Our Achievements
The following is a list of faculty achievements for 2006-2007:
BOOKS
Gruberg, Martin (2003) Introduction to Law, University Press of America.
Liu, Baodong and James Vanderleeuw. (2007). Race Rules: Electoral Politics in New Orleans, 1965-2006. Rowman and Littlefield/Lexington Books.
Siemers, David (2003) The Antifederalists: Men of Great Faith and Forbearance, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Siemers, David (2002) Ratifying the Republic, Stanford University Press
Simmons, James (2002) What Government Can Do: Dealing with Poverty and Inequality, University of Chicago Press.
ARTICLES
Gruberg, “Participation of Women at the 2006 APSA Annual Meeting, PS: Political Science & Politics XL (1), January 2007.
Gruberg, Martin and Kam C. Wong, “The Impact of USA Patriot Act on American Society: The Case of the Muslim Community,” accepted for publication by the Criminal Law Bulletin (a peer-reviewed journal), June’06.
Gruberg, “Participation By Women in the 2005 APSA Annual Meeting,” PS: Political Science and Politics 40 (1) 2006, 111-112.
Liu, "EI Extended Model and the Fear of Ecological Fallacy," Sociological Methods and Research. forthcoming.
Liu, Baodong and James Vanderleeuw, “Growth Imperative, Postmaterialism and Local Decision-Makers,” Journal of Political Science 31: 173-96
“Deracialization and Urban Racial Context,” Urban Affairs Review 38 (4): 572-591.
Liu, Baodong, and James Vanderleeuw. 2004. “Economic Development Priorities and Central City/Suburb Differences” American Politics Research 32 (6): 698-721.
Liu, Baodong, with Vanderleeuw, James and Greg Marsh. 2004. “Applying Black Threat Theory, Urban Regime Theory, and Deracialization: The Memphis Mayoral Elections of 1991, 1995, and 1999,” Journal of Urban Affairs 26 (4):505-519.
Liu, “Whites as a Minority and the New Biracial Coalition in New Orleans and Memphis,” PS: Political Science and Politics 40 (1) 2006, 69-76.
Scribner, “The Political Dynamics of Vehicle Emissions: A Constitutional Tale of Public Policy in Santiago” forthcoming Journal of Latin American Urban Studies.
Siemers, The Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics, Paul A. Djupe and Laura R. Olson, eds. New York: Facts on File, 2003. Entries on Henry David Thoreau, Transcendentalism, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson
Siemers, Article published: “Principled Pragmatism: Abraham Lincoln’s Method of Political Analysis” volume 34:4 Presidential Studies Quarterly (December 2004), pp. 804-827.
Simmons, "1984 Plus 20," Wisconsin Political Scientist 9 (3) 2003.
Simmons, "Structural Conflict in Contemporary Cities," (with S. Simmons) American Review of Public Administration, 34 (4), December 2004.
Simmons, Review Essay, "The Sustainable City," Journal of Urban Affairs, 26 (2) Fall 2004.
Simmons, "If it Weren't for Those ?*!&*@!* Nader Voters We Wouldn't be in this Mess?" (with S. Simmons), New Political Science, 28 (2), June 2006, 229-244.
Slagter, "The Persistence of Procedural Consensus in the German Bundestag" revised and resubmitted to British Journal Government and Opposition, April 2007. Currently waiting for final response from editors.
CHAPTERS
Gruberg, Authored 15 articles for a 2 vol. Encyclopedia on the First Amendment (edited by David Hudson, David Schultz, and John R. Vile) (Congressional Quarterly Press, 2007).
Gruberg, 11 articles for David Schultz, The Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution (Facts on File, Inc.).
Gruberg, Ten Articles in The Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court, David Schultz (ed.), (Facts on File, Inc., 2005).
Gruberg, 10 articles in David Schultz, ed., The Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court (Facts on File, Inc.)(2004).
Gruberg, “Bills of Attainder,” in John Vile & David Schultz, ed., Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties (Sage, 2004).
Liu, Baodong and Carolyn Kirchhoff. “Mayor” Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics, Facts-on Files. 2008.
Liu, Baodong, and Robert Darcy. (forthcoming). “The Rising Power of Minorities and the Deracialization of US Politics” in Gillian Peele, Christopher J. Bailey, Bruce Cain and B. Guy Peters edt. Developments in American Politics. Chatham, New Jersey: Chatham House Publishers, Inc.
Siemers, Entry in the Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States, David S. Tanenhaus, Editor in Chief, Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan, “The Articles of Confederation,” forthcoming.
Siemers, “The Antifederalists” and “James Madison--Presidency,” Entries in Encyclopedia of the New Nation, Paul Finkleman (ed.) (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons).
Simmons, “Bureaucracy: Economic Theories,” in Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (2) J. Rabin (ed.), Taylor & Francis, 2007.
Simmons, "Economic Theories of Bureaucracy," in Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy J. Rabin (ed.), Marcel Dekker 2003, 122-125.
Simmons, "Transitional Regime: Community Power in Oshkosh," in Governing the Small City, SCRC 15, E. Miller and R. Wolensky (eds.), Foundation 2005, 209-234.
CONFERENCE
Gruberg, “Participation by Women at the IPSA Congress,” P.S., October, 2006.
Gruberg, Oct. 13 “Teapot Dome, Enron, & Jack Abramoff: Using Money to Seduce Politicians,” Wisconsin Political Science Association, Alverno College, Milwaukee.
Liu, “The 2006 New Orleans Mayoral Election,” paper presented at the 2007 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 4/2007.
Liu, James Vanderleeuw, and Erica Williams. “The Political Ramifications of a Large-Scale Natural Disaster,” paper presented at the 2006 annual conference, the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 9/2006.
Liu, Theme Panel: “Bleaching” New Orleans? Power, Race, and Place After Katrina, the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, September 2, 2006.
Liu, “Preview of 2006 Midterm Election,” American Democracy Project, the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, November 2, 2006.
Liu, “Post-election Analysis of 2006 Midterm Election,” American Democracy Project, the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, November 9, 2006.
Scribner, “Legislative Delegation and Presidential Power – Constitutional Limits and Judicial Response in Chile and Argentina” Prepared for delivery at the 65th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, April 12-15, 2007.
Scribner, “A Politics of Equality vs. a Politics of Difference: Do Constitutions Matter?” with Priscilla Lambert. Paper prepared for delivery at the Western Political Science Association Meeting, Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 8-10, 2007. (Also presented at UWO for the Women’s center lunch series and an extended version will be presented at the 2007 APSA meeting).
Siemers, “Leading People away from the Presidency?: The Paradoxes of the Whig Inaugurals,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association in Las Vegas, NV, March 2007.
Siemers, “Theories about Theory: A Typology of Theory Based Claims from the Case of James Madison,” conference paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Philadelphia, September 2006
Siemers, Roundtable panelist on David Brian Robertson’s The Constitution and America’s Destiny (Cambridge) at the annual meeting of the Social Science History Association in Minneapolis, November 2006.
Simmons, “Civics 101: Political Engagement at the University,” a paper presented at the 2007 Midwest Political Science Conference, Chicago.
Simmons, “Student Disengagement at Wisconsin’s Public Universities, a paper presented at the 2006 Wisconsin Political Science Meeting, Milwaukee.
Simmons, Moderator- Social Sciences Panel, 2007 New Era Collaborative Conference, Appleton.
Slagter, "National Parliaments and the European Court of Justice" presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2007, Chicago, IL.
REVIEWS
Gruberg, Review of Shea, et al, Living Democracy (for Prentice Hall).
Gruberg, Review of Stephen Eric Bronner, Ideas in Action: Political Tradition in the Twentieth Century for Perspectives in Political Science, Winter, 2006-’07.
Gruberg, Review of James Weinstein, The Long Detour: The History and Future of the American Left for Perspectives in Political Science, Winter, 2006-07.
Liu, (2006). Review of Peter Burns, Electoral Politics Is Not Enough, in American Review of Politics 27 (Spring): 186-189.
Liu, (2006) “Sometimes You Fell Like a Nut: The Reelection of C. Ray Nagin after Hurricane Katrina,” for Journal of Politics 2007.
Simmons, On Political Equality by R. Dahl for New Political Science 29 (2) 2007.
Simmons, Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change, by P. Barlett and G. Chase (eds.) for Environmental Practice 8 (4) 2006.
GRANTS/AWARDS
Liu, TRISS Endowed Professorship of Political Science Award, 2007.
Liu, Off-Campus Program Grant, Faculty Development, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2006, $1,500.
Scribner, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - mentoring grant.
Scribner, Center for Teaching Development- for research/travel on Gender and Constitutions Project.
Siemers, Grant for developing a course on British Politics and Political Thought in England, Summer 2007.
Slagter, Smith Distinguished Teaching Award, Spring 2007.