MATTHEW ROBERT KERBEL Department of Political Science 202 St. Augustine Liberal Arts Center Villanova University Villanova, PA 19085-1699 [email protected] EDUCATION • Ph.D. The University of (Political Science), 1987 • M.A. The University of Michigan (Political Science), 1985 • B.A. State University of New York at Binghamton (English Literature), 1980

ACADEMIC POSITIONS • Professor, Department of Political Science, Villanova University, Villanova, PA (2000-present); Professor and Chair (2012-present). • Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Villanova University, Villanova, PA. (1995- 2000). • Visiting Associate Professor, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA. (1995). • Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Villanova University, Villanova, PA. (1988- 1995; tenure awarded 1994). • Lecturer, Department of Political Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (1987- 1988). • Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI. (1987-1988). • Assistant, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (1985-1988). • Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (1983-1987). • Research Assistant, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (1983-1985, 1987).

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS • Interim Associate Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, Villanova University, Villanova, PA (February 2019-present). • Chair, Department of Political Science, Villanova University, Villanova, PA. (2012-present). • Provost Fellow, Villanova University, Villanova PA (September 2018-January 2019). • Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Political Science, Villanova University, Villanova, PA. (1993-1997 and 2000-2006; Acting Director, Fall 2008). • Director, Villanova University Washington Minimester Program (2008-present).

1 SELECT SCHOLARSHIP Books • American Government: Your Voice, Your Future, Sixth Edition. 2018. St. Paul, MN: Textbook Media. • Party On! Political Parties from Hamilton and Jefferson to Trump, Second Edition. 2017. New York: Oxford University Press (with John Kenneth White). • Next Generation : Realignment and the Rise of the Internet Left. 2016. London: Routledge (with Christopher J. Bowers). • Netroots: Online Progressives and the Transformation of American Politics. 2009. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. • Get This Party Started: How Progressives Can Fight Back and Win (editor). 2005. Boulder, CO: Rowman and Littlefield. • If It Bleeds, It Leads: An Anatomy of Television News. 2000. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. • Remote and Controlled: Media Politics in a Cynical Age, Second Edition. 1999. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. • Edited For Television: CNN, ABC, and American Presidential Elections, Second Edition. 1998. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. • Beyond Persuasion: Organizational Efficiency and Presidential Power. 1991. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. Select Articles and Chapters (since 1995) • “Resolved: The New Media Has Brought the President Closer to the People.” In Richard J. Ellis and Michael Nelson (eds.), Debating the Presidency. 2019. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press. • “The Dog That Didn’t Bark: Obama, Netroots Progressives, and Healthcare Reform.” In Richard L. Fox and Jennifer Lawless (eds.), iPolitics: Citizens, Elections and Governing in the New Media Era. 2011. New York: Cambridge University Press. • “Resolved: The Media are Too Hard on Presidents.” In Richard J. Ellis and Michael Nelson (eds.), Debating the Presidency. 2009. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press. • “The President and the News Media.” In Michael Nelson (ed.), Guide to the Presidency. 2007. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press. • “ for America and Civic Involvement.” 2005. The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 10:4, pp. 3-27 (with Joel Bloom). • “Electoral College Reform and Media Coverage of Presidential Elections.” In Paul Schumaker and Burdett A. Loomis (eds.), Choosing A President: The Electoral College and Beyond. 2002. New York: Seven Bridges Press, pp. 113-124. • “The Media: Old Frames in a Time of Transition.” In Michael Nelson (ed.), The Elections of 2000. 2001. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, pp. 109-132. • “Parties in the Media: Where Elephants and Donkeys Are Pigs.” In L. Sandy Maisel (ed.), The Parties Respond. 2001. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. • “PBS Ain’t So Different: Public Broadcasting, Election Frames and Democratic Empowerment.” 2000. The Harvard International Journal of Press Politics 5:4, pp. 8-32 (with Sumaiya Apee and Marc Howard Ross).

2 • “Parties in the Media: Elephants, Donkeys, Boars, Pigs and Jackals.” In L. Sandy Maisel (ed.), The Parties Respond: Changes in American Parties and Campaigns. 1998. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. • “The Media: Viewing the Campaign Through a Strategic Haze.” In Michael Nelson (ed.), The Elections of 1996. 1997. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, pp. 81-105. • “Questioning the Questioners: Cracking Television’s Protective Shell and Other Impossible Requirements for Researching the Development of Media Content.” In Mary E. Stuckey (ed.), The Theory and Practice of Political Communication Research. 1996. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. Select Presentations (since 1995) • “From Blog Diaries to a Lasting Political Realignment.” Sixth annual Netroots Nation convention, , June 16-19, 2011. • “The Past, Present and Future of Progressive Media.” Fifth annual Netroots Nation convention, Las Vegas, July 22-25, 2010. • “The Dog That Didn’t Bark: Obama, Netroots Progressives, and Healthcare Reform.” Eighth annual Loyola Marymount Institute for Leadership Studies Dilemmas of Democracy Conference, Los Angeles, March 8, 2010. • “Explaining the Netroots to Conventional Political Actors.” Fourth annual Netroots Nation convention, , August 13-16, 2009. • “Blogger Assessments of the Effectiveness of the Progressive Blogosphere.” Midwest Political Science Association 55th Annual Meeting, , April 3-6, 2008. • “Gauging the Effectiveness of the Left Blogosphere: A Midterm Report Card.” American Political Science Association 103rd Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 30-September 2, 2007. • “Campaign in 2004 and Beyond: The Care, Feeding and Harvesting of Online Communities of Supporters.” American Political Science Association 102nd Annual Meeting, , August 31-September 3, 2006 (with Joel Bloom). • “The Blogosphere and the 2004 Election,” American Political Science Association 101st Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, September 1-4, 2005 (with Joel Bloom). • “The Blogosphere: How a Once-Humble Medium Came to Drive Elite Media Discourse and Influence Public Policy and Elections.” Second annual Pre-American Political Science Association Conference on Political Communication, The Annenberg School for Communication, The University of , Philadelphia, August 27, 2003 (with Joel Bloom). • “Grassroots and Gigahertz: The Power of Weblogs to Drive Media Discourse, Energize Campaigns, and Enhance Civic Engagement.” Second annual Pre-American Political Science Association Conference on Mass Communication and Civic Engagement, The Annenberg School of Political Communication of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, August 27, 2003 (with Joel Bloom). • “Framing the Outsider: Television News Treatment of Jesse Jackson’s Presidential Candidacies.” Midwest Political Science Association 58th Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 27-30, 2000 (with Marc Howard Ross). • “Public Broadcasting, Election Frames and Democratic Empowerment.” Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Providence, April 29-May 1, 1999 (with Sumaiya Apee).

3 • “The Dynamics of Political News Frames: A Longitudinal Analysis of Television Presidential Election News Coverage.” Midwest Political Science Association 57th Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 15-17, 1999. • “PBS Ain’t So Different: Horserace, Strategy, and Democratic Empowerment.” Northeastern Political Science Association 30th Annual Meeting, Boston, November 12-14, 1998 (with Sumaiya Apee). • “Television News Frames and Informed Political Choice: A Longitudinal Analysis of U.S. Elections.” American Political Science Association 94th Annual Meeting, Boston, September 3-6, 1998 (with Marc Howard Ross). • “Reporters Are From Mars, Campaign Operatives Are From Venus.” International Society of Political Psychology 21st Annual Meeting, Montreal, July 12-15, 1998 (with Marc Howard Ross). • “Reporters Are From Mars, Campaign Operatives Are From Venus.” Midwest Political Science Association 56th Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 23-25, 1998. • “Media Frames and Election Dynamics.” 19th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Vancouver, June 30-July 3, 1996. • “The Media as Political News: Reflexive Reporting of the 1992 U.S. Presidential Campaign.” 45th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Albuquerque, NM, May 25-29, 1995. • “Playing His Own Game: The 1992 Perot Campaign, Reporter Expectations, and Television Coverage.” Midwest Political Science Association 53rd Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 6-8, 1995.

TEACHING • Developed and taught undergraduate courses in Introduction to American Government, Political Communication, U.S. Presidency, and quadrennial seminars on American Presidential Elections • Developed and periodically taught an honors course in Introduction to American Government through the Villanova University Honors Program. • Developed and taught graduate (M.A.) courses in American Party Politics, Political Communications, Cyberpolitics, and Research Concepts and Approaches • Developed and implemented a skills-based grading rubric for use with select courses.

SELECT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE College and University (Villanova) • Chair, Dean’s Task force on Teaching Load (2016-2017). • Chair, Dean’s Task force on Faculty Evaluation (2015-2016). • Member, University Senate Re-evaluation Task Force (2014-2015). • Member, Villanova University College of Arts and Sciences Rank and Tenure Committee Representing the Social Sciences Constituency (three elected terms, 2004-2012). • Chair, Political Science Department Search Committees (Russian Politics, 2008; African Politics, 2007; American Politics, 2006). • Member, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice External Review Committee (2007- 2008). • Member, Faculty Development Subcommittee of the Arts and Sciences Strategic Planning Committee (2002-2005).

4 • Member, Villanova Institute for Teaching and Learning (VITAL) Liberal Arts Faculty Advisory Committee (2002-2005). • Villanova University Official Representative (OR) to the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (1989-1998). • Member, Middle States Library Task Force (1998-2002). • Faculty Adviser, Villanova University Comedy Troupe (1999-2001). • Member, Dean's Advisory Committee on Technology (1995-1997). • Member, Women and Elections Forum Advisory Committee (1996). • Member, Villanova Quality Initiative Faculty Planning Group on Academics (1995). • Member, Villanova Quality Initiative Graduate School Unit Team (1995-1996). • Member, Honors Program Council (1993-2000). • Member, College of Arts and Sciences Core Committee on Computing Across the Curriculum (1992-1994). • Villanova University Office for Residence Life Review Board Member (1990). • Social Science Forum Steering Committee Member (1989-1993). Grants and Fellowships • Villanova University VITAL Minigrant (1999-2000). • Villanova University Summer Research Grants (1997, 1990). • McLean Contributionship (1996). • H. B. Earhart Foundation Fellow (1985-1986). Professional and Public • Member, ICA/APSA Joint Publication Committee (1996-2003). • Member, Television News Content Analysis Consortium (1996-2000). • Contributor, College Board Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics Examination (1999). • Book reviews for The American Political Science Review, Perspectives on Politics, Political Communication, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Journal of Politics, and Political Science Quarterly. • Manuscript peer reviews for The Journal of Politics, Political Communication, American Journal of Political Science, Political Science Quarterly, The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Southeastern Political Review, Canadian Journal of Communication, Presidential Studies Quarterly, and American Behavioral Scientist. • Text reviews for Cambridge University Press, CQ Press, St. Martin’s Press, Westview Press, Worth Publishing, Wadsworth Publishing, Addison Wesley Longman, Prentice Hall, McGraw-Hill, and Rowman and Littlefield. • Panel chair and discussant at multiple national and regional professional conferences. • Extensive public presentations on American politics and appearances on national and local radio and television news and public affairs programs. • Political and social commentary at Wolves and Sheep blog (www.wolvesandsheep.com)

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