Publications

last ten years; see C.V. for full listing

Drury, A. Cooper, L. Marvin Overby, Adrian Ang, and Yitan Li. N.D. “’Pretty Prudent’ or ‘Rhetorically Responsive’?: The American Public’s Support for Military Action.” Political Research Quarterly, forthcoming.

Barth, Jay, L. Marvin Overby, and Scott H. Huffmon. N.D. “Community Context, Personal Contact, and Support for an Anti-Gay Rights Referendum.” Political Research Quarterly, forthcoming.

Ang, Adrian U-Jin and L. Marvin Overby. N.D. “Retirements, Retentions, and the Balance of Partisan Power in Contemporary Congressional Politics.” Journal of Legislative Studies, forthcoming.

Overby, L. Marvin. 2008. “Some Things Y’all Need to Know: Teaching Southern Politics at Home and Abroad.” Journal of Political Science Education 4:98-115.

Orey, D'Andra, and L. Marvin Overby, with Barbara J. Walkosz and Kimberly R. Walker. 2007. "Accounting for 'Racism': Responses to Political Predicaments in Two States." State Politics and Policy Quarterly 7:235-255.

Orey, D’Andra, L. Marvin Overby, and Christopher W. Larimer. 2007. “African-American Committee Chairs in American State Legislatures.” Social Science Quarterly 88: 619-639.

Overby, L. Marvin and Jay Barth. 2006. "Radio Advertising in American Political Campaigns: The Persistence, Importance, and Effects of Narrowcasting." American Politics Research 34:451-478.

Overby, L. Marvin. 2006. “Public Opinion Regarding Congressional Leaders: Lessons from the 1996 Elections.” Journal of Legislative Studies 12:54-75.

Overby, L. Marvin and Jay Barth. 2006. “Numeracy About Minority Populations: Americans’ Estimations of Local Gay Population Size.” Polity 38:194-210.

Auger, Vincent A. and L. Marvin Overby. 2005. “Teaching and Learning in Nanjing: Community, Communities, and Politics in an Overseas Program.” Journal of Political Science Education, 1: 233-247.

Overby, L. Marvin, Robert D. Brown, John M. Bruce, Charles E. Smith, Jr., and John W. Winkle, III. 2005. “Race, Political Empowerment, and Minority Perceptions of Judicial Fairness.” Social Science Quarterly 86:444-462.

Prince, David W. and L. Marvin Overby. 2005. "Legislative Organization Theory and Committee Preference Outliers in State Senates." State Politics and Policy Quarterly 5:68-87.

Overby, L. Marvin, Robert D. Brown, John M. Bruce, Charles E. Smith, Jr., and John W. Winkle, III. 2004. "Justice in Black and White: Race, Perceptions of Fairness, and Diffuse Support for the Judicial System in a Southern State." Justice System Journal 25:159-181.

Overby, L. Marvin and Lauren C. Bell. 2004. "Rational Behavior or the Norm of Cooperation?: Filibuster Behavior Among Retiring Senators." The Journal of Politics 66:906-924.

Overby, L. Marvin, Thomas A. Kazee, and David W. Prince. 2004. "Committee Outliers in State Legislatures." Legislative Studies Quarterly 29:81-107.

Barth, Jay and L. Marvin Overby. 2003. "Are Gay Men and Lesbians in the South the New 'Threat'?: Regional Comparison of the Contact Theory." Politics and Policy 31:452-470.

Overby, L. Marvin and Robert D. Brown. 2002. "Race, Redistricting, and Re-election: The Fate of White Incumbent Democrats in the 1994 Congressional Elections." American Review of Politics 23:337-353.

Overby, L. Marvin and Jay Barth. 2002. "Contact, Community Context, and Public Attitudes Toward Gay Men and Lesbians." Polity 34:433-456.

Overby, L. Marvin and Thomas A. Kazee. 2000. "Outlying Committees in the Statehouse: An Examination of the Prevalence of Committee Outliers in State Legislatures." The Journal of Politics 62: 701-728.

Smith, Charles E., Jr., Robert D. Brown, John M. Bruce, and L. Marvin Overby. 1999. "Partisan Preferences in Two Institutional Dimensions, Policy Balancing, and Voting for Congress in the 1996 National Elections." American Journal of Political Science 43:737-764.

Overby, L. Marvin, Ray Tatalovich, and Donley T. Studlar. 1998. "Party and Free Votes in Canada: Abortion in the House of Commons." Party Politics 4:381-392.

Brown, Robert D., Jennifer M. Davis, L. Marvin Overby, Charles E. Smith, Jr., and David R. Holian. 1997. "The Dynamics of Committee Outliers: Evidence from the House of Representatives, 1951-1990." Journal of Legislative Studies 3: 70-88.

Overby, L. Marvin and Robert D. Brown. 1997. "Re-election Constituencies and the Politics of Supreme Court Confirmation Votes." American Politics Quarterly 25:168-178.