ANNE HILDRETH
15 Longmeadow Drive
Delmar, New York 12054
(518) 475-0290
Political Science Undergraduate Office
Humanities 16
University at Albany
Albany, New York 12222
(518) 442-3113
EDUCATION
University of Iowa, Doctor of Philosophy, 1989, Political Science.
State University of New York at Buffalo, Master of Arts, 1983, Political Science.
State University College at Potsdam, Bachelor of Arts, 1981, Majors: Political
Science and History.
EMPLOYMENT
State University of New York at Albany, Department of Political Science, Associate
Professor, August 1990 - present.
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Department of Political Science, Instructor,
January 1989 - December 1989.
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Public Opinion Laboratory, Research Associate,
August 1988 - June 1990.
PUBLICATIONS
Anne Hildreth (2008). “Attitudes of the Public Towards Public Opinion Research,”
in The Sage Handbook of Public Opinion Research, edited by Wolfgang Donsbach
and Michael W. Traugott. Sage Publications.
Anne Hildreth, Leah A. Murray, and J. Cherie Strachan (2005). “The limitations
of e-democracy,” in Communicating politics: Engaging the public in democratic life,
edited by Mitchell S. McKinney, Lynda Lee Kaid,, D. G. Bystrom, and Deborah B.
Carlin, NY: Peter Lang.
Daniel M. Shea and Anne Hildreth (1996). "Legislative Campaign Committees and
the Future of State Party Organizations," in The State of the Parties, edited by Daniel
M. Shea and John C. Green, Rowman and Littlefield.
Ellen M. Dran and Anne Hildreth (1995). "What the Public Thinks About How We
Know What It Is Thinking," International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 7:128144.
Anne Hildreth and Ellen M. Dran (1994). "Explaining Women's Differences in
Abortion Opinion: The Role of Gender Consciousness." Women and Politics, 14:3551.
Anne Hildreth (1994). "The Importance of Purposes in Purposive Groups." American
Journal of Political Science, 38:447-63.
Arthur H. Miller, Christopher Wlezien, and Anne Hildreth (1991). "A Reference
Group Theory of Partisan Coalitions." Journal of Politics, 53:1134-1149.
Arthur H. Miller, Anne Hildreth, and Grace L. Simmons, (1989). "The Mobilization
of Gender Group Consciousness," in The Political Interests of Gender, edited by
Kathleen B. Jones and Anna G. Jonasdottir. Sage Publications.
Arthur H. Miller, Anne Hildreth, Kevin M. Leyden, and Christopher Wlezien, (1988).
"Judging by the Company Candidates Keep, What's a Democrat to Do?" Public
Opinion, July/August, 11:14-16.
Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Anne Hildreth, and Alan B. Spitzer (1988). "Was There a
Girondist Faction in the National Convention (1792-1793)?". French Historical
Studies, 15:519-536.
William Mishler and Anne Hildreth (1984). "Legislatures and Political Stability: An
Exploratory Analysis." Journal of Politics 46:25-59.
CONVENTION PAPERS
Anne Hildreth and Leah A. Murray (2010) “Guns vs. Butter: Letters to the Editor on
National Issues,” presented at the Western Political Science Association
Meetings, San Francisco, California, April 1-3.
Anne Hildreth, Shannon Scotece, and Leah A. Murray (2008) “Editing the War at
Home: Letters to the editor as community-level discourse,” presented at the Western
Political Science Association Meetings, San Diego, California, March 20-22, 2008.
Anne Hildreth and Shannon Scotece (2007) “A War of Words? Letters to the Editor
as Community level discourse” presented at the Western Political Science
Association Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 7-10, 2007.
J. Cherie Strachan and Anne Hildreth (2004) “Testing the Effects of Collective
Civic Education Messages in the University Classroom” presented at the
American Political Science Association Meetings, September 2 - September 5,
2004.
J. Cherie Strachan, Leah A. Murray, and Anne Hildreth (2002) “ Civics Textbooks
and the Promotion of Democratic Values “ presented at the American Political
Science Association Meetings, Boston, Massachusetts, August 29 – September 1,
2002.
J. Cherie Strachan and Anne Hildreth (2001) “Civic Education Websites and Civic
Participation “ presented at the American Political Science Association Meetings,
San Francisco, California, August 27 – August 30, 2001.
Anne Hildreth, Leah A. Murray and J. Cherie Strachan (2001) “Can Internet Voter
Simulation Projects Promote Youth Voting?” presented at the International
Communication Association Meeting, Washington D.C., May 16-19, 2001.
Anne Hildreth, J. Cherie Strachan, and Leah A. Murray (2000) “Can we have “Dot”
Gov. without “Dot” Org.? “ presented at the Civic Education and Elections study
group conference, National Communication Association, Washington, D.C., June 24
– 26, 2000.
Anne Hildreth and Michael Korzi. (1997) "The Partisanization of Public Opinion
Polls," presented at the Southern Political Science Association Research Meetings,
November 10-13, 1997, Norfolk, Virginia.
Ellen Dran and Anne Hildreth. (1997) "Studying Public Opinion About Public
Opinion: To Poll or Not to Poll," presented at the American Association of Public
Opinion Research Meeting, May 15-18, 1997, Norfolk, Virginia.
Anne Hildreth. (1996) "Who Asks What and How It Is Reported: Polls Sponsorship
and Public Opinion on New Policy Issues," presented at the American Association of
Public Opinion Research Meeting, May 16-19, 1996, Salt Lake City.
Ellen M. Dran and Anne Hildreth (1995). "Public Opinion about Public Opinion:
What We Know and Why We Should Care," presented at the American Association
for Public Opinion Research, May 18-21, 1995, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Anne Hildreth and Ellen M. Dran (1994). "The Role of Polls in Democratic Talk,"
presented at the Midwest Association of Public Opinion Researchers, November 1618, 1994, Chicago.
Anne Hildreth and Ellen M. Dran (1994). "The Role of Polls in Democratic Talk,"
presented at the Midwest Association of Public Opinion Researchers, November 1618, 1994, Chicago.
Anne Hildreth (1994). "Making 'Easy' Issues 'Hard': How Interest Groups Shape the
'Faces' of Public Issues," presented at the American Political Science Association
Meetings, September 1-4, 1994, New York City.
Ellen M. Dran, Anne Hildreth, Richard Barberio and S. Lance Denning (1994).
"Public Opinion About Polling in A New Information Environment," presented at the
American Association for Public Opinion Research Meeting, May 14-17, 1994,
Danvers, MA.
Anne Hildreth and Ellen Dran (1992). "Representation by Phone? What the Public
Thinks about Polls As Policy Communication," presented at the American
Association for Public Opinion Research Meeting, May 15-19, 1992, St. Petersburg.
Anne Hildreth, Martin B. Shaffer and Daniel M. Shea (1992).
"The Context of Individual Participation: Conflict as a Mobilizing Resource,"
presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 9-11, 1992,
Chicago.
Anne Hildreth and Ellen M. Dran (1991). "Poll Fatigue? What the Public Thinks
about How We Know What it is Thinking," presented at the Midwest Association for
Public Opinion Research Meeting, November 22-23, 1991, Chicago.
Anne Hildreth and Ellen M. Dran (1990). "How Women Define Women's Interests:
Abortion and Gender Mobilization in Illinois," presented at the Midwest Political
Science Association Meetings, April 6-8, 1990, Chicago.
Anne Hildreth (1988). "When Is Collective Action Political Action for Individuals:
Evidence from the Sanctuary Movement," presented at the Southern Political Science
Association Meetings, November 3-5, Atlanta.
Arthur Miller, Anne Hildreth, and Christopher Wlezien (1987). "The Social Group
Dynamics of Political Evaluations," presented at the Midwest Political Science
Association Meeting, April 6-8, 1987, Chicago.
Anne Hildreth (1986). "The Influence of Economic Situations and Attitudes on the
Gender Gap." Presented at the Southern Political Science Association Meetings,
November 5-8, 1986, Atlanta.
Arthur H. Miller, Grace L. Simmons, and Anne Hildreth (1986). "Group Influence,
Solidarity and Electoral Outcomes." Presented at the American Political Science
Association Meetings, August 27-30, 1986, Washington, DC.
Arthur H. Miller, Anne Hildreth, and Grace L. Simmons (1986). "The Mobilization of
Gender Group Consciousness." Presented at the Midwest Political Science
Association Meetings, April 27-30, 1986, Chicago.
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate:
Graduate:
Political Socialization
Political Behavior
Political Behavior
Interest Groups and American Democracy
American Political Parties
American Politics Field Seminar
Campaigns and Elections
Political Parties
Public Opinion
Research Methods
Research Methods
Research and Writing in the Discipline
Running For President
Introduction to American Politics
Election Reform
Freshman Year Experience
Freshman Year Experience –Topics
SERVICE
University
Committee on Student Conduct, 1993 - present
Appellate Sub-committee of the Student Conduct Review, 1996 - present
Advisory Committee on Student Health, 2000 - present
Presidential Leadership Awards Nomination Committee, 2003 - present
First Year Experience planner and instructor, 2006 - present
General Education Committee, 2010 - present
Member UAlbany ODK circle, 2010 - present
Faculty Advisor ODK UAlbany circle, 2011 – present
Middle States Accreditation Working Group, 2008 - 2010
Enrollment Management Coordination Group, 2004 - 2009
Associate Dean, Office of Undergraduate Studies, 2004 - 2009
Chair, General Education Committee, Undergraduate Academic Council, 2004 - 2007
Undergraduate Academic Council, 1999 - 2007
University Senate, 2004 - 2007
Task Force on Academic Advising, 2004 - 2007
Rhodes/Marshall Scholar Selection Committee, 2005 - 2007
Task Force on University Honors College, Senate working group, 2005 - 2006
Pre-law Advisory Task Force, 2002 - 2004
Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies Committee, UAC, 1999 - 2004
Ada Craig Walker Selection Committee, 1995 - 2000
Who’s Who Student Selection Committee, 1995 - 2000
University Honors Task Force, 2001
Blue Ribbon Taskforce on Writing Instruction, 2006 - 2008
Political Science Department
Undergraduate Program Coordinator 1998 – 2004, 2007- present
Graduate Program Revision Committee 2004 - 2006
Undergraduate Honors Program Director 1998 - 2001
Faculty advisor to Pi Sigma Alpha 1991 - 2000
Rockefeller College Diversity Committee, 1991 - 1994
Undergraduate Education Committee, 1993, 1998 - present
Promotion and Search Committees, 1991-present
Community
National Student Parent Mock Election, New York Coordinator, 1998, 2000
Bethlehem Children’s School, Board Member, 2002 - 2004
Pierce Hall Daycare Center, Board Member 1995; Vice President, 1996 -1997
Empire Girls’ State Political Advisor, 1995 – 1997