PUBLICATIONS

2010. “Institutional Reform and State Government Corruption: An Analysis of Institutional Reforms Proposed by the Illinois Reform Commission” (with Travis Taylor), The Simon Review. 19 (May).

2006. “Public Opinion in the States: Determinants of Legislative Job Performance,” in Public Opinion in the States, ed. Jeffrey E. Cohen. Standford University Press.

2005. “Presidential Ideology and the Public Mood, 1956-1994” (with Jeffrey Cohen) In The Presidency, eds. Diane Heath and Lori Cox Han. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

2004. “Career Experience and Performing Effectively as Governor” American Review of Public Administration. 34 (June): 151-163.

2003. “The Polls: Can Presidential Rhetoric Affect the Public’s Economic Perceptions?” (with Jeffrey Cohen). Presidential Studies Quarterly. 33:408-422.

2003. “Interest Group PAC Contributions and the 1992 Regulation of Cable Television” (with Jeffrey Cohen) Social Science Journal. 40 (issue 3): 357-369.

2000. “State Level Presidential Approval and Senatorial Support” (with Jon Bond, Richard Fleisher, and Jeffrey Cohen) Legislative Studies Quarterly. 25:577-590.

1998. “Need Assessment of a Major Metropolitan Reliever Airport” (with David NewMyer and Scott Worrells) Journal of Air Transportation. 3:49-69.

1997. "Reelection and Congressional Support: Presidential Motives in Distributive Politics" (with Jeffrey Cohen) American Politics Quarterly. 25:56-74.

1995. "Current Issues and Challenges in Recruitment and Selection," (with Uday Desai) In Public Personnel Administration: Problems and Prospects, eds. Richard Kearney and Steven Hays, 3rd edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

1995. "Municipal Government in the United States: Concepts and Practices," In American Government, Politics, and Law: Unity in Diversity, eds. Michael Esler, Barbara Brown, and Thomas McAffee. Monograph published by The School of Law, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

1994. "Image and Reality in Local Governmental Personnel Practices: Investigating the 'Quiet Crisis' Among Illinois City Officials," (with Uday Desai) Public Administration Review. 54:391-397.

1994. "Graduate Aviation Administration Education: Preparing Managers for the 21st Century," (with Lawrence Truitt) Journal of Aviation / Aerospace Education and Research. 4:9-16.

1993. "Bureaucratic Accommodation of Congress and the President: Elections and the Distribution of Federal Assistance," Political Research Quarterly. 46:863-879.

1993. "Universalism, Program Development, and the Distribution of Federal Mass Transportation Assistance," Legislative Studies Quarterly. 28:553-568

1993. "Competing for Talent and Diversity: Recruitment Practices in Illinois Local Government," (with Uday Desai and Thomas Mitchell) Review of Public Personnel Administration. 13:22-37.

1993. "Renewing Public Service: Personnel Practices in Illinois Local Government," (with Uday Desai and Thomas Mitchell) In The Illinois Public Service: Problems and Perspectives, ed. Samuel K. Gove, 108-120. Dekalb, IL: Illinois Association of Graduate Programs in Public Administration.

1992. "Maintaining the City Work Force in Tough Fiscal Times: Some Preliminary Findings," Municipal Affairs Bulletin. 10:5-7.

1991. "The Impact of Presidential Campaigning on Midterm U.S. Senate Elections," (with Jeffrey Cohen and Michael Krassa) American Political Science Review. 85:165-178.

1985. New Federalism in the New South: An Assessment of State Administration of Community Development Block Grants. (with Nathaniel Jackson, Gary Orfield, and Jim Fossett) Atlanta: The Southern Education Foundation.

1984. "Small-city Councils and Their Part-time Experts: Dealing with Attorneys and Engineers." (with Kent Williamson and Al Sokolow) Illinois Government Research. Urbana: University of Illinois.