JAY BARTH

Associate Professor

Department of Politics

Hendrix College

1600 Washington Avenue

Conway, AR 72032

(501) 450-1319 (Phone)

(501) 450-1400 (Fax)

barth@hendrix.edu

 

EDUCATION and OTHER TRAINING

Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1994)

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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1989)

Thesis: “The Success of Republicanism in the New South”

Advisor: Professor Merle Black

 

B.A., Hendrix College (1987)

Magna Cum Laude with Departmental Distinction

Major: American Studies

 

Participant, 1996 Summer Institute in Political Psychology, The Ohio State University

 

Participant, 1997 Summer Seminar on the History and Philosophy of Freedom of Speech, Oxford University

 

Participant, 1997 Associated Colleges of the South Teaching Workshop, Rollins College

 

Participant, 1998 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, "Teaching the History of the Southern Civil Rights Movement, 1865-1965," Harvard University

 

Participant, 2003 Experiments in Social Sciences Summer Program, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University

 

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, Hendrix College, 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2000

+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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1987-1990

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Department of Politics, Hendrix College, January 1994-present

*Courses taught:        Southern Politics

American State and Local Government

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

U.S. Congress

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, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Fall 1991)

 

PUBLICATIONS

BOOK

Arkansas Politics and Government: Do the People Rule?, Second edition. Forthcoming. University of Nebraska Press. (with Diane D. Blair).

 

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 Kentucky.

 

“Provincialism, Personalism, and Politics: Campaign Spending and the 2002 U.S. Senate Race in Arkansas.”  In The Last Hurrah? Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Congressional Elections, eds. David B. Magleby and J. Quin Monson. 2003.  Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy (with Janine Parry).

 

Arkansas: Nonstop Action in Post-Clinton Arkansas.”  In The 2000 Presidential Election in the South, eds. Robert P. Steed and Laurence W. Moreland. 2002.  Praeger.  (with Todd Shields and Janine Parry).

 

Arkansas: Characters, Crises, and Partisan Change.” In Southern Politics in the 1990s, ed. Alexander P. Lamis. 1999. The Louisiana State University Press. (with Diane D. Blair and Ernie Dumas).

 

Arkansas: The Last Hurrah for a Native Son.” In The 1996 Presidential Election in the South: Southern Party Systems in the 1990s, eds. Laurence Moreland and Robert Steed. 1997.  Praeger.

 

“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 University of Alabama Press.

 

Arkansas.” In State Party Profiles: A 50-State Guide to Development, Organization, and Resources, eds. Daniel S. Ward and Andrew Appleton. 1996.  Congressional Quarterly Press.  (with Diane D. Blair).

 

REFEREED ARTICLES

Arkansas: More Signs of Momentum for Republicanism in Post-`Big Three’ Arkansas,” 2003. American Review of Politics 24: 111-126.

 

“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 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review.

 

"Provincialism, Personalism, and Politics: Campaign Spending and the 2002 U.S. Senate Race in Arkansas."  2003.  PS: Political Science and Politics E-Symposium 36 (3) (with Janine Parry).

 

Arkansas' Juvenile Crime Special Session: An Election Season  Success with Forewarnings for Arkansas Politics.” 1994. Comparative State Politics 15 (5): 19-27.

 

“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: North Carolina 1 (13).

 

“Republican U.S. Senate Election Returns.” 1990. Inside Politics: North Carolina 1 (5).

 

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.  Arkansas Historical Quarterly 57: 344-346.

 

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 Central High Museum and Visitor Center.  2001. The Public Historian 23: 127-129.

 

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. Arkansas Historical Quarterly 57: 67-68.

 

Book Review of The South by B. C. Hall and C. T. Wood. 1996. Arkansas Historical Quarterly 55: 224-228

 

Book Review of Tar Heel Politics: Myths and Realities by Paul Luebke. 1990. Inside Politics: North Carolina 1 (16).

 

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 Arkansas,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2003 (with Janine Parry).

 

“The Perfect Storm: Campaign Spending and the 2002 U.S. Senate Race in Arkansas,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Political Science Association, 2003 (with Janine Parry).

 

“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.

 

Arkansas: More Signs of Momentum for Republicanism in Post-Clinton Arkansas,” presented at the Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, 2002.

 

“Gubernatorial Personality and Campaign Fund Raising Success,” presented at the

            Research Conference on Gubernatorial, Senatorial, and Presidential Approval,

            Texas A&M University, 2001 (with Margaret Ferguson).

 

“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).

 

Arkansas: Characters, Crises, and Partisan Change,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 1997 (with Diane D. Blair and Ernie Dumas).

 

“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 Mississippi, 1996 (with L. Marvin Overby).

 

 “A Post Mortem on the November '95 Elections and a Glimpse at '96,” The Center for the Study of Southern Culture, The University of Mississippi, 1996 (with L. Marvin Overby).

 

“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 Midwest Political Science Association, 2004

 

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 Midwest Political Science Association, 2002

 

Panel Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 2001

 

Panel Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2001

 

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 Arkansas Political Science Association, 2000

 

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 Midwest Political Science Association, 1997

 

Panel Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Political Science Association, 1997

 

Panel Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 1996

 

Panel Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Political Science Association, 1996

 

Panel Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Political Science Association, 1995

 

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”: Arkansas Politics in the 20th Century, Arkansas Old State House Museum, to be open 2007-08.

 

 

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 Brigham Young University and funded by the Pew Charitable Trust, examining non-candidate campaign spending in Arkansas in the 2002 election cycle.

 

            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, Midwest Political Science Association

 

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 Arkansas History & Culture

 

            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, Arkansas Historical Quarterly

 

Section Chair, Teaching Politics, Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, 2004

 

Section Chair, Arkansas Politics, Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Political Science Association, 2003 and 2004

 

Member, Status of Women in Arkansas Report Advisory Committee

 

Member, Curricular Review Committee, Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences, 1999

 

Section Chair, Southern Politics, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 1998

 

Executive Board Member, Arkansas Political Science Association, 1996-1998

           

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, Pulaski County (Ark.) Democratic Party Central Committee

 

Member, Board of Directors, Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma

 

Secretary, Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union, Arkansas Affiliate