Curriculum Vitae
Karl Christian Kaltenthaler
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Office Address (Political Science):
Department of Political Science
Olin Hall 214
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-1904
Tel; office: (330) 972-8060
Tel; home: (330) 66214
Fax; office: (330) 972-8841
e-mail: [email protected]
Office Address (Center for Policy Studies):
The Center for Policy Studies
The Polsky Building 520
University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-1915
Tel; office: (330)-972-6141
Fax; office: (330)-972-8675
Cell: (330)-421-8999
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
1995 Washington University, St. Louis
Political Science
M.A.
1990 University of Akron
Political Science
B.A.
1988 University of Akron
Political Science
(summa cum laude)
CURRENT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Akron, 2010-present
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Akron, 2007-present
Director of the Center for Policy Studies, University of Akron, 2006-present
Faculty Fellow, Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, University of Akron, 2005-present
Director, Ohio Urban University Program, University of Akron, 2008-present
Research Associate, Institute for Health and Social Policy, University of Akron, 2006-present
Adjunct Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University, 2007-present
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PUBLICATIONS
Books
The Politics of Policy-making in the European Central Bank (Boulder, CO: Rowman and Littlefield,
2006)
Germany and the Politics of Europe’s Money. (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1998).
The Domestic Politics of German Unification, co-edited with Christopher Anderson and Wolfgang
Luthardt. (Boulder,CO: Lynne Rienner Press, 1993).
Articles
“The Sources of Pakistani Attitudes toward Religiously-motivated Terrorism,” with Will Miller, Steve Ceccoli
and Ron Gelleny. 2010. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism Vol. 33, No. 9, pp. 815-835.
“Accountability and Independent Central Banks: Europeans and Distrust of the European Central Bank”
with Chris Anderson and Will Miller. 2009. Journal of Common Market Studies (Forthcoming).
“Explaining Patterns of Support for the Provision of Citizen Welfare.” with Steve Ceccoli. Journal of
European Public Policy. 2008, Vol 15, No. 7, pp. 1041-1068.
“Attitudes toward Eliminating Income Inequality in Europe” with Steve Ceccoli and Ronald Gelleny.
European Union Politics. 2008, Vol 13, No 2, pp. 51-73.
“The Rationality of Radical Islam.” with Quintan Wiktorowicz. Political Science Quarterly. Vol 121, 2006,
No. 2, pp. 295-319. (reprinted in Demetrios James Caraley and Loren Morales Kando, eds. Terrorist
Attacks and Nuclear Proliferation: Strategies for Overlapping Dangers. (New York: The Academy of
Political Science, 2007).
“Explaining Individual-level Support for Privatization in Post-Soviet Economies.” with Steve Ceccoli and
Andrew Michta . European Journal of Political Research,Vol 45, 2006, pp.1-29.
“The Bundesbank and the Formation of the ECB‟s Monetary Policy Strategy” German Politics. Vol 14, No.
3, (September), 2005, pp. 297-314.
“Explaining Citizen Support for Trade Liberalization.” with Steve Ceccoli and Ron Gelleny. International
Studies Quarterly,Vol. 48, 2004, pp. 829-851.
“Managing the Euro.” European Union Politics, Vol. 4, No.3, 2003, pp.329-349.
“German Interests in European Monetary Integration.” Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol. 40, No.
1, March 2002, pp. 69-87.
“Explaining Latin American Economic Integration: The Case of Mercosur.” with Frank Mora. Review of
International Political Economy. Vol. 9, No. 1, 2002, pp. 72-97.
“Europeans and Their Money: Explaining Public Support for the Common European Currency.” with
Christopher Anderson. European Journal of Political Research. Vol. 40, 2001, pp. 139-170.
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“The Changing Political Economy of Inflation.” with Christopher Anderson. Journal of Public Policy. Vol.
20. No. 3. 2000, pp. 109-131.
“Central Bank Independence and the Commitment to Price Stability: The Case of the German Bundesbank.”
German Politics, Vol.7, No.2, August 1998, pp.102-127.
“The Institutional Sources of German Monetary Policy Dynamics.” Journal of Public Policy. Vol 17. No.
3, 1998, pp. 269-297.
“The Sources of Policy Dynamics: Variations in German and French Policy toward European Monetary
Cooperation.” West European Politics. Vol. 20, No.3, July 1997, pp.91-110.
“The Restructuring of the German Bundesbank: The Politics of Institutional Change.”German Politics and
Society. Vol. 14, No. 4, Winter 1996, pp.23-48.
"The Dynamics of Public Opinion toward European Integration, 1973-1993." with Christopher Anderson.
European Journal of International Relations , Vol. 2, No.2, 1996, pp. 175-1996.
Book Chapters
“Evolution of the German Bundesbank from Bank Deutscher Länder to Regional Bank of the ECB.” To be
included in Germany at Fifty-five: Berlin ist nicht Bonn? Ed. James Sperling. (Manchester University
Press, 2004).
“Neo-liberalism in Latin America: „Triumph‟ and Institutional Deficiencies“with Frank Mora. in Redefining the Third World. Edited by Nana Poku. (London: MacmillanPress, 1998).
"Coping with the Legacy of East German Environmental Policy" in The Domestic Politics of German
Unification, co-edited with Christopher Anderson and Wolfgang Luthardt. (Boulder,CO: Lynne Rienner
Press, 1993).
"The Domestic Politics of the Post-Unification Era: Politics, History, and Economics” with Christopher
Anderson in The Domestic Politics of German Unification, co-edited with Christopher Anderson and
Wolfgang Luthardt. (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press, 1993).
Book Reviews
Review of Reshaping Economic and Monetary Union: Membership Rules and Budget Policies in
Germany, France, and Spain. Shawn Donnelly (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2004). West
European Politics, January 2006.
Review of Redrawing the Global Economy: Elements of Integration and Fragmentation. Alice
Landau. (New York: Palgrave, 2000), American Political Science Review, 2002.
Review of Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism (eds.) Herbert Kitschelt, et al.
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999). Journal of Politics, January 2000. .
Review of The Transformation of European Social Democracy by Herbert Kitschelt (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1994) Annals of the American Academy of Political Science; January 1996.
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Review of Germany, America, and Europe by Wolfram Hanrieder (New Haven: Yale University Press,
1989) European Studies Journal; Fall 1992.
FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS
Northeast Ohio Research Consortium Research Grant; Survey of University Park Alliance Stakeholder
Attitudes, $10,000; 2006-2007
JEHT Foundation, National Science Foundation, and the Carnegie Corporation; Bliss Institute Subcontract;
Summit County Voter Satisfaction Exit Poll; $6,500; 2006
Northeast Ohio Research Consortium Research Grant; University Park Alliance White Paper, $6,000; 20062007
Various Clients; Summit County Omnibus Poll $55,000; 2006-2007
Ohio Department of Health; Ohio Commission on Minority Health Survey, $38,000; 2006-2007
Northeast Ohio Research Consortium Research Grant; The Development of Bioscience in Northeast Ohio;
$17,000; 2007-2008
Political Science Department Alumni Survey, $10,000; 2007-2008
GOJO Industries; A Comparative Study of National Hospital-centered Hand Hygiene Policies $13,000; 20072008
SUBSTANTIVE NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
“The European Central Bank in the Financial Crisis” 2010. Bulletin of the European Studies Association.
“The University as Developer: Stakeholder Attitudes toward University Park Alliance in Akron.” With Dan
Coffey and Eric Mundy. Center for Policy Studies, University of Akron. 2006. Northeast Ohio Research
Consortium Archive.
“Report of the Summit County Omnibus Poll “ with Eric Mundy. Center for Policy Studies, University of
Akron. 2007.
“The University of Akron and the University Park Alliance Revitalization Project.” Center for Policy Studies,
University of Akron. 2007. Northeast Ohio Research Consortium Archive
“Report to the Ohio Commission on Minority Health on Technological Needs.” With Peter Leahy. Institute
for Health and Social Policy. 2007.
“Evaluating the Quality of the Voting Experience.” Center for the Study of Democracy and Elections, Brigham
Young University. 2008.
“Northeast Ohio Bioscience Start-ups: Expectations and Demands of Public Policy.” Center for Policy
Studies, University of Akron. 2008. Northeast Ohio Research Consortium Archive
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“A Comparative Study of National Hospital-centered Hand Hygiene Policies” Report prepared for GOJO
Industries.
WORK IN PROGRESS
European Responses to Economic Crisis. Book manuscript in preparation.
“The Differentiated Effect of Education on Attitudes toward Immigration in Europe” with Will Miller.
Under publication review.
“Anti-Americanism among Muslim Publics” with Will Miller. Under publication review.
“How European are the Germans?” with Christopher Anderson. Manuscript in preparation for submission
for publication review.
“The Europe Syndrome: Trust in European Union Institutions” Manuscript in preparation for submission
for publication review.
“The Social Foundation of Confidence in the European Union” Manuscript in preparation for submission
for publication review.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Greek Life Faculty of the Year, University of Akron, 2005-2006
P.K. Seidman Fellow in Political Economy, Rhodes College, 1995 to 1999
Rhodes Student Government Faculty of the Year, Rhodes College, 1996
Fulbright Fellow, German Democratic Republic, 1989-1990
Center in Political Economy Dissertation Fellowship, Washington University, 1994-1995
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
Fellow, 1993
Friedrich Ebert Foundation Dissertation Research Fellow, 1993
Visiting Scholar, University of Hong Kong, 1993
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Publication Grant, 1992
Seiberling World Law Endowment Fellow, 1991
Washington University Graduate Research Fellow, 1993, 1992
Washington University Graduate Fellow, 1990
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PREVIOUS ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University, 2006-2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Akron, 2005-2007
Associate Professor, P.K. Seidman Professor of Political Economy, Department of International Studies,
Rhodes College, 2000-2005
Assistant Professor, Department of International Studies, Rhodes College, 1995-2000
Chair, Department of International Studies, Rhodes College, 2002-2005
Director, Buckman International Internship Program, Rhodes College, 1996-2005
Director, Rhodes College Model United Nations, 1995-2005
The Representative of the Social Sciences Division, Faculty Executive Committee (FEC), Rhodes College,
2000-2004
ICPSR Representative, Rhodes College, 1999-2005
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
“Public Attitudes toward Terrorism in Pakistan” Paper given at the Case Western Reserve University Center
for Public Policy Speaker Series, September 2007.
“The Politics of Policy-making in the European Central Bank.” Paper given at Oberlin College Friday
Research Series, September 2007.
“The Politics of Eurozone Enlargement.” Paper given at the Moynihan Center-Syracuse University, 25
February 2005.
“The ECB and the Enlargement of the Eurozone.” Paper given at the opening of the European Studies
Center at the California State University-Fullerton, 23 April 2004.
“The German Monetary Model and EMU.” Paper given at the EU Center Conference, University of
Oklahoma, 25 October, 2003.
“German Interests in European Monetary Integration.” Paper given at the Conference “The United States,
Germany, and Europe since 1945.” University of Mississippi, Croft Institute for International Studies,
September 21-23, 2000.
“Explaining Latin American Economic Integration: The Case of Mercosur.” with Frank Mora, given at The
International Symposium on Regional Economic Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere, Chinese Academy
of Social Sciences, Beijing, China, 15-18 November 1999.
“Germany and EMU” given at The Current European Union Agenda Conference, sponsored by the
European Commission, University of Missouri-Columbia, April 8-9, 1999.
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“Playing to the Audience: The Sources of Policy in the European Central Bank” Department of Political
Science Speakers Series, Washington University, October 9, 1998.
“The Politics of EMU” given at Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University,
February 7, 1997.
"The Ties that Bind: German Unification and European Monetary Union." Paper presented at the Workshop
on European Integration, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, December 2-4, 1994.
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“The Social Foundation of Confidence in the European Union” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
the International Studies Association, February 2010.
“The Differentiated Effect of Education on Attitudes toward Immigration in Europe” Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2009.
“The Foundations of Trust in European Union Institutions” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, March 2009.
“The Sources of Distrust in the European Central Bank” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association, February 2009.
“Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International
Studies Association, February 2009.
“The Sources of Global Anti-Americanism” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political
Science Association, January 2009.
“Accountability and Independent Central Banks.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
International Studies Association, February 2008.
“Teaching the Bureaucracy.” Paper presented with Will Miller and Derek Feuerstein at the Annual Meeting
of the American Political Science Association, September 2008.
“Explaining Public Attitudes toward Terrorism in Jordan.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, September 2007.
“The Support for Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan” Paper presented with Ron Gelleny at the Annual Meeting
of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2007.
“Support for Suicide Terrorism” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, September 2006.
“The Determinants of Citizen Support for Revolution.” Paper presented with Ron Gelleny and Dave
Richards at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2006.
“Attitudes toward Immigrants and Employment Opportunities in the United States and the European
Union.” Paper presented with Stephen Ceccoli at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, April 2006.
“The Bundesbank, the ECB, and Agenda Setting in the Eurozone.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting
of the American Political Science Association, September 2005.
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“A Study of Public Attitudes toward Revolutionary Politics.” Paper presented with Ron Gelleny at the
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2005.
“How European are the Germans?” Paper presented with Chris Anderson at the Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, April 2005.
“Attitudes toward Eliminating Inequality in the European Union.” Paper presented with Stephen Ceccoli and
Ron Gelleny at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, January 2005.
“Explaining Patterns of Support for the Provision of Citizen Welfare.” Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2004.
“Public Attitudes toward Political Violence in India.” Paper presented with Stephen Ceccoli at the Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2003.
“The Internationalization of Policy Ideas: The German Model and the ECB.” Paper presented at the Biennial
Meeting of the European Union Studies Association, March 2003.
“Attitudes toward Political Violence.” Paper presented with Stephen Ceccoli at the Annual Meeting of the
Southern Political Science Association, November 2002.
“The Calculus of Support for Economic Globalization.” Paper presented with Steven Ceccoli and Ron
Gelleny at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2002.
“The Politics of the European Central Bank.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern
Political Science Association, November 2001.
“Patterns of Support for the Provision of Citizen Welfare” Paper presented with Steven Ceccoli at the
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2001.
“Explaining Individual-level Support for Economic Liberalization in Transition Economies.” Paper
presented with Steven Ceccoli at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April
2001.
“Citizen Support for Domestic Economic Liberalization in Industrialized Democracies.” Paper presented
with Steven Ceccoli at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2001.
“Explaining Cross-national Support for Economic Liberalization.” Paper presented with Steven Ceccoli at
the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 2000.
“The Political Sources of Independent Central Bank Policy Goals.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting
of the American Political Science Association, August 2000.
“German Interests in European Monetary Integration.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, August 2000.
“The Sources of European Central Bank Policy Preferences.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, September 1999.
“The Sources of Citizen Support for Economic Reform in Industrialized Democracies” Paper presented at
the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 1999.
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“The Sources of Citizen Support for European-Level Policy Authority” Paper presented with Christopher
Anderson at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 1998.
“Creating an Independent Supranational Central Bank: Institutional and Political Challenges.” Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 1998.
“Trusting Brussels with our Money: Explaining Support for European Policy-making and a Common
Currency.” Paper presented with Christopher Anderson at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, April 1998.
“Central Bank Independence and the Commitment to Monetary Stability: The Case of the German
Bundesbank.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August
1997.
“The Collapse of International Cooperation.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association
Annual Meeting, April 1997.
“The Institutional Sources of German Monetary Policy Dynamics.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting
of the American Political Science Association, August 1996.
“The Sources of Policy Dynamics: Variations in German and French Policy Toward European Monetary
Cooperation.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August
1996.
“The Limits of European Monetary Cooperation.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, April 1996.
“Understanding Corporatist Institutional Change in Western Europe.” Paper Presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Southwest Political Science Association, April 1996.
"The Trend Toward Sectorally-organized Corporatism in Western Europe." Paper presented at Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 1995.
"Paths to Prosperity? Political Institutions and Economic Change in Advanced Industrial Democracies."
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 1995.
“The Political Sources of Unemployment and Inflation in Advanced Industrialized Democracies, 19611992.” Paper presented with Christopher Anderson at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association, November 1994.
"International Institutions and Domestic Politics: Understanding the Relationship between German
Domestic Politics and the EMU Initiative." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, September 1994.
"The Price of Change: Germany and the Transformation of the EMS." Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 1994.
"Opening the Black Box: The Interrelationship between International Institutions and Domestic Politics."
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 1994.
"Time, Economics, and Public Support for European Integration, 1973-1990." Paper presented with
Christopher Anderson at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 1993.
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"The German Bundesbank in the European Monetary System: Balancing Price Stability with Economic
Leadership." Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association,
September 1992.
PANEL PARTICIPATION
Chair of panel Annual Meetings of the International Studies Association, 2009
Chair of panel Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association, 2005,2004, 2002, 1999, 1998,
1995.
Chair of panel: Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1997.
Discussant on panel: Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002,
1997.
Discussant on panel: Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2006,1997, 1995, 1994, 1992.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Secretary/Treasurer, European Politics Section, American Political Science Association, 2006-2007
Program Chair, European Union Politics Group, American Political Science Association, 1998-1999
Program co-chair, European Union Politics Group, American Political Science Association, 1997-1998
Review article manuscripts for: American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political
Science, Journal of Politics, European Union Politics, Governance, Review of International Political
Economy, Journal of European Integration, Journal of European Politics, European Journal of
Public Policy.
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of European Politics, 1998-2005
Review book manuscripts for: Lynne Rienner, SUNY Press, Palgrave, Georgetown University Press.
LANGUAGES
German, French
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Political Science Association
Midwest Political Science Association
European Union Studies Association
Southern Political Science Association
REFERENCES
Prof. Jeffry Frieden
Prof. Christopher Anderson
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Department of Government
Harvard University
Tel: (617) 496-2386
e-mail: jfrieden@ harvard.edu
Department of Government
Cornell University
308 White Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-7901
e-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Andrew Sobel
Department of Political Science
Washington University
Tel: (314) 935-5845
e-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Don Hancock
Department of Political Science
Vanderbilt University
Tel: (615) 322-6234
e-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Andrew Moravcsik
Department of Politics
Woodrow Wilson School
Princeton University
Tel: (609) 258-1161
e-mail: [email protected]
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