James A. McCann
Curriculum Vitae
February 2017
Department of Political Science
Purdue University
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2098
765-494-0738, [email protected]
Academic Positions
Professor, Department of Political Science, Purdue University, 2007 – present.
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Purdue University, 1997 – 2007.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Purdue University, 1991 – 1997.
Research Interests
Public opinion and political psychology; campaigns and elections; political parties; immigrant
incorporation; survey design.
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1991.
Principal Fields: U.S. Politics, Research Methodology, Comparative Politics.
M.A., Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1987.
ICPSR Summer Training in Quantitative Methods, University of Michigan, 1987.
Intensive Program in Spanish Grammar and Conversation, Instituto de Idiomas y
Culturas Latinoamericanas, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, 1985.
B.A., Political Science, with Honors. Minors in Spanish and History, Illinois State University,
1984.
Fellowships, Awards, and Grants
Fellowships and Awards
Center for Social and Behavior Sciences Fellow, Purdue University, 2017, 2013, 2008, and 1999.
Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY, September, 2014 – January, 2015;
September, 2010 – January, 2011.
Provost Faculty Fellow, Purdue University, 2011-2013.
Visiting Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Catholic University of America, January, 2011May, 2011.
Purdue University Center for Instructional Excellence Fellow, 2011.
Guest Scholar, Governance Studies Program, Brookings Institution, Washington DC, 2002 2003.
Graduate Research and Teaching Fellow, Government Data Center (forerunner of the Institute for
Quantitative Social Science), Harvard University, 1989 – 1991.
Illinois General Assembly Legislative Scholar, 1980 – 1984.
External Research Grants
Russell Sage Foundation, 2016-2017, “2016 Latino Immigrant National Election Study (LINES)”
($150,000), PI. With Michael Jones-Correa.
Russell Sage Foundation, 2013-2014, “Latino Politics and Immigration: Research Workshop”
($35,000), PI. With Michael Jones-Correa.
Russell Sage Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2012-2013, “The Latino
Immigrant National Election Study” ($85,000), PI. With Michael Jones-Correa.
Russell Sage Foundation of New York, 2008-2010, “The Political Incorporation of Mexican
Immigrants” ($35,000), PI. With Stacey Connaughton and Katsuo Nishikawa.
Carnegie Corporation of New York, Program on Strengthening U.S. Democracy, 2008-2009,
“Mexican Immigrants in the ‘Crossroads of America’” ($50,000), PI. With Stacey
Connaughton and Katsuo Nishikawa.
Carnegie Corporation of New York, Program on Strengthening U.S. Democracy, 2006-2007, “El
Voto Remoto and the Civic Involvement of Mexican Immigrants” ($24,800), PI. With
David Leal and Wayne Cornelius.
National Science Foundation, SES 0517971, 2005-2007, “The Mexico 2006 Panel Survey”
($225,000), Senior Personnel. With Chappell Lawson, Andy Baker, Kathleen Bruhn,
Roderic Camp, Wayne Cornelius, Jorge Domínguez, Kenneth Greene, Beatriz Magaloni,
Alejandro Moreno, Alejandro Poiré, and David Shirk.
National Science Foundation, SES-9905703, 1999-2000. "Mexico 2000: Voting Behavior,
Campaign Effects, and Democratization in Mexico" ($160,000), co-PI. With Chappell
Lawson, Miguez Basáñez, Wayne Cornelius, Jorge Domínguez, Federico Estévez, Joseph
Klesner, Beatriz Magaloni, Alejandro Moreno, Pablo Parás, and Alejandro Poiré.
Publications
Book
Democratizing Mexico: Public Opinion and Electoral Choices. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1996. With Jorge I. Domínguez.
Scholarly Journal Issue
“Immigrants Inside Politics/Outside Citizenship,” Co-Editor, with Michael Jones-Correa, Russell
Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 2:1, June 2016.
Public-Use Datasets
“2012 Latino Immigrant National Election Study,” nationally representative two-wave survey of
foreign-born Latinos (N =1,304, fielded October to December, 2012); archived at the
Purdue University Research Repository. With Michael Jones-Correa.
“Mexico 2006 Panel Study,” nationally representative three-wave survey of Mexican citizens
(N=3,105, fielded April to July, 2006); archived at the Interuniversity Consortium for
Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan. With Andy Baker,
Kathleeen Bruhn, Roderic Ai Camp, Wayne Cornelius, Jorge Domínguez, Kenneth
Greene, Chappell Lawson, Beatriz Magaloni, Alejandro Moreno, Alejandro Poiré, and
David Shirk.
“Political Corruption and the Ethical Judgments of American Citizens,” survey experiments on
moral reasoning in politics (N=530, fielded September to December, 2005); archived at
the “Time Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences” site. With David Redlawsk.
“Mexico 2000 Panel Study,” nationally representative four-wave survey of Mexican citizens
(N=3,595, fielded February to July, 2000); archived at the Interuniversity Consortium for
Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan. With Miguel Basáñez,
Roderic Ai Camp, Wayne Cornelius, Jorge Domínguez, Federico Estévez, Joseph
Klsesner, Chappell Lawson, Beatriz Magaloni, Alejandro Moreno, Pablo Parás, and
Alejandro Poiré.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
“Partisanship by Invitation: Immigrants Respond to Political Campaigns,” Journal of Politics
78:4, October 2016, 1196-1210. With Katsuo Nishikawa Chávez.
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“In the Public but Not the Electorate: The ‘Civic Status’ Gap in the United States,” Russell Sage
Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 2:3, June 2016, 1-19. With Michael JonesCorrea.
“The Changing Contours of the Immigrant Rights Protest Movement in the United States: Who
Demonstrates Now?” The Forum 14:2, Summer 2016, 169-190. With Katsuo Nishikawa
Chávez, Marisa Plasencia, and Harper Otawka.
“Social Science Mechanics: A Graduate Training Module that ‘Looks under the Hood’ at
Innovative Research Designs,” PS: Political Science and Politics. 48:2, April 2015, 373377. With Katie Cahill, Michael Brownstein, Amanda Burke, and Chris Kulesza.
“Assessing Candidates at Home and Abroad: A Comparative Analysis of Colombian
Expatriates,” Latin American Politics and Society. 56:2, Summer 2014, 115-140. With
Cristina Escobar and Renelinda Arana. Reprinted in El Voto en el Exterior: Análisis
Comparativo de las Elecciones En Colombia, ed. C. Escobar and M. Gomez, Bogotá:
Universidad Externado de Colombia (2016).
“Expatriate Voting and Migrants’ Place of Residence,” Migration Studies. First published online
(January 8, 2014), doi: 10.1093/migration/mnt030. With Cristina Escobar and Renelinda
Arana. Reprinted in El Voto en el Exterior: Análisis Comparativo de las Elecciones En
Colombia, ed. C. Escobar and M. Gomez, Bogotá: Universidad Externado de Colombia
(2016).
“Transnational Absentee Voting in the 2006 Mexican Presidential Election: The Roots of
Participation.” Electoral Studies, 31:3, September 2012, 540-549. With David Leal and
Byung-Jae Lee.
“First-Term Presidential Travel from Eisenhower to George W. Bush: The Emergence of an
“Electoral College Strategy.” Political Science Quarterly, 124:2, Summer 2009, 323-339.
With Kathryn Dunn Tenpas and Emily Jane Charnock.
"Opinion-Taking within Friendship Networks," American Journal of Political Science, 52:2,
April 2008, 412-420. With Glenn R. Parker and Suzanne Parker.
‘Reconsidering the ‘Permanence’ of the Permanent Campaign: An Analysis of Presidential
Polling Expenditures, 1977-2002,” Public Opinion Quarterly, 71:3, Fall 2007, 349-366.
With Kathryn Dunn Tenpas.
“When Voters Head to the Polls in 2006, Will They Perceive a ‘Culture of Corruption’?” PS:
Political Science and Politics, 39:4, October 2006, 1-6. With David Redlawsk.
“Presidential Campaigns and the Knowledge Gap in Three Transitional Democracies,” Political
Research Quarterly, 59:1, March 2006, 13-22. With Chappell Lawson.
“Television Coverage, Media Effects, and Mexico’s 2000 Elections,” The British Journal of
Political Science 35:1, January, 1-30. With Chappell Lawson.
“Popular Interpretations of ‘Corruption’ and Their Partisan Consequences,” Political Behavior
27:3, September 2005, 261-283. With David Redlawsk.
“An Electorate Adrift? Public Opinion and the Quality of Democracy in Mexico,” Latin
American Research Review 38:3, October 2003, 60-81. With Chappell Lawson.
“Afta’ NAFTA: The Free Trade Debate and Party Politics in the United States,” Revista de
Humanidades: Tecnológico de Monterrey, #9, Fall 2000, 105-134.
"Heeding the Call: An Assessment of Mobilization into Ross Perot’s 1992 Presidential
Campaign,” American Journal of Political Science 43:1, January 1999, 1-28. With
Ronald B. Rapoport and Walter J. Stone.
"Mexicans React to Electoral Fraud and Political Corruption,” Electoral Studies. 17:4, 1998, 483503. With Jorge I. Domínguez.
"Electoral Choices and Core Value Change," American Journal of Political Science 41:2, May
1997, 564-583.
"Presidential Campaign Participation and Party Mobilization: Spillover Effects," American
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Journal of Political Science 40:3, August 1996, 756-67. With Randal Partin, Ronald B.
Rapoport, and Walter J. Stone.
"Nomination Politics and Ideological Polarization: Assessing the Attitudinal Effects of
Campaign Involvement," Journal of Politics 57, 1995, 101-120.
"Shaping Mexico's Electoral Arena: The Construction of Partisan Cleavages in the 1988 and
1991 National Elections," American Political Science Review 89, 1995, 34-48. With
Jorge I. Domínguez.
“Whither the PRI? Explaining Defection from Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party,”
Electoral Studies 11, 1992, 207-222. With Jorge I. Domínguez.
“Enforcing International Standards of Justice: Amnesty International’s Constructive Conflict
Expansion,” Peace and Change, 1991, 379-99. With Ann Marie Clark.
“Changing Electoral Contexts and Changing Candidate Images during the 1984 Presidential
Campaign,” American Politics Quarterly 18, 1990, 123-140.
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
“Time to Turn Back the Clock? Retrospective Judgments of the Single-Party Era and Support for
the Institutional Revolutionary Party” in Mexico’s Evolving Democracy. ed. Jorge I.
Domínguez, Kenneth G. Greene, Chappell Lawson, and Alejandro Moreno, Baltimore,
MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015, 86-106.
“Changing Dimensions of National Elections in Mexico,” in Oxford University Handbook of
Mexican Politics, ed. Roderic Ai Camp, New York: Oxford University Press, 2012, 497522.
“Keynote Address: An Intellectual Biography of Sidney Verba as The Civic Culture Turns 50,” in
Fifty Years since the Civic Culture: Thoughts and Reflections in Honor of Professor
Sidney Verba (A 50 Años de la Cultura Cívica: Pensamientos y Reflexiones en Honor al
Profesor Sidney Verba), ed. Julia Flores Dávila, Mexico City: National Autonomous
University of Mexico (UNAM), Volume I, 2012, 1-19.
“Engaging Immigrants in American Democracy: Are Federal Residency Policies a Hindrance, a
Help, or Irrelevant?” in Fifty Years since the Civic Culture: Thoughts and Reflections in
Honor of Professor Sidney Verba (A 50 Años de la Cultura Cívica: Pensamientos y
Reflexiones en Honor al Profesor Sidney Verba), ed. Julia Flores Dávila, Mexico City:
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Volume II, 2012, 91-114. With
Katsuo Nishikawa.
“Ideology in the 2006 Campaign” in Mexico’s Choice: The 2006 Presidential Campaign in
Comparative Perspective, eds. Jorge Dominguez, Chappell Lawson, and Alejandro
Moreno. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009, 268-284.
“Absentee Voting and Transnational Civic Engagement among Mexican Expatriates,” in
Mexico’s Choice: The 2006 Presidential Campaign in Comparative Perspective, eds.
Jorge Dominguez, Chappell Lawson, and Alejandro Moreno. Baltimore, MD: Johns
Hopkins University Press, 2009, 89-108. With Wayne Cornelius and David Leal.
“Primary Priming,” in Mexico’s Pivotal Democratic Election: Campaign Effects and the
Presidential Race of 2000, eds. Jorge I. Dominguez and Chappell Lawson. Palo Alto,
CA: Stanford University Press, 2004, 157-83.
“The Emerging International Trend Toward Open Presidential Primaries: The American
Presidential Nomination Process in Comparative Perspective,” in The Making of the
Presidential Candidates, 2004, ed. William G. Mayer. Lanham, MD: Rowman and
Littlefield, 2004, 265-293.
“Citizens for Perot: Activists and Voters in the 1992 Presidential Campaign,” in Broken
Contract? Changing Relationships between Citizens and Their Government in the United
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States, ed. Stephen C. Craig. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996, 147-166. With Lonna
Rae Atkeson, Ronald B. Rapoport, and Walter J. Stone.
“Norms of Mexican Citizenship: Are Mexicans ‘Democrats’?” in Jorge I. Dominguez,
Democratic Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1998, 142-172. With Jorge I. Domínguez.
“The Changing Mexican Electorate," in Governing Mexico: Political Parties and Elections, ed.
Mónica Serrano. London: Macmillan / ILAS, 1998; pp. 15-37.
“An Overview of Political Terror in the Developing World,” in Policy Studies and Developing
Nations, Volume 4, ed. David Cingranelli, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1996, 15-27. With
Mark Gibney.
"The Mexican Electorate in a North American Context: Assessing Patterns of Political
Engagement," in Polling for Democracy, Public Opinion, and Political Liberalization in
Mexico, ed. Roderic Ai Camp. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1996, 81-106.
Published in Spanish as "El Electorado Mexicano en el contexto de América del Norte,"
in Encuestas y Democracia: Opinión Publica y Apertura Política en México, ed. Roderic
Ai Camp, Mexico City: Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 1997.
"Refugee Flows, the Internally Displaced, and Political Violence," in Whither Refugee? ed. Alex
Schmid, Leiden. The Netherlands: PIOMM, 1996, 45-66. With Mark Gibney and Clair
Apodaca.
“Nomination Participants and Political Representation: A View from the ‘Active Minority’
Studies,” in The Process of Presidential Nominations, ed. William G. Mayer, Chatham,
NJ: Chatham House, 1995, 105-157.
“Delegates to State Nominating Conventions: How Representative Are They?” in The
Encyclopedia of American Parties and Elections, ed. L. Sandy Maisel, New York:
Garland Publishing Company, 1991, 239-248. With Walter J. Stone.
Book Reviews
William D’Anotio et al., American Catholics in Transition and Religion, Politics, and Polarization in
America, for America Magazine 2010:7, March 3, 2014, 30.
Marc Hetherington and Jonathan D. Weiler, Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics,
in American Journal of Sociology 117:2, September 2011, 679-681.
Wayne Baker, America’s Crisis of Values: Reality and Perception, in Perspectives on Politics 3:4,
December 2005, 892-93.
Ted G. Jelen, ed. Ross for Boss: The Perot Phenomenon and Beyond, in Public Opinion
Quarterly 66:1, Spring, 2002.
Sara Schatz, Elites, Masses, and the Struggle for Democracy in Mexico, in Contemporary
Sociology 31:3, 2002.
Roderic Ai Camp, Political Recruitment across Two Centuries, in Social Science Quarterly, May,
1997.
Short Pieces / Commentary
“Whose Commitment to the ‘American Wave of Life’ Needs to be Scrutinized and Questioned?”
Russell Sage Foundation Research Blog, October 31, 2016. With Michael Jones-Correa.
“Third Party Support Will Likely Wane by Election Day,” New York Times, Room for Debate,
July 27, 2016.
“Colombian Expatriates’ Electoral Participation and Preferences,” Panoramas Scholarly
Platform, Latin American Studies Association, University of Pittsburgh, May 1, 2015.
With Cristina Escobar and Renelinda Arana.
“Do Non-Citizens Follow American Election Laws?” The Washington Post Monkey Cage,
October 31, 2014. With Michael Jones-Correa.
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“Are Lighter-Skinned Latinos More Likely to Identify as Republicans?” RSF Review, October 3,
2014.
“What to Expect in the Second-Term: Presidential Travel and the Rise of Legacy Building, 19572009,” in Issues in Governance Studies, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC,
December, 2012. With Kathryn Dunn Tenpas and Emily Charnock.
“Representative DeLay: In the Court of Public Opinion, He’s Guilty,” Chicago Tribune, May 15,
2005. With David Redlawsk.
“Up Close, Mexican Elections Clear Old Misperceptions,” Lafayette Journal and Courier, July 9,
2000.
“Democratizing Mexico," Voices of Mexico. No. 35, April – June 1996, 6-9. With Jorge I.
Domínguez.
"El electorado mexicano en el contexto de América del Norte," Este País: Tendencias Y
Opiniones. No. 56, November 1995, 20-21.
Conference Participation
Invited Papers and Lectures
“The Pull and Push of the Parties: The Impact of Campaigns and Election Outcomes on
Immigrant Political Incorporation,” University of Delaware, February 22, 2017.
“The Trump Election and the Trajectory of American Politics: First Appraisals,” National
University of Colombia -- Bogotá, November 22, 2016.
“Public Intellectual, Institution Builder, and Mentor,” Conference to Celebrate the Contributions
of Jorge I. Domínguez, Harvard University, May 8, 2015.
“Political Socialization of Latino Immigrants: Even Noncitizens Are Pulled into Politics by
Election Campaigns,” The Lyman J. Gould Lecture, University of Vermont, March 16,
2015.
“The Emergence of Partisanship among Latino Immigrants,” CUNY Graduate Center, December
4, 2014.
“Long-Term Retrospective Evaluations and Support for Enrique Peña Nieto in the 2012 Mexican
Elections,” Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, January
24, 2013.
“Political Campaigns and Immigrant Inclusion,” Department of Political Science, University of
Pittsburgh, October 6, 2011.
“Transnational Political Participation: Assessing the Impact of Reception Site,” International
Migration, Integration, and Social Cohesion (IMISCOE) conference on Migrants and
External Voting in the E.U., Warsaw, Poland, September 7, 2011. With Cristina Escobar
and Renelinda Bressler.
“The Pull of the Parties: Immigrants Respond to Campaign Advertising,” Institute for Policy
Research, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, March 30, 2011.
“Political Campaigns and Immigrant Incorporation,” Department of Government Research
Workshop, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, February 18, 2011.
“Sidney Verba: An Intellectual Biography,” Civic Culture at 50 Conference, Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, October 19-23, 2009.
“The Migration of Partisanship,” Conference on Political Psychology and Immigration,
University of Texas-Austin, April 24, 2009.
“What's Fair and Foul in Government? Latino Perspectives on Political Corruption," Latino
Policy Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, April 25-26, 2008.
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“Corruption in Politics: Can It Ever Be Justified? Does It Always Cause Anger?” Workshop on
Corruption and Democracy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, June 9-10,
2007.
“Binational Civic Engagement among Mexican Immigrants,” Center for Comparative
Immigration Studies, University of California-San Diego, April 24, 2007.
“Thinking Globally, Voting Locally” and “Mexico’s 2006 Voto Remoto and Transnational Civic
Engagement among Mexican Expatriates,” Conference on “Mexico’s 2006 Elections,”
Harvard University, December 1, 2006. Wayne Cornelius and David Leal were
collaborators on the second paper.
“Ideological ‘Regime Exemplars’ and Voting Preferences in Mexico: Findings from the First
Wave of the 2006 Panel Survey,” Politics and Society in Contemporary Latin America
Workshop, University of Notre Dame, May 16, 2006.
“Thinking Globally, Voting Locally – and Ideologically,” Binational Conference on Political
Parties and Voters, University of Texas-Austin, February 3, 2006.
“Is there a ‘Citizen-Activist’ Base in Mexican Politics Today?” Conference on Surveys and
Methods in Mexican Politics, University of California-San Diego, June 17, 2005.
“Transitional Partisanship in Emerging Democracies,” International Seminar on Elections,
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo (ITAM) in Mexico City, July 3, 2003.
“Presidential Polling from Reagan to Bush the Younger: A Look at Trends and Patterns,”
Brookings Institution, June 3, 2003. With Kathryn Dunn Tenpas.
“Personalism and Public Opinion in Emerging Presidentialist Democracies,” Brookings
Institution, March 13, 2003.
"Primary Priming,” Conference on Mexico’s National Elections, Weatherhead Center for
International Affairs, Harvard University, December 7, 2000.
"The 2000 Elections and Mexico’s Political Transition,” Center for US-Mexican Studies,
University of California, San Diego, September 8, 2000.
"The Mexican Elections of 2000 in an International Perspective,” Universidad Autónoma
Metropolitana, Mexico City, under the auspices of the Centro de Formación y Desarrollo,
Instituto Federal Electoral.
"Afta' NAFTA: The Impact of the Free Trade Debate on US Party Politics," 7th Annual
Symposium on International Relations, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores,
Monterrey, Mexico, April 22, 1999.
"The Changing Mexican Electorate: Political Interest and Expertise in the 1980s and 1990s,"
Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, England, November 28, 1996.
"The Mexican Electorate in a North American Context," Second Tinker Conference on Mexican
Policy Studies, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, September 17, 1994.
Presentations at Professional Association Meetings
“The Political Competence of Colombians and Mexicans at Home and Abroad,” International
Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, New York City, May 26-30, 2016.
With Cristina Escobar and Renelinda Arana.
“The Changing Contours of the Immigrant Rights Protest Movement: Who Demonstrates Now?”
annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA,
September 2-6, 2015. With Katsuo Nishikawa, Harper Otawka, and Marisa Plasencia.
“Partisanship by Invitation: Immigrants Respond to Political Campaigns,” annual meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 28-September 1, 2014.
With Katsuo Nishikawa.
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“The Effects of Naturalization and Documentation Status on the Participation of Latino Immigrants,”
annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 29September 2, 2013. With Michael Jones-Correa.
“Civic Exclusion and Subjective Well-Being: The Changing Impact of Naturalization and
Documentation Status on Immigrants’ Life Satisfaction and Health Appraisals,” annual
meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 29-September
2, 2013. With Katsuo Nishikawa, Renelinda Arana, Carrie Castañeda-Sound, Michael JonesCorrea, and Fernando Tormos.
“Social Science Mechanics: A Look under the Hood at Innovative Research Designs,” annual
meeting of the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, Long Beach, CA, February 8-10,
2013. With Katie Rincón-Cahill, Michael Brownstein, Amanda Burke, and Christopher
Kulesza.
“Second-Term Presidential Travel: The Impermanent Campaign and the Rise of Legacy-Building,
1957-2009,” annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans,
LA, August 30-Sept 2, 2012. With Kathryn Dunn Tenpas and Emily Charnock.
“Engaging Immigrants in American Democracy: Assessing the Civic Implications of Lacking
Residency Documentation,” annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,
New Orleans, LA, August 30-Sept 2, 2012. With Katsuo Nishikawa.
“Retrospective Voting in Mexico’s Fledgling Multiparty Democracy: How Relevant is the Regime
Dimension?” annual meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, San Francisco,
CA, May 23-26, 2012.
“Campaigns and the Dynamics of Transnational Political Attitudes among Immigrants in the United
States,” annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, WA, August
31-September 4, 2011. With Katsuo Nishikawa.
“The Pull of the Parties,” annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Antonio,
TX, April 20-23, 2011. With Stacey Connaughton and Katsuo Nishikawa.
“Changing Dimensions of Mexican National Elections,” annual meeting of the Latin American
Studies Association, Toronto, ON, October 14-17, 2010.
“The Migration of Partisanship,” annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL, April 22-26, 2010. With David Leal.
“Engaging Mexican Immigrants in U.S. Civic Life: Assessing Barriers to Incorporation,” Julian
Samora Research Institute Conference on “Latino Hoosiers at the Crossroads of America:
Converging Politics in Immigration Status, Ethnic Identity, and Community Engagement
in the Heartland,” November 6-7, 2009, East Lansing, MI. With Stacey Connaughton and
Katsuo Nishikawa.
“Candidate-Centered Campaigning and the Incorporation of Immigrants into the U.S. Party
System,” annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, ON,
September 3-6, 2009. With Stacey Connaughton and Katsuo Nishikawa.
“Transnational Absentee Balloting in the 2006 Mexican Presidential Election: An Ecological
Regression Model,” annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Toronto, ON, September 3-6, 2009. With David Leal and Byung-Jae Lee.
“Campaign Participants and Interest Group Activists: Not So Strange Bedfellows,” annual
meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 3-6, 2008. With
Ronald B. Rapoport.
“Does Engagement in Campaigns and Elections South of the Border Pull Mexican Immigrants
away from U.S. Politics? Evidence from the 2006 Mexican Expatriate Study,” annual
meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Montreal, QC, Canada, September 58, 2007. With Wayne Cornelius and David Leal.
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“Ideological Dispositions during Mexico’s 2006 Campaigns,” annual meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, April 12-15, 2007.
“Mexico’s 2006 Voto Remoto and the Potential for Transnational Civic Engagement among
Mexican Expatriates,” annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,
August 31 - September 3, 2006. With Wayne Cornelius and David Leal.
“Goin’ Mobile: Assessing Presidential Travel from Eisenhower to George W. Bush,” meeting of
the American Political Science Association, August 31 – September 3, 2006. With
Kathryn Dunn Tenpas and Emily Charnock.
“Changing Beliefs about Issues: Opinion-Taking and Political Gossip within Friendship
Networks,” annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April
22, 2006. With Suzanne L. Parker and Glenn R. Parker.
“Interest in Politics in an Emerging Democracy: An Enduring Disposition or a Passing Fancy?”
meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 18,
2006.
“Political Corruption and the Ethical Judgments of American Citizens: Are Government Officials
Held to a Higher Standard?” annual meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association, New Orleans, LA, January 5-7, 2006. With David P. Redlawsk.
“Friendship Networks and Attitude Formation,” annual meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Washington DC, September 3, 2005. With Suzanne L. Parker and Glenn R.
Parker.
“Popular Interpretations of ‘Corruption’ and Their Partisan Consequences,” annual meeting of the
Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 8, 2005. With David
P. Redlawsk.
“Testing the Permanence of the Permanent Campaign: An Analysis of Presidential Polling
Expenditures, 1977-2000,” annual meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Chicago, IL, September 4, 2004. With Kathryn Dunn Tenpas.
“Presidential Campaigns and Changes in the Knowledge Gap: An Exploration in Three Emerging
Democracies,” annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago,
IL, April 17, 2004. With Chappell Lawson.
“An Electorate Adrift? Public Opinion and the Quality of Democracy in Mexico,” annual
meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 27, 2002, and
the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August
29, 2002. With Chappell Lawson.
“Primary Priming,” annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL,
April 20, 2001.
"Electoral Participation and Local Community Activism: Spillover Effects, 1992 - 1996," annual
meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, September 3, 1998.
"Major Party Contributors, Perot Activists, and the National Electorate: An Exploratory
Comparison," annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San
Francisco, CA, August 28 - September 1, 1996. With Patricia A. Jaramillo, Ronald B.
Rapoport, and Walter J. Stone.
"Mexicans React to Political Corruption and Electoral Fraud," annual meeting of the Southern
Political Science Association, Tampa, Florida, November 1-4, 1995. With Jorge I.
Domínguez.
"Sources of Activism in the 1992 Perot Campaign," annual meeting of the Western Political
Science Association, Seattle, WA, March, 1994. With Randal Partin, Lori Weber, Lonna
Rae Atkeson, Ronald B. Rapoport, and Walter J. Stone.
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"Activists and Voters in the 1992 Perot Campaign," annual meeting of the American Political
Science Association, September, 1993. With Ronald B. Rapoport, Walter J. Stone, Lonna
Rae Atkeson, Randall Partin, and David W. Ungemah.
"Long-term Spillover Effects of Participation in Presidential Nomination Campaigns," annual
meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September, 1992.
With Randall Partin, Ronald B. Rapoport, and Walter J. Stone.
"Shaping Mexico's Electoral Arena: The Construction of Partisan Cleavages," annual meeting of
the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September, 1992. With Jorge I.
Domínguez.
"Policy Preferences, Political Activism, and Nomination Politics,” annual meeting of the Western
Political Science Association, Seattle, WA, April, 1991.
"Whither the PRI? Explaining Defection from Mexico's Ruling Party," annual meeting of the
Western Political Science Association, Seattle, WA, April, 1991. With Jorge I.
Domínguez.
"Enforcing International Standards of Justice: Amnesty International's Constructive Conflict
Expansion," annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Washington, DC,
March, 1990. With Ann Marie Clark.
"Politicization and Perceptual Change," annual meeting of the Western Social Science
Association, Denver, CO, April, 1988.
Discussant / Chair Service at Professional Conferences
Discussant, “Immigrant Political Behavior,” annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Philadelphia, PA, September 1-4, 2016.
Discussant and Chair, “Immigration and Political Attitudes,” annual meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 7-10, 2016.
Discussant and Chair, “Comparative Politics of Developing Countries,” annual meeting of the
American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, September 2-6, 2015.
Senior Scholar Discussant for the newly-created “Junior Scholar Symposium” (JSS) on
“Persuasion,” annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL,
April 16-19, 2015.
Discussant, “Political Values and Ideology,” annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago, IL, April 11-14, 2013.
Discussant, “Minority Public Opinion Today,” annual meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Seattle, WA, August 31-September 4, 2011.
Discussant and Chair, “Political Information, Campaign Appearances, and Voting Behavior in the
2008 Presidential Election,” annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago, IL, April 2-5, 2009.
Discussant and Chair, “Candidate Evaluation,” annual meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Boston, MA, August 28-31, 2008.
Discussant and Chair, “Campaign Effects in New and Established Democracies,” annual meeting
of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 28-31, 2008.
Discussant, “The Dynamics of Political Behavior in Brazil,” annual meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 3-6, 2008.
Discussant and Chair, “Opinion Formation in Varying Contexts,” annual meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 20-September 2, 2007.
Discussant, “Comparative Voter Turnout and Choice,” annual meeting of the American Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 20-September 2, 2007.
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Discussant, “Voter Confidence and Election Administration,” annual meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 12-15, 2007.
Discussant, “Refining Methodological Perspectives on Democratization,” annual meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 22, 2006.
Chair and Discussant, “Motivation, Values, and Authoritarianism,” annual meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Washington DC, September 4, 2005.
Chair and Discussant, “Public Reactions to War and the Use of Force,” annual meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Washington DC, August 31, 2005.
Chair and Discussant, “Economic Voting in Comparative Perspective,” annual meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 7, 2005.
Chair, “European and Comparative Public Opinion,” annual meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 8, 2005.
Discussant, “Public Opinion and Political Institutions in Latin America,” annual meeting of the
Latin American Studies Association, Las Vegas, NV, October 8, 2004.
Discussant, “Values, Principles, and Persuasion,” annual meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 17, 2004.
Discussant, “Citizenship and Participation in Comparative Perspective,” annual meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 31, 2003.
Discussant, “Economic Voting in the U.S. and Other Democracies,” annual meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 5, 2003.
Discussant, "The Effect of Competition on Vote Choice and Turnout," annual meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, September 3, 1999.
Chair and Discussant, "Workshop on Presidential Nominations," annual meeting of the Southern
Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, November 9, 1996.
Discussant, "National Parties," annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,
San Francisco, CA, August 29, 1996.
Discussant, "Party Identification and the Politics of Generation X," annual meeting of the
Southern Political Science Association, Tampa, FL, November, 1995.
Discussant, "The Evolving Mexican Electoral System: Voters, Partisanship, and Participation," at
the annual meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, DC,
September, 1995.
Roundtable Participation at Professional Conferences
“Meet the Editors Roundtable,” 2013 meetings of the Southern Political Science Association, the
Western Political Science Association, the Midwest Political Science Association, and
the American Political Science Association.
“The Mexican 2006 Panel Study,” at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago, IL, April 21, 2006.
“Mexican Politics in 2006: Crisis or Consolidation?” at the meeting of the Latin American
Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 16, 2006.
“The Making of the Candidates, 2004,” at the annual meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, PA, August 28, 2003.
"Mexico 2000: Voting Behavior, Campaign Effects, and Democratization,” at the annual meeting
of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 2, 2000.
Teaching
Courses Offered
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Introduction to U.S. Politics
Political Parties and Interest Groups in the United States
Political Psychology
Campaigns and Elections
Special Topics in Undergraduate Research: Latino Immigrants in the “Crossroads of America”
Special Topics in Undergraduate Research: “Big Data” Policy Analytics
Graduate Seminar on the Scope and Methods of Political Science
Graduate Seminar on Linear Models
Graduate Seminar on Maximum Likelihood Estimation
Graduate Research Seminars on U.S. and Comparative Politics
Doctoral Advising, Major Professor
Jorge Alatorre, Ph.D. Candidate. Fulbright Scholarship recipient and currently Professor in the
Research Institute on Public Policy and Government, University of Guadalajara, Jalisco,
Mexico. Dissertation in Progress: The Impact of ‘Freedom of Information’ Reforms on
Political Corruption.
John P. Schultz, Ph.D. Candidate. Recipient of a Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship.
Dissertation in Progress: The Dynamics of National Identities in an Era of Rapid
Institutional Change: A Comparative Study of Eastern European Democracies
Laurent Vesely, Ph.D. 2016. Recipient of the Bilsland Doctoral Award. Dissertation in Progress:
The ‘Obama Effect’ on Long-Term Political Engagement. Placement as an Assistant
Professor of Communication, DePauw University.
Zuzana Ringlerova, Ph.D. 2015. Recipient of a Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship.
Placement at Masaryk University, Czech Republic, as an Assistant Professor of Political
Science. Dissertation: Mass Public Support for the European Union: Diffuse or Specific?
Katsuo Nishikawa, Ph.D. 2008. Recipient of a Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship.
Placement at Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, as an Assistant Professor of Political
Science (Tenure-Track). Dissertation: The Role of the State in Strengthening Democratic
Dispositions: A Study of the Mexican State of Baja California.
Hyung Lae Park, Ph.D. 2007. Placement at Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, as an
Assistant Professor of Political Science (Tenure-Track). Dissertation: Internet Effects on
Political Participation: The New Digital Divide.
Jean Gabriel Jolivet, Ph.D. 2006. Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship Recipient. Placement
at Southwestern College, Topeka, KS, as an Assistant Professor of Political Science
(Tenure-Track). Dissertation: Generational Changes in the Role of Party Identification in
French Political Behavior.
Neil Strine, Ph.D. 2003. Placement at Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, as an Assistant
Professor of Political Science (Tenure-Track). Dissertation: Stars on Capitol Hill:
Explaining Celebrity Appearances in Congressional Committee Hearings.
Pamela Carriveau, Ph.D. 2003. Placement at Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD, as an
Assistant Professor of Political Science (Tenure-Track). Dissertation: What Citizen Is of
Most Worth? The Role of Public Education in Preparing Children for Citizenship.
David A. Jones, Ph.D. 1998. Placement at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, as an
Assistant Professor of Political Science (Tenure-Track). Dissertation: Talking Politics:
Rush Limbaugh, Political Attitudes, and Party Politics.
Undergraduate Mentoring
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Faculty Advisor to Connor Shearer, whose investigation of Mexican immigrants was published in
The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research, Volume 3 (2013).
Faculty Advisor to Gustavo López, recipient of a 2013-2014 Global Synergy Grant for field
research in Mexico.
Faculty Editorial Board, Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics, 2009 - present.
Faculty Advisor for the “Horizons Program for Undergraduate Retention,” 2004 – present.
MARC/AIM (“Minority Access to Research Careers, and Access Internally for Minorities”)
Summer Faculty Mentor, 1996 and 2009.
Dean’s Freshman Scholar Faculty Advisor, 1992 - 2006.
Faculty Advisor, Pi Sigma Alpha, 1992-1996.
Selected Recent Public Education and Engagement Activities
Founding Member of Purdue Extension Global Awareness Team (PEGAT).
Lecturer at the Holocaust Remembrance Conferences, Purdue University.
U.S. civics instructor for immigrants enrolled in English-as-a-Second-Language classes,
Lafayette Area Resource Academy and the Purdue International Center.
Frequent public affairs commentator on WBAA-AM, the National Public Radio station at Purdue
University, and many other media networks.
Professional and Administrative Service
Selected Departmental Service
Director of Graduate Placement, 2004 – present.
Head Search Committee, 2011-2012.
Methodology Faculty Search Committee Chair, 2008.
Race and Politics Faculty Search Committee, 2007.
Selected College of Liberal Arts and University Service
Faculty Search Committee, Interdisciplinary Cluster Hiring Initiative in Advanced Social Science
Methodology, College of Liberal Arts, 2015-present; Chair, 2015-16.
Purdue University Faculty Mediation Committee, 2014-present.
Purdue University Advisory Committee on Equity, 2013-present.
Area Promotions Committee, Purdue University College of Liberal Arts, 2013-2014.
University Risk Management Loss Prevention Committee, 2013-2014.
Dean Search Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 2013-2014.
Co-coordinator of the Purdue University College of Liberal Arts 50th Anniversary Celebration,
“At the Intersection of Liberal Arts and STEM,” April 10, 2014.
Keynote Speaker, Conference for Pre-Tenure Women, Susan Butler Center for Leadership
Excellence, Purdue University, September 26-27, 2013.
College of Liberal Arts “Visioning” and Planning Committee, 2013.
Provost Task Force on Promotion and Tenure, 2011-2012.
Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences Awards Committee, 2009-2010.
Faculty Affiliate, Latin American and Latino Studies Program, 2008 – present.
Education Policy Committee, 2002-2005; Chair, 2005.
Selected Professional Service
Editor, Politics, Groups, and Identities, the official journal of the Western Political Science
Association, 2010-2017; Lead Editor, 2012-2013 and 2015-2016. With Co-Editors
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Nadia Brown, Rosalee Clawson, Lisa García Bedolla, Ange-Marie Hancock, Kerry
Haynie, Natalie Masuoka, Anna Sampaio, Valaria Sinclair-Chapman, Eric Waltenburg,
and S. Laurel Weldon.
Editorial Board, Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science, 2016 – present.
Best Book Award Selection Committee, American Political Science Association Section on
Migration and Citizenship, 2015.
Editorial Board, American Journal of Political Science, 2006-2010.
Editorial Board, Political Research Quarterly, 1992-1997.
Editorial Board, Dilemmas in American Politics Series, Westview Press, 2001 – present.
Symposium Convener, “Political Corruption in Theory, Practice, and in the Eyes of Citizens,”
PS: Political Science and Politics, 39:4, October 2006.
International Election Observer in Mexico, July 2, 2000, National Democratic Institute.
Selected Community Service
New Chauncey Neighborhood Land Use Committee, 2009 – 2014.
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), Tippecanoe County, 2008 – present.
Professional Memberships
American Political Science Association.
Organized Sections on Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior; Political
Methodology; Political Organizations and Parties; Political Psychology; Migration and
Citizenship; Comparative Democratization.
Midwest Political Science Association.
Southern Political Science Association.
Western Political Science Association.
Latin American Studies Association.
American Association of University Professors.
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