JAY BARTH
Associate Professor
Department of Politics
(501) 450-1319 (Phone)
(501) 450-1400 (Fax)
barth@hendrix.edu
EDUCATION and OTHER
TRAINING
Ph.D., The
Field: Political Science
Major: American Politics
Dissertation: “Republican Problems Down Ticket: The Persistence of Democratic Control Below the Presidential Level in the South”
Advisor: Professor Thad Beyle
Minor: Public Law
Minor: Political Theory
M.A., The
Thesis: “The Success of Republicanism in the New South”
Advisor: Professor Merle Black
B.A.,
Magna Cum Laude with Departmental Distinction
Major: American Studies
Participant, 1996
Summer Institute in Political Psychology, The
Participant, 1997
Summer Seminar on the History and Philosophy of Freedom of Speech,
Participant, 1997
Associated Colleges of the South Teaching Workshop,
Participant, 1998
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, "Teaching the History
of the Southern Civil Rights Movement, 1865-1965,"
Participant, 2003
Experiments in Social Sciences Summer Program, Institution for Social and Policy
Studies,
HONORS and AWARDS
Recipient, Steiger Congressional Fellowship, American Political Science Association, 2000-2001
+Staff member, U.S. Senator Paul D. Wellstone
+Primary focus of legislative work: Education and civil rights policy
Faculty Appreciation Award,
+Presented by the Senior Class to the faculty member who has shown “excellence in instruction and concern for the welfare of Hendrix students.”
The American Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha Award for Outstanding
Teaching in Political Science, 1998
John Patrick Hagan Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student, Department of Political Science, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993
Pogue
Fellowship, The
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of Politics,
*Courses taught:
Southern Politics
Race and American Politics
Gender, Sexuality, and American Politics
American Constitutional Law: The Federal System
American Constitutional Law: Ind. Rights and Liberties
Political Parties and Elections
Bush v. Gore
Political Psychology
Issues in Politics: Education
Introduction to American National Government
Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
Modern Political Thought
American Political Thought
Methods in Political Analysis
Politics Senior Seminar
Faculty Director, Hendrix-in-London program, Winter 1999
*Course taught: Free
Expression: History and Theory
Instructor, Southern Politics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Fall 1993, Spring 1993, Fall 1992, Summer 1992, Spring 1992, Summer 1991, Spring 1991, Fall 1990)
Instructor, American Constitutional Law: The Federal
System,
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK
CHAPTERS IN EDITED
WORKS
“The Continuing Role of Race in Southern Party Organizations.” In Southern
Political Party Activists: Patterns of Conflict and Change, 1991-2001, eds.
John A. Clark and Charles L. Prysby. 2004.
The University Press of
“Provincialism, Personalism, and
Politics: Campaign Spending and the 2002
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“The Impact of Election Timing of Republican Trickle-Down in the
South.” In Southern Parties and
Elections: Studies in Regional Political Change, eds. Robert Steed,
Laurence Moreland, and Tod Baker. 1997. The
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REFEREED ARTICLES
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“Are Gay Men and Lesbians in the South the New `Threat'? Regional Comparisons of the Contact Theory.” 2003. Politics and Policy 31 (3): 1-19 (with L. Marvin Overby).
“Governors in the Legislative Arena: The Importance of Personality in Shaping Success.” 2002. Political Psychology 23: 787-808 (with Margaret Ferguson).
“American Governors and their Constituents: The Relationship Between Gubernatorial Personality and Popularity.” 2002. State Politics and Policy Quarterly 2: 268-282 (with Margaret Ferguson).
“Contact, Community Context, and Public Attitudes Toward Gay Men and Lesbians.” 2002. Polity 34: 433-456 (with L. Marvin Overby).
“Gender and Gubernatorial Personality.” 2002. Women and Politics 24: 63-81 (with Margaret Ferguson).
“Paper Ballots, Computers, and Everything Else in Between: The Impact of Voting Devices on Ballot Roll-off.” 1997. Midsouth Political Science Review 1:1-12.
“Dual Partisanship in the South: Anachronism, or a Real Barrier to Republican Success in the Region?” 1992. Midsouth Political Science Journal 13: 487-500.
ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW
“Mobilizing Voters: A Dynamic Model of Campaign Effects,” currently under review at Political Research Quarterly (with Janine Parry, E. Terrence Jones, and Martha Kropf).
“Are Southern Governors Still a Different Breed? Examining Gubernatorial Personality in the South and Non-South,” currently under review at Politics and Policy (with Margaret Ferguson).
“Pursuing the Early Voter: Which Bird Gets the Worm?,” currently under second review at Journal of Political Marketing (with Martha Kropf, E. Terrence Jones, and Janine Parry).
“Numeracy About Minority Populations: Americans’ Estimations of Local Gay Population Size,” currently under review at Polity (with L. Marvin Overby).
“State Variation in the Presidential Gender Gap: Unraveling a Puzzle,” in preparation for review at Women and Politics (with Zoe Oxley).
“Narrowcasting: Radio Advertising in American Political Campaigns,” in preparation for review at Political Communication (with L. Marvin Overby).
NON-REFEREED ARTICLES
“Bridge to Modernity: The Political
Legacy of Sid McMath.” Forthcoming
2004. The
"Provincialism, Personalism, and
Politics: Campaign Spending and the 2002
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“The Young and the Test List, Take 2.” 1993. Campaign 7 (1) (with David Hughes).
“The Young and the Test List.” 1992. Campaign 6 (10) (with David Hughes).
“Siting Hazardous Waste Facilities.”
1990. Inside Politics:
“Republican
REVIEWS
Regular reviewer
for CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic
Libraries
Book Review of Mighty Peculiar Elections: The New South
Gubernatorial Elections of 1970 and the Changing Politics of Race, by Randy
Sanders. 2003.
Book Review of Reelection: William Jefferson Clinton as a Native-Son Presidential Candidate, by Hanes Walton, Jr. 2002. The American Political Science Review 96: 220-221.
Exhibit Review
of The
Book Review of Party Activists in Southern Politics: Mirrors and Makers of Change, edited by Charles D. Hadley and Lewis Bowman and Party Organization and Activism in the American South, edited by Robert P. Steed, John A. Clark, Lewis Bowman, and Charles D. Hadley. 1999 The Southern Quarterly 37: 303-304.
Book Review of The New Politics of the Old South, edited by Charles S. Bullock III and Mark J. Rozell. 1999. Journal of Politics. 61: 226-227.
Book Review of Arkansas Politics: A
Reader, edited by Richard P. Wang and Michael B. Dougan.
1998.
Book Review of The South by B. C. Hall and C. T. Wood. 1996.
Book Review of Tar Heel Politics: Myths and Realities
by Paul Luebke. 1990. Inside Politics:
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Contributor, Civil Rights in the United States, edited by Waldo E. Martin, Jr. and Patricia Sullivan. 2000. Macmillan Library Reference.
Contributor, Supplement to the Encyclopedia of the Republican Party and Supplement to the Encyclopedia of the Democratic Party, edited by George T. Kurian. 2001. Sharpe Reference.
PROFESSIONAL
PRESENTATIONS
“Mobilizing Voters: A Two-Stage Model of Campaign Contact and Effects” to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 2005 (with Janine Parry and Martha Kropf).
"Going Negative in Competitive U.S. Senate Elections: Who Notices and So What?,” to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 2004 (with E. Terrence Jones, Martha Kropf, and Janine Parry).
"Giving the People What They Want: Is Synchronicity Between Desired Political Communication and Campaign Activity Important in Shaping Voter Turnout?," presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, 2004 (with E. Terrence Jones, Martha Kropf, and Janine Parry).
“Numeracy About Minority Populations: Americans’ Estimations of Local Gay Population Size,” presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, 2004 (with L. Marvin Overby).
“Floating Voters in Competitive U.S. Senate Elections,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, 2004 (with E. Terrence Jones, Martha Kropf, and Janine Parry).
“Enlivening Undergraduate Research Methods: A Cross-Campus Thematic Approach,” presented at the American Political Science Association Conference on Teaching and Learning in Political Science, 2004 (with Gary Reich).
“Mobilizing Voters: A Dynamic Model of Campaign Effects,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 2004 (with Janine Parry, E. Terrence Jones, and Martha Kropf).
“Pursuing the Early Voter: Which Bird Gets the Worm?,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, 2003 (with Martha Kropf, E. Terrence Jones, and Janine Parry).
“Narrowcasting: Radio Advertising in American Political Campaigns,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2003 (with L. Marvin Overby).
“Provincialism, Personalism,
and Politics Campaign Spending and the 2002 U.S. Senate Race in
“The Perfect
Storm: Campaign Spending and the 2002 U.S. Senate Race in
“Gender and Southern Party Activists: Evidence from the 2001 Southern Grassroots Party Activists Project,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 2002.
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“Gubernatorial Personality and Campaign Fund Raising Success,” presented at the
Research Conference on Gubernatorial, Senatorial, and Presidential Approval,
“State Variation in the Presidential Gender Gap: Unraveling a Puzzle,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 2000 (with Zoe Oxley).
“American Governors and their Constituents: The Relationship Between Gubernatorial Personality and Popularity,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, 2000 (with Margaret Ferguson).
“Gubernatorial Personality and the Scope of Legislative Agendas,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 2000 (with Margaret Ferguson).
“Gender and Gubernatorial Personality,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 1999 (with Margaret Ferguson).
“Party, Personality, and Gubernatorial Success,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 1999 (with Margaret Ferguson).
“Are Southern Governors Still a Different Breed? Examining Gubernatorial Personality in the South and Non-South,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 1998 (with Margaret Ferguson).
“An Examination of the Role of Gubernatorial Personality in Explaining Leadership Success,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 1998 (with Margaret Ferguson).
“Are Gay Men and Lesbians in the South the New `Threat'? Regional Comparisons of the Contact Theory,” presented at the Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, 1998 (with L. Marvin Overby).
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“Contact, Context, and Citizen Attitudes Toward Gay Men and Lesbians: Results from a Recent National Survey,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, 1997 (with L. Marvin Overby).
“Sports, Society, and Politics: A Study of the 1994 Oklahoma Elections,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 1996 (with Matthew House).
“A Review of the
1996 Elections in the South,” The Center for the Study of Southern Culture, The University of
“A Post Mortem on the November '95 Elections
and a Glimpse at '96,” The Center for the Study of Southern Culture, The University of
“Are They Really Amateurs? The Backgrounds of the 1994 Republican Class and Implications for Their Congressional Careers,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 1995 (with Jim Cox).
“Paper Ballots, Computers, and Everything In Between: The Impact of Different Voting Devices on Ballot Roll-Off,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 1995.
“Campaign Messages of the Two Parties' Gubernatorial Candidates in the Contemporary South,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 1994.
“Race and Down-Ticket Voting in the South,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 1994 (with John Haskell).
“The Impact of Election Timing on Republican Trickle-Down in the South,” presented at the Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, 1994.
“`Opportunity Ladders' in the Contemporary South: Differences in the Quality of the `Products' Offered by the Two Parties,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 1993.
“Dual Partisanship in the South: A Thing of the Past or a Real Barrier to Republican Success in the Region?,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 1992.
“Testing for Realigning Trends in State Treasurer and Attorney General Races in the South,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 1990 (with John Haskell).
ROUNDTABLES and
PANELS
Panel Chair, the Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, 2004
Panel Chair and
Discussant, Annual Meeting of the
Roundtable Participant, “Thinking About Teaching, Doing Research and/or Being Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgendered in Political Science,” Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 2002
Panel Chair and Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 2002
Panel
Discussant, Annual Meeting of the
Panel Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 2001
Panel
Discussant, Annual Meeting of the
Roundtable Participant, "The 2000 Elections in the South," Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 2000
Roundtable
Participant, “Constitutional Issues for the New Millenium,”
Annual Meeting of the
Roundtable Participant, “The Year 2000 Elections in the South,” Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 1999
Panel Chair, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 1998
Panel Chair, Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, 1997
Panel
Discussant, Annual Meeting of the
Panel
Discussant, Annual Meeting of the
Panel Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 1996
Panel
Discussant, Annual Meeting of the
Panel
Discussant, Annual Meeting of the
OTHER PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
Member, Inaugural Faculty of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service (rank: Inaugural Associate Professor), 2003-present
Guest curator, A Circus Hitched to a Tornado”:
Participant, Outside Money in the 2002 Congressional Elections project, 2002-present
+Part of a team,
directed by the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at
Participant, Southern Grassroots Party Activists II Project, 2000-present
+Part of a team that has received NSF funding for completion of Phase II of this study of party activists in the South.
Member, Sophonisba Breckinridge Award Committee, 2003,
Member, Malcolm Jewell Best Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, Southern Political Science Association
Member, Diane Blair Award Committee, 2001-2003, Southern Political Science Association
Member,
Editorial Board, The Encyclopedia of
American Political Science Association Short Course Participation:
· State Politics Data Resources (2001)
· Teaching About Campaigns and Elections II (2001)
· Teaching Political Philosophy Through Film (2000)
· Teaching About Campaigns and Elections (2000)
Journal
Submission Reviewer: Journal of Politics,
American Journal of Political Science,
American
Politics Quarterly, Journal of Political Science Education, Southeastern
Political Review, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Midsouth
Political Science Review,
Section Chair, Teaching Politics, Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, 2004
Section Chair,
Member, Status of Women in
Member,
Curricular Review Committee,
Section Chair, Southern Politics, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 1998
Executive Board
Member,
SELECTED CAMPUS
SERVICE
DEPARTMENT AND PROGRAMMATIC
Distinguished Scholarships Advisor, 2003-present
Chair, Department of Politics, 1999-2000; 2001-2004
Gender Studies Program Oversight Committee, 1995-present
Chair, 1997-2000
Pre-Law Advisor, 1997-present
Coordinator, Washington Semester Program, 1995-present
COMMITTEES
Elected member of Academic Policy Council, 1997-2000, 2003-present
Honors Committee, 2003-present
Member, Galileo Task Force, 2003-present
+The committee developed the proposal for Hendrix Odyssey, a new experiential learning program for the College, ultimately approved by the Faculty.
Co-Chair, Odyssey Launch Task Force, 2004-present
Student Life Committee, 1994-1997, 2001-2003
Committee Chair, 2002-2003
Chair, Diversity Concerns Subcommittee, 1995-1997
Chair, Residence Life Subcommittee, 1994-1995, 2001-2002
Campus Alcohol Policy Review Committee, 1995-1997
Politics Department Search Committee, 1996-1997, 1999, 2001, 2003
Sociology/Anthropology Department Search Committee, 2003
Chemistry Department Search Committee, 1995, 1997
Library Search Committee, 1995-1996, 2002
Council on New Student Advisors, 1994-1995, 1999-2000, 2001-2002
Library and Learning Resources Committee, 1994
STUDENT
ORGANIZATIONS
Secretary, Omega Psi chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honor Society), 2001-present
Faculty Advisor, Student Senate, 1994-1997
Faculty Advisor, Young Democrats, 1994-present
Faculty Advisor, UNITY (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Straight Alliance), 1999-present
Faculty Advisor, Pre-Law Society, 2002-present
Faculty Advisor, The Franklin Literary Society, 2003-present
Faculty Advisor, Alpha Chi Honor Society, 1995-1997
SELECTED COMMUNITY
SERVICE
Member,
Member, Board of Directors, Planned
Parenthood of
Secretary, Board of Directors,
American Civil Liberties