VITA
JEFFREY E. COHEN
Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
ADDRESS
Office:
Department of Political Science
Fordham University
441 East Fordham Road
Bronx, NY 10458-5158
cohen@fordham.edu
cohenedu@gmail.com
Home:
2500 Johnson Ave, 6H
Bronx, NY 10463
PERSONAL
Birthplace: Washington, D. C.
Birthdate: December 18, 1951
EDUCATION
B. A., Case Western Reserve University, 1973
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1979: Dissertation, "Passing the President's Program: PresidentialCongressional Relations, 1789-1975."
WORK EXPERIENCE
Visiting Senior Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Woodrow Wilson School of
Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, AY 2008-2009
Professor of Political Science, Fordham University, Fall, 1997 to present
Professor of Political Science, University of Kansas, Fall, 1996-1997
Associate Professor of Political Science, with tenure, University of Kansas, Fall, 1993 to Spring, 1996
Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Kansas, 1992- 1993.
Associate Professor of Public Affairs, University of Houston-Clear Lake, 1991- 1992.
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1987 –1991.
Associate Professor of Political Science, with tenure, University of New Orleans, 1985-1987.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of New Orleans, 1984-1985.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Alabama, 1980-1984.
Visiting Instructor in Political Science, Colgate University, 1979-1980.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Chair, Department of Political Science, Fordham University, September 2009-June 2012
Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Fordham University, 2007-2008
Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Fordham University, 1998-2002
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Kansas, Fall 1995-1997
Director of Undergraduate Studies (Acting), Department of Political Science, University of Kansas, Fall 1994
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TEACHING AND RESEARCH FIELDS
American Politics and Public Policy
Congress and Legislatures
Mass Media and American Politics
Presidency and Executives
Bureaucratic Politics
Political Analysis and Statistics
COURSES TAUGHT
Introduction to American Politics and Government
Introduction to Public Administration
Congress and Legislatures
Bureaucracy and the Public Policy Process
Introduction to Politics
Mass Media and American Politics
Introduction to Public Policy
American Executive
Regulatory Policy Process
Economic Policy Making
Political Analysis
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
15. The President on Capitol Hill: A Theory of Institutional Influence. Columbia University Press,
forthcoming.
14. Presidential Leadership in Public Opinion: Causes and Consequences. Cambridge University Press, 2015.
13. The President's Legislative Policy Agenda, 1789-2002, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
12. Going Local: Presidential Leadership in the Post-Broadcast Age, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Awarded the 2011 Richard E. Neustadt Award from the Presidency Research Group of the
American Political Science Association and the 2012 Goldsmith Award from the Joan Shorenstein
Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University.
11. The Presidency in an Era of 24-Hour News, Princeton University Press, 2008.
10. Public Opinion in State Politics, editor, Stanford University Press, 2006.
9. The Presidency. Co-authored with D. Nice. McGraw-Hill, 2003.
8. The Presidency: Classic and Contemporary Readings. co-edited with D. Nice, McGraw-Hill, 2003.
7. American Political Parties: Decline and Resurgence. Co-edited with R. Fleisher and P. Kantor, CQ Press,
2001.
6. Politics and Economic Policy in the United States, 2nd edition, Houghton-Mifflin, 2000.
5. Presidential Responsiveness and Public Policy Making: The Public and the Policies that Presidents Make,
the University of Michigan Press, 1997. Awarded the 1998 Richard E. Neustadt Award from the
Presidency Research Group of the American Political Science Association and nominated for the
2000 Alpha Sigma Nu Award.
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4. Politics and Economic Policy in the United States, Houghton-Mifflin, 1997.
3. The Politics of Telecommunications Regulation: The States and the Divestiture of AT&T. M. E. Sharpe,
1992.
2. The Politics of the U. S. Cabinet. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988.
1. Economics and Politics of Industrial Policy. Boulder: Westview, 1986 (co-edited with Steven A. Shull).
JOURNAL SYMPOSIA EDITED
Symposium on Experiments and Presidency Research, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Expected Fall, 2017.
Symposium on the 2012 Presidential Election, Presidential Studies Quarterly, co-edited with C. Pangopoulos,
September, 2014.
Symposium on the 2008 Presidential Election, Presidential Studies Quarterly, June 2010 and September, 2010.
PUBLISHED JOURNAL ARTICLES
74. “Left, Right, and Antisemitism in European Public Opinion,” Politics and Religion Journal, Vol., 12 No., 2
(November, 2018): 341-371.
73. “Constituent Approval and Presidential Support: The Mediating Effect of Party and Chamber,” Political
Research Quarterly, forthcoming, with B. Rottinghaus.
72. “Voters and Presidential Intelligence,” Intelligence, 71(6): 54-65, 2018,
doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2018.10.004
71. “The Historical Memory of American Presidents in the Mass Public,” Social Science, 7(3), 36-49, 2018;
doi:10.3390/socsci7030036
70. “From Antisemitism to Philosemitism? Trends in American Attitudes toward Jews from 1964 to 2016,”
Religions, 94 (4) 107-127, 2018, online publication, doi:10.3390/rel9040107.
69. “Voters’ Job Approval Ratings and State Legislator Perceptions of Gubernatorial Influence,”
International Social Science Review, 94 (No. 1), 2018, online
publication, https://digitalcommons.northgeorgia.edu/issr/vol94/iss1/2.
68. “Generalized Discrimination Perceptions and American-Jewish Perception of Antisemitism,”
Contemporary Jewry, 38(3), 2018, 405-433.
67. “Constituent Approval, Electoral Marginality and Congressional Support for the President,” Presidential
Studies Quarterly, 48 (June, No. 2), 2018, pp. 202-224, with B. Rottinghaus.
66. “Heterogeneous Presidential Source Cue Effects on Public Opinion: The Case of the Sotomayor
Nomination to the Supreme Court,” Congress & the Presidency, 44 (October, No. 3), 2017, pp. 303-322.
65. “Symposium on Experiments and the Study of the Presidency: Editor’s Introduction,” Presidential
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Studies Quarterly, 47(September, No. 3), 2017, pp. 410-413.
64. “The Promise of Experiments for Studying the Presidency,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, 47(September,
No. 3), 2017, pp. 414-431.
63. “Presidential Attention Focusing in the Global Arena: The Impact of International Travel on Foreign
Publics.” Presidential Studies Quarterly, 46 (March, No. 1), 2016, pp. 30-47.
62. “Presidential Leadership of Public Opinion: An Embedded Survey Experiment,” Political
Communication, 32 (July, No. 3), 2015, pp. 345-355.
61. “Assessing the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election,” (Editors’ Introduction to Symposium on the 2012
Presidential Election,” with C. Panagopoulos, Presidential Studies Quarterly, 44 (September, No. 3),
2014, pp. 384-388.
60. “Everyone Loves a Winner: On the Mutual Causality of Presidential Approval and Success in Congress”
Congress & the Presidency, 40 (September, No. 3), 2013, pp. 285-307.
59. "Presidential Success in Congress: Barack Obama in Comparative Perspective, 1952-2012." with J. Bond
and R. Fleisher, Polity, 45 (January, No. 1), 2013, pp. 105–126.
58. "Interest Groups and Presidential Approval." Presidential Studies Quarterly 42 (September, No. 3), 2012:
431-454.
57. "Whose Approval Matters?: Reelection Constituency Approval and Presidential Support in Congress."
Congress & the Presidency, 38(October, No. 3), 2011, pp. 253-270.
56. "Presidents, Polarization, and Divided Government." Presidential Studies Quarterly, 41 (September, No.
3), 2011, pp. 504-520.
55. “Alternative Futures: Comment on Terry Moe’s “The Revolution in Presidential Studies,” Presidential
Studies Quarterly, December 2009, pp. 726-736.
54. “Perceptions of Anti-Semitism among American Jews, 2000-2005: A Survey Analysis.” Political
Psychology, 31, No. 1., February 2010, pp. 85-107.
53. “The Polls: Presidential Referendum Effects in the 2006 Midterm Elections.” Presidential Studies
Quarterly, 37, No. 3, September, 2007, pp. 545-557.
52. “The Polls: The Coalitional President from a Public Opinion Perspective,” Presidential Studies Quarterly,
36, No. 3, September, 2006, pp. 541-550.
51. “Citizen Satisfaction with Contacting Government on the Internet,” Information Polity, 10, No. 1, 2006,
pp. 51-65.
50. “The Polls: Religion and the 2000 Presidential Election: Public Attitudes towards Joseph Lieberman,”
Presidential Studies Quarterly, June 2005, pp. 389-405.
49. “Building Support from the Grassroots Up: The Impact of Presidential Travel on State-Level Approval,”
with R. Powell, Presidential Studies Quarterly, March 2005, pp. 11-27.
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48. “What Determines a Governor's Popularity? National and State Factors Influencing Gubernatorial
Approval,” with J. King, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Fall, 2005: 225-247.
47. “If the News is so Bad, Why Are Presidential Polls so High? Presidents, the News Media, and the Mass
Public in an Era of New Media,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, September 2004: 493-515. (Winner,
Neustadt Award for the Best Paper Published in Presidential Studies Quarterly in 2004).
46. “Relative Unemployment and Gubernatorial Popularity,” with J. King, Journal of Politics, November
2004, 1267-1282.
45. “Economic Perceptions and Executive Approval in Comparative Perspective,” Political Behavior, March
2004: 27-43.
44. “The Polls: Presidential Greatness As Seen in the Mass Public: An Extension and Application of the
Simonton Model,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, December 2003: 913-924.
43. “Interest Group PAC Contributions and the 1992 Reregulation of Cable Television,” with J. Hamman,
Social Science Journal, July 2003: 357-369.
42. “The Polls: Can Presidential Rhetoric Affect the Public’s Economic Perceptions?” Presidential Studies
Quarterly, with J. Hamman, June 2003: 408-422.
41. “The Polls: State-Level Presidential Approval: Results from the Job Approval Project,” Presidential
Studies Quarterly, March 2003: 211-220.
40. “The Polls: Policy Specific Presidential Approval, Part II,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, December
2002:780-789.
39. “The Polls: Policy Specific Presidential Approval, Part I,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, September 2002:
600-609.
38. “The Polls: Changes in Public Evaluations of Clinton’s Personal Characteristics, 1993-1999” Presidential
Studies Quarterly, December 2001: 734-742.
37. “The Polls: Popular Views of the Vice President and Vice Presidential Favorability,” Presidential Studies
Quarterly, June 2001: 349-357.
36. “The Polls: Popular Views of the Vice President: Vice Presidential Approval,” Presidential Studies
Quarterly, March 2001: 142-149.
35. “State Level Presidential Approval and Senatorial Support,”(with J. Bond, R. Fleisher, and J. Hamman)
Legislative Studies Quarterly, November, 2000: 577-590.
34. “The Polls: Public Favorability toward the First Lady, 1993-1999,” Presidential Studies Quarterly,
September 2000: 575-585.
33. “The Polls: Public Attitudes Toward the First Lady,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, June 2000: 374-381.
32. “The Polls: The Components of Presidential Favorability,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, March 2000:
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170-78.
31. “Opportunity, Constraints, and the Development of the Institutional Presidency: The Issuance of
Executive Orders, 1939-1996", with G. Krause, Journal of Politics, February 2000: 88-114.
30. “The Polls: The Dynamics of Presidential Favorability,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Dec. 1999: 896902.
29. “The Polls: Favorability Ratings of Presidents,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, September, 1999: 690-696.
28. “State Level Public Opinion Polls as Predictors of Presidential Election Results: The 1996 Race,"
American Politics Quarterly, 1998: 139-159.
27. "Reelection and Congressional Support: Presidential Motives in Distributive Politics," with John A.
Hamman, American Politics Quarterly, 1997:56-74.
26. "Presidential Rhetoric and the Public Agenda," American Journal of Political Science, 1995: 87-107.
25. "The Dynamics and Interactions Between the President's and the Public's Civil Rights Agendas: A Study
in Presidential Leadership and Representation," Policy Studies Journal, 1993: 514-521.
24. "The Impact of Presidential Campaigning on Midterm U. S. Senate Elections," (with Michael Krassa and
John Hamman), American Political Science Review, March, 1991:165-178.
23. "The Telephone Problem and the Road to Telephone Regulation in the United States, 1876-1933,"
Journal of Policy History, 1991:42-69 (Reprinted in Business and Government in America Since 1870:
Volume 3: Growth of the Regulatory State, 1900-1917: State and Federal Regulation of Railroads and
Other Enterprises. Robert F. Himmelberg, ed. Hamden, CT: Garland Publishing, 1994, pp. 32-60).
22. "Norms of Professional Behavior in a Non-Professional Legislature," with S. Fisher and G. Brunk),
International Social Science Review, 1990: 33-44.
21. "Alabamian Attitudes Toward Nuclear Power: A Research Note," with G. Brunk and B. Hardee, Social
Science Review, 1988-89: 1-14.
20. "Presidential Policy Preferences and Supreme Court Appointment Success, 1954-1984: A Research Note,"
with J. Gates, Policy Studies Review, 1989: 800-811.
19. "The Extent and Limits of Bureaucratic Influence Over Public Policy: Telephone Regulatory Policy in the
American States, 1977-1985," Institute of Government and Public Affairs Working Papers Series, #4,
July, 1988.
18. "Presidents, Supreme Court Justices, and Racial Equality Cases, 1954-1984," Political Behavior, with J.
Gates, 1988: 22-36.
17. "The Dynamics of the Revolving Door on the FCC," American Journal of Political Science, 1986: 689708.
16. "On the Tenure of Appointive Political Executives: The American Cabinet, 1952-1984," American
Journal of Political Science, 1986: 507-516.
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15. "Presidential Control of the Independent Regulatory Commissions Through Appointment: The Case of
the ICC," Administration and Society, 1985: 61-70.
14. "Perceptions of Electoral Insecurity Among Members Who Hold Safe Seats in a U. S. State Legislature,"
Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1984: 365-369.
13. "Ideological Consistency Among State Delegations to the U. S. House, Senate, and National
Conventions," Social Science Quarterly, (with David Nice), 1983: 871-879.
12. "A Dynamic Test of the Marginality Hypothesis," Political Behavior, with G. Brunk, 1983: 293-307.
11. "The Changing Structure of Southern Political Participation: Matthews and Prothro Twenty Years Later,"
with P. Cotter and P. Coulter, Social Science Quarterly, 1983: 536-549.
10. "Changing Party Loyalty of State Delegations to the U. S. House of Representatives, 1953-1976," with D.
Nice, Western Political Quarterly, 1983: 312-25.
9. "Gubernatorial Popularity in Nine States," American Politics Quarterly, 1983: 219-235.
8. "The Impact of the Modern Presidency on Presidential Success in the U. S. Congress, 1861-1972,"
Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1982: 515-532. {Reprinted in The Congress of the United States, 17891989, edited by Joel Silbey, with Allan Bogue, Joseph Cooper, Roger Davidson, and Kermit Hall.
(Brooklyn, NY: Carlson).
7. "A Historical Reassessment of Wildavsky's 'Two Presidencies' Thesis," Social Science Quarterly, 1982: 549555. Reprinted in The 'Two Presidencies': A Quarter Century Assessment, ed. S. Shull (Chicago: Nelson
Hall), 1991.
6. "Party Unity and Presidential Election Performance, 1936-1980," with D. Nice, Presidential Studies
Quarterly, 1982: 317-329.
5. "Race-of-Interviewer Effects in Telephone Interviews," with P. Cotter and P. Counter, Public Opinion
Quarterly, 1982: 278-284.
4. "Change in Election Calendars and Turnout Decline: A Test of Boyd's Hypothesis," American Politics
Quarterly, 1982: 246-254.
3. "The Dynamics of Party Voting in Congress, 1955-78: A Cohort Model," Political Behavior, 1981: 211-227.
2. "Presidential Personality and Political Behavior: Theoretical Issues and an Empirical Test," Presidential
Studies Quarterly, 1980: 588-600.
1. "Communication on LeLoup's 'Reassessing the Mediating Impact of Legislative Capability," with D. Nice,
American Political Science Review, 1979: 547-549.
BOOK CHAPTERS
29. “Resolved, the New Media has brought the President Closer to the People.” In Richard Ellis and Michael
Nelson, eds, Debating the Presidency, 4th ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2017, pp. 101-112.
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28. “Presidential-Congressional Relations in an Era of Polarized Parties and a 60-Vote Senate.” With J. Bond
and R. Fleisher, in J.Thurber and A. Yoshinaka, eds. American Gridlock: Causes, Characteristics, and
Consequences of Polarization. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 133-151.
27. “The Implications of the 2012 Presidential Election for Presidential-Congressional Relations:
Change or More of the Same?” with J. Bond and R. Fleisher, in Amnon Cavari, Richard J.
Powell, and Kenneth R. Mayer, eds., The 2012 Presidential Election: Forecasts, Outcomes, and
Consequences (New York: Routledge, 2014), pp. 151-172.
26. "Presidential Communication from Hustings to Twitter." Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership, Paul
't Hart and Rod Rhodes, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014, pp. 455-471.
25. "Presidential Leadership and Public Opinion in an Age of Polarization," with Costas Panagopoulos, in
The Obama Presidency: Change and Continuity, Edited by Andrew Dowdle, Dirk C. van Raemdonck,
Robert Maranto. New York: Routledge Press, 2011, pp. 31-48.
24. “Durability and Change in the President’s Legislative Policy Agenda, 1799-2002,” with M. Eshbaugh-Soha
in Living Legislation: Political Development and Contemporary American Politics, Jeffrey A. Jenkins and
Eric M. Patashnik, eds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012, pp. 47-70.
23. “The Politics of Economic Policy in a Polarized Era: The Case of George W. Bush,” with C.
Panagopoulos, in Judging Bush, Robert Maranto, Tom Lansford, and Jeremy Johnson, eds. Stanford, CA:
Stanford University Press, 2009, pp. 176-194.
22. “The President and the Mass Media,” in Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency, George C.
Edwards III and William Howell, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. 254-285.
21. “Voter Turnout” in Lori Cox Han and Michael Genovese, eds., Encyclopedia of American Government
and Civics, New York: Facts on File, 2009: pp. 325-29.
20. “Presidential Leadership in an Age of New Media” in Presidential Leadership: The Vortex of Power,
Richard Waterman and Bert A. Rockman, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 171-190.
19. “Introduction: Studying Public Opinion in the American States,” in Public Opinion in State Politics,
Jeffrey E. Cohen, ed., Stanford University Press, 2006, pp. 3-18.
18. “The State Economy, the National Economy, and Gubernatorial Approval,” with J. King, in Public
Opinion in State Politics, Jeffrey E. Cohen, ed., Stanford University Press, 2006, pp. 102-120.
17. “Conclusions: Where We Have Been, Where Should We Go,” in Public Opinion in State Politics, Jeffrey
E. Cohen, ed., Stanford University Press, 2006, pp. 254-269.
16. “Economic Policy: Responsibility But With Limited Authority” in The Second Term of G. W. Bush:
Prospects and Peril. R. Maranto, D. Brattebo, T. Lansford, and R. Watson, eds. Palgrave/MacMillan,
2006, pp. 157-176.
15. “News that Does Not Matter: Presidents, the News Media, and the Mass Public in an Era of New
Media,” In George C. Edwards III, ed. Readings in Presidential Politics, Wadsworth, 2006, pp. 235-259.
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14. “State of the Union Addresses and Public Opinion,” in Polling America: An Encyclopedia of Public
Opinion, Benjamin Radcliff & Samuel Best, eds. Greenwood Press, 2005, pp. 777-783.
13. “Presidential Ideology and the Public Mood,” with J. Hamman, in In the Public Domain: Presidents and
the Challenge of Public Leadership, Diane Heith and Lori Cox Han, eds., SUNY Press, 2005, pp. 141-62.
12. “The Implications for the Presidency and Congress,” with B. Oppenheimer and J. Pfiffner, in Choosing a
President: The Electoral College and Beyond, P. Schumaker and B. Loomis, eds. Chatham House, 2002,
pp. 74-86.
11. “The Place of Parties in American Politics,” with Paul Kantor, in J. Cohen, R. Fleisher, and P. Kantor,
American Political Parties: Decline and Resurgence. CQ Press, 2001, pp. 1-8.
10. “Decline and Resurgence in the American Party System,” with Paul Kantor, in J. Cohen, R. Fleisher, and
P. Kantor, American Political Parties: Decline and Resurgence. CQ Press, 2001, pp. 243-263.
9. “The Cabinet,” in P. Finkleman, ed. Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century. Charles
Scribner and Sons, 2001, pp. 167-168.
8. "'Reconceptualizing 'Going Public,'" with K. Collier, in S. Shull, ed. Presidential Policymaking, M. E.
Sharpe, 1999, pp. 41-58.
7. "The Commerce Department," in The Historical Guide to American Government. George Kurian, ed.
Oxford University Press, 1998: 125-133.
6. "Presidents, Public Opinion, and Civil Rights: An Agenda Setting Perspective," The American Presidency
and Civil Rights Policy. J. Riddlesperger and D. Jackson, eds. Greenwood Press, 1995: 1-13.
5. "Public Opinion, Interest Groups, and Public Policy Making: Abortion Policy in the American States," with
C. Barrilleaux, Understanding the New Politics of Abortion. M. Goggin, ed. Sage, 1993: 203-221.
4. "The American Cabinet," in Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, Leonard W. Levy and Louis Fisher,
eds. Simon and Schuster, 1993, volume 1: 149-155.
3. "Divestiture Impact on Local Telephone Rate Policy in the United States: Diffusion of Local Measured
Service, 1977-1985," in Encyclopedia of Telecommunications. vol. 6. Fritz Froehlich and Allen Kent, eds.
New York: Marcel Dekker, 1993: 319-341.
2. "Capture and Issue Networks in State Telecommunications Regulation: The Diffusion of Local Measured
Service, 1977-1985," in F. Meyer and R. Baker, eds. State Policy Problems, Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1993,
pp. 105-129.
1. "Interest Groups, Parties and Economic Growth in the American States," with G. Brunk, in S. Shull and J.
Cohen, eds. Economics and Politics of Industrial Policy. Boulder: Westview, 1986: 69-81.
BOOK REVIEWS
9. Review of David A. Crockett, The Opposition Presidency, Congress and the Presidency, Autumn 2003:199-201.
8. Review of Lawrence R. Jacobs and Robert Y. Shapiro, Politicians Don’t Pander, American Political Science
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Review, December 2001, p. 999.
7. Review of Allen Matusow. Nixon’s Economy: Booms, Busts, Dollars, and Votes, Presidential Studies Quarterly,
September 1999, pp. 739-740.
6. Review of Shirley Anne Warshaw. Powersharing: White House-Cabinet Relations in the Modern Presidency,
Presidential Studies Quarterly, 1997: 174-175.
5. Review of Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones, Agendas and Instability in American Politics, Journal of
Politics, November, 1994: 1164-1166.
4. Review of George C. Edwards III, At the Margins: Presidential Leadership of Congress, Congress and the
Presidency, 1989:175-176.
3. Review of Marshall R. Goodman and Margaret T. Wrightson, Managing Regulatory Reform: The Reagan Strategy
and Its Impact, American Political Science Review, 1989:292-293.
2. Review of Colin Campbell, Managing the Presidency, American Political Science Review, 1987: 1364.
1. Review of D. Roderick Kiewiet, Macropolitics and Micropolitics: The Electoral Effects of Economic Issues,
Presidential Studies Quarterly, 1985:688-689.
CONVENTION AND CONFERENCE PAPERS
67. “Constituent Approval and Congressional Support For The President: The House And Senate, 20062012.” Co-Authored with B. Rottinghaus, American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA,
September 1-4, 2016.
66. “Constituent Approval and Congressional Support For The President: The House And Senate, 20062012.” Co-Authored with B. Rottinghaus, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il, April 7-10,
2016.
65. “The Conditional Effects of Public Approval and Party Polarization on Presidential Success in Congress:
The Puzzle of Why Presidential Popularity Lowers Success.” Co-authored with J. Bond, American
Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, September 3-6, 2015.
64. “Presidential Leadership of the Public Agenda,” the American Political Science Association, Washington,
D. C, August 28-31, 2014.
63. “Why Party Polarization Affects Presidential Success Differently in the Senate and House: The Partisan
Filibuster as a Minority Party Tool,” co-authored with J. Bond and R. Fleisher, the American Political
Science Association, Washington, D. C, August 28-31, 2014.
62. “Presidential Rhetoric and the Public Agenda: The Nonlinear Mediating Effects of Popularity”, presented
at the Presidential Power in the United States: Emerging Research” conference, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI, May 8, 2014.
61. “Presidential Leadership of Public Opinion: An Embedded Survey Experiment” presented at the
American Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL, August 29-September 1, 2013.
60. "Party Polarization and Presidential Success in a Supermajority Senate." with J. Bond and R. Fleisher,
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presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, Il, April 11-13, 2013.
59. "Everybody Loves a Winner: On the Mutual Causality of Presidential Approval and Success in Congress"
presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, Il, April 11-13, 2013.
58. "Party Polarization and the Changing Effects of Supermajority Procedures in the Senate: Presidential
Success of Bush and Obama." with J. Bond and R. Fleisher," presented at the American Political Science
Association meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 30-September 2, 2012.
57. "Placing Presidential-Congressional Relations in Context: A Comparison of Barack Obama and his
Predecessors," with J. Bond and R. Fleisher, presented at the Midwest Political Science Association
meeting, Chicago, Il, April 11-14, 2012.
56. "Public Demand for Representation from American Presidents," paper presented at the Conference on
Political Representation, Political Science Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX,
November 12-13, 2010
55. "Strategy and the President's Legislative Policy Agenda: From Proposing Legislation to the Congressional
Response, 1789-2002," presented at the American Political Science Association meeting, Washington,
DC, September 2-5, 2010.
54. “The Congressional Roots of Presidential Approval” American Political Science Association, Boston,
MA, August 27-31, 2008. Winner, 2009 Founder’s Award, Presidency Research Group, American
Political Science Association for the best paper on the presidency presented at the 2008
American Political Science Association meeting.
53. “Presidents, Polarization, and Divided Government” presented at “Going to Extremes Conference: The
Fate of the Political Center in American Politics,” Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and
the Social Sciences, Dartmouth College, June 18-20, 2008
52. “Some Dynamic Elements of the President’s Legislative Agenda,” with M. Eshbaugh-Soha, presented at
the Embedding Laws in the American State Conference, University of Virginia, May 2-3, 2008
51. “State Public Opinion and Senate Roll Call Voting: The Case of Immigration Policy” with R. Fleisher,
presented at the State Politics and Policy Conference, Temple University, May 30-31, 2008
50. “Specific Opinion and Senator Roll Call Voting: The Case of Immigration Policy” with R. Fleisher,
American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency, Chicago, Il, August 30-September 2, 2007.
49. “Global and Specific Opinion and Senator Roll Call Voting: The Case of Immigration Policy” with R.
Fleisher, Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House, Chicago, April 12-15, 2007.
48. “Stability and Change in The President’s Legislative Policy Agenda, 1789-2002,” with M. Eshbaugh-Soha,
American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 31-September 3, 2006. Winner, 2007
Founder’s Award, Presidency Research Group, American Political Science Association for the
best paper on the presidency presented at the 2006 American Political Science Association
meeting.
47. “Recommend to their Consideration: The President’s Legislative Policy Agenda, 1789-2002,” with M.
Eshbaugh-Soha, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 19-23, 2005.
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46. “Presidential Going Public in an Age of New Media,” American Political Science Association,
Washington, DC, September 1-5, 2005.
45. “Prior Political Experience and Gubernatorial Popularity,” with John Hamman and James King, 2005
State Politics and Policy Conference, East Lansing, MI, May 13-14, 2005.
44. “Going Public in an Age of New Media,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 6-10,
2005.
43. “Presidential Public Activities, Changing News Structures, and the Volume of Presidential News, 18571998,” American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September 2-5, 2004.
42. “The Evolution of the President’s Public Image, 1857-1998,” Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL, April 15-17, 2004.
41. “What Determines a Governor's Popularity? State versus National Factors Influencing Gubernatorial
Approval?” co-authored with J. King, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 15-17,
2004.
40. “The Effect of Constituency Level Presidential Approval on Support in Congress” co-authored with J.
Bond, B. Durham, and R. Fleisher, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 15-17, 2004.
39. “Gubernatorial Popularity in Space and Time,” with J. King, Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL, April 2003.
38. “The Effects of Changes in State Level Presidential Approval on Support in the Senate” with J. Bond, B.
Durham, and R. Fleisher, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2003.
37. “Presidential Greatness As Seen in the Mass Public: An Extension and Application of the Simonton
Model,” American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 29-September 2, 2002.
36. “The Electoral Consequences of Presidential Support,” Midwest Political Science Asso., Chicago, Il,
April, 2002.
35. “Presidential News Management, the Economics of News Production, and the Dynamics of Presidential
News, 1946-1994,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il, April, 2002.
34. “The Dynamics of Presidential News, 1946-1994,” American Political Science Association, San Francisco,
August 29-September 2, 2001.
33. “Building Support from the Grassroots Up: The Impact of Presidential Travel on State-Level Approval,”
with R. Powell, presented the 2001 Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2000 and at
the Research Conference on Gubernatorial, Senatorial, and Presidential Approval/Conference on the
Study of Politics in the American States, College Station, TX, March 2-3, 2001.
32. “Presidential Image and Job Performance in the Public Mind,” (with John Hamman), Paper presented at
the 2000 American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 31-September 3, 2000.
31. “Presidential Favorability: Structure and Dynamics,” (with John Hamman) Paper presented the 2000
J. Cohen, p. 13
January, 2019
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2000.
30. “Public Evaluations of Political Leaders Across Institutions and Levels of Government,” (with John
Hamman), Paper presented at the 1999 American Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, September,
1999.
29. “State Level Presidential Approval and Senatorial Support,” (with Jon Bond, Richard Fleisher, and John
Hamman), Paper presented the 1999 Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 1999.
28. “Presidential Agenda Responsiveness to Public Opinion: The ‘Issue Heat’ Hypothesis,” Paper presented
at the 1998 American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, September 2-6, 1998.
27. "The Impact of Presidential Speeches on Public Perceptions of the Economy" (with John Hamman),
Paper presented at the 1998 Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 1998.
26. "Presidential Rhetoric and the Perceptual Economy" (with John Hamman), Paper presented at the 1996
American Political Science Association, Washington, D. C., August 29-September 1, 1997.
25. “’President’ Versus ‘Presidency’ Explanations of Administrative Policy Making: Issuance of Executive
Orders, 1900-1995,” (with George Krause), Presented at the 1997 Midwest Polit. Sci. Asso., Chicago, IL,
April 10-12.
24. "Beyond Popularity: Presidential Ideology and the Public Mood," (with John Hamman), Paper presented
at the 1996 American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 29-September 1, 1996.
23. "Presidential Ideology and the Public Mood," (with John Hamman), Paper presented at the 1996 Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 18020, 1996
22. "'Reconceptualizing 'Going Public'" (with Ken Collier), Paper presented at the 1995 American Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 30-September 2, 1995 (Nominated for Best paper, Presidency
Section of the APSA).
21. "Presidents and the Adoption of Regulatory Policy," (with John Hamman), Paper presented at the 1995
Midwest Political Science Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 6-8, 1995
20. "The President's Most Important Problem: A Study of Presidential Leadership and Responsiveness in
Agenda Setting," Paper presented at the 1994 Midwest Political Science Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 1315, 1994.
19. "Public Opinion, Interest Groups, and Public Policy Making: Abortion Policy in the American States,"
(with C. Barrilleaux), 1992 American Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, IL, September 3-6,
1992.
18. "The 1990 Budget Impasse and the Senate Election," with Michael A. Krassa, Stanford University
Conference on the 1990 Senate Elections, Nov. 15-16, 1992, Stanford, Ca.
17. "A Theory of Bureaucratic Reorganization and Its Impact," 1991 Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL, April 18-20, 1991.
16. "The Rightward Drift in American Public Opinion: Trends and Themes in Macroideology, 1974-1986,"
J. Cohen, p. 14
January, 2019
with Michael A. Krassa, 1991 Southwestern Social Science Association Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March
27-30, 1991 and a revised version presented at the 1991 American Political Science Association,
Washington, DC, August, 1991.
15. "Presidents, the Modern Presidency, and the Logic of Presidential Behavior," 1989 Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 13-15, 1989.
14. "The Extent and Limits of Bureaucratic Influence Over Public Policy: Telephone Regulatory Policy in the
American States, 1977-1985," Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, November 3-5, 1988.
13. "Presidential Policy Preferences and Supreme Court Appointment Success, 1954-1984: A Research Note,"
(with John B. Gates and Steven A. Shull), 1988 Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA,
March 1988.
12. "Control, Bureaucratic Characteristics, and Regulatory Change: State Regulation of Telephones," 1988
Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, March 1988.
11. "Political Control of the Independent Regulatory Commissions: A Comparative Perspective," 1986
American Political Science Association, August, 1986.
10. "Presidents, Justices, and Civil Rights, 1955-84," (with J. Gates), Midwest Political Science Assoc., April,
1986.
9. "Interest Groups, Parties, and Economic Growth in the American States," (with Gregory Brunk),
University of New Orleans--University of Innsbruck Symposium on Industrial Policy, New Orleans, LA,
February, 1985.
8. "The Dynamics of the Revolving Door at the FCC," American Political Science Association, August, 1984.
(A revised version was also presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management,
October, 1984.)
7. "Administrations, Parties, and the Dynamics of the Presidential Agenda," Amer. Polit. Sci. Assoc., August,
1983.
6. "Predicting Attitudes Toward Nuclear Power," (with B. Hardee and G. Brunk), Amer. Psych. Assoc.,
August, 1982.
5. "The Dynamics of Support for the Conservative Coalition, 1961-1978," 1982 Citadel Conf. on Southern
Politics.
4. "Black Political Participation in the South: Matthews and Prothro Twenty Years Later," Southern Political
Science Association, November, 1981.
3. "The Impact of the Modern Presidency on Presidential Programmatic Success, 1861-1972," American
Political Science Association, August, 1980.
2. "Changing Party Loyalty of State Delegations to the U. S. House of Representatives, 1953-1976," (with
David Nice), Midwest Political Science Association, April, 1980.
1. "Passing the President's Program: Presidential-Congressional Relations, 1789-1975," Midwest Pol. Sci. Ass.,
J. Cohen, p. 15
January, 2019
1979.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
CONVENTION AND CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
“Conference of Presidential Unilateral Politics,” University of Houston, Houston, Texas, February 27-28, 2015,
Discussant.
“Conference on Executive Politics,” Center for New Institutional Social Science, Washington University in
St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, June 12-13, 2014, discussant.
"Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to the Administrative Presidency," Center for the Study of Democratic
Politics, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, September 14, 2012, Princeton, NJ, discussant.
Chair and Panelist, Presidential Strategies in the Legislative Arena, Midwest Political Science Association
meeting, Chicago, IL, April 11-14, 2012.
Chair and Panelist, Author Meets Critic, Brandice Canes-Wrone, “Who Leads Whom?” Midwest Political
Science Association, April 19-23, 2006.
Panelist, Author Meets Critic, George Edwards, “On Deaf Ears,” American Political Science Association,
Washington, DC, September 1-5, 2005.
Chair, Panel on “The Presidency, Representation, and Communications Operations,” Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago, IL, April 6-10, 2005.
Panelist, Author Meets Critic, Matthew Baum, “Soft News Goes to War”, Southern Political Science
Association, January 8-11, 2004.
Panel Participant, Roundtable, “What Do We Mean by Presidential Leadership,” American Political Science
Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 28-31, 2003.
Panel Moderator, “Conditional Responsiveness of Presidents to Public Opinion,” Columbia University
Elections Conference, October 18-19, 2002.
Panel Organizer and Chair, Roundtable, “Assessing George W. Bush Near the Midterm: The Challenges of
Leadership,” American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 29-September 2, 2002.
Attended the Biannual Seminar on Political Psychology, Institute for Social & Economic Research & Policy,
Columbia University, December 1, 2001, April 2002, December 2002, April 2003, November 2003.
Panel Participant, “American Politics After the 2000 Elections: An Appraisal,” Fordham University Forum on
American Politics, Fordham University, March 30, 2001
Program Committee, Section Head, Presidency Research, 2001 American Political Science Association,
September, 2001, San Francisco, CA.
Chair and Discussant, Panel on Leading the Public, 1999 Midwest Polit. Science Assoc., April 15-17, Chicago,
Il.
J. Cohen, p. 16
January, 2019
Program Committee, Section Head, Presidency and Executive Politics, 1998 Midwest Political Science
Association meeting, April, 1998, Chicago, IL.
Discussant, Panel on White House Operations, 1997 Midwest Political Science Assoc., Chicago, IL, April,
1997.
Moderator and Respondent, Panel on Policy Design and Reform, Third National Public Management
Research Conference, University of Kansas, October 5-7, 1995.
Discussant, Panel on Strengthening Executive Leadership, Conference on Understanding and Improving
Public Decisionmaking, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL,
April 19-20, 1990.
Discussant, Panel on “Bureaucracy and its Masters”, American Political Science Association, 1989.
Chair and Discussant, Panel on Empirical Studies of the American Cabinet, Amer. Polit. Sci. Asso., August,
1987.
Panelist, Panel on "The Reagan and Carter Presidencies: Paired Portraits--A Roundtable," Southern Political
Science Association, November, 1985.
Program Committee and Section Organizer for the American National Politics Section of the Southern
Political Science Association, November, 1986.
Discussant, Panel on "Models of the Legislative Process," American Political Science Association, August
1984.
Participant at the Carnegie-Mellon Conference on Political Economy, Pittsburgh, PA, June 21-23, 1984.
Discussant, Panel on Presidential Rhetoric, Southern Political Science Association, November 1983.
Discussant, Panel on Congressional Elections, Legislative Studies Group, Amer. Polit. Sci. Assoc., August
1982.
Chair, Panel on Executive-Legislative Relations in the American States, Midwest Polit. Sci. Assoc., April 1981.
Discussant, Panel on Presidential Politics, Southern Political Science Association, November 1980.
AWARD COMMITTEES
Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Presidency and Executive Politics section, American Political Science
Association, 2011-12 (to be awarded at 2012 APSA)
Best paper award committee, chair, 2010 Midwest Political Science Association, for a paper delivered in 2009.
Chair, Neustadt Book Award Committee, Presidency Section of the American Political Science Association,
2007.
Neustadt Book Award Committee, Presidency Section of the American Political Science Association, 2005.
J. Cohen, p. 17
January, 2019
Chair, Patrick A. Fett Award Committee, 2004 Midwest Political Science Association.
Award Committee, Presidency Research Group, American Political Science Association, 2001-2003 Paul Peck
Award, National Portrait Gallery.
Award committee chair, best paper on the Presidency and Executive Politics, Presidency Research Section,
given at the 1999 American Political Science Association, presented at the 2000 American Political
Science Association meeting, Washington, DC, 2000.
Award committee, best dissertation on the American Presidency, the Center for Presidential Studies, the
George Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A and M University, 1999.
Award Committee, Best Graduate Student Paper, 1986 Southern Political Science Association, presented at
the Southern Political Science Association, November 1987.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
“Election 2016: What Happens Next?” Panelist, Fordham University, December 12, 2016.
“Assessing the Modern American Presidency,” President’s Day talk to Fordham Alumni, Naples, FL, February
18, 2013.
"Presidential Success in Congress in a Partisan Era: Barack Obama in Comparative Perspective,"
International Conference on the U. S. 2012 Presidential Campaign: Campaign and Results,
Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel, January 6-7, 2013.
"Everybody Loves a Winner: On the Mutual Causality of Presidential Approval and Success in Congress," Yale
University, October 17, 2012.
"The Obama Presidency in a Partisan Era," Case Western Reserve University, October 4, 2012.
"Looking Back: President Barack Obama's First Year," Sienna College, February 18, 2010
"The Congressional Roots of Presidential Approval," Graduate Center, City University of New York,
November 12, 2009
“Prospects for Presidential Leadership in the Early 21st Century: The Obama Case,” Marsh Lecture, Ohio
Wesleyan University, February 3, 2009.
“The Fate of the President’s Legislative Proposals: The First 100 Congresses,” Center for the Study of
Democratic Politics, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, April 23, 2009
“The Congressional Roots of Presidential Approval,” Temple University, March 16, 2009
“The President’s Legislative Policy Agenda, 1789-2002,” Center for the Study of Democratic Politics,
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, October 16, 2008.
“Stability and Change in the President’s Legislative Policy Agenda, 1789-2002,” Center for the Study of
Democratic Politics, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, November 16, 2006.
J. Cohen, p. 18
January, 2019
“Presidential Leadership in an Age of New Media,” Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public
Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, March 22, 2004.
“If the News is so Bad, Why Are Presidential Polls so High? Presidents, the News Media, and the Mass
Public in an Era of New Media,” presented at the Conference on researching the Public Presidency,
Texas A & M University, February 27-28, 2004 and to the Department of Political Science, University of
Pittsburgh, March 5, 2004.
Member of Interviewer Team, President Clinton Oral History Project, Miller Center, University of Virginia,
W. Bowman Cutter Interview, December 1, 2003.
“The Evolution of the Presidential News Image,” American Politics Research Group, Co-sponsored by the
Political Science Departments of the University of North Carolina and Duke University, September 25,
2003 and the Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, November 20, 2003.
“Gubernatorial Popularity in Space and Time,” presented at the American Politics Workshop, Department of
Political Science, Columbia University, November 22, 2002
Attended the “White House 2001 Transitions Project Conference,” Center for Presidential Studies, Texas A
& M University, College Station, TX, June, 2001.
Attended the “Reinventing the Presidency” Conference, Center for Presidential Studies, Texas A and M
University, October 1-2, 1999.
"Beyond Popularity: Presidential Leadership of Public Opinion," delivered to the Political Science
Department, Wichita State University, April 11, 1996.
Attended, "Conference on the Availability and Use of President Gerald Ford's Papers" (with President Ford
in attendance), Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, November 4, 1977.
MAJOR NEWS INTERVIEWS
“Trump's Tweets: Transparency or Manipulation?” Interviewed with Gretel Kauffman, Christian Science Monitor,
December 7, 2016.
“The Seven Most Important Traits of Presidents,” Interview with John Gartner, Johns Hopkins University
Press for Psychology Today, September 28, 2015.
“Poll: Can the economy rescue Obama from Obamacare?” Susan Page, USA Today, December 10, 2013.
"Lame Duck Presidents," Sharon Begley, Newsweek, August 27, 2010.
"Obama walks oil-spill tightrope, political fallout looms," Tangi Quemener, AP, June 13, 2010.
“All Things Considered,” interviewed by Don Gonyea, NPR, March 5, 2009
“The Presidency” interviewed by Nora Flaherty, WFUV, September 11, 2007
“The President and the 9/11 Commission Report” interviewed by Wes Allen, St. Petersburg Times, August 4,
2004.
J. Cohen, p. 19
January, 2019
“The Presidency and the News Media,” WFUV, broadcast on August 7, 2004.
“The President’s State of the Union Address,” Don Gonyea, NPR, January 20, 2004.
“Experts: Presidency More Difficult after Kennedy,” Bobby Ross, Associated Press, November 17, 2003
(interview on October 7, 2003).
EDITORIAL AND ASSOCIATION DUTIES
President, Presidency Research Group, September 1, 2009-August 31, 2010
Vice President, Presidency Research Group, September 1, 2008-August 31, 2009
Secretary-Treasurer, Presidency Research Group, September 1, 2007-August 31, 2008
Feature Editor, “The Presidency and the Polls,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, 1999-present.
Council Member, Midwest Political Science Association, 2001-2003.
Member, Subcommittee on Investment, Midwest Political Science Association, 2002-2003
Chair, MPSA Retreat Subcommittee on Awards, Midwest Political Science Association, 2002-2003.
Council Member, Presidency Research Group of the American Political Science Association, 2001-2003.
Member, Presidency Research Group of the American Political Science Association Advisory Committee to
the National Portrait Gallery, for its Peck Award, for Service to and Scholarship About the
Presidency, 2001.
Member, Qualitative Archive Repository Committee, Presidency Research Group, Amer. Polit. Sci. Assoc.,
2001
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Political Research Quarterly, 1991-1994 American Journal of Political Science, 1994-1997; 2002-2004
American Politics Quarterly, 1992-1997 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 1994-1996.
Presidential Studies Quarterly, Feature Editor, “The Polls”, 1999-2007, “Elections and Polls”, 2007-2013.
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
American Political Science Association Midwest Political Science Association
Southern Political Science Association
Legislative Studies Association
Presidential and Executive Politics Section, American Political Science Association
ARTICLE REFEREE
American Political Science Review
Journal of Politics
American Politics Quarterly
Policy Studies Journal
Congress and the Presidency
GRANT REFEREE
Earhart Foundation
Guggenheim Foundation
American Journal of Political Science
Western Political Quarterly
Social Science Quarterly
State and Local Government Review
Presidential Studies Quarterly
National Science Foundation
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED
Faculty Fellowship, "Presidential Leadership of Public Opinion," Spring 2014.
Research Grant, To Participate in the 2008 Cooperative Congressional Election Study, with R. Fleisher, R.
J. Cohen, p. 20
January, 2019
Hume, and C. Panagopoulos, AY 2007-2008
Visiting Senior Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Woodrow Wilson School of
Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, AY 2008-2009
Faculty Fellowship, “The President’s Legislative Policy Agenda,” Fordham University, Spring 2009.
Research Grant, The President’s Legislative Agenda, Office of Sponsored Research, Fordham University, AY
2004.
Faculty Fellowship, “News Media and the Presidency,” Fordham University, Spring 2004.
Faculty Fellowship, “Public Approval of Political Leaders,” Fordham University, Fall, 1999
"Strategic Management of the President's Legislative Program: Lyndon Johnson's Success with a Large
Agenda," Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, Summer, 1996.
"Interest Groups, Policy Networks, and the Diffusion of Information Technologies," Shoestring' Grant, the
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois, 1990-1991.
"Presidential Activity in Midterm Congressional Elections," Shoestring Grant, Office of the Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois, 1988-89.
"The Impact of Divestiture on State Regulation of Telephones," Ameritech Fellow, Institute of Government
and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, academic year, 1987-88, summer, 1988, renewed academic years
1988-89, 1989-90.
"Congressional Oversight of the Regulatory Bureaucracy," Dirksen Foundation, 1986-87.
"The Politics of the American Cabinet," Research Fellowship, Earhart Foundation, 1986.
"The Politics and Economics of Regulatory Policy," Graduate Research Council, University of New Orleans,
1985.
"The American Cabinet, 1789-1984," College of Arts and Sciences, Univ. of Alabama, Fall, 1983.
"Roll Call Voting in the U. S. Congress, 1953-1978," from the Dean's Office, College of Arts and Sciences,
University of Alabama, Winter, 1980.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Nominated, Fordham University, United Student Government's Beacon Exemplar Award, Faculty Nominee,
April, 2017.
Awarded the 2012 Goldsmith Award from the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public
Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, for Going Local: Presidential
Leadership in the Post-Broadcast Age, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Awarded the 2011 Richard E. Neustadt Award from the Presidency Research Group of the American
Political Science Association, for the best book on the presidency published in 2010, for Going Local:
J. Cohen, p. 21
January, 2019
Presidential Leadership in the Post-Broadcast Age, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Awarded, 2009 Founder’s Award, Presidency Research Group, American Political Science Association for the
best paper on the presidency presented at the 2008 American Political Science Association meeting, “The
Congressional Roots of Presidential Approval” American Political Science Association, Boston, MA,
August 27-31, 2008.
Awarded, 2007 Founder’s Award, Presidency Research Group, American Political Science Association for the
best paper on the presidency presented at the 2006 American Political Science Association meeting for
“Stability and Change in The President’s Legislative Policy Agenda, 1789-2002,” with M. Eshbaugh-Soha,
American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 31-September 3, 2006.
Awarded the 2005 Neustadt Award for the Best Paper Published in Presidential Studies Quarterly in 2004 for
“If the News is so Bad, Why Are Presidential Polls so High? Presidents, the News Media, and the Mass
Public in an Era of New Media,” September 2004: 493-515.
Awarded the 1998 Richard E. Neustadt Award from the Presidency Research Group of the American
Political Science Association for the best book on the presidency published in 1997for Presidential
Responsiveness and Public Policy Making: The Public and the Policies that Presidents Make, the
University of Michigan Press,1997.
Cited in the 1997 University of Kansas Senior Survey as “the professor or advisor who most contributed to
my education at Kansas University.”
Nominated for the 1995 J. Michael Young Outstanding Academic Advising Award, College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences, University of Kansas
Incomplete List for Excellent Teaching; Spring, 1988, Fall, 1989; University of Illinois (a ranking based upon
student ratings).
Department Fellow, Department of Political Science and the Rackham Graduate School, University of
Michigan, Fall, 1978.
Earhart Graduate Fellow, Fall, 1977--Winter, 1978.
Magna Cum Laude and Honors in Political Science, Case Western Reserve University, 1973.