Curriculum Vitae of Adam Sheingate
Department of Political Science
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Associate Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, 2007-present (Assistant Professor, 2000-2007).
Mary Ball Washington Visiting Professor, School of History and Archives, University College Dublin, 2010
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2002-2004.
Prize Research Fellow in Politics, Nuffield College, Oxford, 1997-2000.
EDUCATION
PhD, Political Science, Yale University, 1998.
MA, Political Science, Yale University, 1993.
BS, Political Science and Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991.
Awards and Honors
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Special Projects Research Grant, 2014
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship, School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 2010-2011
Fulbright Scholar Award, Mary Ball Washington Chair in American History, University College Dublin, 2009-2010
Student Government Association, Johns Hopkins University, Student Excellence Award for Outstanding Staff Support, 2009.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, University of California-Berkeley, 2002-2004.
American Library Association, Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2002.
Dean’s Award for Summer Research, School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 2001
Phi Beta Kappa, 1991
PUBLICATIONS [P – Peer Reviewed]
Books
Building a Business of Politics: The Rise of Political Consulting and the Transformation of American Democracy (Oxford University Press, Under Contract). [P]
The Oxford Handbook of Historical Institutionalism (Oxford University Press, Under Contract). Co-edited with Orfeo Fioretes and Tulia Falleti.
The Rise of the Agricultural Welfare State: Institutions and Interest Group Power in the United States, France, and Japan (Princeton University Press, 2001; Paperback, 2003). [P]
Articles and Book Chapters
Institutional Dynamics and American Political Development, Annual Review of Political Science 17:1 (May 2014): 461-477.
Creating Political Strategy, Controlling Political Work: Edward Bernays and the Emergence of the Political Consultant. In Political Creativity: Reconfiguring Institutional Order and Change, edited by Gerald Berk, Dennis Galvan and Victoria Hattam (Penn Press, 2013), 146-166.
Agriculture. In Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States, edited by Burdett Loomis, Peter Francia, and Dara Strolovitch (CQ Press, 2011), 163-172.
Rethinking Rules: Creativity and Constraint in the House of Representatives. In Explaining Institutional Change: Ambiguity, Agency, and Power, edited by James Mahoney and Kathleen Thelen (Cambridge University Press, 2010), 168-203.
Why Can’t Americans See the State? The Forum 7:4 (January 2010): online, 15 pages. Reprinted as “Pourquoi les Américains ne voient-ils pas l’Etat?” Revue française de science politique 64:2 (2014): 207-219.
Federalism and the Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnology in the United States and European Union. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis 11:4 (December 2009): 475-795. [P]
Can Policy Actors Agree on Biotechnology? Biotechnology Journal 3:9-10 (October 2008): 1139-1141. With Eric Montpetit. [P]
Publicity and the Progressive Era Origins of Modern Politics. Critical Review 19:2 (May 2008): 461-480. Reprinted in Rethinking the Rhetorical Presidency, edited by Jeffrey Friedman and Shterna Friedman (Routledge, 2012).
The Terrain of the Political Entrepreneur. In Formative Acts: American Politics in the Making, edited by Stephen Skowronek and Matthew Glassman (Penn Press, 2007), 13-31.
Structure and Opportunity: Committee Jurisdiction and Issue Attention in Congress. American Journal of Political Science 50:4 (October 2006): 844-859. [P]
Promotion versus Precaution: The Evolution of Biotechnology Policy in the United States. British Journal of Political Science 36:2 (April 2006): 243-268. [P]
Occupation Politics: American Interests and the Struggle over Health Insurance in Postwar Japan. Social Science History 30:1 (Spring 2006): 137-164. With Takakazu Yamagishi. [P]
Agricultural Biotechnology: Representative Federalism and Regulatory Capacity in the United States and European Union. In Comparative Federalism, edited by Martin Schain and Anand Menon (Oxford University Press, 2006), 311-337.
Transatlantic Tensions in Food and Agriculture: Coming Together? In Hard Power, Soft Power and the Future of Transatlantic Relations, edited by Thomas L. Ilgen (Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2006), 139-161.
Austerity Politics, the New Public Management, and Administrative Reform in the United States, Britain, and France. In Transatlantic Policymaking in an Age of Austerity, edited by Martin Levin and Martin Shapiro (Georgetown University Press, 2004), 224-252.
Political Entrepreneurship, Institutional Change, and American Political Development. Studies in American Political Development 17:2 (Fall 2003): 185-203. [P]
Why No Comprehensive National Health Insurance in the United States? History, Policy, and Politics (published in Japanese as “Naze Amerika ni kokumin kaihoken ga sonzai shinainoka?”). Shakai seisaku kenkyū [Studies in Social Policy] 3 (2002): 114-134. With Takakazu Yamagishi. [P]
Institutions and Interest Group Power: Agriculture in the United States, France, and Japan. Studies in American Political Development, 14:2 (Fall 2000): 184-211. [P]
Agricultural Retrenchment Revisited: Issue Definition and Venue Change in the United States and European Union. Governance 13:3 (July 2000): 335-363. [P]
Reviews
Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving, by E. Scott Adler and John D. Wilkerson, Perspectives on Politics 12:2 (June 2014): 484-485.
The Heart of Power: Health and Politics in the Oval Office, by David Blumenthal and James Morone, Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law 35 (April 2010): 289-293.
Pantry Politics: Review of The End of Food, by Paul Roberts, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Issue #9 (Summer 2008): 100-107.
What’s the Beef: The Contested Governance of European Food Safety, edited by Christopher Ansell and David Vogel; and Designs on Nature: Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States, by Sheila Jasanoff, Perspectives on Politics 5:4 (December 2007): 820-822.
Surviving Global Change? Agricultural Interest Groups in Comparative Perspective, edited by Darren Halpin, Governance 19:4 (October 2006): 673-675.
The Politics of Social Risk: Business and Welfare State Development, by Isabela Mares, Perspectives on Politics. 2:3 (September 2004): 619-620.
Other
Public Health and Food Safety Policies and Regulation in the United States. Briefing note prepared for the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, European Parliament, 2013.
Still a Jungle, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Issue #25 (Summer 2012): 48-59.
Why America’s Food Is Still Not Safe, Scholars Strategy Network (July 2012). Reprinted in Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Public Health, Environment, and Equity, edited by Roni Neff (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2015), 198-199.
Agrarian Social Pacts and Poverty Reduction. Background paper prepared for UNRISD Report on Combating Poverty and Inequality, 2008.
TEACHING AND ADVISING
Undergraduate
The Politics of Food: Surveys the variety of policy issues associated with food and agriculture. Topics include the politics of agricultural subsidies, conflicts over genetically-modified foods, rising concerns over food safety, and debates over the health effects of obesity.
Introduction to Social Policy and Inequality: Baltimore and Beyond: Introduces students to basic concepts in Economics, Political Science, and Sociology relevant to the study of social problems and the programs designed to remedy them. Co-taught with faculty from Economics and Sociology
Baltimore Food System Research: examines the political, social, and economic aspects of the Baltimore food system through a mixture of in-class study and hands-on research, including surveys, interviews, and geographic-information systems used to study urban food environments.
The American Presidency: Traces the historical development of the presidency, the operation of the presidency in contemporary American politics, and the components of presidential leadership.
Graduate
American Political Development: A historically-oriented approach to the study of American politics that examines the evolving character of the American state, changing conceptions of national citizenship, and a critical assessment of timing and temporality in the study of political institutions.
The Development of American Political Institutions: Examines the development of the American party system, the evolution of congressional institutions, rules, and procedures, and the changing relationship between the presidency and the public.
Pragmatism and Politics: An inquiry into Pragmatism and its application to the empirical study of politics using readings drawn from classical and recent texts in philosophy, cultural theory, sociology, economics, science studies, as well as political science.
Dissertation Committees
Ayako Hiramatsu, in progress
Molly Simmons, in progress (Public Health)
Suvi Irvine, 2014
Girma Parris, 2014
Juanita Clogston, 2014
Linnea Laestadius, 2013 (Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Jeffrey Meiser, 2011 (University of Portland)
Christina Moylan, 2010 (Public Health, University of Central Florida)
Rachel Friedman Singer, 2008 (Public Health, NORC at the University of Chicago)
Erin Ackerman, 2007 (The College of New Jersey)
Takakazu Yamagishi, 2006 (Nanzan University, Japan)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Manuscript and Proposal Reviewer
American Political Science Review, Comparative Education, Comparative European Politics, Contemporary Political Theory, European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, Food Control, Foreign Policy Analysis, Governance, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Journal of Institutional Economics, Journal of European Integration, Journal of Policy History, Journal of Politics, Journal of Public Policy, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Perspectives on Politics, Policy and Society, Policy Studies Journal, Political Research Quarterly, Politics and Religion, Polity, Publius, Review of International Political Economy, Social Science Quarterly, State Politics and Policy, Studies in American Political Development, World Politics, Cambridge University Press, Cornell University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Stanford University Press, Yale University Press, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada), Wellcome Trust (United Kingdom).
Professional Societies
Aaron Wildavsky Award Committee, Public Policy Section, American Political Science Association, 2015
J. David Greenstone Award Committee, Politics and History Section, American Political Science Association, 2014
Editorial Search Committee, Journal of Politics, Southern Political Science Association, 2013
Nominations Committee, Politics and History Section, American Political Science Association, 2013
Program Chair, Politics and History Section, Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2011
Program Co-Chair, Politics and History Section, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2008.
Council Member, Politics and History Section, American Political Science Association, 2006-2008
Mary Parker Follett Award Committee, Politics and History Section, American Political Science Association, 2006.
DEPARTMENT AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Public Health Studies Major Advisory Board, 2007-present
Social Policy Program Advisory Committee, 2011-present
Faculty Editorial Board, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007-2014
Search Committee for Director of Center for a Livable Future, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2014
Search Committee in Comparative Politics, 2014
Search Committee in American Politics, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012
Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2008-2012
Provost’s Initiative on Social Determinants of Health, 2011-2012
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Selection Committee, 2012
Faculty Advisory Committee on Admissions, 2009-2011
Krieger School Task Force on Graduate Education, 2004-2007
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION AND PRESENTATIONS (Previous five years)
2014
European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, Glasgow; Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C.; Policy History Conference, Columbus, OH; Council of European Studies Conference, Washington, D.C.; Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Seattle, WA
2013
University of Pennsylvania; Temple University
2012
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne; Association of Public Policy Administration and Management Fall Research Conference, Washington, D.C.; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto; Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Milwaukee, WI; Policy History Conference, Richmond, VA
2011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Emory University; University of Virginia; Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA
2010
University College Dublin; Oxford University; University of Virginia
PERSONAL
Date of Birth: January 12, 1969
Citizenship: United States
January 2015
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