People
Ph.D. Alumni (since 1990) Holding Academic Positions

R. Bruce Anderson Ph.D. 1997.
Dissertation: Electoral Competition and the Structure of State Legislatures: Organizational Complexity and Party Building
Current Position: Associate Professor, Baker University.
Email: bruce.anderson@bakeru.edu
Kevin Arceneaux Ph.D. 2003.
Dissertation: The Federal Face of Democratic Representation: The Effects of Responsibility Attribution on Cross-Level Voting Behavior and Government Responsiveness in the United States
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Temple University.
Email: kevin.arceneaux@temple.edu
Navin Bapat Ph.D. 2004.
Dissertation: Non-State Actors and Political Conflict
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University.
Email: nab12@psu.edu
Brent Boyea Ph.D. 2005.
Dissertation: State Methods of Judicial Selection: An Evaluation of Career Ambition
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Arlington.
Email: boyea@uta.edu
Web: http://www.uta.edu/pols/Boyea.htm
Kellie Sims Butler Ph.D. 2004.
Dissertation: Agenda Setting in the States: An Institutional Analysis
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University.
Email: knb3@psu.edu
Lisa J. Carlson Ph.D. 1994.
Dissertation: A Theory of Escalation: The Use of Coercive Bargaining Strategies in International Conflict
Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Idaho.
Email: lcarl@uidaho.edu
Jeffrey Dixon Ph.D. 2001.
Dissertation: Intervention, Capabilities, Costs, and the Outcome of Civil Wars
Current Position: Instructor, Wright State University.
Email: jeffrey.dixon@wright.edu
Johanna Dunaway Ph.D. 2006.
Dissertation: What Makes the News? The Institutional Determinants of the Political News Agenda
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University.
Email: jdunaway@shsu.edu
Albert Luther Ellis, III Ph.D. 1991.
Dissertation: The Regressive Era: Progressive Era Tax Reform and the National Tax Association– Roots of the Modern American Tax Structure
Current Position: Visiting Faculty, Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
Email: kfale@tamuk.edu
Richard Engstrom Ph.D. 2001.
Dissertation: Electoral District Structure and Political Behavior
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Georgia State University.
Email: engstrom@gsu.edu
Robert Hogan Ph.D. 1998.
Dissertation: The Role of Campaigns in State Legislative Elections
Current Position: Associate Professor, Louisiana State University.
Email: rhogan1@lsu.edu
Martin Johnson Ph.D. 2002.
Dissertation: Influences of Contextual Information and Social Connectedness on Political Behavior
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Califonia-Riverside.
Email: martin.johnson@ucr.edu
Web: http://faculty.ucr.edu/~martinj
Bernadette Jungblut Ph.D. 2002.
Dissertation: International Trade and Interstate Conflict: The Influence of Domestic Political Institutions
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida.
Email: bjungblu@mail.ucf.edu
Valentin Krustev Ph.D. 2007.
Dissertation: Bargaining and Economic Coercion: The Use and Effectiveness of Sanctions
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Alabama.
Email: valentin.krustev@ua.edu
LaVonna Blair Lewis Ph.D. 1997.
Dissertation: The Allocation of Distributive Program Benefits and the Maintenance of Interest Groups
Current Position: Clinical Associate Professor and Director, MHA Program, University of Southern California.
Email: llewis@usc.edu
Web: http://www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/faculty/blair.html
Nancy Martorano Ph.D. 2002.
Dissertation: Theories of Legislative Organization and the Development of U.S. State Legislative Committee Systems
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Dayton.
Email: Nancy.Martorano@notes.udayton.edu
Michaela Mattes Ph.D. 2006.
Dissertation: Falling to "Peaces": Conciliatory Agreements and the Durability of Peace
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University.
Email: Michaela.c.mattes@vanderbilt.edu
Beth Miller Ph.D. 2006.
Dissertation: Charting the Course: A Test of the Dynamic Implications of the On-Line and Memory-Based Models
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Email: millerel@umkc.edu
Jody Neathery-Castro Ph.D. 1998.
Dissertation: Regionalizing France: Decentralization or Trompe l'Oeil?
Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Omaha.
Email: Jody_Neathery@unomaha.edu
Allison Rinden Ownby Ph.D. 2001.
Dissertation: Cycling and Recycling: The Effects of Group Context and Member Involvement on Social Capital
Current Position: Senior Medical Educator, University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Email: allison.r.ownby@uth.tmc.edu
Brian Posler Ph.D. 1997.
Dissertation: Reaping Gains Through the Organizational Party: Delegation to Party Leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives
Current Position: Associate Professor and Chair of Department of Political Science, Millikin University.
Email: bposler@mail.millikin.edu
Web: http://faculty.millikin.edu/~bposler
Andree E. Reeves Ph.D. 1990.
Dissertation: Barden to Powell to Perkins: Leadership and Evolution of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, 1951-1984
Current Position: Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Alabama at Huntsville.
Email: reevesa@uah.edu
Shawn Reichert Ph.D. 2005.
Dissertation: Legislating for Europe: The Dynamics of MEP Voting Behavior
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida.
Email: sreicher@mail.ucf.edu
Holly Teeters Reynolds Ph.D. 1998.
Dissertation: Institutional Change: The Mexican Chamber of Deputies
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Political Science and Assistant Dean, College of Liberal Arts, University of Mississippi.
Email: hreynold@olemiss.edu
Jeffrey Ryan Ph.D. 1990.
Dissertation: The Dynamics of Latin American Insurgencies: 1956-1986
Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Arkansas.
Email: jeffr@uark.edu
Web: http://www.uark.edu/depts/plscinfo/jeffryan.htm
Burcu Savun

Ph.D. 2006.
Dissertation: Information, Bias, and Mediation Success: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mediation of International Conflicts
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh.
Email: burcu@pitt.edu
Paru Shah Ph.D. 2006.
Dissertation: The Politics and Policy Implications of Latino Representation in Education
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Macalester College.
Email: shahp@macalester.edu
Michelle Taylor-Robinson Ph.D. 1990.
Dissertation: Bureaucratic Politics as a Cause of Government Growth: The Case of Costa Rica
Current Position: Associate Professor, Texas A&M University.
Email: E339MT@polisci.tamu.edu
Stacy Ulbig Ph.D. 2002.
Dissertation: Subnational Contextual Influences on Political Trust
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Southwest Missouri State University.
Email: sgu646f@smsu.edu
Web: http://courses.smsu.edu/sgu646f
Garry Young Ph.D. 1994.
Dissertation: Legislative Decision Making Under Multiple Referral
Current Position: Research Scientist and Associate Director of the George Washington Institute of Public Policy, George Washington University.
Email: youngg@gwu.edu
Harriet Hopkins Young Ph.D. 1990.
Dissertation: The Effect of Increased Incumbency Margins Upon Partisanship in the Congress
Current Position: Adjunct Professor, Northern Arizona University.