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Garrison Nelson Curriculum Vita CURRICULUM VITA CURRICULUM VITA NAME: Garrison Nelson PRESENT FACULTY APPINTMENT: Elliott A. Brown Green and Gold Professor of Law, Politics, and Political Behavior Department of Political Science University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont 05405 CONTACTS Phones 1-802-656-4223 UVM office 1-802-656-0758 UVM fax e-mail [email protected] or [email protected] Home 1-802-655-3789 Cell 1-802-249-7501 UVM Off EDUCATION A.B. Boston University, 1964 M.A. University of Iowa, 1966 Ph.D. University of Iowa, 1973 Dissertation Topic “Party Control Periods in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Recruitment of Its Leaders, 1789-1971” Specialized Training: University of Michigan, 1976, Interuniversity Consortium for Political Research Summer Program in Data Analysis AREAS OF INTEREST American politics and government with special emphasis on political parties and the U.S. Congress; political behavior with emphasis on socialization, leadership, and legislative voting; politics in New England and Vermont, and public policy formation and analysis with emphasis upon energy legislatio). PUBLICATIONS Books John William McCormack: A Political Biography (New York: Bloomsbury, forthcoming, 2016). Pathways to the U.S. Supreme Court from the Arena to the Monastery (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) hardbound and (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars Group, forthcoming, 2016). Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1993-2010, co-edited with Charles Stewart III of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Washington, D.C.: Sage/CQ Press, 2011). The book was reviewed in Booklist (December, 2010), Choice (April, 2011), and American Reference Book Annual (2011). This is an update of the 1947-1992 volumes. 1 Garrison Nelson Curriculum Vita NOTE: According to OCLC reports and other library catalogue searches, more than 2000 volumes of this seven-volume set may be found in close to 500 libraries in the United States and thirteen foreign countries, Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Scotland, Switzerland, and Turkey. NOTE: According to OCLC reports and other library catalogue searches, more than 2000 volumes of this seven-volume set may be found in close to 500 libraries in the United States and thirteen foreign countri NOT The Austin-Boston Connection: Five Decades of House Democratic Leadership, 1937-1989, co-authored with Anthony Champagne of the University of Texas-Dallas, James Riddlesperger of Texas Christian University and Douglas B. Harris of Loyola College-Maryland (College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 2009). Finalist for the 2010 D.B. Hardeman Prize at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum. The book was reviewed in Choice (March, 2010); Legislative Studies Section Newsletter, American Political Science Association (2010), and the East Texas Historical Journal (2010) NOTE: According to OCLC reports and other library catalogue searches, copies of this book may be found in 809 libraries in the United States and 49 foreign countries, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates. Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1789-1946, Vol. 1, House Standing Committees, 1789-1946 (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 2002), 949 pp.; Vol. 2, Senate Standing Committees, 1807-1946 (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 2002), 1166 pp.; Vol. 3, Members, 1789- 1946 (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 2002), 946 pp.; and Vol. 4, Select Committees, 1789-1946 (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 2002), 931 pp. Co-edited with Charles Stewart III of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and David T. Canon of the University of Wisconsin. These books were named a "Best Reference Source, 2002," by the Library Journal (March, 2003) and reviewed in Congress and the Presidency (Spring, 2003); Choice (July-August, 2003) and American Reference Book Annual (2004). Associate Editor, The Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994). Sixteen essays for Part II, "Legislative Recruitment, Elections and Personnel." Vol. I, pp. 301-561. Joel H. Silbey of Cornell was the Editor-in-Chief. The books were reviewed in: Library Journal (June 1, 1994); Booklist (July, 1994); School Library Journal (February, 1995); and Perspectives on Political Science (Summer, 1995). Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1947-1992, Vol. 1, Committee Jurisdictions and Membership Rosters (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1993), xlv, 1015 pp. Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1947-1992, Vol. 2, Committee Histories and Member Assignments (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1993), xxi, 1048 pp. The books were reviewed in: Library Journal (1993), Wilson Library Bulletin (November, 1993), American Reference Book Annual (1993 and 1995), Booklist (April 1,1994); Choice (April, 1994 and February, 1996); the Legislative Studies Section Newsletter, American Political Science Association (November, 1993 and July, 1995), Journal of Government Information (May-June, 1994). Primary and General Elections: Including Presidential Preference Primary: Vermont 1980 (Burlington, Vt.: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College for the Office of Secretary of State, 1981). Co-edited with Clark H. Bensen. 2 Garrison Nelson Curriculum Vita PUBLICATIONS Primary and General Elections: Vermont 1980 (Burlington, Vt.: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College for the Office of Secretary of State, 1979). Co-edited with Clark H. Bensen. Monographs, Manuals and Teaching Materials Political Analysis: Theory and Research in American Politics (Iowa City, Iowa: Sernoll Inc., 1965). Co- authored with Robert Paul Boynton and Ronald D. Hedlund . Using CALLIOPE: A Manual (Burlington, Vt.: Polimetric Associates, 1985). Co-authored with Steven D. Berkowitz. New England Political Environment: Overviews and Assessments, prepared with the 1999 M.S. Public Affairs class at the University of Massachusetts-Boston (Boston: U-Mass-Boston McCormack Institute, 1998). Analyzing Political Leadership: An Introduction, a 250 page manuscript used in "Political Leadership" at the University of Vermont, 1993-2007 (Burlington: University of Vermont, 2006). Political Leadership in America, a 350 page manuscript used in "Political Leadership" at the University of Vermont, 1995-2007 (Burlington: University of Vermont, 2006). Contention and Compromise: Collected Essays on Congressional History, Leadership and Committees, prepared for "The Congressional Process," University of Vermont, 2004. A Damaged Presidency? A Collection of Essays on Presidential Selection and Performance, prepared for “Political Parties and Elections,” University of Vermont, 2006. Articles in Professional Journals and Book Chapters "Elections and the Political Process," in James R. Soles, Ronald D. Hedlund, and Garrison Nelson, preps., Instructional Resource Manual for American National Government (Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman & Co., 1972), pp. 107-118. "Assessing the Congressional Committee System: Contributions from a Comparative Perspective," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, CDXI (January 1974), pp. 120-132. Republished by the United States Information Agency. "Change and Continuity in the Recruitment of U.S. House Leaders, 1789-1975," in Norman J. Ornstein, ed., Congress in Change: Evolution and Reform (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1975), pp. 155-183. This article was republished in Joel H. Silbey, ed., The Congress of the United States: Patterns of Recruitment, Leadership, and Internal Structure (Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Publishing, 1991), I, pp. 145-173 "Leadership Position-Holding in the United States House of Representatives," Capitol Studies, IV (Fall, 1976), pp. 11-36. "Partisan Patterns of House Leadership Change, 1789-1977," American Political Science Review, LXII (September, 1977), pp. 918-939. Republished in David C. Kozak and John D. McCartney, eds., Congress and Public Policy (Homewood, Ill.: Dorsey Press, 1982). Also republished in Joel H. Silbey, ed., The Congress of the United States: Patterns of Recruitment, Leadership, and Internal Structure (Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Publishing, 1991) I, pp. 175-196. Review of George B. Galloway, History of the House of Representatives, 2nd ed., for Capitol Studies, VI (Spring 1978), pp. 94-97. Review of Gary A. Orfield, Congressional Power: Congress and Social Change, for theAmerican Political Science Review, LXXII (June, 1978), pp. 698-699. 3 Garrison Nelson Curriculum Vita PUBLICATIONS: Articles in Professional Journals and Book Chapters "Election Expectations and Outcomes: A Theory of Nominating Convention Conflict, 1896-1976," in Douglas W. Rae and Theodore J. Eismeier, eds., Public Policy and Public Choice, Sage Yearbooks in Politics and Public Policy, Vol VI (Beverly Hills, Cal.: Sage Publications, 1979), pp. 151-207. Co-authored with W. Ross Brewer. Review of Robert L. Peabody, Leadership in Congress: Stability, Succession and Change for the American Political Science Review, LXXIII (March, 1979), pp. 254-256. "The Congressional Reference