Professional Info
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (1991) State University of New York at Stony Brook Political Science Public Policy: Regulation, Bureaucratic Behavior, Policy Implementation
M.A. (1985) State University of New York at Stony Brook Political Science
B.A. (1984) University of Missouri-Columbia Political Science
DISSERTATION
"Incentives and Influence: OSHA Inspectors in Urban Environments."
Supervisor: John Scholz
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1996 - present Assistant and Associate Professor Department of Political Science, Minnesota State University - Moorhead
1989 - 1996 Assistant Profess Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University
1986 - 1989 Instructor, Department of Political Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook
PUBLICATIONS
"Enforcement and Oversight: Bureaucratic Behavior at OSHA as a Response to Congressional Committee Membership" Political Research Quarterly. November 2002 (with Jim Twombly at the Univ. of Buffalo and George Serra at Bridgewater State College)
"Short-Term Political Effects and British Government Popularity: Direct and Indirect Effects." Polity. Spring 1998 (with David Lanoue)
"Prime Ministers, Parties and the Public." Public Opinion Quarterly. Summer 1994. (with David Lanoue)
"Street Level Political Controls Over Federal Bureaucracy." American Political Science Review. September 1991. (with John Scholz and Jim Twombly)
"Attention, Asymmetry, and Government Popularity in Britain" Western Political Quarterly. March 1991. (with David Lanoue)
CONFERENCE PAPERS
"Enforcement and Oversight: OSHA Bureaucratic Behavior as a Response to Congressional Committee Membership." Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 1997. (with George Serra and Jim Twombly)
"Economic Expectations and Pocket Voting in Britain." Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 1996. (with David Lanoue)
"Direct and Indirect Effects on British Government Popularity." Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 1994. (with David Lanoue)
"The Bureaucratic and Safety Impacts of Suspending California's Department of Occupational Safety and Health." Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 1994.
"Prime Minister, Parties, and the Public: Direct and Indirect Effects on Government Popularity in Britain." Paper presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 1993. (With David Lanoue) [Published in Public Opinion Quarterly, 1994]
"Influencing Enforcement: Direct and Indirect Effects of Local Conditions on OSHA Inspectors." Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 1992.
"The Response of Federal OSHA to The Death and Resurrection of Cal/OSHA." Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 1992.
"The Influence of 'On-The-Job' Variation on OSHA Safety Enforcement." Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 1991.
"Direct and Indirect Local Political Influence and OSHA Enforcement Behavior." Paper presented at American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 1990. [Substantially revised for presentation at 1992 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting.]
"Local Organizational Resource Constraints and Enforcement Behavior in OSHA." Paper presented at Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, November 1989.
"Whoever Has The Most Contact Influences: Local Forces Affecting OSHA Safety Enforcement." Paper presented at Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 1989.
"Public Attention To Economic Change In Britain: The Case of Prime Ministers' Popularity." Paper presented to the Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, November 1988. (with David Lanoue) [Substantially revised for publication in Western Political Quarterly, 1991]
"Home Style Political Control Over Federal Bureaucracy: OSHA Enforcement at the Country Level." Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, September, 1988. (With John Scholz and Jim Twombly) [Published in American Political Science Review, 1991]
"The Effects of Unemployment and Inflation on British Party Popularity." Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, September 1987.