Ph.D. in Government  Cornell University, 1977
M.A. in Government  Cornell University, 1975
B.A. in Government  Cornell University, 1972
 

Faculty Positions

Full Professor, Temple University, 1993-present.
Associate Professor, Temple University, 1982-1993
Assistant Professor, Temple University, 1977-1982
Visiting Instructor, University of Pennsylvania and Bryn Mawr College
Instructor, Temple University, 1976-1977
Teaching Assistant, Cornell University, 1972-1976

Teaching Fields

American Government:  Campaigns and Elections, Mass Media and Politics, Public
Opinion and Political Behavior, Congress
Methodology

Academic Administration Positions (at Temple University)

Associate Dean for Curriculum Innovation; College of Liberal Arts; September, 2003-
 
Undergraduate Program Chair, Department of Political Science; August 2002- May, 2003.
 
Dean, Japan Campus; Tokyo, Japan; September, 1996-July, 2001.

Vice Provost for Academic Administration and Planning, and Undergraduate Education; January, 1996-September, 1996.

Vice Provost for Academic Administration and Planning; January, 1991-January, 1996.

Associate Vice Provost and Director of Academic Planning; April, 1986-January 1991.

Faculty Fellow, International Programs Office; January, 1985-April, 1986.
 
 

Publications

Books

Political Science Research Methods. With Janet Johnson (and Hank Reynolds, 4th edition only),  Congressional Quarterly Press

 Fourth Edition in 2001
 Third Edition in 1994
 Second Edition in 1991
 First Edition in 1986

Mass Media and Elections. Addison-Wesley, 1984

Campaign 80: The Public and the Presidential Selection Process.  With Janet Johnson, the American Political Science Association, 1983.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

“Candidate Appeals and the Meaning of Elections,” in Do Elections Matter? (3rd edition), edited by Benjamin Ginsberg and Alan Stone.  Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1996. 

“Candidate Appeals and the Meaning of Elections,” in Do Elections Matter? (2nd edition), edited by Benjamin Ginsberg and Alan Stone.  Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1991.

“Election Campaigns as Occasions for Civic Education,” in New Directions in Political Communications, edited by David L. Swanson and Dan Nimmo.  Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage, 1990.

“Election Night News Coverage as Political Ritual” (with Marc Howard Ross), Polity, Winter 1988, 301-319.

“Liberal Campaign Rhetoric in 1984,” in Campaigns in the News, edited by Jan Pons Vermeer.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.

“Keeping Politics in the Study of Political Discourse,” in Form, Genre, and the Study of Political Discourse, edited by Herbert Simons and Aram Aghazarian. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 1986.

“Election Night on T.V.: The Calls are Good -- The Analysis Isn't” (with Marc Howard Ross), T.V. Guide, November 1, 1986, 7-10.

“Candidate Appeals and the Meaning of Elections,” in Do Elections Matter?, edited by Benjamin Ginsberg and Alan Stone  Armonk.  New York:  M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1986.

“Political Advertising and the Meaning of Elections,” in New Perspectives on Political Advertising, edited by Lynda Lee Kaid, Dan D. Nimmo, and Keith R. Sanders.  Carbondale, Illinois:  Southern Illinois Press, 1986.

“Election Night News Coverage: The Limitations of Story-Telling” (with Marc Howard Ross and Michael M. Weinstein), P.S., Summer, 1984, 564-571.

“The Impact of Campaign Spot Advertising on Voting Defections,” Human Communication Research, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Summer, 1981), 347-360.

“The Content of Political Spot Ads,” Journalism Quarterly, 57, 1 (Spring, 1980), 92-98.

“Manifestations of Elazar’s Political Subcultures:  State Public Opinion and the Content of Political Campaign Advertising,” Publius, 10, 2 (Spring, 1980), 37-58.  Reprinted in Political Culture, Public Policy and the American States, edited by John Kincaid.  Philadelphia:  Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1982. 

“Methodological Appropriateness in Political Socialization Research” (with Robert Weissberg), in Handbook of Political Socialization: Theory and Research, edited by Stanley Renshon. 1977.

“The Impact of Adolescent Perceptions of the President:  A Test of the Spill-Over Hypothesis” (with Peter Galderisi), Youth and Society, Vol. 9, No. 2 (December, 1977), 151-170.

“Adolescent Attitudes Toward the Political Process:  Political Learning in the Midst of Turmoil,” Polity, IX, No. 3 (spring, 1977), 373-383.

“The Impact of Decision Rules in Multi-Candidate Campaigns:  The Case of the 1972 Democratic Presidential Nomination,” Public Choice, 25 (Spring, 1976), 1-17.