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THE NEWSLETTER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT CU-BOULDER SPRING 2010 Political Science

students, welcoming roughly 15 new feel free to attend any of our talks or Chair’s Welcome students annually. Recent research lectures, or simply feel free to stop by As I write this welcome, the activities have taken them to South and say ‘hi’. A regular stream of and Central America, Europe, and the visitors presents their ideas and flatirons above Boulder resemble the Middle East. Every year, a number of research on a wide range of interesting photo above with a fresh dusting of our students present papers at topics ranging from work on the snow. The Department of Political professional conferences and actively to the Science is expanding in submit original research for European Union. This spring we many ways, and we are publication in our welcome the first woman to win the enthusiastic about discipline’s top journals. Nobel Prize in Economics, the 2009 co- advancing high The faculty continues to recipient Elinor Ostrom. I would be standards in research, conduct innovative and remiss if I didn’t mention she happens teaching, and service to important research. I’m most to be a political scientist. the community. What’s impressed with the Many of these activities, which new in the department? contributions made by those help make the department and the Let me start with new to the department, all University a vibrant and attractive an important initiative: publishing books and journal place for talented scholars and the launching of the CU articles in highly visible venues. We’ve students, are made possible with in DC internship program. In initiated and implemented several support from our donors. Given the addition to working locally in new and innovative graduate and current constraints felt by the state in for a wide range of state undergraduate courses. Featured funding higher education, and local organizations, our within the newsletter are two classes students now have the additional created by that cover option of interning in our nation’s important policy issues, experiment capital. The university’s presence in with new pedagogical approaches to D.C. will open many new learning about our nation’s politics, opportunities to incredible learning and include local community experiences as well as helping participation. students envision and actively train During the last year we’ve added for life after CU. several new faculty to our department: Our graduate program Amy Liu (Comparative Politics, continues to attract some of the best Emory University); Anand Sokhey students both nationally and (American Politics, Ohio State); Sarah internationally to study, conduct maintaining this high level of activity Sokhey (Comparative Politics, Ohio research, and teach at CU. Our will increasingly depend on support State); and Stéphane Lavertu (Policy, program numbers over 60 graduate from our friends. Information on Wisconsin). We were also able to funding opportunities is provided recruit a senior scholar in International inside our newsletter and on our Relations from the University of departmental web page. Each Pittsburgh, David Bearce. contribution helps guarantee that the With the growth and influx of Department of Political Science talented faculty and graduate continues to attract the best talent and students, coupled with a highly provides solutions to the many inquisitive, engaged, and talented political challenges we face today. group of undergraduates, the department maintains an active calendar. We invite you to become a Ketchum Building, 1938 more active participant in the department and, to that end, have - David S. Brown, Interim Chair expanded our website with up-to-date information on upcoming events and Kenneth Bickers, Chair, is on Sabbatical Spring 2010. news about the department. Please PAGE 2 SPRING 2010 2010 Thomas Jefferson Hartnett, associate professor and constitution and guides for college chair of the communication and high school students who wish to Award department in the UC College start their own local ACLU Eamon Aloyo, a doctoral candidate of Liberal Arts. Winners received a chapter. After graduating from CU $2,000 cash honorarium, an engraved Zak hopes to Teach for America and in the Department of Political Science, plaque and will be recognized by the then attend law school. has received the 2010 Thomas CU Board of Regents at an April Zak spent summer 2009 teaching Jefferson award. The award is among board meeting. Funding for the English in rural southern Indian the highest conferred at CU, and awards stems from an endowment villages including Pozhiyoor recognizes a professor, staff member provided by the McConnell (pronounced “poor-you”), where his and/or student who helps advance Foundation and from a bequest by students included tribal children, the ideals of CU alumnus Harrison Blair. Members orphans and untouchables. He also Thomas of the selection committee included mentored local teachers in methods to Jefferson, CU alumni, students, faculty and staff engage and involve students in active acclaimed members from across the CU system. learning. After his return Zak started for his broad interests in the arts, Student Spotlight: Meet sciences, Senior Zak Franklin education and public Zak Franklin, a senior majoring in affairs. Thomas Jefferson nominees Political Science, graduated from must demonstrate a broad interest in Douglas County High School in literature, arts and sciences and Castle Rock. A student in the public affairs, a strong concern for the department Honors Seminar, Zak is advancement of higher education, a completing research on how the deeply seated sense of individual education level of senate candidates civic responsibility, and a profound affects their electoral success. He has a fund-raising initiative to benefit the commitment to the welfare and rights discovered that, of the more than 300 children in the villages where he of the individual. Their efforts must candidates who ran for office during worked. This initiative has raised combine excellence in the the last ten years, those who enough funds to open four computer performance of regular academic or completed a graduate degree centers and a foster home for eight work responsibilities with averaged about 10% more of the children from the forest area who will outstanding service to the broader popular vote when facing lesser- be able to go to school and receive community. educated candidates. Zak also medical attention. Two faculty members also participated in the department Zak hopes to sponsor seven received the award - Michael Internship Program, interning at the additional children. If you would like Eisenberg, professor of computer Colorado ACLU, where he helped to learn more, please email Zak at science at CU-Boulder, and Stephen track legislation and drafted a sample [email protected].)

Creating Opportunities and Supporting Innovative Programs We are proud to support the innovative efforts of our faculty, including the classes and Legacy Fund projects profiled on the next page, the new Political Science Summer Internship Program in , DC, and ongoing community outreach activities such as Constitutional Studies for Colorado profiled on page 7. To learn more about our faculty, students, and programs, visit our website at https://polsci.colorado.edu. Please feel free to contact any members of the faculty or to call Interim Chair David Brown at 303-492-7871. If you would like to talk about how you might support the department, please contact our representative at the CU-Foundation, Kimberly Bowman. She can be reached at New Summer Internship Program 303-541-1446, or by email at [email protected]. in Washington, DC Thank you in advance for your support. THE NEWSLETTER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT CU-CU-BOULDER PAGE 3

Political Science Legacy New Developments in Our Undergraduate Curriculum

Fund Update experiment in national self-governance in Icons of the American the heart of the government itself from Each year, faculty submit proposals for someone who has been an influential research projects that include Republic participant in that experiment.” opportunities for undergraduate and Each fall for the past two years Political The class trip in fall 2010 will include graduate students to participate. Donors Science a visit to the White House. Class trips are review these proposals and select three for Professor and made possible by financial contributions funding. We are pleased to announce that President from external donors. the proposals described below were Emeritus Special thanks to Douglas Madison for the photos of funded for 2009-10. Hank Brown the interior US Capitol dome on page 2 and the photos took students at left. Local Social Spending in Bolivia in his Icons of Many Latin American countries, including the American Bolivia, have recently elected Left-leaning Republic class to Great Issues Lecture Series presidents who promise to deliver services Washington, DC to study art in the US to the poor. Carew Boulding is In Spring 2009 a new campus-community Capitol Building. The class, which lecture program on the theme “The investigating whether there is a connection introduces students to the nation’s between having a Leftist in power and Politics of Health Care Reform” was founding period through the events, organized by Hank Brown, who reached social spending at the local level. She is concepts and individuals depicted in art using her Legacy Fund award to enable out to notable guest lecturers from all graduate students to collect data on social sides of the health care debate. The spending at the local level in Bolivia. innovative format, which featured different prominent speakers each week, drew 80 undergraduate students and 100 Political Responses to Financial community members enrolled in the Crisis around the World program through the CU Alumni How and why have governments around Association. the world differed in their response to the Former Colorado Governor Richard recent financial crisis? When are private Lamm kicked off the series, addressing businesses influential on the nature of the issue of passing on the costs of health stabilization packages that are adopted? care to future generations. Governor Bill Sarah Sokhey will use her grant to hire Ritter, State Senator Shawn Mitchell and undergraduate students to assist in Martha King of the National Conference developing a database, tracking the of State Legislatures spoke to the state’s number and type of stabilization reform role in health care coverage, while Ron proposals in countries around the world, Haskins of the Brookings Institute spoke and thereby facilitate an in-depth analysis about financing federal programs. of the crisis using new data. Canadian Consul General Dale Eisler brought the Canadian health care system Social Networks and Democratic to the table for comparison, and Marilyn Practice Coors spoke about medical ethics and How do individuals make informed dilemmas of the health care industry. political choices? Using a “simulated campaign” as part of a before-and-after survey, this project will examine whether friends, family, and acquaintances help us exhibited in the US Capitol, provides an wade through complex and confusing extremely rare opportunity for students to campaigns to vote for candidates that visit the floors of both the US House and match our self-stated preferences. Anand US Senate. The 2009 field trip included 25 Sokhey will use his grant to provide CU-Boulder students and six students incentives for members of the public to from CU-Colorado Springs. participate and to hire a graduate student According to Professor Ken Bickers, to help with the project. “This is a remarkable opportunity for our students. They learn about the American Hank Brown greets Governor Bill Ritter PAGE 4 SPRING 2010 Faculty Spotlight: Carew Boulding Local Politics and the Governance of Natural and Krister Andersson Resources in Latin America NGOs, Voting and Protest in Latin America Krister Andersson is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy who earned his PhD in Public Policy at Indiana Carew Boulding grew up in Boulder just blocks from the University, where he worked with University. She earned her PhD in Political Science at UC Elinor Ostrom. Andersson, who San Diego and joined the Political Science Department in came to CU in 2005, studies the 2007. Her research interests include non-governmental politics of environmental organizations (NGOs), Latin American politics, politics of governance in developing development, foreign aid, and political participation. countries. Most of his recent work seeks to explain the mixed Boulding investigates how NGOs affect local politics in outcomes of local governance developing democracies. More specifically, she is interested efforts within several Latin in whether NGOs influence local elections and political American countries. This is also participation. Together with co- the theme of his most recent book, author Clark Gibson, she found Local Governments and Rural that in small communities NGOs Development (University of Press, 2009). In it, tend to hurt incumbent politicians Andersson and his co-authors compare the institutional but in larger communities, where it conditions for public service performance in 390 local is easier for politicians to claim governments in the rural areas of Brazil, Chile, Mexico and credit for the services NGOs Peru. provide, they tend to help Andersson periodically serves as a consultant for incumbents. Research from this multilateral development organizations, such as the Food project was recently published in and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the the journal Comparative Political World Bank, and the Studies. Boulding has also found Organization for an important link between NGOs Economic and political protest and demonstrations in Bolivia (Journal Cooperation and of Politics). She is currently working on a book manuscript Development. He is exploring how NGOs affect political participation in weak also engaged as a versus strong democracies. policy advisor to the Boulding has also been working to understand the National participatory budgeting process in Brazil. New efforts to Governments of include citizens in local budgetary decisions have been Brazil, Tanzania and adopted by local governments in the developing world, a Laos on issues strategy that is strongly advocated by the World Bank. related to forest governance and rural development. In Citizen engagement in government is said to enhance 2007, he was awarded Harvard University's Giorgio democratic and inclusive governance, citizens’ Ruffulo Senior Research Fellowship in Sustainability empowerment, Science. and the quality of Recently, Andersson and co-author Clark Gibson democracy, analyzed the conditions for effective decentralized creating a virtuous natural-resource policies in Bolivia to determine whether cycle to improve local governments leave an ecological footprint. They the well-being of found that local governance systems that are motivated the poor. There is, and well- however, limited connected evidence for this experience relationship. significantly Boulding and co- lower rates of author Brian illegal Wampler analyzed data from over 200 of Brazil’s largest deforestation cities and found little evidence that adopting a participatory than those that budgeting program improved measurable outcomes such as are not. They poverty, life expectancy, literacy and other indicators of well- also found that being. The wealth of the municipality, on the other hand, national was a good predictor of improvements in well-being. monitoring systems can inform policy decisions in a more Despite the popularity of these programs, it seems that their meaningful and nuanced manner if they consider effectiveness is quite limited if not matched with real institutional scope and fit, as well as adequate outcome resources. This study is forthcoming in the journal World measures. Photos by Krister Andersson and Daniel Beams Development. THE NEWSLETTER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT CU-BOULDER PAGE 5

CU Political Science through [an internship] before For those interested in exploring the Internship Program - entering the workforce." Heilman interned with Senator Hank Brown’s world of politics and political office, Setting CU Students Apart Office and went on to work for the the program’s top-notch placements Bush Administration as the Deputy have provided students with The Political Science Department Assistant US Trade Representative for invaluable connections to political undergraduate internship program Congressional Affairs. figures like Senators , recently celebrated its 20th Scott Young recommends the Hank Brown, and Ben Nighthorse anniversary. Over the years this internship program to any student Campbell, State Senator Shawn unique program has placed students going though the department because Mitchell, Mayor of San Francisco with over 80 organizations and he thinks it is a good way to get a start Gavin Newsom, 2005 Senate agencies in Colorado. Interns find that and figure out a niche. Young interned Majority Leader Ken Gordon, and the program is a valuable asset to their and later worked with the CU Office of many others. personal and professional Public Affairs. He has continued to development because they complete a work in education and has since gone translating it into a deliverable final rigorous theory- on to lobby for a product.” driven curriculum, Last August, Janet Donavan number of Erin Mewhinney, now a PhD learn real-world skills, became the Director of the educational groups. candidate in the department, found meet influential Political Science Department He currently works that “the internship was a figures and go on to Internship Program. Contact Janet for the American springboard for a career in campaigns land jobs. at [email protected]. Board for and non-profit community outreach.” In celebration of Certification of Other participants like Katie Behnke the programs history nearly 150 Teacher Excellence as the Senior found value in many different aspects former interns responded to Director of Policy/Senior Director of of the program. Behnke said the top Internship Program Director and Strategic Growth. three benefits of the program were Professor Thad Tecza’s inquiry about Internship program graduates find “the professional growth it provided, how their internship experiences value in different aspects of the program the unique experiences to apply to shaped their career trajectory. Tecza from career affirmation to educational [her] studies and the opportunity to also invited comments and development. The final paper was the meet wonderful friends who continue suggestions about how to further most important component of the to mentor [her] today.” improve the program. Respondents internship for 2003 intern Erika Lodge expressed overwhelming support, because she “was able to reflect and or 20 years the CU internship ideas were shared and many former learn the importance of drawing facts F program has placed students with a students said the internship program together, supporting a thesis, delivering wide variety of organizations and jump-started their career. Though we a comprehensive and professional agencies including but not limited to: can’t highlight all 150 responses here report and most importantly, harnessing • American Arbitration we were excited to hear from the sense of feeling overwhelmed and Association everyone and are grateful for each • American Civil Liberties letter. Union The internship program gives • Autism Society of Colorado students an opportunity to • Colorado Union of Taxpayers personalize their experience. Frank • Global Education Fund McNulty decided to intern with the • Initiative and Referendum City of Northglenn’s public affairs Institute department because he wanted to • Latin American Research and work for a smaller city and gain more Service Agency hands on experience. Today McNulty • Mental Health America of is as an attorney and a Colorado state Colorado legislator. • National Conference of State Another benefit of the internship New Summer Internship Legislatures program is the opportunity for Program in Washington, DC • Office of the City Manager students to see where their true • Political Parties interests lie. Program graduate Erik We are pleased to announce a new • U.S. Congressional Offices Heilman said, "the internship was one internship program in Washington, • State Office of the Public of the best things" about his CU DC, beginning this summer 2010. For Defender experience because it "essentially more information visit our webpage • The White House Project started" his career. Additionally, he at: http://polsci.colorado.edu/ • CU Environmental Center said, "all undergrads should go intern_dc/index.html. - Joanna Nadar PAGE 6 SPRING 2010

Deputy Communications Director and Press California. Meanwhile, the center regularly Former Interns Secretary for Latino Media for San Francisco hosts scholars from both the US and the EU Share Insights Mayor Gavin Newsom. to present their EU-related research at CU. Teaching: The CEUCE awards faculty Todd Saliman - Todd Saliman discovered Rob Cranston - Sixteen years ago Rob teaching grants for the development of new his path and committed himself to pursuing a Cranston interned at the Boulder County Court EU-related courses or the enrichment of life of public service through his internship house in the probation department. The existing courses with new EU-related with the Boulder County Commissioners. The experience was eye opening. “I hit the ground content. The center also sends two internship class provided him with running learning first hand (side-by-side undergraduate teams to participate in the opportunities and skills necessary for his instruction) the responsibilities of maintaining a West Coast Model European Union professional endeavors, and he believes that the diverse case load, managing court hearings for competition, where they learn to represent internship was instrumental in making it minor offenses, to understanding and ministers from an EU member state. possible for him to successfully run for public documenting of hardened criminals violations Outreach: The CEUCE extends its office. Over the years Saliman has done that were on their way to the Federal programmatic activities to many EU and everything from fundraising to budget penitentiary,” he said. Since interning transatlantic oriented constituencies in the development. Today, he is the Director of Cranston has continued to work for the Denver, Boulder, Colorado, and Mountain Governor Bill Ritter’s Office of State Planning government and is work has taken him to the West region. In doing so, the center and Budgeting where he “is able to make a Republic of Georgia and to Afghanistan. He promotes new people-to-people links with difference in people’s lives every day.” For recently started the company, Cana, LLC., in business professionals, policy makers, Saliman, the internship was a turning point. “I Washington, DC. - Joanna Nadar educators, journalists, non-profit am confident I would not be where I am today organizations and the informed public. if not for [the] internship class.” Colorado Christine Ahn - Following her internship Meet Jenny Barringer, at the ACLU Christine Ahn continued her European Olympian work with nonprofits with a focus on political, Union economic and social justice organizations. Ahn The 2008-09 track season was nothing said that the internship “was the lynchpin to Center for short of spectacular for University of help” her “get both field experience working in Colorado Jenny Barringer, a political a nonprofit and an intellectual framework to Excellence science and economics double major who understand how ideas move into action!” She (CEUCE) graduated in December 2009. In her final now has a master’s in public policy from season at CU Jenny set six NCAA records Georgetown University and has founded the Enhancing Research and (five of those CU records), winning two Korea Policy Institute to provide relevant Teaching on the European Union Big 12 Conference individual titles as well analysis and updates on United States policies and the Transatlantic as a pair of NCAA crowns and the USA toward Korea. Today Ahn serves on the board Track & Field Championship. Jenny was of various nonprofits, is a published author and Relationship also honored as one of the top five females is a fellow at both the Oakland Institute and in collegiate athletics. Foreign Policy In Focus. In 2008, Joseph Jupille (Political Science) The Oviedo, Fla. native earned and David Ferris (Humanities) were numerous awards during the season Jessica Harris - From her internship with awarded a €300,000 grant from the including the Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon’s office to Delegation of the European Commission in Honda Sports her current work as a fundraising associate at Washington, DC to establish the CEUCE at Award for track the firm of Fraioli & Associates in Washington, the , Boulder. The and field. D.C. Jessica Harris has devoted her time to mission of the CEUCE is to promote Barringer was politics. “I do not think I would have had any understanding of the European Union and named one of of these opportunities had I not completed my the transatlantic relationship, through the five finalists CU internship,” she said. Her advice to research, teaching and outreach activities. political science majors is simple: “The harder for the Honda- you work and the more time you put in, the Research: The CEUCE awards research Broderick Cup, more it will pay off in the future.” grants to faculty and graduate students for which is given to their research on the EU and the the nation’s top female athlete. - Media-savvy and politically transatlantic relationship. The center also Joe Arellano She was named minded Joe Arellano started his internship awards two annual $10,000 graduate level CU’s Female program experience with a placement with then fellowships, one for a CU student to Athlete of the Congressman Mark Udall. “I know part of the conduct research in the EU and one for a Year as well as the USTFCCCA Female reason I have gotten where I am today is due to European student to conduct post-doctoral Track Athlete of the Year for the indoor the fact I interned for Congressman, now research at CU. The center also hosts two and outdoor seasons. To add to her athletic Senator Udall,” he said. Today Arellano is annual EU-related research conferences for accomplishments, she was named a busy providing on-record comments to the faculty, one annual research workshop for CoSIDA Academic All-American for the media, managing large events, drafting press graduate students, and sends up to five second straight year with a 3.5 GPA. releases and developing communications as the undergraduate students to present their research at a conference in Claremont, - Linda Poncin THE NEWSLETTER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT CU-BOULDER PAGE 7

Retirements how to advise students and was always Constitutional Studies for an advocate for them. Making it through Colorado - From Fifth Grade to Laura Cooper any graduate program involves certain Graduate Students With a good sense of humor, a quick wit trials and tribulations. Mary was always alert to those challenges and often How do you engage elementary and and a genuine interest in people, Laura provided exactly what graduate students middle school students in a study of the Cooper was a welcome presence on needed as they progressed through the Constitution? You start with their teachers campus for 35 years. Co-workers describe program. Many will say they would not and bring the document alive with her as “a warm spirit who enjoys life and have made it through the program interactive and content-rich teaching learning.” While 2009 marked her without her support. Not every program strategies. Political Science Professor Lauri retirement it is not the end of her has such an individual. The Political McNown is integral to making this connection with the people she has met through her years at CU. Science Department was lucky to have Laura became an Undergraduate one in Mary. Academic Advisor with the Political Mary was recognized throughout her Science Department and found her niche career for her devotion and was the dishing out advice on everything from recipient of the campus-wide advising credit hours to tattoos. “She helped award. The next year the department students clarify goals, set plans for nominated her again. When it was themselves, and provided guidance for discovered that the honor could not be students struggling in school. She had a repeated, the department threw a big gift of helping students become more recognition party instead. Former independent and resourceful by showing students, however, continue to recognize them where to find the information they her year after year. Before her retirement, happen in Colorado schools. She has needed so that they could always Mary’s inbox was constantly stuffed with developed a broad repertoire of ideas for reference it,” said Undergraduate missives, good wishes, and updates from helping educators and through them, their Academic Advisor Aimee Kelly. twenty years of graduate students. students to access important historical and During her 16-year career with the civic concepts. For example Lauri department Laura advanced the role of demonstrates how the game “rock, paper, advisor, implementing the Academic Elinor Ostrom - Understanding scissors” is, in many ways, analogous to Advising Center to define the role of Social Ecologic Systems the concept of separation of powers in the advisor and participating in the selection Constitution. and hiring of talented staff. Her Teachers are highly motivated to commitment and love of her job earned engage their students in classroom her recognition. She was twice honored as discussions about enduring constitutional CU Advisor of the Year and was also State issues. For example, does the president of Colorado Employee of the Year. A have too much power? Where does he get student in the department nominated his power? How has the office of the Cooper for this honor. presidency evolved throughout history? Laura loved her job because she Since 1987, Lauri has worked with the learned something from each student and Center for Education in Law and co-worker. She enjoys staying in contact Democracy (CELD) to provide with former students, co-workers and professional development for K-12 friends. Find Cooper and keep in touch Colorado civic educators. She often with her on Facebook. The Department of Political Science and provides content expertise for teachers the Tocqueville Initiative are pleased to and students participating in the Colorado Mary Gregory host a talk on April 12 by Elinor Ostrom, We the People Program, a national civic 2009 winner of the Nobel Prize in education program sponsored by the If you ask any of the many political Economic Sciences. Ostrom is the first Center for Civic Education and funded by science graduate students who have woman and first Political Scientist to be Congress under the Education for passed through the department in the last awarded the Prize in Economics, which Democracy Act. quarter century who their advisor was, she shares with Oliver E. Williamson. The Professor McNown shows a great they will name the many faculty who Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited deal of respect for Colorado teachers—and have occupied offices in Ketchum Ostrom “for her analysis of economic the feeling is mutual. “Lauri taught me the Building over that period. But, if you ask governance” saying her work “had intricacies of the executive branch and those same students, from whom they got demonstrated how common property made it directly related to the (high the best advice on advancing through the could be successfully managed by groups school) curriculum that I teach. In one program or on life in general, they will using it.” Ostrom is considered one of the afternoon, Lauri’s lectures give me what I undoubtedly name only one mentor, leading scholars in the study of common need to improve both the content and Mary Gregory. Mary retired in July after pool resources. In particular, her work methodology in my 11th grade 22 years of dedicated service to the emphasizes how humans can interact with government classes,” Carla Carino (’94 department, the university, and several ecosystems to maintain long-term BA American Studies and ‘99 MA hundred graduate students. She will be sustainable resource yields. For details, Curriculum and Instruction. sorely missed. visit our website at https:// - Jackie Johnson, CELD Mary knew what it took to be a polsci.colorado.edu. successful graduate student. She knew Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Boulder CO Permit No. 156

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