online, September 22, 2003.

• “Accidental Genius” (review), Reason, October 2003.

• “Angry Local Voters Could Be Key to Defeating Davis,” Los Angeles Times, Orange County ed., September 7, 2003.

• “Crushing One’s Enemies” (review), Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2003.

• “Political Warfare,” San Diego Union-Tribune, August 17, 2003.

• "Worst Punishment for Davis? Just Let Him Stay in Office," Los Angeles Times, Orange Co. ed., May 25, 2003.

• "The President and the Professors," Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2003.

• "Reel Life Blurs Reality in OC," Los Angeles Times, Orange Co. ed., January 19, 2003.

• "Gone With the Vote" (review), Reason, February 2003.

• “Democrats Might Need to Look South,” Los Angeles Times, December 2, 2002.

• “Ready for Next Actor-Governor?” Los Angeles Times, Orange Co. ed., November 10.

• “Election 2002: An After-Action Review,” San Diego Union-Tribune, November 10.

• “The Crises of October,” National Review Online, October 22.

• Brief review of I'll Be Short, by Robert Reich, Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2002.

• "Take LA, Please -- Life is Better in OC," Los Angeles Times, Orange Co. ed., August 18, 2002.

• “Hello, Mr. Chips:  Gore’s Old News,” National Review Online, July 10, 2002.

• “Governor’s Race Trip Back in Time,” Los Angeles Times, Orange Co. ed., June 9, 2002.

• “New Criticism” (review) Reason, July, 2002.

• “Popular Democracy?  The Virtues and the Vices of the Initiative Process” (review essay), The Weekly Standard, March 4, 2002.

• “Of Professors and Ploughmen,” National Review Online, February 16-17, 2002.

• “A Bad Case for Big Government,” (review essay) Claremont Review of Books, Winter 2002.

• "Dick Gephardt's Beautiful Mind," Reason Online, February 6, 2002.

• "There's No Future in Bad Forecasts," Los Angeles Times, Orange County ed., January 6, 2002.

• "A Collegiate Christmas," National Review Online, December 22-28, 2001.

• "Khaki Socialism," Reason Online, December 13, 2001.

• “God, War, Thanksgiving,” National Review Online, November 21, 2001.

• "Why No One Sings the Blues in O.C., " Los Angeles Times, Orange County ed., October 28, 2001.

• “Bush’s Warriors,” Orange County Register, September 30, 2001.

• "Grand Gramm," National Review Online, September 5, 2001.

• “The Left Hand of God,” National Review Online, August 27, 2001.

• “Could Blackouts Put Gray Out?” Los Angeles Times, Orange County edition, August 19. 2001.

• “Chad All Over” (review essay), Reason, August/September, 2001.

• "Avoiding Waterloo," National Review Online, June 18, 2001.

• "State's Predicament: Follow the Electors," Los Angeles Times, Orange Co. ed., June 10, 2001.

• “Getting Right with Bobby” (review essay), Reason, April.

• "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, State Democrats," Los Angeles Times, Orange Co. ed., April 1, 2001.

• "Fighting on Ice," Orange County Register, March 23, 2001.

• “Reagan in Winter,” National Review Online, February 6, 2001.

• "McCain's Mandate?" National Review Online, January 30, 2001.

• “State's Growing Population Will Drive Agenda,” Los Angeles Times, Orange County edition, January 7, 2001.

• “Not Quite Over,” National Review Online, December 14, 2000.

• "The Red Badge of Spinmeistering," Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2000.

• "Politics - War By Other Means," Christian Science Monitor, November 21, 2000.

• "Sun Tzu in the Sunshine State," National Review Online, November 17, 2000.

• “Democrats Control the State’s Political Gyroscope,” Orange County Register,  November 12, 2000.

• “What Al and W. Need to Know About O.C.,” Los Angeles Times, Orange County edition, October 29, 2000.

• “Sen. Moynihan, Wet and Dry” (review essay), Reason, November 2000.

• "A Convention Bounce for the State?" Doubtful," Los Angeles Times, Orange County edition, August 20, 2000.

• “Conventional Strategy,” San Diego Union-Tribune, August 6, 2000.

• “Campaign Trail Leads Back to Yorba Linda,” Los Angeles Times, Orange County edition, July 9, 2000.

• “GOP’s Bad News Isn’t Terrible – And That’s Good,” Los Angeles Times, Orange County edition, April 30, 2000.

• "Rush to Vote," San Diego Union-Tribune, April 16, 2000.

• "Election 2000:  What's At Stake?" (contributor) The American Spectator, February 2000.

• “The Governor v. the Senator in California,” Los Angeles Times, Orange ed. January 30, 2000.

• "Ways to Be Wrong" (review essay), Reason, October 1999.

• "All Too Shallow" (review essay), Reason, July 1999.

• "That '70s Candidate," Reason, June 1999.

• "Meet in L.A.? So What's to Go Wrong?" Los Angeles Times, March 15, 1999.

• "Tongue of Newt: The Political Power of Language," Reason, February 1999.

• "Yesterday's Tomorrows" (contributor), Reason, December 1998.

• "Leadership Riff: Jazzy Vision, Steady Beat," Los Angeles Times, November 11, 1998. With William Connelly.

• "Revolutionary History" (review essay), Reason, October 1998.

• "Clinton the Movie Mogul," Los Angeles Times, September 28, 1998.

• "A Trite Margin of Victory," Atlanta Constitution, August 11, 1998.

• "Capitalist Tool Time," Reason, July 1998.

• "Bad Show" (review essay), Reason, July 1998.

• “The Truth Is Out There: X-Files, C-SPAN Link Finally Revealed,” Roll Call, June 25, 1998.

• "The Seven Deadly Sins of Politics," Reason, April 1998.

• "One for the Gipper" (review of Reagan biography), Reason, February,

• "All Things Dull and Ugly" (review essay), Reason, December 1997.

• "Not Ready for Campaign Time," Reason, December 1997.

• "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate" (review essay), Reason, August/September

• "The Crime Whose Name He Cannot Speak," Washington Times, June 6, 1997.

• "The Colors of Socialism," Reason, June 1997.

• "Alexis de America," Christian Science Monitor, May 22, 1997.

• "`Odd Man Out' Dems Recall Frustrated GOP Minority Under Reagan," Roll Call, May 12, 1997. With William Connelly.

• "Fusion Energy: The Case for Multiparty Candidates," Reason, April 1997.

• "The Many Faces of Newt Gingrich," Reason, February 1997.

• "Power Puff" (Review of Powertown), Reason, January 1997.

• Why Dole Campaign Appears to be Going Nowhere," San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 13, 1996.

• "The Adventures of `But-man,'" (review of Bill Clinton book), Reason, November, 1996.

• "Perot's Familiar Misquotations," Weekly Standard, September 16, 1996.

• "As the Great Tocqueville Never Said..." Los Angeles Times, September 15, 1996.

• "Can Washington Change?" Reason, August/September, 1996.

• "Candidates Have Thin Skins," Reuters, August 22, 1996.

• "Will Dole Go for the Gold in California?" San Diego Union-Tribune, August 18, 1996.

• "Dole Must Fight for California," Reuters, July 17, 1996.

• "Dumb and Dumber" (review of Politics for Dummies), Reason, July 1996.

• "Don't Vote for Me," Reason, June 1996.

• "Dole Could Be Hurt By His Abortion Stance," Reuters, June 13, 1996.

• "Why Affirmative Action is Forgotten Issue," Reuters, May 29, 1996.

• "`Nowhere Man' for President," Los Angeles Times, March 15, 1996.

• "Tangled Web," Reason, April 1996.

• "HTTP://Dems.Lynch.Newt," The Weekly Standard, January 29, 1996.

Lectures, Panels, and Roundtables

• Chair, panel on the presidency and parties, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Montreal, September 17, 2022.
• Discussant and acting chair, panel on the presidency and electoral connections, American Political Science Association, Seattle, October 2, 2021.
• Chair, panel on parties and changing organizations, American Political Science Association, Seattle, October 1, 2021.
• Discussant, roundtable on Teles and Saldin, Never Trump, American Political Science Association, September 12, 2020.
• Chair, panel on active learning, American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 30, 2019.
• Chair, panel on White House and congressional politics, American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 29, 2019.
• Panelist, roundtable on polarization and governance, Travers Conference on Ethics & Accountability In Government, University of California at Berkeley, April 12, 2019.
• Chair, panel on the evolving context of political engagement, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, August 30, 2018.
• Discussant, panel on political angles of the presidency, American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, September 3, 2016.

• Instructor, Seminar on Congress, the Constitution, and Contemporary Politics, Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier, April 10-12, 2015.

• Chair, panel on presidential persuasion, pork barrel and public opinion, American Political Science Association, Chicago, August 31, 2014.

• Panelist, roundtable on religious and secular institutions, Christians in Political Schttps://medium.com/@jpitney/trump-and-vaccine-hesitancy-2f0a21d150deience, American Political Science Association, Chicago, August 29, 2014.

• Panelist, roundtable on post-2012 conservatism, American Political Science Association, Chicago, August 31, 2013.

• Chair, panel on 2012 election, American Political Science Association, Chicago, August 29, 2013.

• Panelist, roundtable on prospects for the 2012 election, American Political Science Association, Seattle, September 3, 2011.

• Chair, panel on autism politics and policy, American Political Science Association, Seattle, September 1, 2011.

• Lecture on classroom technology, Long Beach City College, March 16, 2011.

• Panelist, roundtable President Obama, University of California, Berkeley, March 14, 2011.

• Panelist, roundtable on midterm election, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 3, 2010.

• Discussant, panel on classroom simulations, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 2, 2010.     

• Panelist, roundtable on conservatism, Asian American Journalists Association, Los Angeles, August 6, 2010.

• Lecture on classroom technology, annual conference of the Texas Community College Teachers Association, Houston, March 5, 2010.

• Discussant, panel on William F. Buckley, Jr., annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, September 6, 2009.

• Lecture on classroom technology, Cengage Learning presentation, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, September 3, 2009.

• Discussant, panel on parties and presidents, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, August 30, 2008.

• Chair, panel on representation and political elites, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, August 31, 2007.

• Discussant, panel on 2008 election, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 31, 2007.

• Discussant, panel on Bush legacy, annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, March 9, 2007.

• Panelist, with Newt Gingrich, “Revisiting the Republican Revolution: 10 Years of Republican Rule,” Furman University, October 12.

• Chair and discussant, panel on partisan brand names, American Political Science Association, Washington, DC September 3, 2005.

• Panelist, conference on the polarization of American politics, Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, December 4, 2004.

• Chair, panel on theory and practice of presidential elections, American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 4, 2004.

• Chair, panel on congressional committee research, American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 30, 2003.

• Chair and discussant, panel on Congress and ideology, American Political Science Association, Boston, August 31, 2002.

• Discussant, panel on term limits, American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September 2, 2001.

• Discussant, panel on race, ethnicity and diversity in the 2000 elections, Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 16, 2001.

• Chair and discussant, panel on the pedagogy of citizenship, American Political Science Association, Washington, DC September 2, 2000.

• Chair, panel on the Christian right, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 2, 2000.

• Lecture tour in Japan: lecture on American political parties (Doshisha University, Kyoto),  May 26, 2000; symposium on presidential election (Doshisha University, Kyoto), May 27, 2000;  lecture on presidential election (sponsored by US consulate in Sapporo), 

• May 30, 2000; panel on presidential election (sponsored by US consulate in Osaka), May 31, 2000.

• Lecturer on legislative-executive relations, Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, April 7, 2000.

• Discussant, panel on partisan realignment and regionalism, Western Political Science Association,” San Jose, March 25, 2000.

• Chair, panel on incumbency effect in congressional elections, American Political Science Association, Atlanta, September 5, 1999.

• Discussant, panel on opposition and minor parties,  American Political Science Association, Atlanta, September 4, 1999.

• Chair and discussant, panel on political leadership and the media, Western Political Science Association, Seattle, March 25, 1999.

• Panelist, colloquium on political movies, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California, March 15, 1999.

• Lecturer, C-SPAN seminar for professors, Washington, DC, January 7-8, 1999.

• Discussant, panel on party change, American Political Science Association, Boston, September 4, 1998.

• Discussant, panel on campaign finance, Western Political Science Association, Los Angeles, March 20, 1998.

• Chair, panel on parties and social cleavages, Western Political Science Association, Los Angeles, March 19, 1998.

• Panelist, roundtable on the 105th Congress and 1998 elections, Center for Economic and Policy Education, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania,  March 4. 1998.

• Chair, roundtable on campaign finance reform, American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 30, 1997.

• Chair, panel on Congress and Presidency in the 1990s, Western Political Science Association, Tucson, Arizona, March 14, 1997.

• Lecturer, C-SPAN seminar for professors, Washington, DC, January 6-7, 1997.

• Panelist, roundtable on the 1996 election, Pacific Research Institute, San Francisco, October 17, 1996.

• Panelist, colloquium on the 1996 election, University of California at Irvine, October 11, 1996.

• Chair, roundtable on future of the Republican Party, American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30, 1996.

• Lecturer, C-SPAN advanced workshop for professors (Tocqueville program), Washington, DC, July 31-August 2, 1996.

• Panelist, roundtable on Republican Congress, Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, March 15, 1996.

• Chair and discussant, panel on party activists and ideology, Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, March 14, 1996.

• Panelist, roundtable on 104th Congress, Southern Political Science Association, Tampa, November 4, 1995.

• Chair, panel on 1996 election, American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 2, 1995.

• Discussant, panel on congressional legislation, Western Political Science Association, Portland, Oregon, March 17, 1995.

• Panelist, roundtable on 1994 elections and Congress, Western Political Science Association, Portland, Oregon, March 17, 1995.

• Chair, panel on Republican Party in California, California Studies Conference, Sacramento, February 2, 1995.

• Speaker, Oklahoma City University Mid-Year Institute, January 5, 1995.

• Participant, C-SPAN Advanced Workshop for Professors, Washington, DC, June 13-14, 1994. Coauthored educational materials for reenactment of Lincoln-Douglas debates.

• Chair, panel discussion of the “New Paradigm,” American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 4, 1993.

• Participant, C-SPAN Seminar for Professors, Washington, DC, August 2-3, 1993.

• Panelist, discussion of policy internships, Western Political Science Association, Pasadena, March 18, 1993.

• Panelist, discussion on teaching presidential elections, American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 4, 1992.

• Chair, panel discussion of budget politics, American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 31, 1991.

• Panelist, discussion on party organizations, Political Parties and Organizations Workshop, American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 28, 1991.

• Chair, panel discussion of congressional realignment, American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 31, 1990.

• Lecturer, Brookings Institution Conference for Federal Executives, Williamsburg, Virginia, April 23, 1990.

• Panelist, discussion of political scientists in presidential campaigns, American Political Science Association, Atlanta, September 1, 1989.

• Participant, Sloan Foundation workshop on elections and social choice theory, Union College, Schenectady, New York, July 31‑August 5, 1988.

• Chair, panel discussion of national party platforms, American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 1987. 

Professional Affiliations

• American Political Science Association

• Christians in Political Science

Awards, Grants, and Honors

• Blocked on Twitter by Rudy Giuliani, Jeffrey Clark, Harmeet Dhillon, Dan Bongino, Marc Caputo, Sebastian Gorka and Jerry Falwell, Jr.

• The Presidential Award, Claremont McKenna College, 2013.

• Named one of 300 best professors in the United States, Princeton Review, April 3, 2012.

• Glenn R. Huntoon Teaching Award, Claremont McKenna College, 1995, 2000, 2004.

• Honorary membership, Claremont McKenna College Alumni Association, May 18, 2001.

• Excellence in Education Award, Saratoga Central Catholic High School, June 13, 2000.

• Commencement speaker, Saratoga Central Catholic High School, June 10, 2000.

• Claremont McKenna College grant for research on Republican intellectual history, 1995.

• Convocation speaker, Claremont McKenna College, September 3, 1992.

• Gould Humanities Center, summer grant for research on the "New Paradigm," 1992.

• Richard M. Shure Award for excellence in teaching, Claremont McKenna College, 1988.

• Gould Humanities Study Center, summer grant for research on party platforms, 1988.

• American Political Science Association for research on minority party in US House, 1987.

• National Science Foundation Fellowship and Danforth Foundation Fellowship, 1977.

• Phi Beta Kappa and Pi Sigma Alpha, Union College, 1976.

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