STEPHEN A. BORRELLI
Department of Political Science
University of Alabama
Box 870213 Tuscaloosa Alabama 35487-0213
sborrell@bama.ua.edu
(205) 348-3802
P.O. Box 861789____
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486-0016
(205) 292-3264
EDUCATION
Ph.D._University of Iowa (1990)
B.A. _University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. (1985)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Summer 1995-present
Associate Professor, University of Alabama
Summer 1990 - Summer 1995
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama
Fall 1989-Spring 1990
Tenure-track Instructor, University of Alabama
Spring 1989
Visiting Instructor, University of Georgia
Summer-Fall 1988
Visiting Instructor, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Summer 1988
Temporary Instructor, University of Iowa
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS/AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Drafting and Fulfillment of National Party Platforms
Presidential and Party Influence on Congressional Behavior and Policy
Question Wording in National Polls
Congressional Elections and Turnover
Relationships Between Divided Government, Electoral Outcomes, and Economic
Outcomes
COURSES TAUGHT (Descending Order of Frequency)
American Legislative System (PSC 312)
Introduction to American Politics (PSC 101)
The Washington Experience (Internship Course) (PSC 399)
American Executive System (PSC 313)
American National Institutions (graduate seminar) (PSC 615)
Research Design (graduate) (PSC 521)
Blount Undergraduate Initiative Fall Seminar on “Origins” (BUI 102)
Blount Undergraduate Initiative Spring Seminar on “Possibilities” (BUI 102)
Introduction to Social Science (SS 121, team-taught with Professors Alsikafi, Burch, and
Krause)
Scope of Political Science (PSC 201)
Presidential Rhetoric (PSC 321) (Interim term)
OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Secretary, Alpha of Alabama, Phi Beta Kappa, 2008-present
Director of University of Alabama DPA Program at Maxwell Air Force Base, Spring
2001-Fall 2006
Academic Adviser for M. A. Students and Member of Graduate Studies Committee,
1999-2006
Member, Department of Political Science Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1994-1999,
2006-present
Academic Coordinator, University of Alabama Washington Experience Undergraduate
Internship Program, 1990-2005
Vice-President and Program Chair, Alabama Political Science Association, 2005-6
President, Alabama Political Science Association, 2006-7
Faculty-in-Residence, Mallet Assembly Mens' Honors Dormitory, University of Alabama
1994-1998
University/College Committee Memberships:
University Elections Board, 2008-present
Scholarship Nomination Committee (Rhodes, Fulbright, Marshall) 2003-2007
College Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2002-2003
College Computer Advisory Committee, 1996-7
College Committee on Instruction, 1995-6, 2006-2008
University Libraries Committee, 1997-2000
PAPERS PUBLISHED
(with Brad Lockerbie and Richard G. Niemi). 1987. Why the Democratic-Republican
Partisanship Gap Varies from Poll to Poll. Public Opinion Quarterly, 51:115-119.
(with Brad Lockerbie). 1989. Getting Inside the Beltway: Perceptions of Presidential Skill
and Success in Congress. British Journal of Political Science, 19:97-106.
(with Brad Lockerbie). 1990. Question Wording and Support for Contra Aid, 1983-1986.
Public Opinion Quarterly, 54:195-208.
(with Kevin M. Leyden). 1990. Party Contributions and Party Unity: Can Loyalty Be
Bought? Western Political Quarterly, 43:343-365.
(with Arthur H. Miller). 1992. Policy and Performance Orientations in the United States.
Electoral Studies, 11:106-121.
(with Grace L. Simmons). 1993. Congressional Responsiveness to Presidential
Popularity: The Electoral Context. Political Behavior, 15:93-112.
(with Charles R. Jennings). 1994. Explaining Salary Levels in the Public Safety Sector:
The Effects of Parity and Other Municipal Policies. Review of Public Personnel
Administration, 14:5-25.
(with Kevin M. Leyden). 1994. An Investment in Goodwill: Party Contributions and
Party Unity Among U.S. House Members in the 1980s. American Politics Quarterly,
22:421-452.
(with Kevin M. Leyden). 1995. The Effect of State Economic Conditions on Gubernatorial
Elections: Does Divided Government Make a Difference? Political Research Quarterly,
48: 275-291.
(with Terry J. Royed). 1995. Government Strength and Budget Deficits in Advanced
Democracies. European Journal of Political Research, 28:225-260.
(with Terry J. Royed). 1997. Political Parties and Public Policy: Social Welfare Policy
from Carter to Bush. Polity, 29:539-564.
(with Brad Lockerbie and Scott Hedger). 1998. An Integrative Approach to Modeling
Presidential Success in Congress. Political Research Quarterly, 51: 155-172.
(with John Swain and Brian C. Reed). 1998. Partisan Consequences of the Post-1990
Redistricting for the U.S. House of Representatives. Political Research Quarterly, 51:
945-967.
(with Daniel A. Smith and Kevin M. Leyden). 1998. Predicting the Outcomes of
Presidential Commissions: Evidence from the Johnson and Nixon Years. Presidential
Studies Quarterly, 28: 269-286.
(with Terry J. Royed). 1999. Political Parties and Economic Policy in the USA,
1976-1992. Party Politics, 5:115-127.
(with Terry J. Royed). 1999. The Politics and Economics of Revenue Growth. European
Journal of Political Research, 36:87-118.
(with Mark Wrighton and Chad Bryan). 1999. Policy-Specific Approval and Presidential
Success in Congress. American Review of Politics, 19:267-282.
(with Terry J. Royed). 1999. The Impact of Tax Structures on Deficits: ‘Fiscal Illusion’
and Tax
Elasticity in Sixteen OECD Countries. International Journal of Public Administration,
22: 1721-1745.
(with John W. Swain and Brian C. Reed). 1999. Strategic Retirement in the U.S. House of
Representatives or ‘You Can’t Fire Me, I Quit.’ Southeastern Political Review, 27: 3-31.
(with John W. Swain, Brian C. Reed, and Sean Evans). 2000. A New Look at Turnover in
the U.S. House. American Politics Quarterly, 28: 435-457.
(with Terry J. Royed and Kevin M. Leyden). 2000. Is ‘Clarity of Responsibility’
Important for Economic Voting? Revisiting Powell and Whitten’s Hypothesis. British
Journal of Political Science, 30: 669-698.
(with John W. Swain and Brian C. Reed). 2000. Partisan Competitiveness in Post-1990
U.S. House Districts. Southeastern Political Review, 28: 651-668.
2001. Finding the Third Way: Bill Clinton, the DLC, and the Democratic Platform of
1992. Journal of Policy History, 13: 429-462.
(with Terry Royed and Kevin Leyden). 2003. Seeing Through the Smoke and Mirrors:
A Response to Palmer and Whitten. British Journal of Political Science, 33: 150-158;
2003. More Smoke, No Substance: Palmer and Whitten’s Defence Fails. British
Journal of Political Science, 33: 160-162.
(with Brad Lockerbie). 2008. Framing Effects on Public Opinion During Pre-War and
Major Combat Phases of the US Wars with Iraq. Social Science Quarterly, 89: 502-522.
(with Norman Baldwin). 2008. Education and Economic Growth in the United States:
Cross-National Applications for an Intra-National Path Analysis. Policy Sciences, 41:
183-204.
BOOK REVIEWS PUBLISHED
(with Terry J. Royed). Review essay on Arthur Miller et al. (eds.,) Public Opinion and
Regime Change. Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, 21: 337-341.
Review of James A. Thurber, Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations.
Social Science Quarterly, 79: 251-252.
Review of Richard Conley, The Presidency, Congress, and Divided Government.
Presidential Studies Quarterly, 34:891-893.
GRANTS AWARDED
(Terry Royed, principal investigator). National Science Foundation Grant #SBR9730785. 1998-2001. $61,767.
(Terry Royed, co-investigator), Dirksen Congressional Research Grant. 1997. $2500.
University of Alabama Research Advisory Committee (RAC) Grants, 1990 (solo) and
1996 (with John Swain and Brian Reed).
RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
(with Norm Baldwin and John Oneal). 2006. Human Capital and State Economic
Growth in the US. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Philadelphia PA.
(with Brad Lockerbie). 2005. Framing Effects on Aggregate Support for the Two Gulf
Wars. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL.
(with Terry Royed). 2002. Measuring the Partisan Content of Important Laws.
(with Terry Royed. 2002. The Impact of Institutions on Policy in the UK and US: Party
Pledge Fulfillment from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Both presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Boston, MA.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Reviewed manuscripts for the following journals
American Political Science Review
American Journal of Political Science
Journal of Politics
Presidential Studies Quarterly
Political Research Quarterly
American Politics Research
Social Science Quarterly
Served on Presidency Research Group committee selecting best paper on the presidency
presented at the 2000 American Political Science Association meetings, 2001, and on
Presidency Research Group committee selecting recipient of George Edwards Prize for
Best Doctoral Dissertation on the Presidency, 2008-9.
Reviewed textbooks for Macmillan, Routledge, Harcourt Brace, and Harper Collins.
Discussant and panel chair for various panels at the American Political Science
Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Southern Political Science
Association, Northeastern Political Science Association, and Alabama Political Science
Association Annual Meetings.
Invited Attendee at Texas A&M University Conferences on the Presidency, 2001 and
2003.
REFERENCES
Professor Carol Cassel, University of Alabama
Professor Terry Royed, University of Alabama
Professor Brad Lockerbie, East Carolina University.