STEPHEN A. BORRELLI

Department of Political Science

University of Alabama

Box 870213 Tuscaloosa Alabama 35487‑0213

sborrell@bama.ua.edu

(205) 348‑3802

P.O. Box 861789____

Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486‑0016

(205) 556-9804

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D._University of Iowa (1990)

B.A. _University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. (1985)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Summer 1995‑present

Associate Professor with Tenure, University of Alabama

Summer 1990 ‑ Summer 1995

Assistant Professor, University of Alabama

Fall 1989‑Spring 1990

Tenure‑track Instructor, University of Alabama

Spring 1989

Visiting Instructor, University of Georgia

Summer‑Fall 1988

Visiting Instructor, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Summer 1988

Temporary Instructor, University of Iowa

 

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS/AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Drafting and Fulfillment of National Party Platforms

Presidential and Party Influence on Congressional Behavior and Policy

Question Wording in National Polls

Congressional Elections and Turnover

Relationships Between Divided Government, Electoral Outcomes, and Economic Outcomes

 

COURSES TAUGHT (Descending Order of Frequency)

American Legislative System (PSC 312)

Introduction to American Politics (PSC 101)

The Washington Experience (Internship Course) (PSC 399)

American Executive System (PSC 313)

American National Institutions (graduate seminar) (PSC 615)

Research Design (graduate) (PSC 521)

Blount Undergraduate Initiative Spring Seminar on “Possibilities” (BUI 102)

Introduction to Social Science (SS 121, team‑taught with Professors Alsikafi, Burch, and Krause)

Scope of Political Science (PSC 201)

Presidential Rhetoric (PSC 321) (Interim term)

 

 

OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Blount Undergraduate Initiative, Instructor for Freshman Seminar, Spring 2000-04, 2006
Director of DPA Program at Maxwell Air Force Base, Spring 2001‑Fall 2006

Academic Adviser for M. A. Students and Member of Graduate Studies Committee, 1999‑present

Member, Department of Political Science Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1994‑1999

Academic Coordinator, University of Alabama Washington Experience Undergraduate Internship Program, 1990‑2005

Faculty‑in‑Residence, Mallet Assembly Mens' Honors Dormitory, University of Alabama 1994‑1998

2003-4 President, Alabama Presbyterian Campus Ministry Board

 

 

University/College Committee Memberships:

Scholarship Nomination Committee (Rhodes, Fulbright, Marshall) 2003-Present

College Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2002-2003

College Computer Advisory Committee, 1996‑7

College Committee on Instruction, 1995‑6, 2006-present

University Libraries Committee, 1997‑2000

 

 

PAPERS PUBLISHED

 

(with Brad Lockerbie and Richard G. Niemi). 1987. Why the Democratic‑Republican Partisanship Gap Varies from Poll to Poll. Public Opinion Quarterly, 51:115‑119.

 

(with Brad Lockerbie). 1989. Getting Inside the Beltway: Perceptions of Presidential Skill and Success in Congress. British Journal of Political Science, 19:97‑106.

 

(with Brad Lockerbie). 1990. Question Wording and Support for Contra Aid, 1983‑1986. Public Opinion Quarterly, 54:195‑208.

 

 (with Kevin M. Leyden). 1990. Party Contributions and Party Unity: Can Loyalty Be Bought? Western Political Quarterly, 43:343‑365.

 

(with Arthur H. Miller). 1992. Policy and Performance Orientations in the United States. Electoral Studies, 11:106‑121.

 

 (with Grace L. Simmons). 1993. Congressional Responsiveness to Presidential Popularity: The Electoral Context. Political Behavior, 15:93‑112.

 

 (with Charles R. Jennings). 1994. Explaining Salary Levels in the Public Safety Sector: The Effects of Parity and Other Municipal Policies. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 14:5‑25.

 

 (with Kevin M. Leyden). 1994. An Investment in Goodwill: Party Contributions and Party Unity Among U.S. House Members in the 1980s. American Politics Quarterly, 22:421‑452.

 

(with Kevin M. Leyden). 1995. The Effect of State Economic Conditions on Gubernatorial Elections: Does Divided Government Make a Difference? Political Research Quarterly, 48: 275‑291.

 

(with Terry J. Royed). 1995. Government Strength and Budget Deficits in Advanced Democracies. European Journal of Political Research, 28:225‑260.

 

(with Terry J. Royed). 1997. Political Parties and Public Policy: Social Welfare Policy from Carter to Bush. Polity, 29:539‑564.

 

(with Brad Lockerbie and Scott Hedger). 1998. An Integrative Approach to Modeling Presidential Success in Congress. Political Research Quarterly, 51: 155‑172.

 

(with John Swain and Brian C. Reed). 1998. Partisan Consequences of the Post‑1990 Redistricting for the U.S. House of Representatives. Political Research Quarterly, 51: 945‑967.

 

(with Daniel A. Smith and Kevin M. Leyden). 1998. Predicting the Outcomes of Presidential Commissions: Evidence from the Johnson and Nixon Years. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 28: 269‑286.

 

(with Terry J. Royed). 1999. Political Parties and Economic Policy in the USA, 1976‑1992.  Party Politics, 5:115‑127.

 

(with Terry J. Royed). 1999. The Politics and Economics of Revenue Growth. European Journal
of Political Research,
36:87‑118.

 

(with Mark Wrighton and Chad Bryan). 1999. Policy‑Specific Approval and Presidential Success in Congress. American Review of Politics, 19:267‑282.

 

(with Terry J. Royed). 1999. The Impact of Tax Structures on Deficits: ‘Fiscal Illusion’ and Tax
Elasticity in Sixteen OECD Countries. International Journal of Public Administration, 22: 1721‑1745.

 

(with John W. Swain and Brian C. Reed). 1999. Strategic Retirement in the U.S. House of Representatives or ‘You Can’t Fire Me, I Quit.’ Southeastern Political Review, 27: 3‑31.

 

(with John W. Swain, Brian C. Reed, and Sean Evans). 2000. A New Look at Turnover in the U.S. House. American Politics Quarterly, 28: 435‑457.

 

(with Terry J. Royed and Kevin M. Leyden). 2000. Is ‘Clarity of Responsibility’ Important for Economic Voting? Revisiting Powell and Whitten’s Hypothesis. British Journal of Political Science, 30: 669‑698.

 

 (with John W. Swain and Brian C. Reed). 2000. Partisan Competitiveness in Post‑1990 U.S. House Districts. Southeastern Political Review, 28: 651‑668.

 

2001.   Finding the Third Way: Bill Clinton, the DLC, and the Democratic Platform of 1992. Journal of Policy History, 13: 429‑462.

 

 

BOOK REVIEWS

 

(with Terry J. Royed). Review essay on Arthur Miller et al. (eds.,) Public Opinion and Regime Change. Soviet and Post‑Soviet Review, 21: 337‑341.

 

 Review of James A. Thurber, Rivals for Power: Presidential‑Congressional Relations. Social Science Quarterly, 79: 251‑252.

 

Review of Richard Conley, The Presidency, Congress, and Divided Government.  Presidential Studies Quarterly,  34:891-893.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

Reviewed manuscripts for the following journals

American Political Science Review

American Journal of Political Science

Journal of Politics

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Political Research Quarterly

American Politics Research

 

Vice-President and Program Chair, 2006, Alabama Political Science Association.

 

Served on Presidency Research Group committee selecting best paper on the presidency presented at the 2000 American Political Science Association meetings, 2001. .

 

 Reviewed textbooks for Macmillan, Harcourt Brace, and Harper Collins.

 

Discussant and panel chair for various panels at the American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association, Northeastern Political Science Association, and Alabama Political Science Association Annual Meetings.

 

Invited Attendee at Texas A&M University Conferences on the Presidency, 2001 and 2003.

 

 

REFERENCES

 

Professor Carol Cassel, University of Alabama

Professor Terry Royed, University of Alabama

Professor Brad Lockerbie, University of Georgia