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STEPHEN C. BROOKS
Associate Professor, Political Science
Associate Director, Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics
The University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-1904
330-972-7944
[email protected]
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. 1982
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Major: Political Science
Examination Areas: Public Policy (major), Urban Politics, Law and Politics,
Organization Behavior.
M.A. 1979 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Major: Political Science
B.A. 1971 Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO.
Major: Political Science
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, The University of Akron, 1987 to present.
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Politics, Thames Polytechnic, London England, January to July,
1988.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, The University of Akron, Fall 1982 to 1987.
Instructor, Division of Continuing Education, Northwestern University. Various courses, 1979-1981.
Political Science Courses Taught:
New Media in Politics (Senior and Graduate level)
Media Literacy (Senior and Graduate level)
Campaign Communications (Senior and Graduate level)
Political Influence and Organizations (Graduate Seminar)
Lobbying (Senior and Graduate level)
Internship in Government and Politics
Administrative Process (Graduate Seminar)
Agendas and Decisions (Graduate Seminar)
Public Policy (Soph., Senior and Graduate level)
Methods of Policy Analysis (Senior and Graduate level)
Comparative Public Policy
Introduction to Political Research (undergraduate)
American Government
Public Administration: Concepts and Practice
Urban Politics
State and Local Government
Policy Problems: Criminal Justice System
British Politics (at Thames Polytechnic)
Comparative Criminal Justice (at Thames Polytechnic)
Various positions, Coe College, 1975-1977:
Teaching Assistant, "Introduction to Liberal Arts"
Assistant Instructor, "Focus on Futures--An Orientation to Life/Work Planning"
Instructor, "Is Experience an Educational Tool? A Trip to the Iowa Woods." A course
investigating the relationship between winter outdoor experience and education.
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Academic Expert, Government Consolidation and Collaboration. Voices and Choices
Coordinator. CSED Summit County Exit Poll. Exit poll of voters.
Principal Investigator. Fairlawn Redistricting. Grant investigating redistricting of local ward
boundaries.
Principal Investigator. Consolidate - Improve - Save, Community-based research grant to
investigate possibilities of consolidating local services.
Faculty Research Grant, The University of Akron. "Fiscal Retrenchment and Urban Innovation in
Ohio - Update." Updating early project to analyze changes over time and to compare with
British data.
Visiting Research Fellow, University of Reading, Reading England, August, 1987. Conducting
interviews with community leaders on strategies for coping with fiscal stress.
Project Co-Director. "Fiscal Retrenchment and Urban Innovation in Ohio." Conducted mail surveys
of Ohio city officials to discover their fiscal retrenchment strategies as a part of a national
project. Analyzing Ohio data and assisting in national analysis.
Dissertation Research. "Determinants of Expenditure Priorities in American Cities, 1948-1978." A
quantitative comparative analysis of expenditures in eleven cities over 31 years. Developed
unique dependent variables for measuring expenditure priority change and analyzed
determinants of change.
Research Fellow. Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research. September 1980-1982. Served
as research assistant to "Media in Public Policy" research group. Activities including assistance
in grant writing, theory formulation, survey formulation, elite interview administration and writeup.
Research Assistant. Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research. June 1979-September 1980.
Served the "Government Responses to Crime" project. Activities included responsibility for data
management, theory formulation, data analysis and assisted in administrative tasks.
Research Fellow. Center for Urban Affairs. June 1978-June 1979. Served the "Reactions to
Crime" project. Prepared two case studies of the political aspects of the crime issue to be used
in final research report.
Research Fellow. Center for Urban Affairs. September 1977-1978. Developed instrument and
conducted interviews with Chicago Aldermen.
OTHER HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE:
Associate Director, Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics. The University of Akron. 1992-2006,
2007 – present. .
Acting Director, Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics. The University of Akron. 2006-2007.
Seminar Director, Randolph Seminars for Local Officials. Salem-Teikyo University. 1989-90.
Acting Department Head, Department of Political Science, University of Akron. Spring 1989.
Graduate Advisor, Department of Political Science, University of Akron. Spring 1989 - Fall 1992.
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OTHER HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE (continued):
Director, Off-Campus Opportunities. Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA. 1975-1977.
Generalist in Student Services, Admissions Counselor and Resident Director. Coe College, 19731975.
Head Resident. The Colorado College, 1970-1971.
Business Manager. The Danforth Workshop on Liberal Arts Education. Summers 1970, 1971,
1973.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS:
Vice-President, Board Member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter
Section Chair, “Practical Politics,” 2005 Annual Meeting, Midwest Political Science Association.
Advisor, James B. McCarthy (Summit County Auditor) Transition Team
Member, Executive Committee, Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists. 198586,90.
Reviewer for American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, Perspectives on
Politics, Policy Studies Review, Urban Affairs Quarterly, Ohio Journal of Economics and Political
Science, Houghton-Mifflin, Prentice-Hall, Columbia University Press, St. Martin's Press, NelsonHall and Longman.
Memberships: American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association,
Policy Studies Association, Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists,
International Communications Association, American Academy of Advertising.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
Books:
With Daniel Coffey, David Cohen and John C. Green. 2011. Buckeye Battleground. Akron, OH:
University of Akron Press.
Refereed Publications:
“The Zero Factor: News Media In Local Election Campaigns.” Ohio Speech Journal, 35 (October
1997):30-47.
With Donna Leff and David Protess. "Crusading Journalism: Changing Public Attitudes and Policy
Making Agendas." Public Opinion Quarterly, 50 (Fall 1986): 300-315.
Reprinted in: Ray Surette, ed. The Media and Criminal Justice Policy: Recent Research and
Social Effects. Springfield, IL: Charles Thomas, 1990.
With David Protess, Donna Leff and Margaret T. Gordon. "Agenda Setting Cues of Investigative
News: The Effects of Exposes on the General Public, Policymaking, and Mass Media." Public
Opinion Quarterly, 49 (Spring 1985): 19-37.
Book Chapters:
With Michael Burton, David Cohen, Daniel Coffey, Anne Hanson, Stephen Mockabee and John
Green. 2007. “The 2006 Ohio U.S. Senate Race and Ohio 13th, 15th, 18th Congressional
District Races.” Chapter 7 in David Magleby and Kelly D. Patterson, eds. War Games: Issues
and Resources in the Battle for Control of Congress. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University.
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PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS (Continued):
Book Chapters (continued):
With Stephen Mockabee, Michael Margolis, Rick D. Farmer and John Green. 2007. “The Battle for
Ohio: The 2004 Presidential Campaign. Chapter 7 in David B. Magleby, J. Quin Monson, Kelly
D. Patterson, eds. Dancing Without Partners: How Candidates, Parties, and Interest Groups
Interact in the Presidential Campaign. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield
“Voinovich Defeats Boyle in Ohio’s Senate Race.” in Robert Dewhirst and Suni Ahuja, eds. The
Roads to Congress 1998. Wadsworth 2000.
“Professional Management and Innovation.” In, Poul Erik Mouritzen, ed. Managing Cities in
Austerity: Urban Fiscal Stress in Ten Western Countries. Sage, 1992.
"Reflections on Administrative Practices in Britain and the United States." In New Leaders, Parties
and Groups: Comparative Tendencies in Local Leadership. Domaine Universitaire, 1990.
With Jesse F. Marquette and R. P. Marquette. "Mayor Council Consensus and Fiscal Austerity."
Chapter in Volume 3, Research in Urban Policy. JAI Press, 1988.
With Robert L. Lineberry. "Politicians and Urban Policy Change: The Case of Crime and City
Politics." In Terry Clark, ed. Urban Policy Analysis: Directions for Future Research. (Urban
Affairs Annual Review, Vol. 21), 1981. Beverly Hills: Sage.
Other Publications:
With Daniel M. Shea. “How to Topple an Incumbent: Advice from Experts Who’ve Done It.”
Campaigns and Elections 16 (June 1995):21-25.
“Government: A Reflection of Who We Are, or Dream to Be.” Guest Viewpoint, Akron Beacon
Journal, January 19, 1995.
Book Review. "History and Context in Comparative Public Policy." Journal of Politics 55
(November) 1993.
Book Review. "Drug Policy in the Americas." Policy Currents 3 (May) 1993.
Book Review. "Social Control of the Drinking Driver." Policy Studies Review 9 (Summer) 1990.
"Managing the Governmental Responses to Crime Project." Appendix C in Governmental
Responses to Crime: Final Report, 1981. Evanston, IL: The Center for Urban Affairs and
Policy Research, Northwestern University.
The Politics of Crime: A Two City Comparison, (monograph) 1980. Evanston, IL: The Center for
Urban Affairs, Northwestern University.
Presentations:
“Campaign Flyers: An Early Look.” Presentation at the 2016 meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago.
“Voter Perception of Negative Advertising: Is It Negative or Unfair?” Presentation at the 2015
meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
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PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS (Continued):
Presentations (continued):
“Content and Change in Campaign Flyers.” Presented at the 2014 meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago.
”Win One for the Kids: Successful School Levy Campaigns.” Presented at the 2013 meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
“The (Non-)Changing Nature of Local Campaigns.” Presented at the 2012 meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago,
“Successful Campaign Practices in Urban Elections.” Presented at the 2011 meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago,
“Do Preconceptions Drive Voter Perception of Campaign Negativity?” with Rick Farmer. Presented
at the 2009 meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada.
“Teaching the Teacher: A “New Media and Politics” Class for the YouTube Generation.” Presented
at the 2009 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
“Professionalism and Practice in Winning Local Elections” with Rick Farmer. Presented at the 2009
meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
"Knock-Knock Is No Joke to Local Candidates" with Rick Farmer. Presented at the 2008 meeting of
the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
“All Politics is Local: Campaign Communication in Urban Elections” with Josh Peterson. Presented
at the 2008 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
“‘Negative’ in Negative Advertising: Definitions, Research and Implications” with Rick Farmer and
Josh Peterson. Presented at the 2007 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL.
“Campaign Best Practices: Do They Work?” with Nancy Marion and Rick Farmer. Presented at
the 2006 meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA.
“New Literacy and Political Communication.” Poster presentation at the 2006 meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
“Community Involvement in Issues: Increasing Dialogue in School Board Issues” with Susan
Vogelsang. Presented at the 2006 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL.
"Searching for the Meaning of Negative: Fairness and Believability in Political Advertising" with Rick
Farmer. Presented at the 2004 meeting of American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
“Split Ticket Voting and Issue Elections” with Rick Farmer. Presented at the 2004 meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
“What Is Negative? Exploring Academic and Public Perceptions” with Rick Farmer. Presented at
the 2003 meeting of American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA.
Additional Presentations available upon request.
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