Conference Overview and Program
(with links to papers)
Seventh Annual Conference on
State Politics and Policy
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
Thursday, February 22
8:00-10:00 PM: Reception at Embassy Suites Hotel Austin – Downtown/Town
Lake
Friday, February 23
8:00 AM: Bus departs for the University of Texas at Austin, Joe C.
Thompson Center
8:45-10:15 AM: Panels 1A and 1B
10:15-10:30 AM: Break
10:30 AM-Noon: Panels 2A and 2B
Noon-1:30 PM: Lunch
1:45-3:15 PM: Panels 3A and 3B
3:15-3:30 PM: Break
3:30-5:00 PM: Panels 4A, 4B, and 4C
5:30 PM: Bus departs for hotel
7:00-9:00 PM: Dinner
Saturday, February 24
8:00 AM: Bus departs for the University of Texas at Austin, Joe C.
Thompson Center
8:45-10:15 AM: Panels 5A and 5B
10:15-10:30 AM: Break
10:30 AM-Noon: Panels 6A and 6B
Noon-1:30 PM: Lunch
1:45-3:15 PM: Panels 7A and 7B
3:15-4:00 PM: Snacks
4:00 PM: Bus departs for hotel
6:00 PM: Optional activities for conference participants remaining
in Austin
Conference Hotel
Embassy Suites Hotel Austin – Downtown/Town Lake
300 South Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78704
Phone: 512-469-9000 (Refer to the Annual Conference on State Politics
and Policy when making reservations)
Hotel-provided group booking Web page: http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/auslkes_cnf/
Conference Site
Thompson Conference Center, University of Texas at Austin
2405 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, TX 78712
Phone: 1-800-882-8784 or 512-471-3121
Web page: http://www.utexas.edu/cee/tcc/
SCHEDULE FOR PANELS
PANEL 1A: STATE GOVERNMENTS GROW UP: THE INCREASE AND IMPACT OF
PROFESSIONALIZATION (Friday, 8:45 am, Room 3.108)
Chair/Discussant: Ron Weber, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, rweber@uwm.edu
Co-Discussant: Keith E. Hamm, Rice University, hamm@rice.edu
“Professionalization and
State Courts”
Peverill Squire, University of Iowa, peverill-squire@uiowa.edu
“Governors Turn
Pro: The Institutionalization of the Executive Branch”
Ann O’M. Bowman, University of South Carolina, bowman-ann@sc.edu
Neal D. Woods, University of South Carolina, woodsn@gwm.sc.edu
Milton R. Stark II, University of South Carolina, starkmr@mailbox.sc.edu
“Amateurs,
Professionals, and Policymaking in State Legislatures: What Shapes
the Supply of Legislative Demands?”
Gerald Gamm, University of Rochester, gerald.gamm@rochester.edu
Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego, tkousser@ucsd.edu
“Leaders, Parties,
and Committees: The Impact of Legislative Professionalization”
Nancy Martorano, University of Dayton, nancy.martorano@notes.udayton.edu
PANEL 1B: EDUCATION POLICY (Friday, 8:45 am, Room 3.110)
Chair/Discussant: Eric Plutzer, Pennsylvania State University, EXP12@psu.edu
Co-Discussant: Eric Gonzalez Juenke, University of Colorado, juenke@colorado.edu
“The Link between Money
and Control in Public School Finance”
Bryan Shelly, Wake Forest University, shellybt@wfu.edu
“Public School Finance
before and after Serrano”
Sarah A. Hill, California Institute of Technology, sarah@caltech.edu
“The Politics of State Support for Higher Education”
Luciana Dar, University of California, Los Angeles, luciana.dar@ucla.edu
“Framing the
DREAM: A Comparative Analysis of State Legislative Issue Framing
on Tuition Rates for Undocumented Students”
Gary Reich, University of Kansas, greich@ku.edu
Jay Barth, Hendrix College, barth@hendrix.edu
“Before
the Spelling Bee: Accounting for Variation in State Home School Regulations”
Peter W. Wielhouwer, Western Michigan University, peter.wielhouwer@wmich.edu
Jamie Dye, Western Michigan University
Gregory Rathje, Western Michigan University, gregory.e.rathje@wmich.edu
PANEL 2A: THE JUDICIAL BRANCH (Friday, 10:30 am, Room 3.108)
Chair/Discussant: Kate Bratton, Louisiana State University, bratton@lsu.edu
Co-Discussant: Mark McKenzie, University of Texas at Austin, mckenzie@mail.la.utexas.edu
“Does Money
Buy Voters? Campaign Spending and Citizen Participation in State
Supreme Court Elections”
Melinda Gann Hall, Michigan State University, hallme@msu.edu
Chris W. Bonneau, University of Pittsburgh, cwb7@pitt.edu
“Do Elections Bring out Love or Hate in Judicial-Legislative
Elections? Legislative Perceptions across Judicial Methods of Selection
and Retention in the Fifty States”
Laura Langer, University of Arizona, llanger@u.arizona.edu
Meghan Leonard, University of Arizona, leonardm@email.arizona.edu
Joe Ross, University of Arizona, jvross@email.arizona.edu
“Judicial Accountability
or Majority Tyranny? Judicial Selection Methods and State Gay Rights
Rulings”
Brian DiSarro, University of Iowa, brian-disarro@uiowa.edu
“The Consensual Effects
of Seniority: An Analysis of Tenure in State Supreme Courts”
Brent D. Boyea, University of Texas at Arlington, boyea@uta.edu
“Judicial and Political
Ambition in New York State Trial Court Judges”
Jennifer Jensen, Binghamton University, jjensen@binghamton.edu
Wendy Martinek, Binghamton University, martinek@binghamton.edu
PANEL 2B: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (Friday, 10:30 am, Room 3.110)
Chair: Richard F. Winters, Dartmouth College, Richard.F.Winters@Dartmouth.EDU
Discussant: Neal D. Woods, University of South Carolina, woodsn@gwm.sc.edu
“Assessing State Susceptibility
to Environmental Regulatory Competition”
David Konisky, University of Missouri, koniskyd@missouri.edu
“Toxic Releases
and the States: Multilevel Analysis of the Relationship between State
Politics and Policy and Improvements in Pollution Releases”
Mark Stephan, Washington State University Vancouver, stephanm@wsu.edu
Troy D. Abel, Western Washington University, troy.abel@wwu.edu
Michael E. Kraft, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, kraftm@uwgb.edu
“Rural Policymaking
in a Changing Political Context”
Celia M. Carroll, Hampden-Sydney College, ccarroll@hsc.edu
“The Nature of Environmental
Interests in State Interest Communities”
Adam J. Newmark, Appalachian State University, newmarkaj@appstate.edu
Dennis O. Grady, Appalachian State University, gradydo@appstate.edu
PANEL 3A: THE IMPACT OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY (Friday, 1:45 pm, Room
3.108)
Chair/Discussant: Todd Donovan, Western Washington University,
donovan@cc.wwu.edu
Co-Discussant: Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego,
tkousser@ucsd.edu
“Organized
Interests, Public Opinion and Policy Congruence in Initiative and
Non-Initiative States”
James Monogan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, monogan@email.unc.edu
Virginia Gray, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, vagray@email.unc.edu
David Lowery, Universiteit Leiden, dlowery@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
“Mass Support for
Redistricting Reform: Partisanship and Representational Winners and
Losers”
Caroline J. Tolbert, University of Iowa, caroline-tolbert@uiowa.edu
Daniel A. Smith, University of Florida, dasmith@polisci.ufl.edu
John C. Green, University of Akron, green@uakron.edu
“Close Enough
for Comfort? A Spatial Analysis of Voting on Indian Gaming Initiatives”
Regina Branton, Rice University, branton@rice.edu
Frederick J. Boehmke, University of Iowa, boehmke@umich.edu
Gavin Dillingham, Rice University, gdillin@rice.edu
Richard Witmer, Creighton University, witmer@creighton.edu
“The Diffusion of Tyranny:
Direct Democracy and Minority Rights”
Daniel Lewis, Michigan State University, lewisd23@msu.edu
“Analyzing the Impact of the
Citizen Initiative and State Fiscal Policy”
Michael J. New, University of Alabama, mnew@tenhoor.as.ua.edu
PANEL 3B: ANTIPOVERTY POLICY (Friday, 1:45 pm, Room 3.110)
Chair/Discussant: Carol Weissert, Florida State University, carol.weissert@fsu.edu
Co-Discussant: Elizabeth Rigby, University of Wisconsin-Madison, rigby@wisc.edu
“The Political Economy of State Responses to Medicaid Shocks”
Shanna Rose, New York University, shanna.rose@nyu.edu
“The Impact of
Welfare Reform on Medicaid Policy in the American States”
Saundra K. Schneider, Michigan State University, sks@msu.edu
“The Invisible Variable:
Bringing Business Back in to State Antipoverty Policymaking”
Nicole Kazee, Yale University, nicole.kazee@yale.edu
“Substance or Symbolism? States’ Willingness
to Adopt More Generous Minimum Wage Laws”
Eric A. Whitaker, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, ewhitaker74@yahoo.com
Mitchel Herian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, mherian1@unlserve.unl.edu
PANEL 4A: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF STATE POLITICS (Friday,
3:30 pm, Room 3.108)
Chair/Discussant: Corrine M. McConnaughy, University of Texas at
Austin,
mcconna@mail.la.utexas.edu
“Approaches to
Modeling the Adoption and Modification of Policies with Multiple
Components”
Frederick J. Boehmke, University of Iowa, boehmke@umich.edu
“Estimating
National Common Space Ideal Points for State Legislators”
Boris Shor, University of Chicago, bshor@uchicago.edu
Christopher Berry, University of Chicago, crberry@uchicago.edu
Nolan McCarty, Princeton University, nmccarty@princeton.edu
“A Micro-Level
Approach to Measuring State Electoral Competition”
William D. Berry, Florida State University, wberry@fsu.edu
Belinda Creel Davis, Louisiana State University, davisbe@lsu.edu
Charles J. Barrilleaux, Florida State University, charles.barrilleaux@fsu.edu
Lanny W. Martin, Rice University, lmartin@rice.edu
“Legislative
Professionalism and the Personal Vote in U.S. State Legislative Elections”
Thomas Carsey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, carsey@unc.edu
Jonathan Winburn, Western Kentucky University, jonathan.winburn@wku.edu
William D. Berry, Florida State University, wberry@fsu.edu
PANEL 4B: RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY (Friday, 3:30 pm, Room 3.110)
Chair/Discussant:
David Leal, University of Texas at Austin, dleal@mail.la.utexas.edu
Co-Discussant: Jason Casellas, University of Texas at Austin, casellas@mail.utexas.edu
“Race, Class, and State Provision:
Social Groups as Actors and Objects in the Policy Process”
Elizabeth Rigby, University of Wisconsin-Madison, rigby@wisc.edu
Sarah Bruch, University of Wisconsin-Madison, bruch@wisc.edu
Joe Soss, University of Wisconsin-Madison, soss@polisci.wisc.edu
“The Impact of Racial
and Ethnic Group Preferences on Education Policy Outcomes”
Sylvia Manzano, Texas A&M University, smanzano@politics.tamu.edu
Barbara Norrander, University of Arizona, norrande@u.arizona.edu
“Testing the Impact of
Social Diversity and Racial Attitudes on Criminal Reentry Policies
in the U.S. States”
Garrick Percival, University of Minnesota, Duluth, percival@d.umn.edu
“Does School Board Composition
Matter? The Link between Latino Representation and Education Resources”
Ashley Ross, Louisiana State University, aross8@lsu.edu
Stella Rouse, Louisiana State University, srouse1@lsu.edu
Kate Bratton, Louisiana State University, bratton@lsu.edu
“Searching for the Third Dimension: Electoral Success, Ideology,
and Influence in Latino’s MMDs in the U.S. States”
Eric Gonzalez Juenke, University of Colorado, juenke@colorado.edu
Robert R. Preuhs, University of Colorado, robert.preuhs@colorado.edu
PANEL 4C: PARTY POLITICS IN THE STATES (Friday, 3:30 pm, Room
3.102)
Chair/Discussant: Michael Hagen, Temple University, michael.hagen@temple.edu
Co-Discussant: Brent D. Boyea, University of Texas at Arlington,
boyea@uta.edu
“Conditional Party Government in the States”
Jim Battista, University of North Texas, jsb0027@unt.edu
“What Is the Value of Majority
Status in American State Legislatures?”
Henry Kim, University of California, San Diego, h27kim@ucsd.edu
Justin Phillips, Columbia University, jhp2121@columbia.edu
“Information Levels and the Strength
of Partisanship”
Matt Childers, University of California, San Diego, mchilder@ucsd.edu
“Electoral Competition:
The Battle between Aggregate and Annual Measurements”
James W. Stoutenborough, University of Kansas, jstout@ku.edu
PANEL 5A: THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH (Saturday, 8:45 am, Room 3.108)
Chair/Discussant:
Nelson Dometrius, Texas Tech University, NELSON.DOMETRIUS@ttu.edu
“The Roots of
Executive Power”
Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego, tkousser@ucsd.edu
Justin Phillips, Columbia University, jhp2121@columbia.edu
“Unitary Decision-making
in the American Governorship”
Margaret R. Ferguson, Indiana University at Indianapolis, mferguso@iupui.edu
“Gubernatorial Cross-Party
Approval: The Quest for Asymmetries”
Aaron Strauss, Princeton University, abstraus@princeton.edu
“Legislative
Acceptance of Gubernatorial Budget Proposals”
Paul Shinn, California State University, Stanislaus, pshinn@csustan.edu
PANEL 5B: CHILD AND FAMILY POLICY (Saturday, 8:45 am, Room 3.110)
Chair/Discussant:
Saundra K. Schneider, Michigan State University, sks@msu.edu
“Scandals, Lawsuits,
and Politics: Child Welfare Policy in the States”
Juliet F. Gainsborough, Bentley College, jgainsborough@bentley.edu
“The Effectiveness
of Mothers against Drunk Driving: A Reevaluation of State Panel Data”
Shea W. Cronin, American University, shea.cronin@american.edu
Laura Langbein, American University, langbei@american.edu
“Reactionary
Policy-Making: Is a Child Maltreatment Fatality a Predictor of Legislative
Change?”
Emily M. Douglas, Bridgewater State University, emily.douglas@bridgew.edu
“Venue Shopping, Policy Feedback,
and American Preschool Policy”
Andrew Karch, University of Texas at Austin, akarch@mail.utexas.edu
PANEL 6A: STATE-LEVEL ANALYSES OF VOTER TURNOUT (Saturday, 10:30
am, Room 3.108)
Chair/Discussant: Daron R. Shaw, University of Texas
at Austin, dshaw@jeeves.la.utexas.edu
Co-Discussant: Jim Battista, University of North Texas, jsb0027@unt.edu
“Tom DeLay as
Independent Variable: Turnout among Redrawn Texas Voters, 2002-2006”
Danny Hayes, Syracuse University, dwhayes@maxwell.syr.edu
Seth C. McKee, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, scmckee@stpt.usf.edu
“Long-term
and Short-term Influences on Class Bias in the States”
Thomas M. Holbrook, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, holbroot@uwm.edu
Brianne M. Heidbreder, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, bmp2@uwm.edu
“State Electoral
Context and Voter Participation: Who Is Mobilized by What?”
Todd Donovan, Western Washington University, donovan@cc.wwu.edu
Caroline Tolbert, University of Iowa, caroline-tolbert@uiowa.edu
“Reducing the Costs
of Participation: Are States Getting a Return on Early Voting?”
Joseph D. Giammo, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, jdgiammo@ualr.edu
Brian J. Brox, Tulane University, bbrox@tulane.edu
“How State
Electoral Institutions Influence Electoral Participation by Young
Citizens”
Eric Plutzer, Pennsylvania State University, EXP12@psu.ed
Julianna Pacheco, Pennsylvania State University, jpacheco@psu.edu
PANEL 6B: POLICY POTPOURRI (Saturday, 10:30 am, Room 3.110)
Chair/Discussant:
Lilliard Richardson, University of Missouri, richardsonle@missouri.edu
Co-Discussant: Christopher Z. Mooney, University of Illinois at Springfield,
cmoon1@uis.edu
“State Stem Cell Policies
and the Geographic Preferences on U.S. Stem Cell Scientists”
Aaron Levine, Princeton University, adlevine@princeton.edu
“Imperfect Information,
Monitoring Costs, Institutional Constraints and State Bond Ratings”
Robert W. Walker, Washington University in Saint Louis, rww@wustl.edu
Skip Krueger, University of North Texas, skrueger@unt.edu
“The Role of the
Media in the Policy Process: Perspectives from PIOs, Legislators,
and Reporters”
Christopher A. Cooper, Western Carolina University, ccooper@email.wcu.edu
Martin Johnson, University of California, Riverside, martin.johnson@ucr.edu
“Conditioning
State Responses to External Influences: The Role of Internal Moderators
in State Policy Change”
Edward Alan Miller, Brown University, edward_a_miller@brown.edu
PANEL 7A: CAMPAIGNING FOR STATE OFFICE (Saturday, 1:45 pm, Room 3.108)
Chair/Discussant:
Thomas Carsey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, carsey@unc.edu
“See How They Run:
Voter Preferences and Candidate Experience with the Role of Sexual
Orientation in State Elections”
Donald P. Haider-Markel, University of Kansas, prex@ku.edu
“The Effects
of Grassroots Campaigning in State House Races”
Kevin Arceneaux, Temple University, kevin.arceneaux@temple.edu
Robin Kolodny, Temple University, robin.kolodny@temple.edu
“Strange Days Indeed: The 2006 Texas Governor’s
Race”
Kenneth A. Wink, University of Texas at Tyler, kwink@mail.uttyl.edu
Corey Hendon, University of Texas at Tyler, old.whig@gmail.com
“Information and Voting
Accuracy”
Mike Binder, University of California, San Diego, mbinder@ucsd.edu
PANEL 7B: CAMPAIGN FINANCE POLICY (Saturday, 1:45 pm, Room 3.110)
Chair/Discussant:
Andrew Karch, University of Texas at Austin, akarch@mail.utexas.edu
Co-Discussant: Shanna Rose, New York University, shanna.rose@nyu.edu
“The Effects
of Campaign Finance Laws on Interest Group Contribution Strategies
in State Elections”
Robert E. Hogan, Louisiana State University, rhogan1@lsu.edu
Keith E. Hamm, Rice University, hamm@rice.edu
Rhonda L. Wrzenski, Louisiana State University, rwrzen1@lsu.edu
“Does
Campaign Finance Reform Influence State Alcohol Policy?”
Lilliard Richardson, University of Missouri, richardsonle@missouri.edu
Jeff Milyo, University of Missouri, milyoj@missouri.edu
“Connecting Contributors: Contribution Networks in State Legislative
Elections”
Andrea McAtee, Indiana State University, amcatee2@isugw.indstate.edu
Kimberly A. Fredericks, Indiana State University, kfredericks@isugw.indstate.edu
“Campaign Finance, Elections and Policy: N=50 at www.followthemoney.org”
Edwin Bender, National Institute on Money in State Politics, edwinb@statemoney.org
“Are Women’s PACs ‘Seeding’ the Field?”
Jamie P. Pimlott, University of Florida, jamie.pimlott@gmail.com
