Here, find a sampling of the scholarship produced by faculty in the University of Dayton Department of Political Science. To communicate with authors or to provide feedback, use the email address provided on the article's cover sheet.
Submissions from 2022
Public Policy: A Concise Introduction, Second Edition, Sara R. Rinfret, Denise Scheberle, and Michelle C. Pautz
Submissions from 2020
The Gender Citation Gap in Undergraduate Student Research: Evidence from the Political Science Classroom, Li-Yin Liu, Christopher J. Devine, and Heidi Gauder
Submissions from 2019
Closing the Gap: Collaborating with Research Librarians to Improve Information Literacy in the Political Science Classroom, Christopher J. Devine, Heidi Gauder, and Michelle C. Pautz
Submissions from 2018
What if Hillary Clinton Had Gone to Wisconsin? Presidential Campaign Visits and Vote Choice in the 2016 Election, Christopher J. Devine
Split Tickets? On the Strategic Allocation of Presidential Versus Vice Presidential Visits in 2016, Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko
Can Florida’s recount be done fairly? Maybe. Here’s what makes the difference., Kyle C. Kopko, Sarah M. Bryner, Jeffrey Budziak, Christopher J. Devine, and Steven P. Nawara
What Trump’s Picks for the Presidential Medal of Freedom Say about Him, E. Fletcher McClellan, Christopher J. Devine, and Kyle C. Kopko
Public Policy: A Concise Introduction, Sara R. Rinfret, Denise Scheberle, and Michelle C. Pautz
Submissions from 2017
Introduction: Symposium on the Social Practice of Human Rights, Richard K. Ghere
Evolutionary Paths and Confining Cages: The Genealogy of American State Constitutions, Nancy Martorano Miller
Undergraduate Research Needs: Faculty-Librarian Collaboration to Improve Information Literacy in Policy Papers, Michelle C. Pautz and Heidi Gauder
Research Offers Tough Love to Improve Human Rights Practices, Joel Pruce
What Does Human Rights Look Like? The Visual Culture of Aid, Advocacy, and Activism, Joel R. Pruce
Submissions from 2016
Review: 'The White House Vice Presidency: The Path to Significance, Mondale to Biden', Christopher J. Devine
5 Things You Need to Know About How Third-Party Candidates Did in 2016, Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko
Does Newt Gingrich Pass His Own Litmus Test for Veep?, Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko
How Clinton and Trump Are Using Their Running Mates on the Campaign Trail, Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko
How Clinton and Trump Should Choose Their Vice Presidents, Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko
The 4 Advantages a Vice Presidential Pick Could Offer a Candidate, Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko
The VP Advantage: How Running Mates Influence Home State Voting in Presidential Elections, Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko
Who Should Trump and Clinton Pick as Running Mates? This Research Says It Doesn’t Really Matter., Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko
Administrative Narratives, Human Rights, and Public Ethics: The Detroit Water-Shutoff Case, Richard K. Ghere
This Year’s Libertarian Ticket has Remarkable Political Experience. Now Will It Matter?, Kyle C. Kopko and Christopher J. Devine
Why the Kaine vs. Pence Vice Presidential Debate Matters, Kyle C. Kopko and Christopher J. Devine
Why VPs Matter Less than You Think, Kyle C. Kopko and Christopher J. Devine
Will the Vice Presidential Candidates Matter this Year? Maybe, But Not the Way You Think, Kyle C. Kopko and Christopher J. Devine
Will Tim Kaine Deliver Virginia (and Catholics)? Don’t Count on It, Kyle C. Kopko and Christopher J. Devine
Obama Has Set the Record for the Most Presidential Medals of Freedom, E. Fletcher McClellan, Kyle C. Kopko, Christopher J. Devine, Jillian E. Casey, and Julia L. Ward
Sticky Legacies: Persistence of State Constitutional Provisions, Nancy Martorano Miller, Maria Aroca, Keith E. Hamm, and Ronald D. Hedlund
Slavery and Freedom in Theory and Practice, David Watkins
Submissions from 2015
Blue City … Red City? A Comparison of Competing Theories of Core County Outcomes in U.S. Presidential Elections, 2000-2012, Joshua D. Ambrosius
Review: 'Religion and Organization Theory', Joshua D. Ambrosius
Separation of Church and Space: Religious Influences on Public Support for U.S. Space Exploration Policy, Joshua D. Ambrosius
Who's Greener? Comparing Urban and Suburban Residents' Environmental Behaviour and Concern, Joshua D. Ambrosius and John I. Gilderbloom
Forty years of Rent Control: Reexamining New Jersey's Moderate Local Policies after the Great Recession, Joshua D. Ambrosius, John I. Gilderbloom, William J. Steele, Wesley L. Meares, and Dennis Keating
'People in Hell Want Slurpees': The Redefinition of the Zombie Genre through the Salvific Portrayal of Family on AMC's 'The Walking Dead', Joshua D. Ambrosius and Joesph M. Valenzano
Ideological Social Identity: Psychological Attachment to Ideological In-Groups as a Political Phenomenon and a Behavioral Influence, Christopher J. Devine
Thin vs. Thick Morality: Ethics and Gender in International Development Programs, Richard K. Ghere
Contemporary Neighborhood Housing Dynamics in a Mid-Sized U.S. City: The Policy Consequences of Mismeasuring the Dependent Variable, Matthew J. Hanka, Joshua D. Ambrosius, John I. Gilderbloom, and Keith E. Wresinski
The Politics of the Presidential Medal of Freedom: A Fifty Year Analysis, 1963-2013, Kyle C. Kopko, E. Fletcher McClellan, Christopher J. Devine, Jillian E. Casey, and Julia L. Ward
Constrained Behavior: Understanding the Entrenchment of Legislative Procedure in American State Constitutional Law, Nancy Martorano Miller, Keith E. Hamm, and Ronald D. Hedlund
Working in a Cage: The Evolution of Constitutional Restrictiveness in U.S. State Legislatures, Nancy Martorano Miller, Keith E. Hamm, and Ronald D. Hedlund
'Argo' and 'Zero Dark Thirty': Film, Government, and Audiences, Michelle C. Pautz
The Thin Green Line: Examining Environmental Regulation and Environmental Offending from Multiple Perspectives, Melissa Rorie, Sara R. Rinfret, and Michelle C. Pautz
Institutionalizing Freedom as Nondomination: Democracy and the Role of the State, David Watkins
Justice for Border Crossing Peoples, David Watkins
Republicanism at Work: Strategies for Supporting Resistance to Domination in the Workplace, David Watkins
Compared to What? Judicial Review and Other Veto Points in Contemporary Political Theory, David Watkins and Scott E. Lemieux
Submissions from 2014
Review of 'God Talk: Experimenting with the Religious Causes of Public Opinion', Joshua D. Ambrosius
Civil Servants on the Silver Screen: The Depiction of Government in American and Australian Cinema, Michelle C. Pautz
Environmental Regulation, Michelle C. Pautz
The Regulatory Interactions of Front-line Environmental Regulators, Michelle C. Pautz and Sara R. Rinfret
Understanding State Rulemaking Processes: Developing Fracking Rules in Colorado, New York, and Ohio, Sara R. Rinfret, Jeffrey J. Cook, and Michelle C. Pautz
U.S. Environmental Policy in Action: Practice and Implementation, Sara R. Rinfret and Michelle C. Pautz
The Problem of State Intervention in Post-Abolition Slavery: A Critique of Consensus, Anthony Talbott and David Watkins
Submissions from 2013
Review: 'Rob Bell and a New American Christianity', Joshua D. Ambrosius
Presidential Versus Vice Presidential Home State Advantage: A Comparative Analysis of Electoral Significance, Causes, and Processes, 1884-2008, Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko
Ethics in Public Management, H. George Frederickson and Richard K. Ghere
NGO Leadership and Human Rights, Richard K. Ghere
Improving Food Safety through Self-Regulation: Experiences with Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Systems in the Produce Industries, A. Bryce Hoflund and Michelle C. Pautz
Policy Brief: UNSCR 1325: The Challenges of Framing Women’s Rights as a Security Matter, Natalie Florea Hudson
Government on the Silver Screen: Contemporary American Cinema’s Depiction of Attractive, Capable Bureaucrats, Incompetent Cops, and Brave Soldiers, Michelle C. Pautz and Megan K. Warnement
Attitudes and Perspectives of Front-line Workers in Environmental Policy: A Case Study of Ohio EPA and Wisconsin DNR, Sara R. Rinfret and Michelle C. Pautz
Submissions from 2012
Social Issues, Authoritarianism, and Ideological Conceptualization: How Policy Dimensions and Psychological Factors Influence Ideological Labeling, Christopher J. Devine
Investors: The Missing Piece in the Foreclosure Racial Gap Debate, John I. Gilderbloom, Joshua D. Ambrosius, Gregory D. Squires, Matthew J. Hanka, and Zachary E. Kenitzer
Without Bias? Government Policy That Creates Fair and Equitable Property Tax Assessments, John I. Gilderbloom, Matthew J. Hanka, and Joshua D. Ambrosius
The Practice of Government Public Relations, Mordecai Lee, Grant W. Neeley, and Kendra Stewart
One Tough Nut: The Development of Legislative Structure and Procedure in the Constitution of the Buckeye State, Nancy Martorano Miller and Ronald D. Hedlund
Their Views Matter: Frontline Environmental Regulators’ Perceptions of the Regulated Community in Ohio, Michelle C. Pautz
The Lilliputians of Environmental Regulation: The Perspective of State Regulators, Michelle C. Pautz and Sara R. Rinfret
Pursuing Trust in Environmental Regulatory Interactions: The Significance of Inspectors’ Interactions with the Regulated Community, Michelle C. Pautz and Carolyn Slott Wamsley
Submissions from 2011
Religion, Politics, and Polity Replication: Religious Differences in Preferences for Institutional Design, Joshua D. Ambrosius
The Vice Presidential Home State Advantage Reconsidered: Analyzing the Interactive Effect of Home State Population and Political Experience, 1884-2008, Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko
Network Legitimacy and Accountability in a Developmental Perspective, Richard K. Ghere
In the Eye of the Beholder? Motivated Reasoning in Disputed Elections, Kyle C. Kopko, Sarah McKinnon Bryner, Jeffrey Budziak, Christopher J. Devine, and Steven P. Nawara
Challenging the Constitution: Convening a Mock Constitutional Convention for American Government Students, Michelle C. Pautz
Reconsidering Accountability for Environmental Inspectors: Trading 'Compliance by Computer' for Relationship Building, Michelle C. Pautz
Remembering the Regulators Themselves: Melding Administrative Procedures and Regulatory Theory, Michelle C. Pautz
Making Sense of the Front Lines: Environmental Inspectors in Ohio and Wisconsin, Michelle C. Pautz and Sara R. Rinfret
Submissions from 2010
Religion and Regionalism: Congregants, Culture and City-County Consolidation in Louisville, Kentucky, Joshua D. Ambrosius
Back to Black … and Green? Location and Policy Interventions in Contemporary Neighborhood Housing Markets, Joshua D. Ambrosius, John I. Gilderbloom, and Matthew J. Hanka
Gender, Human Security and the United Nations: Security Language as a Political Framework for Women, Natalie Florea Hudson
Front-line Regulators and their Approach to Environmental Regulation in Southwest Ohio, Michelle C. Pautz
Next-Generation Environmental Policy and the Implications for Environmental Inspectors: Are Fears of Regulatory Capture Warranted?, Michelle C. Pautz
Are They Ready for Their Close-Up? Civil Servants and their Portrayal in Contemporary American Cinema, Michelle C. Pautz and Laura Roselle
Partisan Defection and Change in the 2008 US Presidential Election, Herbert F. Weisberg and Christopher J. Devine
Racial Attitude Effects in the 2008 Presidential Election: Examining the Unconventional Factors Shaping Vote Choice in a Most Unconventional Election, Herbert F. Weisberg and Christopher J. Devine
Submissions from 2009
Why Urbanists Need Religion, Joshua D. Ambrosius
Historic Preservation’s Impact on Job Creation, Property Values, and Environmental Sustainability, John I. Gilderbloom, Matthew J. Hanka, and Joshua D. Ambrosius
Citizen, Defend Thyself: An Individual-Level Analysis of Concealed-Weapon Permit Holders, M.V. Hood III and Grant W. Neeley
The Effect of State Regulations on Truck-crash Fatalities, Grant W. Neeley and Lillard E. Richardson Jr.
Key Considerations for the Future of American Environmental Policy, Michelle C. Pautz
Perceptions of the Regulated Community in Environmental Policy: The View from Below, Michelle C. Pautz
Trust Between Regulators and the Regulated: A Case Study of Environmental Inspectors and Facility Personnel in Virginia, Michelle C. Pautz
Sarbanes-Oxley and the Relentless Pursuit of Government Accountability: The Perils of 21st Century Reform, Michelle C. Pautz and C. Patrick Washington
Submissions from 2008
Administrative Reform in the United States: Toward Partnership in Governance, Angela M. Eikenberry and Michelle C. Pautz
Policymaking from Below: The Role of Environmental Inspectors and Publics, Michelle C. Pautz and Marcy H. Schnitzer
Can Deliberative Democracy Work in Hierarchical Organizations?, Jason Pierce, Grant W. Neeley, and Jeffrey Budziak
Submissions from 2006
Balancing Power: Committee System Autonomy and Legislative Organization, Nancy Martorano Miller
Submissions from 2005
Perceived Risk and Citizen Preferences for Governmental Management of Routine Hazards, Brian J. Gerber and Grant W. Neeley
