VITAE
Name: John P. Frendreis
Phone: 773.508.3054 (office)
773.508.3131 (fax)
E-mail:
Current
Position:Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science
LoyolaUniversityChicago
EDUCATION
MarquetteUniversity: B.A. in Political Science and Mathematics & Statistics, Summa Cum Laude, 1975
FloridaStateUniversity: M.S. in Government, 1976
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Ph.D. in Political Science, 1981
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
American Politics
Environmental Politics and Policy
Political Parties and Elections
State and Local Politics
Public Policy
Intergovernmental Relations
Research and Quantitative Methods
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant, Florida State University, 1975-1976
Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1976-1978
University Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1978-1979
Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1979-1980
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Summer 1980
Lecturer, Department of Urban Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1980-1981
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Houston, 1981-1983
Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 1983-1986
Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 1986-1987
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, LoyolaUniversityChicago, 1987-1991
Professor, Department of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago, 1991-present
SIGNIFICANT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Graduate Program Director, Department of Political Science, LoyolaUniversityChicago, 1992-1996
Chair, Department of Political Science, Loyola University of Chicago, 1996-1999
Associate Vice President for Planning and Analysis, LoyolaUniversityChicago, 1999-2002
Vice Provost, LoyolaUniversity Chicago, 2002-2005
Provost, LoyolaUniversity Chicago, 2005-2007
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate
University 101: The First Year Experience
The U.S. Experience (interdisciplinary Honors Program course)
American Government
Environmental Politics and Policy
Introduction to Politics
Exploring the Urban Environment
Urban Politics
The City (interdisciplinary course)
American Federalism
American Public Policy
State Government and Politics
Intergovernmental Relations
American Political Parties and Elections
Public Opinion
Elections and Political Development
Quantitative Analysis
Graduate
Political Institutions and Public Policy
American Political Parties and the Election Process
Voting Behavior
State and Local Politics
Policy Making and Implementation
Scope and Methods of Political Science
Quantitative Analysis
Research Methodology and Design
Municipal Management
The Study of Public Administration
Budgeting and Finance
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Professional Associations and Municipal Innovation. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1981.
(with Richard D. Bingham, Brett W. Hawkins, and Mary P. LeBlanc)
The Modern Presidency and Economic Policy. Itasca, IL: F.E. Peacock Publishers, 1994. (with Raymond
Tatalovich)
The Presidency and Economic Policy. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2008. (with
Chris J. Dolan and Raymond Tatalovich)
Articles and Chapters
"’A Hundred Miles of Dry:’ Religion and the Persistence of Prohibition inthe American States.” State
Politics and Policy Quarterly: forthcoming. (with Raymond Tatalovich)
“A Presidential Economic Scorecard: Performance and Perception.” PS: Political Science and Politics 42 (October 2009): 689-694. (with Chris J. Dolan and Raymond Tatalovich)
“Riding the Tiger: Bush and the Economy.”In S. Schier (ed.), Ambition and Division: Legacies of the
George W. Bush Presidency. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009. (with Raymond
Tatalovich)
"Thinking Outside the Quality Box: The Impact of Candidate Motivations on Election Outcomes."
American Review of Politics 27 (Spring 2006): 21-44. (with Douglas Roscoe, Shannon Jenkins,
and Alan Gitelson)
“Ten Years After the Revolution: 1994 and Partisan Control of Government.” In J. Green and D. Coffey,
The State of the Parties, Fifth Edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006. (with Shannon
Jenkins, Douglas Roscoe, and Alan Gitelson)
“The Persistent Mandate: George W. Bush and Economic Leadership.”In S. Schier (ed.), High Risk and Big
Ambition: The Presidency of George W. Bush. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004).
(with Raymond Tatalovich)
“Testing Spatial Models of Electoral Competition: The Influence of Voters and Elites on Candidate Issue
Positions.” Legislative Studies Quarterly28 (February 2003): 77-101. (with Alan Gitelson,
Shannon Jenkins, and Douglas Roscoe)
“The Battle for the Legislature: Party Campaigning in State House and State Senate Elections.” In J. Green
and R. Farmer (eds.), State of the Parties, Fourth Edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002. (with Alan Gitelson, Paul Herrnson, and Peter Francia)
“Predicting Legislative Output in the First One-Hundred Days, 1897-1995.” Political Research Quarterly
54 (December 2001): 853-870. (with Raymond Tatalovich and Jon Schaff)
“Clinton, Class and Economic Politics.” In S. Schier (ed.), The Postmodern Presidency: Bill Clinton’s
Legacy in U.S. Politics. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000. (with Raymond
Tatalovich and Jon Schaaf)
“Accuracy and Bias in Macroeconomic Forecasting by the Administration, the CBO, and the Federal
Reserve Board.” Polity 32(Summer 2000): 623-632. (with Raymond Tatalovich)
"Local Parties in the 1990s: Spokes in a Candidate-Centered Wheel." Pp. 135-153 in J. Green and D. Shea
(eds.), The State of the Parties, Third Edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999. (with
Alan R. Gitelson)
"Who Supports English-Only Laws? Evidence from the 1992 National Election Study." Social Science
Quarterly 78 (June 1997): 354-368. (with Raymond Tatalovich)
"State Legislative Elections: Choice or Echoes?" Pp. 190-204 in A. Stone and B. Ginsberg (eds.), Do
Elections Matter? Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1996. (with Alan R. Gitelson, Gregory Flemming,
and Anne Layzell)
"Voters, Governmental Officials, and Party Organizations: Connections and Distinctions." Pp. 339-348 in
J. Green and D. Shea (eds.), The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary
American Parties. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1994. A revised version appeared in the
second edition (1996).
"Local Political Parties and Legislative Races in 1992." Pp. 133-146 in J. Green and D. Shea (eds.), The
State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties. Lanham, MD:
Rowman and Littlefield, 1994. (with Alan Gitelson, Gregory Flemming, and Anne Layzell) A
revised and updated version appeared in the second edition (1996).
"Local Parties in an Age of Change." American Review of Politics 14 (Winter 1993): 533-547. (with Alan
R. Gitelson) This is a special issue of this journal entitled Political Parties in an Age of Change, the
Foundation Volume of the annual series sponsored by the Political Organizations and Parties
Section of the American Political Science Association
"The Electoral Relevance of Local Party Organizations." American Political Science Review 84 (March
1990): 225-235. (with James L. Gibson and Laura L. Vertz)
"The Information Revolution and Urban Life." Journal of Urban Affairs 11 (Fall 1989): 327-338. The
same issue of the Journal contained two rejoinders and my response, "Urban Form and the Future:
Response to Warren and Dutton."
"Modeling Spatial Diffusion: Reaction to Wellhofer." Comparative Political Studies, 22 (October 1989):
343-352.
"Migration as a Source of Changing Party Strength." Social Science Quarterly, 70 (March 1989): 211-220.
"Party Dynamics in the 1980s: Changes in CountyParty Organizational Strength 1980-1984." American
Journal of Political Science, 33 (February 1989): 67-90. (with James L. Gibson and Laura L. Vertz)
"Contending Models of Cabinet Stability." American Political Science Review (in "Controversies" Section),
82 (September 1988): 930-941. (with Eric C. Browne and Dennis W. Gleiber)
"The Public Service Professional and Decision-Making: A Model." Political Behavior 10 (1988): 77-93.
(with Laura L. Vertz)
"Nationalization of the American Electorate: A Multi-Office Perspective." American Political Science
Review, 81 (September 1987): 961-966. (with Laura L. Vertz and James L. Gibson)
"The Study of Governmental Dissolutions in Western Parliamentary Democracies." Legislative Studies
Quarterly, 11 (November 1986): 619-628. (with Dennis W. Gleiber and Eric C. Browne)
"Dissolution of Governments in Scandinavia: A Critical Events Perspective." Scandinavian Political
Studies, 9 (1986): 93-110. (with Eric C. Browne and Dennis W. Gleiber)
"The Process of Cabinet Dissolution: An Exponential Model of Duration and Stability in Western
Democracies." American Journal of Political Science, 30 (August 1986): 628-650. (with Eric C.
Browne and Dennis W. Gleiber)
"'Old Boy' Networks Among City Managers: Informal Ties Among Alumni of Graduate Programs." The
Municipal Matrix (December 1985).
"PAC Contributions and Legislative Behavior: Senate Voting on Trucking Deregulation." Social Science
Quarterly, 66 (June 1985): 401-412. (with Richard W. Waterman)
"An 'Events' Approach to the Problem of Cabinet Stability." Comparative Political Studies, 17 (July 1984):
167-197. (with Eric C. Browne and Dennis W. Gleiber)
"Explanation of Variation and Detection of Covariation: The Purpose and Logic of Comparative Analysis."
Comparative Political Studies, 16 (July 1983): 255-272.
"Innovation: A Practice in Search of a Theory, or So What Does All This Research Mean, Anyway?"
Journal of Urban Affairs, 5 (Spring 1983): 109-122.
"Patterns of Reputation and Personal Interaction Among American City Managers." Pp. 159-163 in The
Municipal Year Book 1981. Washington, D.C.: InternationalCity Management Association.
"Allocating Coalition Payoffs by Conventional Norm: An Assessment of the Evidence from Cabinet
Coalition Situations." American Journal of Political Science, 24 (November 1980): 753-768. (with
Eric C. Browne)
"Innovation Characteristics and the Adoption of New Budgetary Techniques: Agreement and Conflict in
City Administration." Georgia Political Science Association Journal, 8 (Spring 1980): 3-28. (with
Richard D. Bingham)
"The Role of Professional Associations in Technology Transfer." The Journal of Technology Transfer, 4
(Fall 1979): 77-98. (with Richard D. Bingham, Brett W. Hawkins, and Mary P. LeBlanc)
"Innovation Characteristics as Correlates of Innovation Adoption in American Cities." Midwest Review of
Public Administration, 12 (June 1978): 67-86.
"The Nominating Process in Nonpartisan Elections: Petition Signing as an Act of Support." Journal of
Politics, 40 (November 1978): 1044-1053. (with Richard D. Bingham and James M. Rhodes)
Research Monographs
Patterns of Personal Reputation and Communication Among Municipal Chief Executives. Milwaukee:
Urban ResearchCenter, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1981.
Professional Associations as Intermediaries in Transferring Technology to City Governments. Milwaukee:
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1978. (with Richard D. Bingham, Brett W. Hawkins, and
Mary P. LeBlanc)
Book Reviews
Review of Transforming Democracy: Legislative Campaign Committees and Political Parties by Daniel M. Shea in American Political Science Review, 91 (1997): 755-756.
Review of The Nemesis of Reform: The Republican Party During the New Deal by Clyde P. Weed in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 544 (1996): 227.
Review of One Billion Dollars of Influence by R. Kenneth Godwin and The Best Congress Money Can Buy by Philip Stern in American Political Science Review, 84 (1990): 304-305.
Review of Regime Change and the Coherence of European Governments by Mark Irving Lichbach in American Political Science Review, 80 (1986): 1050-1051.
Review of Federal Aid to Big Cities: The Politics of Dependence by James W. Fossett; Federal Aid to Chicago by Charles J. Orlebeke; Federal Aid to Detroit by Thomas J. Anton; Federal Aid to Houston by Susan A. MacManus; Federal Aid to St. Louis by Henry J. Schmandt, George D. Wendel, and R. Allen Tomey; in Publius, 14 (1984): 203-206.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Papers Presented
“The Religious Factor in Explaining Alcoholic Beverage Control in U.S. Counties.” Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2, 2009. (with Raymond Tatalovich)
“Religion and the Demography of “Dry” Counties in the United States.” Annual Meeting of the Western
Political Science Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 19-21, 2009. (with Raymond
Tatalovich)
“Ten Years After the Republican Surge: 1994 and the Contract with America.” Presented at the Bliss
Institute Conference on the State of the Parties, Akron, OH, October 2005. (with Douglas Roscoe,
Shannon Jenkins, and Alan R. Gitelson)
“The Impact of Candidate Motivations on Campaign Resources, Organization and Outcomes.” Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2005. (with Douglas
Roscoe, Shannon Jenkins, and Alan R. Gitelson)
“Getting the Green, Fighting on the Ground, and Plotting Strategy: Labor’s Campaign Activities in State
and Federal Elections.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta,
GA, September 2-5, 1999. (with Peter L. Francia, Alan R. Gitelson, and Paul S. Herrnson)
"Candidate Emergence in State Politics." Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association,
Seattle, WA, March 25-27, 1999. (with Alan Gitelson, Shannon Jenkins, and Douglas Roscoe)
"Political Parties and Local Elections in the United States." 25th Annual Conference of the American
Politics Group, SelwynCollege, CambridgeUniversity, Cambridge, England, January 6-8, 1999.
(with Alan R. Gitelson)
"Legislative Success in the First 100 Days: A Longitudinal Analysis, 1896-1996." Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, September 3-6, 1998. (with Raymond
Tatalovich)
"The First '100 Days,' 1896-1996: Fact or Fiction in Lawmaking." Annual Meeting of the Southwestern
Political Science Association, Corpus Christi, TX, March 18-21 1998. (with Raymond Tatalovich)
"Political Parties, Candidate, and Voters: Winning and Losing in the 1992, 1994, and 1996 State Legislative
Elections." Annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Norfolk, VA, November
5-8, 1997. (with Alan R. Gitelson)
"Continuity and Change in the Electoral Roles of Local Parties." Bliss Institute Conference on "The State of
the Parties: 1996 and Beyond," October 9-10, 1997. (with Alan R. Gitelson)
"The Use (and Abuse) of Macroeconomic Forecasting by Presidential Administrations: A Comparative
Analysis" Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA,
August 29-September 1, 1996. (with Ray Tatalovich)
"Do Cleavages Among Political Elites Reflect Mass Cleavages?" Annual meeting of the American Political
Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 29-September 1, 1996. (with Alan Gitelson)
"Running for Office: The View from the States." Annual meeting of the Western Political Science
Association, San Francisco, CA, March 12-16, 1996. (with Alan Gitelson)
"Political Parties, Candidates, and Voters," Southern Political Science Association, November 1-4, 1995.
(with Alan R. Gitelson)
"Parties, Candidates, and State Electoral Politics," American Political Science Association, August 31-
September 3, 1995. (with Alan R. Gitelson)
"Electoral Behavior in Rural Minority Communities," Midwest Political Science Association, April 6-8,
1995. (with Steven Doherty)
"Who Supports English-Only Language Laws? Lessons from the 1990 and 1992 National Election Studies,"
Western Political Science Association, March 16-18, 1995.
"Local Political Parties in the United States: Continuity and Change," special conference on "Party Politics
in the Year 2000" held in Manchester, UK, January 13-15, 1995. (with Alan R. Gitelson)
"Do Electoral Choices Make for Policy Differences?" Southern Political Science Association, November 3-
6, 1993. (with Alan Gitelson, Gregory Flemming, and Anne Layzell)
"Continuities and Change of Cabinet Dissolution Events," Southern Political Science Association,
November 3-6, 1993. (with Dennis Gleiber)
"Local Parties and Legislative Races," Bliss Institute Conference on "The State of the Parties: 1992 and
Beyond," September 23-24, 1993. (with Alan R. Gitelson)
"Political Parties and the 1992 Campaign for the State Legislature," American Political Science Association,
September 2-5, 1993. (with Alan R. Gitelson, Gregory Flemming, and Anne Layzell)
"Enacting English-Only Official Language Laws: A Multivariate Analysis of FourteenState Legislatures,"
Midwest Political Science Association, April 15-17, 1993. (with Raymond Tatalovich)
"Governmental Lifecycles in Parliamentary Democracies, 1945-1990," Western Political Science
Association, March 19-21, 1992. (with Dennis W. Gleiber and Greg Granger)
"The Rise and Fall of Republican Fortunes in Southern Senate Races, 1980-1986," Midwest Political
Science Association, April 9-11, 1992. (with L. Marvin Overby)
"The Electoral Consequences of Gentrification," Southern Political Science Association, November 8-10,
1990. (with William N. Stant)
"Migration as a Source of Changing Partisan Electoral Strength," Southwestern Political Science
Association, March 28-31, 1990.
"Women and Social Change: The Canadian Electoral Experience," Southwestern Political Science
Association, March 23-26, 1988. (with Laura L. Vertz)
"Party Activists in a Changing Party System: CountyParty Chairs and State Convention Delegates in
Texas," American Political Science Association, September 3-6, 1987. (with Laura L. Vertz, James
L. Gibson, and John R. Todd)
"Migration as a Source of Changing Party Strength," Southwestern Political Science Association, March 18-
21, 1987.
"The Election of Women to Provincial Legislatures in Canada," Southern Political Science Association,
November 5-8, 1986. (with Laura L. Vertz)
"Local Party Organizations in the 1984 Elections," American Political Science Association, August 29-
September 1, 1985. (with James L. Gibson and Laura L. Vertz)
"Party Dynamics in the 1980s: Changes in CountyParty Organizational Strength 1980-1984," Midwest
Political Science Association, April 17-20, 1985. (with James L. Gibson and Laura L. Vertz)
"A Critical Events Perspective on Cabinet Stability in the FrenchFourthRepublic," Midwest Political
Science Association, April 17-20, 1985. (with Eric C. Browne and Dennis W. Gleiber)
"Changing Urban Lifestyles in the Information Revolution," Southwestern Political Science Association,
March 20-23, 1985.
"Dissolution of Governments in Scandinavia: A Critical Events Perspective," Southern Political Science
Association, November 1-3, 1984. (with Eric C. Browne and Dennis W. Gleiber)
"Professionalization of the Public Sector: Significance for Technological Change and Popular Control,"
American Political Science Association, August 29-September 2, 1984. (with Laura L. Vertz)
"An 'Events' Approach to the Problem of Cabinet Stability," Southwestern Political Science Association,
March 21-24, 1984. (with Eric C. Browne and Dennis W. Gleiber)
"Determinants of Service Reputation Among City Executives," American Political Science Association,
September 3-5, 1983. (with Woodrow Jones, Jr.)
"PAC Contributions and Legislative Behavior: Senate Voting on Trucking Deregulation," Midwest Political
Science Association, April 20-22, 1983. (with Richard W. Waterman)
"The Effect of Impending Elections on the Decision to Dissolve Cabinets in European Parliamentary
Systems," Midwest Political Science Association, April 20-22, 1983. (with Eric C. Browne and
Dennis W. Gleiber)
"The Survival of Cabinet Governments: The Dissolution of Cabinets as a Stochastic Process," American
Political Science Association, September 2-5, 1982. (with Eric C. Browne and Dennis W. Gleiber)
"Theory in Practice: Federal Networking Efforts and the Interactive Behavior of Local Chief Executives,"
Southwestern Political Science Association, March 17-20, 1982.
"Reputation and Interaction Among Municipal Officials: Their Application to Innovation Groups," Fifth
National Innovation Network Conference, Seattle, WA, September 24-26, 1980. (with Richard D.
Bingham) A version of this paper was published in the Conference Proceedings.
"The Role of Professional Associations in Technology Transfer," American Society for Public
Administration, April 1-4, 1979. (with Richard D. Bingham, Brett W. Hawkins, and Mary P.
LeBlanc)
"Innovation Characteristics and the Adoption of Zero-Base Budgeting: Agreement and Conflict in City
Administration," Midwest Political Science Association, April 20-22, 1978. (with Richard D.
Bingham)
"A Reexamination of the 'Parity Norm' for Ministerial Payoffs to Parties in Cabinet Coalitions,"