1. James A. McCann
Curriculum Vitae
April 2015
Department of Political Science
Beering Hall of Liberal Arts and Education
Purdue University, 100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2098
765-494-0738 (office), mccannj@purdue.edu
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.
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, campaigns, and participation; political values and culture; research
methodology.
Fellowships, Awards, and Grants
Fellowships and Awards
Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY, September, 2014 – January,
2015; September, 2010 – January, 2011.
Provost Faculty Fellow, Purdue University, 2011-2013.
Center for Social and Behavior Sciences Fellow, Purdue University, 2013, 2008, and 1999.
Purdue University Center for Instructional Excellence “IMPACT Course Redesign” Fellow,
2011.
Visiting Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Catholic University of America,
Washington DC, February – May, 2011.
Guest Scholar, Governance Studies Program, Brookings Institution, Washington DC, 2002 -
2003.
Teaching and Research Fellow, Government Data Center (now called Harvard-MIT Data
Center), Department of Government, Harvard University, 1989 – 1991.
External Research Grants
Russell Sage Foundation, 2013-2014, “Latino Politics and Immigration: Research
Workshop” ($35,000), PI. With Michael Jones-Correa.

2. Russell Sage Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2012-2013, “The
American National Election Study (ANES) Latino Non-Citizen Module” ($85,000),
PI. With Michael Jones-Correa.
Russell Sage Foundation of New York, 2008-2010, “Election Campaigns and 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,
“Election Campaigns and the Civic Integration of Immigrants” ($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.
Internal Research Grants
Global Policy Research Institute, 2012-2013, “Immigrants and Electoral Politics” ($30,000),
PI.
Purdue University Office of the Vice President for Research, 2012-2013, “The Latino Non-
Citizen Module for the 2012 American National Election Study” ($35,000), PI.
Purdue University School of Liberal Arts Faculty Incentive Grants. 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005,
and 2008 ($5,000), PI.
Clifford Kinley Trust, Purdue University. 1996. "Assessing Democratization and Political
Cultural Change: A Panel Study of the Mexican Electorate" ($11,000), PI.
Purdue Research Foundation Faculty Summer Grant. 1995. “Citizens for Perot, 1992 to
1994” ($5,000), PI.
Purdue Research Foundation Faculty Summer Grant. 1992. “The Changing Mexican
Electorate: Whither the PRI?” ($5,000), PI.
Purdue University Instructional Development Grant. 1992. "Ideological Reasoning in
American Politics: A Computer-Based Program for Undergraduate Instruction"
($17,182), PI.
University of Colorado Conflict Resolution Consortium, Program on Justice without
Violence. 1989. “Amnesty International’s Constructive Conflict Expansion”
($1,500), co-PI. With Ann Marie Clark.
Publications
Book
Democratizing Mexico: Public Opinion and Electoral Choices. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1996. With Jorge I. Domínguez.
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3. Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
“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 (forthcoming).
“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 (forthcoming).
“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.
“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, 483-
503, 1998. 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
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," The Journal of Politics 57, 101-120, 1995.
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4. "Shaping Mexico's Political Arena: The Construction of Partisan Cleavages in the 1988 and
1991 National Elections," American Political Science Review 89, 34-48, 1995. With
Jorge I. Domínguez.
“Whither the PRI? Explaining Defection from Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party,”
Electoral Studies 11, 207-222, 1992. With Jorge I. Domínguez.
“Enforcing International Standards of Justice: Amnesty International’s Constructive Conflict
Expansion,” Peace and Change, 379-99, 1991. With Ann Marie Clark.
“Changing Electoral Contexts and Changing Candidate Images during the 1984 Presidential
Campaign,” American Politics Quarterly 18, 123-140, 1990.
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; pp. 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;
pp. 497-522.
“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; pp. 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; pp. 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, 209; pp. 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; pp. 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; pp. 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; pp. 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 States, ed. Stephen C. Craig. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996; pp. 147-
166. With Lonna Rae Atkeson, Ronald B. Rapoport, and Walter J. Stone.
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5. “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; pp. 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; pp. 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; pp.
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; pp. 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; pp. 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; pp. 239-248. With Walter J. Stone.
Non-Refereed Journal Articles
“What to Expect in the Second-Term: Presidential Travel and the Rise of Legacy Building,
1957-2009,” in Issues in Governance Studies, Brookings Institution, Washington,
DC, 2013. With Kathryn Dunn Tenpas and Emily Charnock.
“Teaching Undergraduate Methods: If We Only Knew Then What We Know Now,” in The
Political Methodologist: Newsletter of the Political Methodology Section of the
American Political Science Association. 10:1, November 2001; pp. 4-5. With
Rosalee Clawson and Aaron Hoffman.
“Democratizing Mexico," Voices of Mexico. No. 35, April – June 1996; pp. 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; pp. 20-21.
Work in Progress
“Social Science Mechanics: A Look under the Hood at Innovative Research Designs,”
forthcoming (April 2015), PS: Political Science and Politics. With Katie Cahill,
Michael Brownstein, Amanda Burke, and Chris Kulesza.
The Pull of the Parties: Election Campaigns and the Political Inclusion of Immigrants.
Book-length manuscript invited for submission to the Russell Sage Foundation. With
Katsuo Nishikawa.
“Part of the Public but Not Part of the Electorate: The Civic Status Divide in American Politics,”
framing essay for a special issue of RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the
Social Sciences that I am co-editing. With Michael Jones-Correa.
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6. “Civic Exclusion and Subjective Well-Being: The Changing Impact of Naturalization and
Documentation Status on Immigrants’ Life Satisfaction and Health Appraisals,” article-
length manuscript in process. With Katsuo Nishikawa, Renelinda Arana, Carrie
Castañeda-Sound, and Fernando Tormos.
“Party Activism and Interest Group Involvement: A Two-Way Street,” article-length
manuscript in process. With Ronald B. Rapoport.
“Survival Regression Analyses of Gender Gaps in Faculty Retention: Some Recently
Reported ‘Good News’ is Not So Good,” article to be submitted to Science in
response to D. Kaminski et al., “Survival Analysis of Faculty Retention in Science
and Engineering by Gender,” Science 335, 864 (2012), DOI:
10.1126/science.1213844. With Beverly Davenport and Robert Kulzick.
Book Reviews
William D’Anotio et al., American Catholics in Transition and Religion, Politics, and
Polarization in America, for America Magazine, forthcoming.
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.
Newspaper Articles
“Are Non-Citizens Following American Election Laws?” The Washington Post Monkey
Cage, October 31, 2014. With Michael Jones-Correa.
“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.
Conference Participation
Invited Papers and Lectures
“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.
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7. “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.
“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 (the Mexican government’s Federal Electoral
Institute).
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8. "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
“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.
“The Effects of Naturalization and Documentation Status on the Participation of Latino
Immigrants,” annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago,
IL, August 29-September 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 Jones-Correa, 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.
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9. “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 5-8, 2007. With Wayne Cornelius and David Leal.
“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.
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10. “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.
"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, “Political Values and Ideology,” annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science
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11. 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.
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
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12. 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
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” 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
Zuzana Ringlerova, Ph.D. Candidate. Recipient of a Purdue Research Foundation
Fellowship.
Laurent Vesely, Ph.D. Candidate. Recipient of the Bilsland Doctoral Award.
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.
John P. Schultz, Ph.D. Candidate. Recipient of a Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship.
Katsuo Nishikawa, Ph.D. 2008. Recipient of a Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship;
currently tenure-track Assistant Professor, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX.
Hyung Lae Park, Ph.D. 2007. Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Jackson State University
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13. Jean Gabriel Jolivet, Ph.D. 2006. Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship Recipient;
currently Chair of the Department of Political Science, Ashford University.
Neil Strine, Ph.D. 2003. Currently Associate Professor with tenure, Bloomsburg University.
Pamela Carriveau, Ph.D. 2003. Currently Associate Professor with tenure, Black Hills State
University.
David A. Jones, Ph.D. 1998. Currently Associate Professor with tenure, James Madison
University.
Undergraduate Mentoring
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.
Horizons Program Faculty Advisor, 1995, 2001, 2004 – present.
MARC/AIM Summer Faculty Mentor, 1996 and 2009.
Dean’s Freshman Scholar Faculty Advisor, 1992 - 2006.
Faculty Advisor, Pi Sigma Alpha, 1992-1996.
Selected Recent Community Outreach / Public Education Service 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.
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), Tippecanoe County, IN.
Professional and Administrative Service
Selected Recent Departmental Service
Director of Graduate Placement, 2004 – 2014.
Head Search Committee, 2011-2012.
Methodology Faculty Search Committee Chair, 2008.
Race and Politics Faculty Search Committee, 2007.
Selected Recent College of Liberal Arts and University Service
Purdue University Advisory Committee on Equity, 2013-2015.
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.
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14. 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
Best Book Award Selection Committee, American Political Science Association Section on
Migration and Citizenship, 2015.
Co-Editor, Politics, Groups, and Identities, the official journal of the Western Political
Science Association, 2010-2015; Lead Editor, 2012-2013. With Co-Editors Rosalee
Clawson, Lisa García Bedolla, Ange-Marie Hancock, Kerry Haynie, Eric
Waltenburg, and S. Laurel Weldon.
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.
External Reviewer, St. Joseph’s College Core Curriculum Program, Rensselaer, IN, 1996.
Anonymous peer reviewer for the National Science Foundation.
Frequent anonymous referee for many leading academic journals, including The American
Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of
Politics, Political Research Quarterly, British Journal of Political Science, Latin
American Research Review, Electoral Studies, Public Opinion Quarterly,
Comparative Political Studies, Political Behavior, Political Geography, and
American Politics Research.
International Election Observer in Mexico, July 2, 2000, National Democratic Institute.
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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