Academic Training

Ph.D. The University of Michigan, 1987

M.A. The University of Michigan, 1985

B.A. State University of New York at Binghamton (English Literature), 1980

Employment

Professor (2000 – present), Department of Political Science, Villanova University,

Villanova, PA.

Associate Professor (1995 - 2000), Department of Political Science, Villanova

University, Villanova, PA.

Visiting Associate Professor (1995), Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA.

Assistant Professor (1988 - 1995), Department of Political Science, Villanova

University, Villanova, PA.

Lecturer (1987 - 1988), Department of Political Science, The University of

Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Visiting Assistant Professor (1987 - 1988), Department of Political Science,

Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.

Teaching Assistant (1983 - 1987), Department of Political Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Research Assistant (1983 - 1985, 1987), Institute for Social Research , The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Publications

Books

American Government: Your Voice, Your Future. 2006. Cincinnati: Atomic Dog Publishing.

Get This Party Started: How Progressives Can Fight Back and Win (editor). 2006. Lanham, MD:

Rowman and Littlefield.

If It Bleeds, It Leads: An Anatomy of Television News. 2000. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Remote and Controlled: Media Politics in a Cynical Age, Second Edition. 1999.

Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Edited For Television: CNN, ABC, and American Presidential Elections, Second

Edition. 1998. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Remote and Controlled: Media Politics in a Cynical Age. 1995. Boulder, CO:

Westview Press.

Edited For Television: CNN, ABC, and the 1992 Presidential Campaign. 1994.

Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Beyond Persuasion: Organizational Efficiency and Presidential Power. 1991.

Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Articles and Chapters

"Blog for America and Civic Involvement." (with Joel David Bloom) 2005. The Harvard International Journal of

Press/Politics 10:4, pp. 3-27.

"The Challenge and Promise of Internet Politics." In Michael Nelson (ed.), The Elections of 2004. 2005. Washington, DC:

CQ Press, pp. 88-107.

“Electoral College Reform and Media Coverage of Presidential Elections.” In Paul Schumaker and Burdett A. Loomis (eds.), Choosing A President: The Electoral College and Beyond. 2002. New York: Seven Bridges Press, pp. 113-124.

“The Media: Old Frames in a Time of Transition.” In Michael Nelson (ed.), The Elections of 2000. 2001. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, pp. 109-132.

“Parties in the Media: Where Elephants and Donkeys are Pigs.” In L. Sandy Maisel (ed.), The Parties Respond. Fourth Edition, 2001. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

“A Part and Apart: Jewish Americans, The Media and American Politics.” In L. Sandy Maisel (ed.), Jews in American Politics. 2001. Boulder, CO: Rowman and Littlefield, pp. 121-139.

“PBS Ain’t So Different: Public Broadcasting, Election Frames and Democratic Empowerment.” 2000. The Harvard

International Journal of Press Politics 5:4, pp. 8-32.

“Parties in the Media: Elephants, Donkeys, Boars, Pigs and Jackals.” In L. Sandy Maisel (ed.), The Parties Respond: Changes

in American Parites and Campaigns. Third Edition, 1998. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

“The Media: Viewing the Campaign Through A Strategic Haze.” In Michael Nelson (ed.), The Elections of 1996. 1997.

Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, pp. 81-105.

“Questioning the Questioners: Cracking Television’s Protective Shell and Other Impossible Requirements for Researching the

Development of Media Content.” In Mary E. Stuckey (ed.), The Theory and Practice of Political Communication

Research. 1996. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

“An Empirical Test of the Role of Persuasion in the Exercise of Presidential Power.” 1993. Presidential Studies Quarterly 23:2,

pp. 347-361.

“Before the Honeymoon Ends: Presidential Leadership and Congressional Response.” 1989. Congress and the Presidency

16:1, pp. 11 -22.

“Television and the 1988 Election: Three Realities.” 1989. Social Science Review 8:1, pp. 52-74.

“Against the Odds: Media Access in the Administration of President Gerald R. Ford.” 1986. Presidential Studies Quarterly

16:1, pp. 76-91.

Dissertation

Eye of the Beholder: Identifying Underlying Characteristics of Policy Success Across

Presidential Administrations. 1987. The University of Michigan.

Presentations

"Blog for America and Civic Involvement." Presented at the 63^rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science

Association, Chicago, April 7-10, 2005 (with Joel David Bloom).

“Grassroots and Gigahertz: The Power of Weblogs to Drive Media Discourse, Energize Campaigns, and Enhance Civic Engagement.” Presented at the 2^nd Annual Pre-APSA Conference on Mass Communication and Civic Engagement, The Annenberg School of Political Communication of the University of Pennsylvania, August 27, 2003 (with Joel David Bloom).

“Framing the Outsider: Television News Treatment of Jesse Jackson’s Presidential Candidacies.” Presented at the 58^th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 27-30, 2000 (with Marc Howard Ross).

“Public Broadcasting, Election Frames and Democratic Empowerment.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Providence, RI, April 29 – May 1, 1999 (with Sumaiya Apee).

“The Dynamics of Political News Frames: A Longitudinal Analysis of Televisions Presidential Election News Coverage.” Presented at the 57^th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 15-17, 1999.

“PBS Ain’t So Different: Horserace, Strategy, and Democratic Empowerment.” Presented at the 30^th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, November 12-14, 1998 (with Sumaiya Apee).

“Television News Frames and Informed Political Choice: A Longitudinal Analysis of U.S. Elections.” Presented at the 94^th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, September 3-6, 1998 (with Marc Howard Ross).

“Reporters Are From Mars, Campaign Operatives Are From Venus.” Presented at the 21^st Annual Meeting of the International

Society of Political Psychology, Montreal, Canada, July 12-15, 1998 (with Marc Howard Ross).

“Reporters Are From Mars, Campaign Operatives Are From Venus.” Presented at the 56^th Annual Meeting of the Midwest

Political Science Association, The Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, April 23-25, 1998.

Media Frames and Election Dynamics.” Presented at the 19^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political

Psychology, The Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver, BC, June 30-July 3, 1996.

“Roundtable on Media Coverage of the 1996 Campaign.” Roundtable held at the 54^th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political

Science Association, The Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, April 18-20, 1996.

“The Media as Political News: Reflexive Reporting of the 1992 U.S. Presidential Campaign.” Presented at the 45^th

Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, The Albuquerque Convention Center,

Albuquerque, NM, May 25-29, 1995.

“Playing His Own Game: The 1992 Perot Campaign, Reporter Expectations, and Television Coverage.” Presented at the 53^rd

Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, The Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, April 6-8,

1995.

“Old Wine in More Bottles: Coverage of the 1992 Presidential Election on Broadcast and Cable Television.” Presented at the 90^th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, The New York Hilton, New York, NY, September

1-4, 1994.

“Covering the Coverage: The Self-Referential Nature of Television Reporting in the 1992 Presidential Campaign.” Presented

at the 52^nd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, The Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, April

14-16, 1994.

“The 1992 Election From A Communications Perspective.” Roundtable held at the 1993 Annual Meeting, of the Southern

Political Science Association, The Radisson Plaza Hotel, Savannah, GA., November 3-6, 1993.

“Coverage of the 1992 Presidential Campaign on Cable and Broadcast Television: Some Preliminary Observations.” Presented at

the 51^st Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, The Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL,

April 15-17, 1993.

“Cable and Network Television Coverage of the 1992 Primaries: Some Preliminary Findings.” Presented at the 88^th Annual

Meeting of the American Political Science Association, The Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, September 3-6, 1992.

“Coverage of the 1992 Primaries on Network and Cable Television.” Presented at the 50^th Annual Meeting of the Midwest

Political Science Association, The Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, April 9-11, 1992.

“Exploring the Components of the Effective Exercise of Presidential Power By Contemporary American Presidents.” Presented at

the 14^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, The

University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, July 1-5, 1991.

“Exercising Power in the Bush White House: The Case of the First-Year Drug Plan.” Presented at the 49^th Annual Meeting of

the Midwest Political Science Association, The Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, April 18-20, 1991.

“Placing Power in Context: Executive Branch Organization and Presidential Persuasion as Components of Presidential Legislative

Success.” Presented at the 86^th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, The San

Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, CA, August 30-September 2, 1990.

“The Role of Organizational Efficiency in Promoting Presidential Legislative Effectiveness.” Presented at the 48^th Annual Meeting

of the Midwest Political Science Association, The Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, April 5-7, 1990.

“An Empirical Test of the Role of Persuasion in the Exercise of Presidential Power.” Presented at the 1990 Annual Meeting of the

Southwestern Political Science Association, The Hyatt Regency Hotel, Fort Worth, TX, March 28-31, 1990.

“Three Honeymoons: Understanding Differences in the Outcomes of Domestic Policy Endeavors During the Carter, Reagan, and

Bush Honeymoon Periods.” Presented at the 47^th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, The

Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, April 3-5, 1989.

“Before the Honeymoon Ends: Understanding Differences in the Outcomes of Large-Scale First-Term Presidential Policy

Endeavors.” Presented at the 84^th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, The Washington

Hilton, Washington, DC, September 1-4, 1988.

Professional Service

College and University

Member, Arts and Sciences Rank and Tenure Committee, 2005-present.

Villanova University Official Representative (OR) to the Inter-University

Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), Spring 1989 – Spring 1998.

Member, Middle States Library Task Force, Fall 1998 – present.

Faculty Adviser, Villanova University Comedy Troupe, 1999-2001.

Facilitator, “Preparing for Leadership: 1998 Truman Scholarship Candidates Summer Workshop,” July 31- August 2, 1998

Member, Dean's Advisory Committee on Technology, Spring 1995 – Spring 1997.

Member, Women and Elections Forum Advisory Committee, Fall 1996.

Villanova Quality Initiative Faculty Planning Group on Academics, Spring 1995.

Villanova Quality Initiative Graduate School Unit Team, Spring 1995 - Fall 1996.

Member, College of Arts and Sciences Core Committee on Computing Across the

Curriculum, Spring 1992 - Fall 1994.

College of Arts and Sciences Freshman Adviser, Fall 1993 – Spring 1995.

Social Science Forum Steering Committee Member, Fall 1989 - Spring 1993.

Villanova University Social Science Forum Co-Organizer: Symposium on “The

Role of Television in National Political Campaigns,” Fall 1990 - Spring 1991.

Freshman Orientation Academic Seminar Leader, 1989 - 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999 – present.

Villanova University Office for Residence Life Review Board Member, Fall 1990

present; participant in Workshop on Judicial Affairs, Fall 1991.

Member and Co-organizer, Villanova Faculty Hillel, Spring 1989 - present.

Faculty advisor, Villanova Undergraduate Hillel, 1994 - 1995.

Member, Honors Program Council, Fall 1993 - present.

Honors Thesis Advising (since 1996): Lauren Capotisto; Dave McNally; Jennifer Behrman; Joyce Garczynski.

Senior Thesis Committees (since 1996): Rob Wellen (Bryn Mawr College); Erin Martin (Bryn Mawr College).

Masters Thesis Committees (since 1996): Jeannie Matava; Steve Collins; Sabastien Lazardeux.

Doctoral Thesis and Preliminary Examination Committee, Paul D’Angelo (Temple University), Fall 1996 – Fall 1999.

Data Analysis (through HOSI/OPIR)

· ARCO/Rhoads School Partnership (Fall 1996)

· Assessing the Progress of "A Future of Promise: The Villanova Strategic Plan" (Spring 1995)

· Villanova University President's Task Force on Cultural Diversity: Survey on Attitudes, Opinions, and Experiences (Spring 1991)

· Villanova University College of Engineering Alumni and Graduate Market Survey (Spring 1991)

· Villanova University President's Committee on Faculty Workload (Spring 1989 - Fall 1990)

· Villanova University College Attrition Study (Spring 1990)

· Villanova University Campus Ministry Undergraduate Mass Attendance Study (Spring 1990)

· Middle States Study of Villanova University Faculty (Spring 1989)

· Villanova University Economic Impact Study (Fall 1989)

Departmental

Member, Political Science Department Search Committee (Political Theory), Spring 1999.

Director of Graduate Studies, Political Science Department, Fall 1993 – Spring 1997 and Fall 2000 – present.

Chair, Political Science Department Graduate Committee, Fall 1993 – Spring 1997 and Fall 2000 – present.

Member, Political Science Department Graduate Committee, Fall 1993 – present.

Member, Political Science Department Undergraduate Affairs Committee, Fall

1988 - Spring 1993.

Member, Political Science Department Evaluation Committee, 1995-96, 1996-97 and 2002-2004.

Co-chair, Political Science Department Search Committee, One-Year Positions in

American Government and International Relations, Summer 1993.

Chair, Political Science Department Public Administration Search Committee, Fall

1989 - Spring 1990.

Faculty Advisor, Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society, Fall 1989 -

Spring 1991.

Professional

Member, ICA/APSA Joint Publication Committee, 1996 - 2000.

Member, Television News Content Analysis Consortium, 1996 - 2000.

Member, American Political Science Association Edelman Distinguished Career

Award Committee, 1994 - 1996.

Editorial Board Member, Annual Editions: American Public Policy. Sluice Dock,

CT: Dushkin Publishing Group, 1995 – 1998.

Editorial Board Member, Roman and Littlefield “Project Democracy” Series, 1996 -

1998.

Contributor, College Board Advance Placement United States Government and Politics Examination, 1999.

Contributor, The St. Martin’s Guide to the Movies, 1997.

Chair and Discussant, “Media Coverage of Political Events.” Panel held at the 97^th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton San Francisco and Towers, San Francisco, CA, August 30 – September 2, 2001.

Chair, “Roundtable on Media Coverage of the Campaign 2000 Post-Election Period.” Panel held at the 59^th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, The Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, April 19-22, 2001.

Chair, “Media Frames and Election Dynamics.” Panel held at the 19^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, The Sutton Place

Hotel, Vancouver, BC, June 30-July 3, 1996.

Chair, “Roundtable on Media Coverage of the 1996 Campaign.” Roundtable held at the 54^th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, The Palmer House

Hotel, Chicago, IL, April 18-20, 1996.

Discussant, “Discordant Discourse: News, Talk, and Advertising in a Presidential Campaign.” Panel held at the 91^st Annual

Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago Hilton and Towers, August 31-September 3, 1995.

Discussant, “Public Opinion and Presidential Leadership.” Panel held at the 1993 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political

Science Association, The Radisson Plaza Hotel, Savannah, GA, November 3 -6, 1993.

Book reviews for The American Political Science Review/Perspectives on Politics, Political Communication, Political

Science Quarterly, others.

Manuscript peer reviews (since 1996) for The Journal of Politics, Political Communication, American Journal of Political Science, Political Science Quarterly, The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Southeastern Political Review, Canadian Journal of Communication, Presidential Studies Quarterly.

Text reviews for Cambridge University Press, CQ Press, St. Martin’s Press, Westview Press, Worth Publishing, Wadsworth Publishing, Addison Wesley Longman, Prentice Hall, McGraw-Hill, Rowman and Littlefield.

Community

“Media Watch” Column for The Hill Newspaper, Washington, DC, 1996 – 1998.

Multiple talks, television and radio appearances, including C-Span, Fox News Network, Radio America, Bloomberg Radio, and

National Public Radio.

Professional Memberships

American Political Science Association

Midwest Political Science Association

Pennsylvania Political Science Association