January 2008

CURRICULUM VITA

Steven E. Schier

Age 55

Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science

Education Ph.D., Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison,

December 1978. Minor field: American history.

M.A., Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison , May 1975.

B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Simpson College, May 1974. Double major in political science and history.

Professional History

Present Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science, Carleton College, Northfield, MN

Director, Carleton in Washington Program. Responsible for administration and seminar instruction of a ten-week Carleton term on national politics and policy in Washington, DC.

Political analyst, KSTP Television, Minneapolis.

2001-2007 Member, Board of Directors, Dirksen Center for Congressional Studies, Pekin, Illinois.

1995-2001, 2003 Chair, Department of Political Science, Carleton College, Northfield, MN.

1987-2000 Instructor, Summer Teaching Institute, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota. Annually conducted a one-week intensive teaching seminar for high school teachers of Advanced Placement American Government courses.

1981-1997 Assistant, Associate and Full Professor, Department of Political Science,

Carleton College, Northfield, MN. Responsible for courses in

methodology, public policy analysis, parties and elections, legislative

process, presidency, introduction to American politics.

1983-1992 Coordinator, Political Economy Concentration, Carleton College. Supervised an interdisciplinary minor involving the Political Science, Economics, History and Sociology Departments.

1978-1981 Assistant Professor, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH. Responsible for courses in urban politics, public policy, legislative process, presidency, methodology, introduction to American government.

1977-1978 Director of State Legislative Internship Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Supervised placement and directed academic work of undergraduate interns in the Wisconsin state legislature.

1975-1977 Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Conducted discussion sessions and occasionally lectured in American government, introduction to politics, and comparative politics courses.

Honors and Grants

Recipient, Large Faculty Development Endowment Grant for full-term leave to prepare sole-authored and edited books on the George W. Bush presidency for M.E. Sharpe publishers and The University of Pittsburgh Press, Spring 2009.

Advisor, Best Undergraduate Paper on the Presidency, awarded by the Presidency Research Group of the American Political Science Association, 2006. Paper written by Carleton student Andrew Kaufman.

Advisor, Best Undergraduate Paper on the Presidency, awarded by the Presidency Research Group of the American Political Science Association, 2005. Paper written by Rebecca Stark.

Recipient, Fulbright Distinguished Lecturing Award, York University, Toronto, Canada, Fall Semester, 2002-03.

Targeted Opportunity Grant, Carleton College, 2002. Awarded to pay partial salary during time spent as a Fulbright Senior Lecturer at York University, Toronto, Canada.

Recipient of an “Outstanding Academic Book of 2001” award from Choice magazine for The Postmodern President: Bill Clinton’s Legacy in U.S. Politics (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000).

Recipient, Large Faculty Development Endowment grant for full-term leave to prepare a book manuscript for Georgetown University Press, Spring 2002.

Listed in Who’s Who in American College Teaching, 2002-present.

Small Faculty Development Endowment Grant, Carleton College, 2000. Awarded to assist completion of a book manuscript on representative and participatory democracy for Georgetown University Press.

Listed in Who’s Who in the Midwest, 1991-present.

Small Faculty Development Endowment Grant, Carleton College, 1994. Awarded for the study of American political elites; resulted in the presentation of a conference paper at the Midwest Political Science Association meetings in 1996.

Small Faculty Development Endowment Grant, Carleton College, 1987. Awarded to assist completion of a book manuscript on Congressional budgeting in the 1980s.

Small Faculty Development Endowment Grant, Carleton College, 1986. Awarded to assist in the distribution and tabulation of a survey of members of Congress concerning their votes on budget issues in 1986; resulted in the presentation of a conference paper at the Northeast Political Science Association meetings in 1986.

Minnesota Humanities Commission Grant, 1984. Awarded to conduct group discussions of Orwell's 1984 in three Minnesota communities (with William Woehrlin and Michael Zuckert).

Small Faculty Development Endowment Grant, Carleton College, 1982. Awarded for research concerning business periodical coverage of the 1980 presidential campaign; resulted in the presentation of a conference paper at the Southern Political Science Association meetings in 1982.

Pi Kappa Phi (national scholastic honorary society), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1978.

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1974-75.

Epsilon Sigma (scholastic honorary society), Simpson College, 1974-75.

Senior History Award, Simpson College, 1974.

Simpson Scholarship, Simpson College, 1970-74.

Dean's List and President's List, Simpson College, 1970-74.

Membership in Professional Associations

Executive Board, Presidency Research Group of the American Political Science

Association, 2004-present.

Executive Council, Midwest Political Science Association, 1997-2000.

Education and Professional Development Committee, American Political Science Association, 1997-2000.

Publications Committee, American Political Science Association, 1993-1996.

American Political Science Association, 1977-present. Member of parties and political organizations, legislative studies and presidency studies groups of the Association.

Midwest Political Science Association, 1990-present.

Publications

Books

Co-editor (with Janet Box Steffensmeier), The American Elections of 2008. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield (forthcoming 2009).

Raising the Stakes: The Controversial Presidency of George W. Bush. Amonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe Publishers (forthcoming 2008).

Editor and contributor, Making Big Waves: The George W. Bush Legacy in U.S. Politics. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press (forthcoming 2008).

High Risk and Big Ambition: The Early Presidency of George W. Bush. Editor and author of two chapters. (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004.)

You Call This An Election? America’s Peculiar Democracy (Georgetown University Press, 2003).

Congress: Games and Strategies (Cincinnati: Atomic Dog Publishers, 2002). Second edition. Co-authored with Stephen E. Frantzich.

The Post-Modern President: Bill Clinton’s Legacy in American Politics (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000). Editor and author of two chapters. Recipient of an “Outstanding Academic Book of 2001” award from Choice magazine.

By Invitation Only: The Rise of Exclusive Politics in the United States (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000).

Payment Due: A Nation in Debt, A Generation in Trouble (Boulder: Westview Press, 1996). Co-authored with Timothy J. Penny.

Congress: Games and Strategies (Madison: Brown and Benchmark, 1995). Co-authored with Stephen E. Frantzich.

A Decade of Deficits: Congressional Thought and Fiscal Action (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992).

Political Economy in Western Democracies (New York: Holmes and Meier, 1985). Coedited and co-authored two chapters with Norman J. Vig.

The Rules and the Game: Democratic National Convention Delegate Selection in Iowa and Wisconsin 1968-76 (Washington, DC.: University Press of America, 1980).

Monographs

“Frustrated Ambitions: The George W. Bush Presidency and the 2006 Elections,” The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics 4 (2006): article 1.

“’Typing” The George W. Bush Presidency,” The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics 3 (2005): article 3.

“George W. Bush’s Presidential Project and Its Prospects,” The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics 1 (2003): article 2.

“George W. Bush: Fighting for Political Time,” essay in PRG Report Newsletter of the Presidency Research Group 25 (2002): 13-16.

“Participation in US Politics,” review essay for Choice 35 (1998): 1653-1662.

“The End of Mobilization in America,” lead essay in Vox Pop Newsletter of Political Organizations and Parties 17 (1998): 1-3.

“Hazards Lie Ahead: Economic Prospects for Generation X,” in After the Boom: The Politics of Generation X, edited by Stephen C. Craig and Stephen Earl Bennett (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997).

Thinking About the Macroeconomy: The House and Senate Budget Committees in the 1980s. Monograph Series in Political Science. (College Park, Maryland: American Academy of Higher Education, 1986).

“The Underexplored Nomination Process,” introductory essay in The Life of the Parties edited by Ronald B. Rapoport, Alan I. Abramowitz and John McGlennon (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1986).

Scholarly Articles

“American Foreign Policy Opinion in 2004: Exploring Underlying Beliefs,” American Review of Politics 27 (2007): 295-318. Co-authored with Andrew Kaufman.

“After the Midterm Ordeal: Election Results and Presidential Belief Systems,” American Review of Politics 27 (2007): 1-20. Co-authored with B. Gregory Marfleet of Carleton College

“Deficits Without End: Fiscal Thinking and Budget Failure in Congress,” Political Science Quarterly 107 (1992):411-34.

“Representativeness: From Caucus to Convention in Iowa,” American Politics Quarterly 12 (1984):431-48. Co-authored with Jim Hutter of Iowa State University.

“Turnout Choice in Presidential Nominations: A Case Study,” American Politics Quarterly 10 (1982):231-45.

“New Rules, New Games: Democratic National Convention Delegate Selection in Iowa and Wisconsin,” Publius 10 (1980):101-28.

“Democratic Party Issues and the Election of Robert Strauss,” International Behavioral Scientist 12 (1978):13-37.

Other Articles

“Minnesota’s Muddled Election Scene Makes Predictions Hazardous,” Saint Paul Pioneer Press, 20 August 2006.

“Events Haven’t Gone Bush’s Way Since Start of Iraq War,” The Hill: A Newspaper of Capitol Hill, 27 June 2006.

“False Justification,” Washington Times, 27 June 2006.

“Being the War Party Could be Trouble for the Republicans,” The Hill: A Newspaper of Capitol Hill, 2 November 2005.

“Which Party Will Benefit from the Changing Electorate?” Saint Paul Pioneer Press, 30 January 2004.

“Divergent Party Platforms Reveal the State’s Great Divide,” Star Tribune, 10 August 2003.

“President Bush: A Radical with a Plan,” The Hill, 30 July 2003.

“A Fluke or a New Era?” Saint Paul Pioneer Press, 3 June 2003, coauthored with Bertram Johnson.

“The Minnesota Ballot is a Joke in Canada,” Star Tribune, 22 December 2002.

“One Vote to Stay in Canada, eh?” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 10 December 2002.

“Weird Politics Leaves Minnesota Depending on Luck,” Star Tribune, 12 May 2002.

“From Melting Pot to Centrifuge: Immigrants and American Politics,” Brookings Review, (Winter 2002) 20:10, pp. 16-19.

“One Cheer for Soft Money,” Washington Monthly, July/August 2000.

“The Wealth Primary,” The National Voter, magazine of The League of Women Voters, March/April 2000.

“Why Campaigns are Now Like Target Practice,” Washington Post, 24 October 1999.

“Jesse’s Victory: It Was No Fluke,” Washington Monthly, January/February 1999.

“DFL and GOP Extremists Helped to Elect Ventura,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, 8 January 1999.

“Weak Antidote,” review of Poison Politics by Victor Kamber, Washington Monthly, November 1997.

“Telling the Truth About Balancing the Budget,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 27 March 1996. Co-authored with Tim Penny.

“Health Care 'Free Lunch,'“ Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 21 October 1993.

“On Baseball Diamond or in a Political Ring, Timing is Everything,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, 24 September 1993.

“So far, Clinton Joining Predecessors on Neglecting National Debt,” St. Paul Pioneer Press, 29 April 1993.

“Five Sure-Fire Ways to Lose Presidency,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, 9 November 1992.

“Five Mistakes That Cost Bush a Second Term as President,” Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 4 November 1992.

“One Reason We Need Perot in Race: The Deficit,” Houston Chronicle, 23 September 1992.

“Clinton's Economic Plan Ignores Key problem of Budget Deficits,” Saint Paul Pioneer Press, 14 July 1992.

“Liberals Show Their Bankruptcy Even in Democratic Campaign,” Saint Paul Pioneer Press, 25 March 1992.

“The '92 Political Strangeness Test,” Chicago Tribune, 24 February 1992.

“Primary Would Open Up Political Process,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, 10 December 1991.

“Sparring Over Tax Cuts,” Atlanta Constitution, 9 December 1991.

“Reforms That Aren't,” Los Angeles Times, 26 September 1990.

“Moynihan Plan Threatens Future,” USA Today, 23 November 1989.

“Service Sector Jobs May Not Be What Minnesota Needs,” Minneapolis Star and Tribune, 1 August 1985. Co-authored with Kirk Jeffrey.

“State-Local Tax Deduction Helps Minnesota Be A Decent Place,” Minneapolis Star and Tribune, 14 June 1985.

“Democrats' Best Bet: Not Mondale, but Hart,” Minneapolis Star and Tribune, 26 February 1984.

“Banking on the Iowa Caucuses,” Minneapolis Star and Tribune, 30 September 1983.

“Democrats Fail to Offer Coherent Alternatives,” Minneapolis Star and Tribune, 3 March 1983.

“U.S. Focuses on Deficit, Not Its Causes,” Minneapolis Star and Tribune, 21 January 1983.

“Election Not Won by Popular Vote,” Dayton Journal-Herald, 3 November 1980.

“Ohio's Impact on Nominations Blunted,” Dayton Journal-Herald, 23 May 1980.

“Republican Picture Brighter for Ohio,” Dayton Journal-Herald, 26 April 1980.

“In Iowa, Politics is the Game of the Name,” New York Times, 1 January 1980.

Several book reviews for the Journal of Politics, American Political Science Review, Teaching Political Science and Choice.

Conference Papers and Presentations

Discussant, “The Modern Paradox of Political Power: Katrina and 9/11.” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 31-September 2, 2006.

Panel Chair and Paper, “’Typing” The George W. Bush Presdiency,” at the panel “Perspectives on the Presidency” presented at the Annual Meetings of the Soutern Political Sceicne Association, Atlanta, January 6-8, 2006.

Panel Chair and Discussant, “Into the Second Term: Perspectives on the George W. Bush Presidency.” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 30-September 1, 2005.

“After the Midterm Ordeal: Presidential Reactions to Election Results.” Presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Political Sceince Association, New Orleans, January 5-7, 2005. Co-authored with B. Gregory Marfleet of Carleton College.

Panel Chair and Discussant, “How’s He Doing? Assessing the George W. Bush Presidency, presented at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, September 1-4, 2004.

“What American Parties and Elections Can Do: Restoring Their Lost Potential.” Presented at the annual meetings of The Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 3-6, 2003.

“The End of Mobilization in America.” Presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 16-18, 1999.

“Active and Committed: Ideological and Partisan Activism in the American Public, 1988-1992.” Presented at the annual meetings of The Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, November 7-9, 1996.

“Who Are the Zealots? Activism by Party and Ideology in the American Electorate.” Presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 18-20, 1996.

“Improving Pre-election Poll Measurement Accuracy: Treatment of Third-Party Candidates in a Split-ballot Experiment.” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May 27-29, 1995. Co-authored with Robert P. Daves.

“Thinking About the Macroeconomy: The House and Senate Budget Committees in the 1980s.” Presented at the annual meetings of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, April 18-20, 1986.

“Macroeconomic Policies, Economic Performance and Mass Support: The Thatcher and Reagan Regimes.” Co-authored with Norman J. Vig and presented at meetings of the Conference Group on Political Economy of Advanced Industrial Societies held at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC., August 29-September 2, 1984.

“Incentives, Party Support and Political Styles Among State Party Activists.” Co-authored with James Hutter of Iowa State University and Barbara Burrell of SUNY-Albany. Presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 1984.

“The Business Press and the 1980 Presidential Candidates: A Content Analysis.” Presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Political Science Association, Birmingham, Alabama, November 3-5, 1983.

“Revolutions of the Right: The Economics and Politics of Public Expectations.” Co-authored with Norman J. Vig and presented at meetings of the Conference Group on the Political Economy of Advanced Industrial Societies held at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, Denver, August 30-September 2, 1982.

“Representativeness in the Iowa Caucus and Convention Process.” Co-authored with James C. Hutter of Iowa State University and presented at the annual meetings of the Western Social Science Association, Denver, April 21-24, 1982.

“Turnout Choice in Presidential Nominations.” Presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, Cincinnati, March 20, 1981.

“Political Attitudes and Participation: Trends for the Politics of the Nineties.” Presented at the annual meetings of the Ohio Association of Political Scientists and Economists, Toledo, May 5, 1980.

“The 1976 Iowa Democratic Caucus/Convention Process: Correlates of Participation and Candidate Support.” Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, April 19-21, 1979.

“The Rules and the Game: National Party Rules and Democratic National Convention Delegate Selection in Iowa and Wisconsin, 1968-76.” Presented to the Committee on Party Renewal at the American Political Science Association meeting, New York, August 30-September 3, 1978.

Other Professional Activities

Reviewer, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Politics Research, Policy Studies Review, 1992-present.

Political analyst, WCCO television ( Minneapolis ), 1992-1998, 2004.

Political analyst, KSTP television (Minneapolis ), 1998-2003, 2006-present.

Commentator, British Broadcasting Corporation radio, 1997-present.

Commentator, Minnesota Public Radio and television, 1992-present.

Editor, Popular Politics and Governance in America, a series published by Peter Lang

Publishers, New York, 2001-2004.

Consultant on Minnesota politics, Blandin Foundation, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, 1996-2002.

Commentator, WCAL radio (NPR Northfield), 1994-2000.

Commentator, Newsnight Minnesota, Minnesota Public Television, 1998-2001.

Book signing for High Risk and Big Ambition: The Presidency of George W. Bush at Barnes and Noble books, Washington, DC, May 26, 2004.

Book signing for High Risk and Big Ambition: The Presidency of George W. Bush at Washington Law and Professional Books, Washington, DC, May 21, 2004.

External review consultant, Furman University Political Science Department, Greenville, South Carolina, January 2004.

“America at the Polls 2002: A Wartime Election?” Seminar presentation before the political science department, University of Toronto, November 15, 2002.

“America at the Polls 2002: A Wartime Election?” Seminar presention before the political science department, York University, Toronto, November 13, 2002.

Discussant, panel on “Policy Issues and Party Change,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 26-29, 2002.

External review consultant, Drake University Political Science Department, Des Moines, Iowa, March 2002.

External review consultant, Davidson College Political Science Department, Davidson, North Carolina, November 2001.

External review consultant, Southwestern University Political Science Department, Georgetown, Texas, May 2001.

Panel Chair and Discussant, “Organization, Media and Strategy in the Presidential Nominating System,” National Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 19, 2001.

Book signing for The Postmodern Presidency: Bill Clinton’s Legacy in U.S. Politics at Washington Law and Professional Books, Washington, D.C., February 26, 2001. Televised on CSPAN2.

Guest lecturer, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, February 2001.

Guest lecturer, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., February 2001.

Speaker, Carleton College Convocation, “The Clinton Legacy and the 2000 Election,” October 27, 2000.

Panel Chair and Discussant, “Party History in the United States,” National Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 28, 2000.

Book signing for By Invitation Only: The Rise of Exclusive Politics in the United States at Ruminator Books, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 7, 2000.

Consultant, Hubert Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota, 1991-92, 1996, 1998. Advise on programming, write commentaries, moderate panels for various public forums.

Commentator, Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff, Cable News Network, November 1998.

Panel Chair and Discussant, “The Coordination of Electoral Resources: Strategies and Consequences,” Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 24, 1998.

Chair of external review committee, Denison University Political Science Department, Granville, Ohio, February-March, 1998.

Consultant, The Minnesota Poll, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, June-November 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998.

Panel Chair and Discussant, “Participation: Turnout and Protest,” Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 20, 1997.

Panel Chair and Discussant, “Party Activism in the United States,” Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 21, 1997.

Commentary featured on Cable News Network and CBS evening news, 1995-96, 2000.

Speaker, Carleton College Convocation, “The 1996 Elections: What’s Missing?”

1 November 1996.

Commentary for the MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, October 1994.

Speaker, Carleton College Convocation, “Mad as Hell: The Election in the Public Mind,” 30 October 1992.

Speaker, “The Election and the Economy,” a Minnesota Democratic Leadership Council Forum, The Saint Paul Hotel, 28 October 1992.

Panelist, discussion on America's future, the Sonya Freedman Show, Cable News Network, 13 March 1991.

Commentary, WCCO television (Minneapolis), election night, 7 November 1990.

Reviewer, Harper Collins Publishers, 1988-present.

Speaker, Carleton College Convocation, “The 1988 Elections and the Withering of Political Rhetoric,” with Charles Umbanhowar of St. Olaf College, 4 November 1988.

Commentator, WCCO television (Minneapolis) on the 1988 Minnesota precinct caucuses, February 1988.

Commentator and consultant, Cable News Network, on the 1988 Iowa precinct caucuses, January 1988.

Guest scholar, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, March-July 1986 and January-March 1989. Worked toward completion of a book-length monograph on federal budgeting in the 1980s.

Participant, Conference on Congressional Budgeting, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, June 14-15, 1985. Invited to attend and present comments on Congressional budgeting.

Commentator, WCCO television (Minneapolis) on the 1984 Iowa precinct caucuses, New Hampshire primary, and other primaries and caucuses.

Reviewer, University Press of America, 1983-present.

Reviewer for submissions to the journals American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Publius, American Politics Quarterly, Policy Studies Journal, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and Political Research Quarterly, 1980-present.

Participant, Conference on Neoliberalism (sponsored by The Washington Monthly), Reston, Virginia, 22 October 1983.

Participant, Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Study Program in Quantitative Methodology. Completed courses in Intermediate Linear Models, Survey Research Design and Mathematics for Social Scientists, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1982.

Guest commentator, WAVI radio (Dayton) for Presidential Town Meeting in Dayton, Ohio, 2 October 1980.

Participant, National Science Foundation Chatauqua Short Course on Presidential and Congressional elections conducted by Dr. Arthur Miller of the University of Michigan, Bergamo Center, Dayton, November 24-25, 1980.

Commentator on the 1980 Iowa caucus results, The MacNeil-Lehrer Report, 22 January 1980.

Research Associate, Wisconsin Center for Public Policy, 1978. Conducted research for the formulation of a grant proposal to analyze the impact of Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 upon schools in Ohio and Wisconsin.

Consultant, Democratic Party of Wisconsin, 1978. Advised on a possible caucus/convention delegate selection process.

Intern, State Representative Jerome Fitzgerald, Iowa State Legislature, Spring 1973, Simpson College.

Staffperson, Iowa Student Public Interest Research Group, Summer 1973, Des Moines, Iowa.

Participant, Washington Semester Program, American University, Washington, DC, Autumn 1973. Intern for the Coalition for a Democratic Majority.