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Barbara Norrander CURRICULUM VITAE Barbara Norrander CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION Professor School of Government and Public Policy University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721 (520) 621-8986 (520) 621-5051 (fax) [email protected] (e-mail) EDUCATION Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1982 M.A., University of Oregon, 1977 B.A., University of Minnesota, 1976 BOOKS Norrander, Barbara. 2020. The Imperfect Primary: Oddities, Biases and Strengths in U.S. Presidential Nomination Politics, 3rd edition. New York: Routledge. Norrander, Barbara. 2015. The Imperfect Primary: Oddities, Biases and Strengths in U.S. Presidential Nomination Politics, 2nd edition. New York: Routledge. Norrander, Barbara. 2010. The Imperfect Primary: Oddities, Biases and Strengths in U.S. Presidential Nomination Politics. New York: Routledge. Awarded 2011 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Norrander, Barbara, and Clyde Wilcox, editors. 2010. Understanding Public Opinion, 3rd edition. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. Norrander, Barbara, and Clyde Wilcox, editors. 2002. Understanding Public Opinion, 2nd edition. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press Norrander, Barbara, and Clyde Wilcox, editors. 1997. Understanding Public Opinion. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. Norrander, Barbara, and Michael Corbett. 2006. American Government: Using MicroCase ExplorIt, 9th edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Corbett, Michael, and Barbara Norrander. 2003. American Government: Using MicroCase ExplorIt, 8th edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2003. Corbett, Michael, and Barbara Norrander. 2002. American Government: Using MicroCase ExplorIt, 7th edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Norrander, Barbara. 1992. Super Tuesday: Regional Politics and Presidential Primaries. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. CURRICULUM VITAE August 2019 Barbara Norrander JOURNAL ARTICLES Ridenour, Joshua, Elizabeth Schmitt, and Barbara Norrander. 2019. “Change, Continuity and Partisan Sorting on Moral Issues.” The Forum 17 (1): 141-57. Norrander, Barbara, and Jay Wendland. 2016. “Open Versus Closed Primaries and the Ideological Composition of Presidential Primary Electorates.” Electoral Studies 42 (June): 229-36. Norrander, Barbara, and Jay Wendland. 2012. “The Primary End Game and General Election Outcomes: Are They Connected?” The Forum 10 (4): 119-26. Norrander, Barbara, and Sylvia Manzano. 2010. “Minority Group Opinion in the U.S. States.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly 10 (Winter): 446-83. Norrander, Barbara. 2009. “The Polls: Public Support for Presidential Nomination Reform.” Public Opinion Quarterly 73 (Fall): 578-589. Desposato, Scott, and Barbara Norrander. 2009. “The Gender Gap in Latin America: Contextual and Individual Influences on Gender and Political Participation.” British Journal of Political Science 39 (January): 141-62. Norrander, Barbara, and Clyde Wilcox. 2008. “The Gender Gap in Ideology.” Political Behavior 30 (December): 503-523. Norrander, Barbara. 2007. “Choosing Among Indicators of State Public Opinion.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly 7 (Summer): 152-59. Norrander, Barbara. 2006. “The Attrition Game: Initial Resources, Initial Contests and the Exit of Candidates During the US Presidential Primary Season.” British Journal of Political Science 36 (July): 487-507. Norrander, Barbara. 2003. “The Intraparty Gender Gap: Differences between Male and Female Voters in the 1980-2000 Presidential Primaries.” PS: Political Science and Politics 36 (April): 181-86. Norrander, Barbara. 2001. “Measuring State Public Opinion with the Senate National Election Study.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly 1 (March): 113-27. Norrander, Barbara. 2000. “The Multi-Layered Impact of Public Opinion on Capital Punishment Implementation in the American States.” Political Research Quarterly 53 (December): 771-93. Norrander, Barbara. 2000. “The End Game in Post-Reform Presidential Nominations.” Journal of Politics. 62 (November): 999-1013. · 2 · CURRICULUM VITAE August 2019 Barbara Norrander Norrander, Barbara. 1999. “Evolution of the Gender Gap.” Public Opinion Quarterly 63 (Winter): 566-76. Norrander, Barbara, and Clyde Wilcox. 1999. “Public Opinion and Policymaking in the States: The Case of Post-Roe Abortion Policy.” Policy Studies Journal 27 (December): 707-22. Reprinted in The Public Clash of Private Values: The Politics of Morality Policy, ed. Christopher Z. Mooney. New York: Chatham House, 2001: 143-159. Norrander, Barbara, and Paul Raymond. 1998. “Gender and Support for Conventional and Unconventional Political Behaviors of Pro-Life Activists.” Social Science Journal 35 (July): 393-405. Norrander, Barbara. 1997. “The Independence Gap and the Gender Gap.” Public Opinion Quarterly 61 (Fall): 464-476. Reprinted in Gendering American Politics: Perspectives from the Literature, ed. Karen O’Connor, Sarah E. Brewer and Michael Philip Fisher. New York: Pearson, Longman 2006. Norrander, Barbara. 1996. “Field Essay: Presidential Nomination Politics in the Post- Reform Era.” Political Research Quarterly 49 (December): 875-915. Jones, Bradford, and Barbara Norrander. 1996. "The Reliability of Aggregated Public Opinion Measures." American Journal of Political Science 40 (February): 295-309. Norrander, Barbara, and Clyde Wilcox. 1993. "Rallying Around the Flag and Partisan Change: The Case of the Persian Gulf War." Political Research Quarterly 46 (December): 759-70. Norrander, Barbara. 1993. “Nomination Choices: Caucus and Primary Outcomes, 1976- 1988." American Journal of Political Science 37 (May): 343-64. Norrander, Barbara. 1991. "Explaining Individual Participation in Presidential Primaries." Western Political Quarterly 44 (September): 640-65. Raymond, Paul and Barbara Norrander. 1990. "Religion and Attitudes toward Anti- Abortion Protest." Review of Religious Research 32 (December): 151-156. Christman, Roy, and Barbara Norarnder. 1990. "Political Party Deregulation Via the Courts: The Case of California." Journal of Law and Politics 6 (Summer): 723-42. Grofman, Bernard, and Barbara Norrander. 1990. "Efficient Use of Reference Cues in a Single Dimension." Public Choice 64 (3): 213-27. Norrander, Barbara. 1989. "Ideological Representativeness of Presidential Primary Voters." American Journal of Political Science 33(August): 570-87. · 3 · CURRICULUM VITAE August 2019 Barbara Norrander Norrander, Barbara. 1989. "Explaining Cross-State Variation in Independents." American Journal of Political Science 33 (May): 516-536. Norrander, Barbara, and Bernard Grofman. 1988. "A Rational Choice Model of Citizen Participation in High and Low Commitment Electoral Activities." Public Choice 57: 187-92. Norrander, Barbara. 1986. "Measuring Primary Turnout in Aggregate Analysis." Political Behavior 8 (4): 356-73. Norrander, Barbara. 1986. "Determinants of Local Party Campaign Activity." Social Science Quarterly 67 (September): 561-71. Norrander, Barbara. 1986. "Correlates of Vote Choice in the 1980 Presidential Prima- ries." Journal of Politics 48 (February): 156-66. Norrander, Barbara. 1986. "Selective Participation: Presidential Primary Voters as a Subset of General Election Voters." American Politics Quarterly 14 (January-April): 35- 53. Norrander, Barbara, and Gregg W. Smith. 1985. "Type of Contest, Candidate Strategy and Turnout in Presidential Primaries." American Politics Quarterly 13 (January): 25-50. CHAPTERS Norrander, Barbara. 2018. “The Nature of Crossover Voters.” In Routledge Handbook of Primary Elections, ed. Robert G. Boatright. New York: Routledge, Chapter 6, 119-32. Norrander, Barbara. 2018. “The Conventional Versus the Unconventional: Presidential Nominations in 2016.” In Winning the Presidency 2016, ed. William J. Crotty. New York: Routledge, Chapter 2, 34-56. Norrander, Barbara. 2014. “Primary Elections and Caucuses.” In Guide to U.S. Political Parties, ed. Marjorie Randon Hershey. Los Angeles: Sage, Chapter 21, 271-281. Norrander, Barbara, and Clyde Wilcox. 2014. “Trends in the Geography of Women in the U.S. State Legislatures.” In Women in Elective Office, 3rd edition, eds. Sue Thomas and Clyde Wilcox. New York: Oxford University Press, 273-287. Norrander, Barbara. 2013. “Fighting Off Challengers: The 2012 Nomination of Mitt Romney.” In The American Elections of 2012, eds. Janet Box-Steffensmeier and Steven E. Schier. New York: Routledge, 48-72. Norrander, Barbara. 2013. “Parties and the Presidential Nominating Contests: The · 4 · CURRICULUM VITAE August 2019 Barbara Norrander Battles to Control the Nominating Calendar.” In The Parties Respond, 5th edition, ed. Mark D. Brewer and L. Sandy Maisel. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 161-80. Norrander, Barbara, and Jay Wendland. 2011. “Redistricting in Arizona.” In Reapportionment and Redistricting in the West, ed. Gary F. Moncrief. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 177-97. Cited in the U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Redistricting Commission, June 29, 2015. Norrander, Barbara. 2010. “Primary Elections.” In Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior, ed. Jan E. Leighley. New York: Oxford University Press, 514-30. Norrander, Barbara. 2010. “The 2008 Presidential Nomination Calendar,” 26-36, and “Lessons from the 1988 Southern Regional Primary,” 37-49. In The Rise of the West in Presidential Elections, ed. Jennifer L. Robinson and W. David Patton. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. Harper, Tiffany, and Barbara Norrander. 2010. “The Rise and Fall of George W. Bush: Popular Support for the President.” In Understanding Public Opinion, 3rd edition, ed., Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 215-38. 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