VITA
2008
ROBERT A. CARP
PERSONAL DATA
Current Position: Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science
University of Houston
Houston, Texas 77204-3011
(713) 743-4008
E-mail:
Home Address: 2106 Sheridan Street
Houston, Texas 77030-2108
(713) 667-4470
EDUCATION:
University of Paris (Sorbonne), Diplome d'Etudes de Civilisation Francaise, 1964
Augustana College, B.A. cum laude, 1965
University of Iowa, M.A. 1967, Ph.D. 1969
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCIES:
French: speak, understand, read, write (fluent)
Spanish: studied three years at University; somewhat fluent
German: some fluency
Chinese: some fluency
HONORS:
Phi Beta Kappa (1965); "Best Paper of the Convention" Award from the meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Convention (1971, 1974 and 1986); "Outstanding Educator" Award from the Houston Chapter of the Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society (1978, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988, and 1989); University of Houston Enron Teaching Excellence Award for 1996.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Augustana College, 196465 (French Instructor)
University of Iowa, 196768 (Graduate Instructor in American Government)
University of Houston, 1969present (Professor of Political Science)
COURSES TAUGHT:
American Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, Judicial Behavior, Introduction to Political Behavior, Judicial Process, Law and Society, Seminar in Judicial Behavior, Seminar in American Administrative Law, Seminar in Law and Society, Seminar in Judicial Process.
DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES:
Director of Undergraduate Studies and Chairman of the Undergraduate Committee, 196971; Director of Graduate Studies and Chairman of Graduate Committee, 197173, 198182, and 2002-2005; Acting Department Chairman, 197374; Chairman, Personnel Committee, 197580; Director, Public Administration Program, 197677; Chairman, Research Committee, 198081; Member, Executive Committee, 198384; 1990-91; 1993-94; 2002-2003. Member, Graduate Committee, 2000-2004.
UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES:
Member, Faculty Senate, 197376; Member, Faculty Affairs Committee (Faculty Senate), 197375; Member, University Council, 197374; Member, Law Enforcement Degree Planning Committee, 19731980; Member, College Government Committee, 197478; Member, Study Abroad Committee, 19721983; Chairman, Psychology Department Chairman's Search Committee, 197778; Member, College of Social Sciences Dean's Search Committee, 197879; Member, College Development Committee, 197880; Member, College ByLaws Revision Committee, 197980; Member, College Committee to Evaluate the Status of the Geography Department, 197780; Member, College Grievance Committee, 198082; Member, University Ad Hoc Research Committee, 198283; Academic Honesty Hearing Officer, College of Social Sciences, 1982-1987.
COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
Associate Dean, College of Social Sciences, 19822000.
RESEARCH GRANTS:
Faculty Research Initiation Grant, 1971; Limited GrantsinAid, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1990 and 1993; Research Enabling Grant, 1979; Book Publication Subvention Grant, 1982. All were funded by the University of Houston. Research Grant from Center for Public Policy, 1982. National Science Foundation Grant for Supreme Court Study, Summer 1987.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
1. I regularly review articles for publication in American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Social Science Quarterly, Law and Society Review, American Journal of Political Science, The Justice System Journal, and Youth and Society.
2. I frequently serve as a paid consultant to the following publishing firms for their books on judicial process and behavior: PrenticeHall, Mayfield, Little Brown, Congressional Quarterly, Duxbury, St. Martin's Press.
3. Member of the American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association, Southwestern Social Science Association, and the Law and Society Association.
4. I regularly write book reviews which have been published in The American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Houston Law Review and Choice.
5. I regularly serve as an "expert witness" in both state and federal courts and before Texas legislative committees on topics dealing with grand juries.
6. Between 1987 and 1991 I served as a member of the Board of Overseers of the Supreme Court Data Project funded by the National Science Foundation. I currently am serving on the Board of Overseers for a similar project on state courts.
PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:
1. "The Role of the Circuit Court of Appeals and its Chief Judge visavis the Various District Judges within the Circuit: The Case of the Eighth Circuit," delivered before the March 1970 meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association.
2. "The Scope and Function of Intracircuit Judicial Communication: A Case Study of the Eighth Circuit," delivered before the May 1970 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.
3. "The Influence of Local Needs and Conditions on the Administration of Federal Justice," delivered before the March 1971 meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association.
4. "The Judicial Socialization Process for Federal District Judges," delivered before the April 1972 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.
5. "The Grand Jury: A Case Study and Exploratory Analysis," delivered before the March 1974 meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association.
6. "The Burger Court and the Death Penalty," delivered before the November 1975 meeting of the Southern Political Science Association.
7. "Opinion Writing by Federal District Judges: Its Impact for the Study of Judicial Behavior and Administration," delivered before the April 1978 meeting of the American Society of Public Administration.
8. "The Influence of Background Characteristics on the Voting Behavior of Federal District Judges," delivered before the AugustSeptember 1978 meeting of the American Political Science Association.
9. "U.S. Trial Court Reactions to Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Policies," delivered before the March 1981 meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association.
10. "The Relative Effects of Appointing President and HomeState Senator on Federal District Judge Policy Propensities," delivered before the April 1981 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.
11. "The Relationship between Length of Judicial Tenure and Liberal Conservative Voting Pattern: The Case of Federal District Judges," delivered before the November 1981 meeting of the Southern Political Science Association.
12. "Models of District Court DecisionMaking: Diachronic Change Within and Among AppointingPresident Cohorts," delivered before the October 1982 meeting of the Southern Political Science Association.
13. "The Federal District Courts and Disadvantaged Minorities," delivered before the March 1983 meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association.
14. "The Impact of the Supreme Court on Outcomes in the U.S. District Courts and the U.S. Courts of Appeals: A Longitudinal Exploration," delivered before the August September 1984 meeting of the American Political Science Association.
15. "The Effect of Presidential Appointment, Group Identification and FactLaw Ambiguity on Lower Federal Judges' Policy Judgments: The Case of Carter and Reagan Appointees," delivered before the August September 1985 meeting of the American Political Science Association.
16. "Contextual and HomeState Appointment Effects on President Reagan's Appointees to the Federal District Courts," delivered before the March 1987 meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association.
17. "Reagan and Carter Trial Judges: Differences in Voting Patterns on Labor and Economic Regulation Cases," delivered before the April 1987 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.
18. "The Impact of the Fifth Circuit Split on Federal Court Decisions," delivered before the November 1988 meeting of the Southern Political Science Association.
19. "U.S. Trial Courts and the Rights of Aliens," delivered before the April 1990 meeting of the Western Social Science Association.
20. "Indian Rights and Law Before the Federal District Courts," delivered before the March 1991 meeting of the Southwest Social Science Association.
21. “The Bush Judges: A Return to Republican Moderation or the Reaganization of the Judiciary Continued?” delivered before the November 1992 meeting of the Southern Political Science Association.
22. Roundtable on “The Clinton Judicial Appointments” at the November 1994 meeting of the Southern Political Science Association.
23. “Judges’ Gender and Decisional Behavior on the Federal District Courts: Criminal Justice Cases” presented to the October 6, 1994, meeting of the Southern Criminal Justice Association. (Co authored)
24. “The Voting Behavior of Judges Appointed by President Clinton,” presented to the March 1996 meeting of the Southwest Social Science Convention. (Co-authored)
25. “Decision Making on the U.S. District Courts: The Influence of Circuit Law and State
Politics,” presented to the November 1996 meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association. (Co-authored)
26. “The Judicial Manifestations of Feminist Jurisprudence: An Analysis of U.S. District Court Judicial Decision-Making,” presented to the March 1997 meeting of the Southwest Social Science Convention (Co-authored)
27. “Decision Making, Public Opinion and Regionalism in the Federal District Courts: A Time Series Analysis,” presented to the August 1997 meeting of the American Political Science Association. (Co-authored)
28. “Federal Court Decision Making: Right to Privacy Cases,” presented to the October
1998 Meeting of the Southern political Science Association (Co-authored)
29. “Regional Variations in Judicial Behavior: The Influence of Public Mood” presented at the April 1998 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. (Co-authored).
30. “Exploring Opinion Writing Practices of Federal District Judges,” presented to the April 1999 meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association (Co-authored)
31. “The Political Context of Lower Court Decision Making,” presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting
of the Southern Political Science Association (Co-authored).
32. “Judicial Decision-Making in Age Discrimination Cases: Does Age Matter?” presented at the 2000 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. (Co-authored)
33. “The Political Context of Lower Court Decision Making,” presented at the 2000 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (Co-authored)
34. “President Clinton’s District Judge Cohort: ‘Extreme Liberals’ or Just Plain Moderates?” presented at the International Meeting of the Law and Society Association in Budapest, Hungary, July 4-7, 2001. (Co-authored)
35. “Public Opinion, Political Context, and Decision Making in the Lower Federal Courts,” presented at the Aug.-Sept. 2001 Meeting of the American Political Science Association. (Co-authored.)
36. “Judicial Evaluation: A Cross-Court Analysis of District Court Judges Elevated to the US Courts of Appeals,” presented at the Aug.-Sept. 2001 Meeting of the American Political Science Association. (Co-authored.)
37. “The Gender and Race Influences on United States’ District Court Judges,” presented at the November 2001 Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. (Co-authored.)
38. “The Decision-Making Ideology of George W. Bush’s Potential Supreme Court Justices,” paper presented at the April 2002 Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. (Co-authored.)
39. “Declarations of Independence? Trial Court Judges and the Consonance of Their Decision-Making with Public Opinion” presented at the April 2003 Meeting of the Southwest Social Science Association. (Co-authored.).
40. “Southernization, The Federal Judiciary, and Geographic Influences on Judicial Decision-Making: Are North-South Differences Still Viable?” presented at the January 2004 Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association (Co-authored).
41. “Judicial Decision Making and Public Opinion: A State-Level View,” presented at the April 2005 Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (Co-authored).
42. “Gender and Decision-Making in the Federal Courts: Testing the Critical Mass Theory,” presented at the September 2005 Meeting of the American Political Science Association. (Co-authored.)
43. “A Matter of Aspiration: Collective Analyses of Judicial Decision Making Between Article I and Article III Judges,” presented at the January 2006 Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association (Co-authored).
44. “To Publish or Not Publish: Explaining Publication Areas of Federal Trial Judges,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2006. Co-authored.
45. “’Fear of Reversal’ and Strategic Anticipation by Federal District Courts,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Aug-Sept, 2006. Co-authored.
46. “Post Booker Judicial Discretion in Federal Criminal Sentencing,” paper presented at the March 2008 annual meeting of the Southwest Social Science Association. (Co-authored).
PUBLISHED ARTICLES:
1. "Censorship Pressures on Iowa Social Studies Teachers," Midland Schools (MayJune 1967).
2. "Censorship Pressures on Social Studies Teachers," Social Education (May 1968).
3. "The French Conseil d'Etat: A Case Study in Boundary Maintenance," Vanderbilt International (Spring 1969). This is a coauthored article.
4. "The Public and Private Papers of Judge William F. Riley," Books at Iowa (November 1969).
5. "The Influence of Local Needs and Conditions on the Administration of Federal Justice," Political Inquiry (Fall 1971).
6. "The Scope and Function of Intracircuit Judicial Communication: A Case Study of the Eighth Circuit," Law and Society Review (February 1972).
7. "Sink or Swim: The Socialization of a Federal District Judge," Journal of Public Law (Fall 1972). This is a coauthored article.
a. Reprinted in a public administration reader prepared by Felix A. Nigro.
b. Internally reprinted by the Federal Judicial Center for use by newly appointed U.S. District Judges at the New Judges Seminars sponsored by the Center.
8. Chapter entitled "The Grand Jury in Texas: A Case Study," in Practicing Texas Politics (2nd and 3rd editions), 1974 and 1976.
9. "The Harris County Grand Jury A Case Study," Houston Law Review (October 1974).
10. "The Behavior of Grand Juries: Acquiescence or Justice," Social Science Quarterly (March 1975).
a. Reprinted in the reader Justice and Corrections by Norman Johnston and Leonard D. Savitz (Wiley, 1978).
b. Reprinted in the 3rd edition of Politics in States and Communities by Thomas Dye (PrenticeHall).
c. Reprinted in the reader by Howard Daudistel entitled Court Administration (Moore Publishing).
d. Reprinted in the reader Order Under Law: Readings in Criminal Justice by Robert G. Culbertson and Mark R. Tezak (Waveland Press, Inc., 1981).
11. "Abortion and the Law: The Impact of Hospital Policy on the Roe and Doe Decisions," Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law (Fall 1976). This is a coauthored article.
12. "The Commissioner Method of Selecting Grand Jurors: A Case of a Closed and Unconstitutional System," Houston Law Review (January 1977). This is a coauthored article.
13. "The Supreme Court and Social Change: The Case of Abortion," The Western Political Quarterly (March 1978). This is a coauthored article.
14. "The Relationship Between Opinion Writing by Federal Trial Courts and Termination Rates of the District Courts," The Justice System Journal (Winter 1979). This is a coauthored article.
15. "A Longitudinal Study of Party Effects on Federal District Court Policy Propensities," American Journal of Political Science (May 1980). This is a coauthored article.
16. "Trial Court Responses to Supreme Court Policy Changes: Three Case Studies," Law and Policy Quarterly (April 1982). This is a coauthored article.
17. "The Effects of Selection System on Jury Composition: A Comparison of RandomMandatory and CommissionerVolunteer Grand Juries," Law and Policy Quarterly (April 1982). This is a coauthored article.
18. "Federal Grand Juries: How True a 'Cross Section of the Community?'" The Justice System Journal (Summer 1982).