STEPHEN A. BORRELLI
Department of Political
Science
sborrell@bama.ua.edu
(205) 348‑3802
P.O. Box 861789____
(205) 292-3264
EDUCATION
Ph.D._University of
B.A.
_University of
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Summer
1995‑present
Associate
Professor with Tenure,
Summer
1990 ‑ Summer 1995
Assistant
Professor,
Fall
1989‑Spring 1990
Tenure‑track
Instructor,
Spring
1989
Visiting
Instructor,
Summer‑Fall
1988
Visiting
Instructor,
Summer
1988
Temporary
Instructor,
MAJOR
RESEARCH INTERESTS/AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Drafting
and Fulfillment of National Party Platforms
Presidential
and Congressional Communications
Question
Wording in National Polls
Congressional
Elections, Redistricting, 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
American
Executive System (PSC 313)
American
National Institutions (graduate seminar) (PSC 615)
Research
Design (graduate) (PSC 521)
Blount
Undergraduate Initiative Fall and Spring Seminars: “Origins” and “Possibilities” (BUI 101 and
102)
Scope of Political Science (PSC 201)
Presidential
Rhetoric (PSC 321) (Interim term)
OTHER
INSTRUCTIONAL AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Blount
Undergraduate Initiative, Instructor for Freshman Seminars, 2000-2009
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,
Academic
Coordinator, University of Alabama Montgomery Experience Internship Program,
2009-present
Member, University of Alabama Student Elections Board, 2008-2010
Faculty‑in‑Residence, Mallet Assembly Mens' Honors Dormitory,
2003-4
President, Alabama Presbyterian Campus Ministry Board
Secretary,
Alpha of Alabama Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, 2008-present
PAPERS
ACCEPTED or PUBLISHED
(with Norman Baldwin and Michael New). Forthcoming. State Educational Investments and Economic Growth in
America. Social
Science Quarterly.
(with
Brad Lockerbie). 2008. Framing Effects on Public Opinion During Prewar and Major Combat Phases of the U.S. Wars with
Iraq. Social Science Quarterly, 89: 502-522.
(with
Norman Baldwin). 2008. Education and Economic Growth in the United
States: Cross-national Applications for
an Intra-National Path Analysis. Policy Sciences, 41: 183-204.
(with
Terry Royed and Kevin Leyden).
2003. Seeing Through the Smoke
and Mirrors: A Response to Palmer and
Whitten. British Journal of Political Science, 33: 150-159.
2001. Finding the Third Way: Bill Clinton, the DLC,
and the Democratic Platform of 1992. Journal
of Policy History, 13: 429‑462.
(with John W. Swain and Brian C. Reed). 2000. Partisan
Competitiveness in Post‑1990
(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, Brian C. Reed, and Sean Evans). 2000. A
New Look at Turnover in the
(with Terry J. Royed). 1999. Political Parties and Economic
Policy in the
(with Terry J. Royed). 1999. The Politics and Economics of
Revenue Growth. European Journal
of Political Research, 36:87‑118.
(with Mark Wrighton and
(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
(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
(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). 1997. Political Parties and Public
Policy: Social Welfare Policy from Carter to Bush. Polity, 29:539‑564.
(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 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
(with Grace L. Simmons). 1993. Congressional Responsiveness
to Presidential Popularity: The Electoral Context. Political Behavior, 15:93‑112.
(with Arthur H. Miller). 1992. Policy and Performance
Orientations in the
(with Arthur H. Miller).
1991. Confidence in Government During the 1980s. American Politics Quarterly. 19:
147-173.
(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 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 and Richard G. Niemi).
1987. Why the Democratic‑Republican
Partisanship Gap Varies from Poll to Poll. Public
Opinion Quarterly, 51:115‑119.
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
Presidential
Studies Quarterly
Political
Research Quarterly
American
Politics Research
Vice-President and Program Chair, 2006, Alabama Political
Science Association.
Served
on Presidency Research Group (PRG) committee selecting best paper on the
presidency presented at the 2000 American Political Science Association
meetings, 2001; also
on PRG committee selecting best dissertation on the Presidency published in
2008.
Reviewed textbooks for Macmillan, Rowman
and Littlefield, Congressional Quarterly Press, 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,
Professor
Terry Royed,
Professor
Brad Lockerbie,