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L. SANDY MAISEL
200 Hathaway LaneDepartment of Government
Rome, Maine 04963Colby College
207.397.2233Waterville, Maine 04901
207.859.5307
Fax: 207.859.5229
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Date of Birth: October 23, 1945
Education:
•ColumbiaUniversity, Ph.D. 1971
•HarvardCollege, B. A. 1967 (magna cum laude)
•The NicholsSchool, Honors diploma 1963
College and University distinctions:
•Harvard College Scholar (hon.)
•John Noble Scholar (hon.)
•Fellow of the Graduate Faculties of ColumbiaUniversity
•United States Steel Fellow
•National Science Foundation Fellow
•Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellow
Employment:
Current position:
•Department of Government, Colby College, 1971-present
William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government, 1993-present
Charles A. Dana Professor of American Democratic Institutions, 1989-93
Professor, 1983-1989; Associate Professor, 1979-83; Assistant Professor, 1971-79
Maine Professor of the Year, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, 1989
Chair, 1982-1987; 1989-1992; 1994-1998; 2001-2004
Acting Chair, 1979-80
Chair, Social Science Division, 1984-1987
•Director, Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, 2003-2012
Earlier positions:
•Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies, Catholic University of Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, 2012
•U.S. Speaker and Specialist, Bureau of International Information Programs,
United States Department of State, Canada, 2007, 2008, 2011
•Guest Scholar, The Brookings Institution, 1999
•Philippine Centennial Distinguished Fulbright Lecturer, 1998
•Visiting Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, 1993-94
•Visiting Professor of Government, Harvard University, 1987-88
•Task Force Director, Task Force on Work Management, Commission on Administration Review of the House of Representatives (Obey Commission), 1977
•Visiting Lecturer in Politics, University of Melbourne and MonashUniversity, Melbourne, Australia, 1975
•Instructor in Government, Barnard College, 1969-70
•Notary Public, 1997- present
Publications:
Doctoral Dissertation:
•Process and Policy in the House of Representatives: Congressional Housing Politics, 1961-68
Books:
•Fifty Years of Influencing the Nation: United States Senators from Maine,Special Edition, New England Journal of Political Science (co-editor) (2010)
•The Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups (co-editor) (2010)
•American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction (2007)
•Evaluating Campaign Quality: Can the Electoral Process Be Improved?(co-author)
(2007)
•Parties and Elections in America: The Electoral Process (1987; Second Edition, 1993;
Third Edition, 1999; Updated Election Edition, 2001; Fourth Edition, with Kara Buckley, 2005; Fifth Edition, with Mark Brewer 2008; Post-Election Edition, with Mark Brewer, 2010; Sixth Edition, with Mark Brewer, 2012)
•Running on Empty: Political Discourse in Congressional Elections (co-editor) (2004)
•Jews in American Politics: Essays (editor) (2003)
•Two Parties -- Or More? The American Party System (co-author) (1998; Second Edition, 2002)
•The Parties Respond: Changes in the American Party System (editor) (1990; Second Edition, 1994; Third Edition, 1998; Fourth Edition, 2002; Fifth Edition, with Mark Brewer, 2013))
•Jews in American Politics (editor) (2001)
•Parties and Politics in the American Past (co-editor) (1994)
•Rethinking Political Reform: Beyond Spending and Term Limits (co-editor) (1994)
•Encyclopedia of American Political Parties and Elections (general editor) (1991)
•From Obscurity to Oblivion: Running in the Congressional Primary (1982; Rev. Edition 1986)
•Congressional Elections (co-editor) (1981)
•Political Parties: Development and Decay (co-editor) (1978)
•The Impact of the Electoral Process (co-editor) (1977)
•Changing Campaign Techniques: Elections and Values in Contemporary Democracies (editor) (1976)
•The Future of Political Parties (co-editor) (1975)
Published Articles and Chapters (refereed articles marked by * following citation):
•”The Negative Consequences of Uncivil Political Discourse.”PS: Political Science and Politics (forthcoming)
•”Boehner’s Dilemma: A Tempest in a Tea Party?” (co-author) in Mark Brewer and L. Sandy Maisel, eds., The Parties Respond, 5th edition (2013)
•”The Consequences of Uncivil Discourse for the Political Process,” in Daniel M. Shea and Morris P. Fiorina, eds., Can We Talk?: The Rise of Rude, Nasty, Stubborn Politics (2013)
•“Unconventional Wisdom: Should Presidential Nominating Conventions Be Eliminated” (co-author)New England Journal of Political Science (2011)*
•”Rating United States Senators: The Strength of Maine’s Delegation since 1955,” New England Journal of Political Science, Special Edition, Fifty Years of Influencing the Nation: United States Senators from Maine (2010)
• “Incumbency Reconsidered: Prospects, Strategic Retirement, and Incumbent Quality in U.S. House Elections” (co-author), Journal of Politics (2010)*
•”Candidate Entry, Voter Response, and Partisan Tides in the 2002 and 2006 Elections,” (co-author) in Jeffrey L. Mondak and Dona-Gene Mitchell, eds., Fault Lines: Why the Republicans Lost Congress (2009)
•"The Sense of a Woman: Gender, Ambition, and the Decision to Run for Congress." (co-author) Political Research Quarterly (2006)*
•"When to Risk It? Institutions, Ambitions, and the Decision to Run for the U.S. House," (co-author) American Political Science Review (2006)*
•“The Impact of Campaign Reform on Political Discourse,” Political Science Quarterly(co-author) (2006)*
• “The Impact of Redistricting on Candidate Emergence,” (co-author) in Thomas Mann and Bruce Cain, eds., Party Lines: Competition, Partisanship, and Congressional Redistricting (2005)
• “National Party Efforts to Recruit State Legislators to Run for the U.S. House,” (co-author) Legislative Studies Quarterly (May 2005)*
•“Quality Counts: Extending the Strategic Politician Model of Incumbent Deterrence,”(co-author) American Journal of Political Science 48:479 (2004) *
• “Gauging Political Discourse,” in Running on Empty? (2004) (co-author)
• “Discourse and Beyond,” in Running on Empty?(2004) (co-author)
•"The Not-So-Simple Calculus of Winning: Potential U.S. House Candidates’ Nomination and General Election Prospects," (co-author)Journal of Politics 65:4 (2003)*
•"Promises and Persuasion: The Twin Dilemmas of Candidate Ethics," in Candice Nelson et al. (eds.), Shades of Gray: Perspectives on Campaign Ethics ( 2002)
•"Election Laws, Judicial Rulings, Party Rules and Practices: Steps Toward--and Away From--a Stronger Party Role," (co-author) in John Green and Paul Herrnson (eds)., Searching for Responsibility: Political Parties and American Politics: 1950-2000 (2002)
•"The Party Role in Congressional Competition,"in L. Sandy Maisel (ed.)., The Parties Respond, 4th edition ( 2002)
•"American Political Parties: Still Central to a Functioning Democracy? " in Cohen, Fleisher, and Kantor (eds.), American Political Parties: Decline or Resurgence? ( 2001)
•"Primary Elections as a Deterrence to Candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives," (co-author) in Galderisi, Ezra, and Lyons (eds.), Congressional Primaries and the Politics of Representation ( 2001)
•"Quality Challengers to Congressional Incumbents: Can Better Candidates Be Found?" (co-author) in Paul S. Herrnson, ed., Hardball Politics ( 2001)
•"If You Don’t Like Our Politics, Wait A Minute: Party Politics in Maine at the Century’s End," Polity Supplement) (co-author) (1998 *
•"The Continuing Importance of the Rules of the Game: Sub-presidential Nominations in 1994 and 1996, " in The Parties Respond (co-author) (1998)
•"Political Parties at the Millennium,” in The Parties Respond (1998)
•"Determinants of Candidate Emergence in U.S. House Elections: An Exploratory Study," (co-author) Legislative Studies Quarterly (February 1997) *
•"Rethinking Conventional Wisdom on Ticket Splitting and Fall Off," Party Development, (co-author) Winter 1997 *
•"Re-exploring the Weak Challenger Hypothesis: The 1994 Candidate Pools," in Philip Klinker (ed.), The 1994 Congressional Elections (1996)
•"On the Inadequacy and Inappropriateness of the Replication Standard," PS (September 1995) *
•"On the Emergence of Congressional Candidates" Review Essay in Congress and the Presidency (1995)
•"The Platform-Writing Process: Candidate-Centered Platforms in 1992," PoliticalScience Quarterly (1994) *
•"Competition in Congressional Elections: Why More Qualified Candidates Do Not Seek Office," in Rethinking Political Reform (1994)
•"Opting Out and Opting In: The Impact of Voluntary Retirements on the 1992 Congressional Election," The Progressive Foundation(1992)
•"Quality Candidates in House and Senate Elections, from 1982 to 1990," in Allen D. Hertzke and Ronald M. Peters, Jr. (eds.), The Atomistic Congress: AnInterpretation of Congressional Change (1992)
•"Legislative Workload," in The Encyclopedia of American Legislatures (1992)
•"The Naming of Candidates: Recruitment or Emergence?" (co-author) in The Parties Respond: Changes in the American Party System
•"The Evolution of Political Parties: Toward the 21st Century," in The Parties Respond: Changes in the American Party System
•"The Incumbency Advantage," in John R. Johannes and Margaret L. Nugent (eds.) Money, Elections, and Democracy: Campaign Finance Reform for a Representative Democracy (1990)
•"The Electoral Antecedents of Policy Innovations: A Comparative Analysis" (co-author), ComparativePolitical Studies (1988) *
•"Between Light and Shadow: The Context of the Study of the 1980 State Convention Delegation," in Ronald Rapoport, et al, The Life of the Parties (1986)
•"Extremist Delegates and the 1980 Conventions: Myths and Realities," in Ronald Rapoport et al., (co-author) (1986)
•"Teaching the Congressional (Legislative) Process," in NEWS for Teachers of Political Science (1984)*
•"Congressional Primary Elections in 1978," America Politics Quarterly (January 1981) *
•"Congressional Information Sources," in G. Calvin Mackenzie and Joseph Cooper, eds., House at Work (1981)
•"Problems and Trends in Party Research: An Overview," in Political Parties (co-author) (1980)
•"Analytical Problems in the Study of Presidential Advice," (co-author) Presidential Studies Quarterly (1978) *
•"The Impact of Electoral Rules on Primary Elections: The Democratic Presidential Primaries in 1976," in The Impact of the Electoral Process (co-author) (1977)
•"Public Financing and the Two-Party System," in Changing Campaign Techniques (1976)
•"The Sixth American Party System: Two Plus N Parties?" in Melbourne Journal of Politics, Volume 7 (1976) *
•"Party Reform and Political Participation: The Democrats in Maine," in The Future of Political Parties (1975)
Other:
•“Punish the Nasty Ones: Politicians won’t become more civil until voters make them so,” Perspectives, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 5, 2012 and other opinion pieces in various newspapers
•Contributor, “The Arena,” Politico
•Contributing Blogger, Huffington Post, 2009-present
•Columnist, Central Maine Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal, 2006-2009
•"Bill Clinton at 200 days: Prospects Back for the Future," Network, Center for North American Studies, Candido Mendes University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Summer 1993
•”The Old Kids on the Block," The New Democrat, January 1993
•"On the Resilience of Students," Colby Alumnus, Summer 1987
•"Excruciating, But Not Enlightening Detail," American Quarterly, Summer 1986
• Numerous reviews in political science journals
•Opinion pieces in various newspapers
Research Grants:
•Pew Charitable Trusts Grant for Evaluating Efforts at Campaign Reform, 2003-2004
•Carnegie Corporation of New YorkGrant for the Candidate Emergence Study,
2001-2004
•Smith Richardson Foundation Grant for Extension of Candidate Emergence Study through 2001
•NSF Grant (SBER95-15332) “Collaborative Research on Congressional Candidate Emergence”; $175,000 grant to conduct research on the decision making by potential candidates for Congress, 1996-1999
•NSF Grant (SES85-21150) for Colby Conference on Congressional Candidate Selection, Summer 1986
Convention Papers:
• “All Politics is National: Candidate Entry, Voter Response, and Partisan Tides in the 2002 and 2004 Elections,” paper presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (co-author)
• “Decisions to Abrogate Personal Liberty: The Ethics of Conscription in the United States,” with Jacqueline S. Grady ’09, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association
• “Reforming the Nominating Process: Can Primaries Be Replaced by Caucuses for State and Local Nominations?” with Sarah M. Whitfield ’09, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association
• “All Politics is National: Candidate Entry, Voter Response, and Partisan Tides in the 2002 and 2004 Elections,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, August 2007. (co-author)
• “Candidate Valence and Ideological Positioning in U.S. House Elections,”, paper presented at the April 2007 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (co-author)
• “Candidate Quality and Voter Response in U.S. House Elections, paper presented at the September 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (co-author)
• “Candidate Emergence in 2002: The Impact of Redistricting on Potential Candidates’ Decision Making.” Presented at the Brookings Institute - Institute for Government Studies Conference on Redistricting, Washington, April 2004.
•“Prospects, Money, Candidate Entry, and Vote Share in U.S. House Elections: What’s Causing What?” presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Portland, OR, March 16-18, winner Pi Sigma Alpha Award for present paper at the convention (co-author)
•“Evaluating Campaign Reform,” presented at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 27-31 (co-author)
•“Conducting Congressional Elections Research,” presented at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 27-31 (co-author)
•“Report on the Pew-sponsored Case Studies of Congressional Election Discourse.” Presented at the 2002 American Political Science Association (co-author)
• “Incumbent Safety in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1790-2000,” paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, May, 2002 (with 5Colby student co-authors)
•“Election Laws and Party Rules: Contributions to a Stronger Party Role?” presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, September 2-5 (co-author)
• “Incumbent Quality as a Deterrent to Strong Potential House Candidates: Beyond the Strategic Politicians Thesis,” delivered at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.(co-author)
•“When to Risk It? Officeholders’ Decisions to Run for a U.S. House Seat,” presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, September 2-5 (co-author)
•“American Political Parties: Still Central to a Functioning Democracy?” presented at the Fordham University Conference on the Future of Political Parties, November 1999
•“The Not-So-Simple Calculus of Winning: Decision Making by Potential Congressional Candidates,” presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, September 2-5 (co-author)
•“Reassessing the Definition of Quality Candidates,” presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 15-17 (co-author)
•“Stepping Up or Stopping? Candidate Emergence among State Legislators,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwest Political Science Association, San Antonio, April 1-4 (co-author)
•"Candidate Emergence in U.S. House Elections,” presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Boston, September 3-6 (co-author)
•"The Candidate Emergence Study: A Preliminary Report on Candidate Identification,” presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association in Worchester, MA, May 1-3 (co- author)
•"A New Perspective on Candidate Quality in U.S. House Elections,” presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, April 23-25 (co-author)
•"Quality Candidates in Congressional Elections: A Preliminary View from the Candidate Emergence Study,” presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, August 28-31 (co-author)
•"Rethinking Congressional Career Choices: Senate Retirements and ProgressiveAmbition among House Members in 1996” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, in April, 1997,and in a revised form at the New England Political Science AssociationConvention, New London, CT, in May, 1997
•"Re-exploring Progressive Ambition from the House to the Senate: The Case of the 13 Senate Retirees in 1996,” presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Springfield, MA (co-author)
•"Maine Politics: 1968-1996: Development of a Competitive Two-Party State,” presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Springfield, MA (co-author)
•“Challenger Quality in the 1994 Congressional Elections,” at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Portland, ME
•"An Opportunity Cost Model of the Decision to Run for Congress: Another Contributor to Democratic Hegemony," at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York
•"Competition in Congressional Elections: Why More ‘Qualified’ Candidates Do Not Seek Election," at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York
•"The Platform-Writing Process: Candidate-Centered Platforms in 1992," at the 1993 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Convention, Chicago, and at the Junior Faculty Colloquium Series, ArizonaStateUniversity, 1993
•"Winners and Losers: Candidates for Congress in the 1992 Primaries," (Co-author) at the 1993 Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Northampton, MA
•"Opting Out and Opting In: The Impact of Voluntary Retirements on the 1992 Congressional Election," presented at the Progressive Foundation, Washington, D.C., October 1992
•"Congressional Term Limits: A Solution Inappropriate for the Problem," (Co-author) at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago
•"Congressional Term Limits: Predictable Impacts, Unintended Consequences," (Co-author) at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Providence
•"Congressional Elections: Quality Candidates in the House and Senate Elections, 1982-1988," presented at the "Back to the Future: The U.S. Congress at the Bicentennial Conference," Carl Albert Congressional Research and StudiesCenter, University of Oklahoma and revised at the Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association (1990)
•"The Changing Supply of Competitive Candidates in House Elections," (Co-author) at the 1989 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta
•"Challenger Quality and the Outcome of the 1988 Congressional Elections," at the 1989 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago
•"Electoral Competition and the Incumbency Advantage in the U.S. House of Representatives," at the 1989 Conference on Campaign Finance Reform and Representative Democracy, The Bradley Institute for Democracy and Public Values, Marquette University, Milwaukee
•"Spending Patterns in Presidential Nominating Campaigns, 1976-1988,"at the 1988 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington
•"Campaigning for Presidential Nominations: The Experience with State Spending Ceilings, 1976-1984," (Co-author) at the 1988 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Francisco
•"Candidates and Non-Candidates in the 1986 Congressional Elections," at the 1987 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago
•"On the Dynamics of Congressional Nominations," at the 1987 Annual Meeting of the Northeast Political Science Association, Boston
•"Realigning Elections: A Comparative Application" (Co-author) at the XIII World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Paris, France, July 1985
•"Teaching the Congressional (Legislative) Process," at the 1982 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Denver
•"Regression Toward the Mean: Moderate and Extreme Activists in American Political Parties," at the Conference on State Party Conventions, the College of William and Mary, 1982
•"Congressional Elections in 1978: The Road to Nomination, The Road to Elections," at the University of Houston/Rice University Conference on Congressional Elections, 1980
•"Information and Decision Making in House Offices," at the 1979 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association
•"Analytical Problems in the Study of Presidential Advice: The Domestic Council Staff in Flux," at the 1977 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association