Curriculum VitaeJanuary 2010
John L. Sullivan, Regents Professor
Academic Degrees
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Yale University, 1970-71
Ph.D., Political Science, University of North Carolina, 1970
B.A., Summa Cum Laude, University of Minnesota, 1967
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, 1975-present; Professor since 1983. Regents’ Professor since 1999, Arleen Carlson Chair in American Politics 2001-2008.
Co-Director, Center for the Study of Political Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1995-2004.
Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor, CarletonCollege, 1991, 1998, 2000, and 2001.
Visiting Professor, CatholicUniversity, Lublin, Poland, spring 1996.
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Adjunct Professor, 1988-present.
Visiting Professor, VictoriaUniversity of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 1984
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Adjunct Associate Professor, 1975-83.
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, Visiting Fulbright Lecturer, 1980 academic year.
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Department of Political Science, Indiana University, 1972-75.
Department of Statistics and Department of Political Science, Iowa State University, 1971-72.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science and Department of Psychology (Psychology and Politics Program), Yale University, 1970-71.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Fellow, AmericanAcademy of Arts & Sciences, 2007-present.
Philip Converse Award for the Most Outstanding Book Published Five or More Years Ago, given by the American Political Science Association’s Organized Section on Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior, 2006.
Harold Lasswell Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to the field, International Society of Political Psychology, 2002
Graduate Teaching Award, Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education, University of Minnesota, 2002.
Arlene Carlson Chair in American Government and Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, 2001-2008.
Regents’ Professor, University of Minnesota Board of Regents, 1999-present.
Faculty Mentor Award, Women’s Caucus in Political Science, American Political Science Association, 1996, for mentoring women graduate students in Political Science.
Best Book Award for best book published in 1995, With Malice Toward Some, presented by the Political Psychology Section of the American Political Science Association in 1996. With George E. Marcus, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, and Sandra Wood.
Undergraduate Teaching Award, Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, University of Minnesota, 1995.
Distinguished Paper Award, best paper presented at the 1995 annual meeting, American Educational Research Association, Social Studies Education. With Patricia G. Avery, Christopher Anderson, Elizabeth S. Smith, and Patricia V. Pederson.
Scholar of the College, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 1992-95.
Distinguished Paper Award, best paper presented at the 1992 annual meeting, American Educational Research Association, Social Studies Education. With Patricia Avery, Karen Bird, Sandra Johnstone, and Kristina Thalhammer.
Heinz Eulau Award, American Political Science Association, best paper published in the American Political Science Review during 1989. With John H. Aldrich and Eugene Borgida.
MAJOR GRANTS
National Science Foundation, $400,487 for “Electronic Networks and Civic Life: A Longitudinal Study,” 2000-2004. With Eugene Borgida.
College of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences Strategic Initiative, $71,000 for “Electronic Democracy,” 1999-2000. With Eugene Borgida.
National Science Foundation, $100,000 for “Electronic Networks: Enhancing Civic Life or Diverting Scarce Resources?” 1997-99. With Eugene Borgida.
Pew Charitable Trusts, with Rock the Vote, $155,000 for “Rock the Nation: Young Adults and Civic Participation,” 1996-98. With Wendy Rahn and Mark Snyder.
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, $40,000 for “Electronic Networks and Civic Life,” 1996-97. With Eugene Borgida.
Co-Founder, Center for the Study of Political Psychology, $150,000 from the University of Minnesota Graduate School. 1995-98. With Eugene Borgida.
National Science Foundation, $125,000 for "Contemporary Influences on Political Tolerance," 1993-95. With George E. Marcus and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse.
National Science Foundation, $89,000 for "Attitudinal Tolerance and Civil Liberties in Four Countries," 1986-90. With David Barnum.
National Science Foundation, $160,000 for "Ideological Constraint, Issue Voting, and the Nature of Political Reasoning," 1984-88. With John H. Aldrich and Eugene Borgida.
Bush Sabbatical Fellowship, 1989.
Binational Science Foundation, U.S.-Israel, 400,000 Israeli shekels, 1980-81. With Michal Shamir.
National Science Foundation, $170,000 for "Political Tolerance in the U.S.," 1978-80. With James Piereson and George E. Marcus.
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, Visiting Lecturer, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1980.
National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1970-71.
National Institute of Mental Health Graduate Fellowship, 1969-70.
MAJOR EDITORIAL ASSIGNMENTS
Co-Editor, Political Psychology, 1997-2004.
Editorial Board, American Political Science Review, 1996-2001.
Co-Editor, American Journal of Political Science, 1985-88
Co-Editor, Quantitative Applications to the Social Sciences, 1979-86
Founder and Co-Editor, Political Methodology, 1972-85
Various other editorial boards over the years.
COURSES TAUGHT
American Politics: Introduction to American Government and Politics; Civil Liberties in America; American Political Culture and Values; The American Democracy; Public Opinion and Voting Behavior.
Political Psychology and Political Behavior: Political Psychology of Elite Behavior; Political Psychology of Mass Behavior; Political Psychology of Conformity, Enmity, Heroism; Political Socialization; Political Psychology Pro-seminar.
Comparative Politics and International Relations: Comparative Political Psychology; Psychological Perspectives and Foreign Policy Decision-Making.
Research Methods: Introduction to Quantitative Analysis; Introduction to Political Research; Statistical Analysis; Basic and Applied Statistics; Measurement Theory; Advanced Topics in Regression Analysis; Q-Methodology; Seminar in Political Science Research (Departmental Honors Seminar for senior honors theses).
SELECTED RECENT ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
Political Science Department Chair, 2004-07.
Faculty Consultative Committee, Elected Member, 2004-2007. Vice-Chair, 2005-2006. Consult weekly or biweekly with President and Provost.
CLA Council of Chairs, 2004-2007.
Presidential Search Advisory Committee, 2002. Committee to assist the Board of Regents in recruiting a new President for the University of Minnesota.
McKnight Presidential Chairs Review Committee, Central Administration, 2000-2001.
Distinguished McKnightUniversity Professorship Review Committee, Graduate School, 2000-2002; 2007-08.
Chair, Omnibus Search Committees, Department of Political Science, 1999-2002.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Advisory Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 1999-2001. Chair, 2000-2001.
Faculty Research Awards Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 2000-2001.
Scholar of the College Selection Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 1997-2000.
Merit Advisory Committee, Political Science Department, 2000-2001, 1998-99 (and several additional times over the years).
Chair of Political Science Department Internal Review Committee, 1997-98.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Advisory Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 1999-2001. Chair, 2000-2001.
Faculty Research Awards Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 2000-2001.
Scholar of the College Selection Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 1997-2000.
Director of Graduate Studies, Political Psychology Ph.D. Minor Program, 1993-1996.
Director of Honors, Department of Political Science, 1992-1996.
Honors Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 1992-94
Department Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1992-93.
Curriculum, Instruction, and Advising Committee, CLA, 1992-94; Chair 1992-93
Elected Member, College of Liberal Arts Assembly, 1992-94
Dean's Executive Advisory Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 1992-93
Senate Research Committee, 1983-86 and 1989-92, Chair 1984-85 and 1990-91
Senate Finance Committee, 1984-85, 1990-91
CLA Research Development Committee, 1990-92
PUBLICATIONS ON POLITICAL TOLERANCE
BOOKS ON POLITICAL TOLERANCE
George E. Marcus, John L. Sullivan, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, and Sandra Wood, With Malice Toward Some: How People Make Civil Liberties Judgments (New York and Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press), 1995.
John L. Sullivan, Michal Shamir, Nigel Roberts, and Patrick Walsh, Political Tolerance in Context: Support for Unpopular Minorities in Israel, New Zealand, and the United States(Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1985).
John L. Sullivan, James Piereson, and George E. Marcus, Political Tolerance and American Democracy (Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 1982).
PARTS OF BOOKS ON POLITICAL TOLERANCE
David G. Barnum and John L. Sullivan, "The Policy Implications of Political Intolerance in Britain and the United States," in Stuart S. Nagel, ed., Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press), Vol. 6, pp. 193-213, 1995.
Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, George E. Marcus, and John L. Sullivan, "Reason and Passion in Political Life: The Organization of Affect and Cognition in Political Tolerance," in George E. Marcus and Russell Hanson, eds., Reconsidering the Democratic Public (State College, PA: PennStateUniversity Press), 1993, pp. 249-272.
James Piereson, John L. Sullivan, and George E. Marcus, "Political Tolerance: An Overview and Some New Findings," in John C. Pierce and John L. Sullivan, eds., The Electorate Reconsidered (Beverly Hills, California: Sage Publications, 1980), pp. 157-178.
John L. Sullivan, James Piereson, George E. Marcus, and Stanley Feldman, "The Development of Political Tolerance: The Impact of Social Class, Personality, and Cognition," International Journal of Political Education (Spring, 1979), pp. 115-139. Reprinted as "Die Entwicklung politischer Toleranz," in Politische Sozialisation in entwickelten Industriegesellschaften, Schriftenreihe der Bundeszentrale fur politische Bildung, 132 (1979), pp. 69-96.
ARTICLES ON POLITICAL TOLERANCE
John L. Sullivan and Henriet Hendriks, “Public Support for Civil Liberties Pre and Post 9/11,” Annual Review of Law and Social Science (2009), vol. 5, pp. 375-391.
George E. Marcus, John L. Sullivan, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, and Daniel Stevens, “The Emotional Foundation of Political Cognition: The Impact of Extrinsic Anxiety on the Formation of Political Tolerance Judgments,” Political Psychology (2005), vol. 26, pp. 949-964.
John L. Sullivan, Patrick Walsh, Michal Shamir, David G. Barnum, and James L. Gibson, "Why Politicians Are More Tolerant: Selective Recruitment and Socialization Among Political Elites in Britain, Israel, New Zealand, and the United States," British Journal of Political Science, (1993), vol. 23, pp. 51-76.
David G. Barnum, John L. Sullivan, and Maurice Sunkin, "Constitutional and Cultural Underpinnings of Political Freedom in Britain and the United States," Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (1992), vol. 12, pp. 362-379.
David Barnum and John L. Sullivan, "The Elusive Foundations of Political Freedom in Britain and the United States," Journal of Politics (August, 1990), pp. 719-739.
David Barnum and John L. Sullivan, "Attitudinal Tolerance and Political Freedom in Britain," British Journal of Political Science (January, 1989), pp. 136-145.
Michal Shamir and John L. Sullivan, "Political Tolerance in Israel," Megamot (1985). (In Hebrew)
Michal Shamir and John L. Sullivan, "Jews and Arabs in Israel: Everybody Hates Somebody, Sometime," Journal of Conflict Resolution (June, 1985), pp. 283-305. Reprinted in James W. Lamare, ed., International Crisis and Domestic Politics: Major Political Conflicts of the 1980s, (New York: Praeger, 1991), pp. 77-98.
Nigel Roberts, Patrick Walsh, and John L. Sullivan, "Political Tolerance in New Zealand," Australian Journal of Sociology, (March, 1985), pp. 82-99.
John L. Sullivan, Michal Shamir, Patrick Walsh, and Nigel Roberts, "Political Intolerance and the Structure of Mass Attitudes: A Study of the United States, Israel, and New Zealand," Comparative Political Studies (October, 1984), pp. 319-344.
Michal Shamir and John L. Sullivan, "The Political Context of Tolerance: Israel and the United States," American Political Science Review (December, 1983), pp. 911-928.
Nigel Roberts, Patrick Walsh, and John L. Sullivan, "Disliked But Tolerated: The Political Implications of Public Attitudes Towards Trade Unions," New Zealand Listener, 1981.
John L. Sullivan, George E. Marcus, Stanley Feldman, and James Piereson, "The Sources of Political Tolerance: A Multivariate Analysis," American Political Science Review (March, 1981), pp. 92-106. Reprinted in W. Phillips Shively, ed., The Research Experience in Political Science (Itaska, Illinois: Peacock Publishers, 1984), pp. 9-35.
George E. Marcus, James Piereson, and John L. Sullivan, "Rural-Urban Differences in Tolerance: Confounding Problems of Conceptualization and Measurement," Rural Sociology (Fall, 1980), pp. 731-737.
John L. Sullivan, James Piereson, and George E. Marcus, "An Alternative Conceptualization of Political Tolerance: Illusory Increases, 1950s-1970s," American Political Science Review (September, 1979), pp. 781-794. Reprinted in Terrel L. Rhodes, Theodore S. Arrington, and Robert J. Mundt, Applied Political Inquiry (Lanham, MD: University press of America, 1983), pp. 8-38.
John L. Sullivan, James E. Piereson, and George E. Marcus, "Political Intolerance: The Illusion of Progress," Psychology Today (February, 1979), pp. 86-91.
PUBLICATIONS ON PEDAGOGY AND POLITICAL TOLERANCE
BOOKS ON PEDAGOGY AND POLITICAL TOLERANCE
Patricia Avery, Dorothy Hoffman, with John L. Sullivan, Karen Bird, Sandra Johnstone, Kristina Thalhammer, Amy Fried, and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, Tolerance for Diversity of Beliefs: A Secondary Curriculum Unit, (Boulder, Colorado: Social Science Education Consortium, 1993).
PARTS OF BOOKS ON PEDAGOGY AND POLITICAL TOLERANCE
Patricia G. Avery, John L. Sullivan, Elizabeth S. Smith, and Stephen Sandell, "Issues-Centered Approaches to Teaching Civics and Government," Ronald W. Evans and David Warren Saxe, eds., Handbook on Teaching Social Issues, (Washington, D.C.: National Council for the Social Studies, 1997), pp. 199-210.
ARTICLES ON PEDAGOGY, CIVICS AND POLITICAL TOLERANCE
Angela L. Bos, Ian Williamson, John L. Sullivan, Marti Hope Gonzales, and Patricia G. Avery, “The Price of Rights: Exploring the Role of Individualism, Collectivism, Rights and Obligations in Students’ Reported Political Intentions and Civic Behaviors,” Journal of Applied Social Psychology (2007), Vol. 37, pp. 1265-1284.
Marti Hope Gonzales, Eric Riedel, Ian Williamson, Patricia Avery, John L. Sullivan & Angela Bos, “Variations of Citizenship Education: A Content Analysis of Rights, Obligations, and Participation in High School Civic Textbooks,” Theory and Research in Social Education (2004), Vol. 32, pp. 301-325.
Ian Williamson, Marti Hope Gonzales, Patricia G. Avery, John L. Sullivan, Eric Reidel, and Angela Bos, “Collectivistic Values and Individualistic Language as Predictors of Endorsement of Citizenship Activities Among High School Students,” Theory and Research in Social Education (2003), Vol. 31, pp. 203-217.
Marti Hope Gonzales, Eric Riedel, Patricia G. Avery and John L. Sullivan, “Rights and Obligations in Civic Education: A Content Analysis of the National Standards for Civics and Government,” Theory and Research in Social Education (2001), vol. 29, pp. 109-128.
Christopher Anderson, Patricia G. Avery, Patricia V. Pederson, Elizabeth S. Smith, and John L. Sullivan, “Divergent Perspectives on Citizenship Education: A Q-Method Study and Survey of Social Studies Teachers,” American Educational Research Journal (1997), vol 34, pp. 333-364.
Patricia G. Avery, John L. Sullivan, and Sandra L. Wood, "Teaching for Tolerance of Diverse Beliefs," Theory Into Practice, special issue on Teaching Conflict Resolution--Preparation for Pluralism (1997), vol. 36, pp. 32-38.
John L. Sullivan, Patricia G. Avery, Kristina Thalhammer, Sandra Wood, and Karen Bird, "Education and Political Tolerance in the United States: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Sophistication, Personality, and Democratic Norms," The Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies (1994), vol. 16, pp. 315-324.
Kristina Thalhammer, Sandra Wood, Karen Bird, Patricia G. Avery, and John L. Sullivan, "Adolescents and Political Tolerance: Lip-Synching to the Tune of Democracy," The Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, (1994), vol. 16, pp. 325-347.
Sandra Wood, Kristina Thalhammer, John L. Sullivan, Karen Bird, Patricia G. Avery, and Kate Klein, "Tolerance for Diversity of Beliefs: Learning About Tolerance and Liking It, Too," The Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, (1994), vol. 16, pp. 349-372.
Karen Bird, John L. Sullivan, Patricia G. Avery, Kristina Thalhammer, and Sandra Wood, "Not Just Lip-Synching Anymore: Education and Tolerance Revisited," The Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, (1994), vol. 16, pp. 373-386.
Patricia Avery, Karen Bird, Sandra Johnstone, John L. Sullivan, and Kristina Thalhammer, "Exploring Tolerance With Adolescents," Theory and Research in Social Education, (1992), vol. 20, pp. 386-420.
PUBLICATIONS ON POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
BOOKS ON POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
Eugene Borgida, ChristopherM. Federico and John L. Sullivan, eds., The Political Psychology of Democratic Citizenship (Oxford, England: OxfordUniversity Press), 2009.
Brandon Sullivan, Mark Snyder, and John L. Sullivan, eds., Cooperation: The Political Psychology of Effective Human Interaction (Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishers, 2007).
John C. Pierce and John L. Sullivan, eds., The Electorate Reconsidered (Beverly Hills, California: Sage Publications, 1980).
PARTS OF BOOKS ON POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
Eugene Borgida, Christopher M. Federico and John L. Sullivan, “Normative Conceptions of Democratic Citizenship and Evolving Empirical Research,” ch. 1 in Eugene Borgida, Christopher M. Federico and John L. Sullivan, eds., The Political Psychology of Democratic Citizenship (Oxford, England: OxfordUniversity Press, 2009), pp. 1-20.
Barbara Allen, Nancy Meyers, John L. Sullivan and Melissa Sullivan, “Using American Sign Language in Assessing the End-of-Life-Care Educational Needs of Deaf Persons: Lessons on Language, Culture, and Research Practices,” ch. 4 in Thilo Kroll, David Keer, Paul Placek, Juliana Cyril and Gerry Hendershot, Towards Best Practices for Surveying People with Disabilities (New York: Nova Publishers, 2007), pp. 47-69.
Brandon A. Sullivan, Mark Snyder and John L. Sullivan, “The Centrality of Cooperation in the Functioning of Individuals and Groups,” ch. 1 in Brandon Sullivan, Mark Snyder, and John L. Sullivan, eds., Cooperation: The Political Psychology of Effective Human Interaction (Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishers, 2007), pp. 1-16.
Brandon A. Sullivan, Mark Snyder, John L. Sullivan and Chris Chapp, “The Political Psychology of Cooperation: Synthesis and Prospects,” ch. 20 in Brandon Sullivan, Mark Snyder, and John L. Sullivan, eds., Cooperation: The Political Psychology of Effective Human Interaction (Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishers, 2007), pp. 343-358.
Wendy M. Rahn. John L. Sullivan, and Thomas J. Rudolph, "Political Psychology and Political Science: An Overview," ch. 5 in James Kuklinski, ed., Thinking About Political Psychology (New York: CambridgeUniversity Press), 2002, pp. 155-186.
John L. Sullivan, Wendy M. Rahn, and Thomas J. Rudolph, "The Contours of Political Psychology: Situating Research on Political Information Processing," ch. 1 in James Kuklinski, ed., Thinking About Political Psychology (New York: CambridgeUniversity Press), 2002, pp. 23-47.
John L. Sullivan and Eric Riedel, “Political Efficacy,” in Neal J. Smelser & Paul B. Baltes, International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (London: Elsevier Science Ltd.), 2001, pp. 4353-4356.
George E. Marcus, W. Russell Newman, Michael MacKuen, and John L. Sullivan, John L. Sullivan, “Dynamic Models of Emotional Response: The Multiple Role of Affect in Politics,” in Michael X. Delli Carpini, Leonie Huddy, and Robert Y. Shapiro, Research in Micropolitics: Rethinking Rationality (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1996), Vol. 5, pp. 33-59.
Wendy Rahn, John Aldrich, Eugene Borgida, and John L. Sullivan, "A Social-Cognitive Model of Candidate Appraisal," in John Ferejohn and James Kuklinski, eds., Information and Democratic Processes (Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1990), pp. 136-159. Reprinted in Richard G. Niemi and Herbert F. Weisberg, eds., Controversies in Voting Behavior, 3rd ed. (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1992), pp. 187-206.