James W. Endersby
Department of Political Science
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
voice 573-882-4238
fax 573-884-5131
Education
Ph.D. 1990 University of Texas, Austin, Texas, Government.
M.A. 1982 University of Texas, Austin, Texas, Government.
B.S. 1980 Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma, Mathematics and Political Science.
Experience
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, September 1997 - present. Director of Graduate Studies, August 1997-August 2001.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, September 1991 - August 1997.
Research Associate, Department of Government, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, September 1988 - August 1991; Instructor, Spring 1990; Research Assistant, Fall 1985 - Summer 1988; Teaching Assistant, Spring 1982 - Summer 1985.
Tax Examiner, Internal Revenue Service, Austin Service Center, Austin, Texas, April 1984 - December 1988.
Publications
“Multinomial Probit and Multinomial Logit: A Comparison of Choice Models for Voting Research” (with Jay K. Dow), Electoral Studies, forthcoming.
“Perceptions of Presidential Greatness and the Flow of Evaluative Political Information: From the Elite to the Informed to the Masses” (with Michael J. Towle), Politics and Policy, 31: 3 (September 2003), 383-403.
“Issues, Spatial Models of Voting and British General Elections: A Comparison of Proximity and Directional Models” (with Sungdai Cho), Public Choice, 114: 3-4 (March 2003), 275-293.
“Closeness Counts in Canada: Voter Participation in the 1993 and 1997 Federal Elections” (with Steven E. Galatas and Chapman B. Rackaway), Journal of Politics, 64: 2 (May 2002), 610-631.
“Representation, Ethnicity and Congress: Black and Hispanic Representatives and Constituencies” (with Charles E. Menifield), in Yvette Alex-Assensoh and Lawrence Hanks (eds.), Black and Multiracial Politics in America, New York: New York University Press, 2000.
“Newspaper Consumption and Beliefs about Canada and Quebec” (with Michael Antecol), Political Communication, 16: 1 (January-March 1999), 95-112.
“British Parties and Spatial Competition: Dimensions of Party Evaluation in the 1992 Election” (with Steven E. Galatas), Public Choice, 97: 3 (December 1998), 363-382. Reprinted in Melvin J. Hinich and Michael C. Munger, eds., Empirical Studies in Comparative Politics, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998, pp. 145-164.
“The Industrial Structure of the California Assembly: Committee Assignments, Economic Interests, and Campaign Contributions” (with Jay K. Dow and Charles E. Menifield), Public Choice, 94: 1-2 (January 1998), 67-83.
“The Effects of Constitutional and Political Controls on State Expenditures” (with Michael J. Towle), Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 27:1 (Winter 1997), 83-98.
“A Spatial Model of Ideology and Political Communication: Voter Perceptions of News Reporting” (with Ekaterina Ognianova), Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 2:1 (Winter 1997), 23-39.
“Objectivity Revisited: A Spatial Model of Political Ideology and Mass Communication” (with Ekaterina Ognianova), Journalism and Mass Communication Monographs, 159 (October 1996).
“Tailgate Partisanship: Political and Social Expression through Bumper Stickers” (with Michael J. Towle), Social Science Journal, 33:3 (July 1996), 307-319.
“Collaborative Research in the Social Sciences: Multiple Authorship and Publication Credit,” Social Science Quarterly, 77:2 (June 1996), 375-392.
“Committee Assignments in the U.S. Senate” (with Karen M. McCurdy), Legislative Studies Quarterly, 21:2 (May 1996), 219-233.
“Iron Triangle Simulation: A Role Playing Game for Undergraduates in Congress, Interest Groups, and Public Policy Classes” (with David J. Webber), PS: Political Science and Politics, 28:3 (September 1995), 520-523.
“Interest Groups in Missouri” (with Gregory Casey and James D. King), in Richard J. Hardy, Richard R. Dohm, and David A. Leuthold (eds.), Missouri Government and Politics, 2nd ed., Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1995, pp.38-55.
“Education Funding Reform in the 1990s: A Collision of Interests” (with Gregory Casey), in Richard J. Hardy, Richard R. Dohm, and David A. Leuthold (eds.), Missouri Government and Politics, 2nd ed., Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1995, pp.258-272.
“Nonpolicy Issues and the Spatial Theory of Voting,” Quality and Quantity, 28:3 (August 1994), 251-265.
“Spotlight on Vermont: Third Party Success in the 1990 Congressional Election” (with W. David Thomason), Social Science Journal, 31:3 (July 1994), 251-262.
“Campaign Contributions and Legislative Voting in the California Assembly” (with Jay K. Dow), American Politics Quarterly, 22:3 (July 1994), 334-353.
“A Revised Probabilistic Spatial Model of Elections: Theory and Evidence” (with James M. Enelow and Michael C. Munger), in Bernard Grofman (ed.), Information, Participation, and Choice: An Economic Theory of Democracy in Perspective, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993, pp.125-140.
“Hollywood Liberalism” (with David F. Prindle), Social Science Quarterly, 74:1 (March 1993), 136-149. “Reply to Gans” (with David F. Prindle), Social Science Quarterly, 74:1 (March 1993), 154-156.
“Rules of Method and Rules of Conduct: An Experimental Study of Two Types of Procedure and Committee Behavior,” Journal of Politics, 55:1 (February 1993), 218-236.
“The Stability of Voter Perceptions: A Comparison of Candidate Voter Positions Across Time Using the Spatial Theory of Voting” (with Melvin J. Hinich), Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 16:8/9 (August/September 1992), 67-84.
“The Impact of Legislator Attributes on Union PAC Contributions” (with Michael C. Munger), Journal of Labor Research, 8:1 (Winter 1992), 79-97.
Honors and Awards
Faculty Enrichment Grant (with Patrick James), International Council for Canadian Studies, Embassy of Canada, 2003.
Fellow, Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Spring 1996.
Fellow, MU Institute for Instructional Technology, University of Missouri, Summer 1995.
Alumni Faculty Development Incentive Award (with David J. Webber), MU Alumni Association, Winter 1994.
Summer Research Fellowship, University of Missouri, 1992.
Special Act Award, Internal Revenue Service, June 1991.
Federal Employee of the Year—Technical, Austin Service Center, May 1988.
Special Achievement Award, Internal Revenue Service, September 1987, December 1987.
QUEST Award, Austin Service Center, August 1987, May 1988.
Graduate Research Award, University of Texas, Spring 1987.
Sustained Superior Performance Award, Internal Revenue Service, May 1985, August 1985, November 1985, December 1988.
Professional Development Award, University of Texas, Spring 1985, Spring 1986, Fall 1986.
Joe C. Jackson Debate Award, Central State University, 1980.
Professional Activities (last three years)
“Turnout Around the Globe: The Influence of Electoral Institutions on National Voter Participation, 1972-2000" (with Jonathan T. Krieckhaus), presented at the meetings of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 28-31, 2003.
“Newspaper Readership, Ideology, and Partisanship in Britain: A Spatial Model of Political Communication,” presented at the meetings of the International Communication Association, San Diego, CA, May 23-27, 2003.
“Single Transferable Vote: Proportional Representation or Hare-Brained Idea?” (with Michael J. Towle), presented at the meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 3-6, 2003.
“Party Competition, Strategic Voting, and Voter Turnout in Elections to the German Bundestag” (with Steven E. Galatas), presented at the meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 3-6, 2003.
“An Improved Method for Estimation of Candidate and Voter Locations in an Issue Space: Empirical Application of the Spatial Theory of Voting” (with Melvin J. Hinich), presented at the meetings of the Public Choice Society, Nashville, TN, March 21-23 2003.
Discussant, “Power Indexes” and “Voting Models,” meeting of the Public Choice Society, Nashville, TN, March 21-23 2003.
“A Spatial Model of Political Communication and Ideology,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meetings, Chicago, IL, April 25-28, 2002.
“Disappearing Voters: Turnout and Electoral Competitiveness in British General Elections” (with Steven E. Galatas), presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meetings, Chicago, IL, April 25-28, 2002.
“Family Structure and the Transmission of Political Values” (with Joseph J. Carrier and Richard J. Hardy), presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meetings, Chicago, IL, April 19-22, 2001.
“The Good, the Bad, and the Average: Qualities of Presidential Leadership that Define Greatness” (with Michael J. Towle), presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meetings, Chicago, IL, April 19-22, 2001.
“Campaign Spending Influence on Turnout: Mobilization versus Agenda-Setting” (with John R. Petrocik), presented at the Southwestern Social Science Association meetings, Forth Worth, TX, March 16-18, 2001.
“Measuring Presidential Greatness” (with Michael J. Towle), presented at the Southwestern Social Science Association meetings, Forth Worth, TX, March 16-18, 2001.
Chair and Discussant, “Politics of the European Union,” meetings of the International Studies Association-Midwest, St. Louis, MO, October 27-28, 2000.
“Family Stability and the Transmission of Partisanship and Ideology in One- and Two-Parent Families” (with Richard J. Hardy and Joseph J. Carrier), presented at the American Political Science Association meetings, Washington, DC, August 31-September 3, 2000.
“Nationalism and Supranational Governance: Perception of the European Union’s Roles among Belgian Ethnonational Communities” (with Steven E. Galatas), presented at the International Political Science Association meetings, Quebec, PQ, August 1-5, 2000.
Courses Taught
American Government (undergraduate)
Canadian Politics and Government (undergraduate)
Electoral Behavior (graduate)
Formal Political Theory (undergraduate and graduate)
Interest Groups (undergraduate and graduate)
Introduction to Statistics for Political Scientists (undergraduate)
Linear Models in Politics (graduate)
Political Behavior (undergraduate and graduate)
Political Participation (undergraduate)
Political Parties and Election Campaigns (undergraduate)
Political Science Internships (undergraduate)
Politics and the Media (undergraduate)
Presidential Communication (graduate)
Research Design (graduate)
Fields
American Politics
Research Methods and Statistics
Voting, Public Opinion, and Elections
Interest Groups and Legislative Behavior
Formal Theory
Instructional Grants
General Education Program Grant, Committee on Undergraduate Education, $4,000, Summer 1996.
Missouri Secretary of State, internship grant, $20,663.76, Fall 1995–Summer 1996.
Missouri Community and Economic Development, internship grants, $2,800, Fall 1994–Winter 1995; $2,304, Fall 1995–Summer 1996; $3,457, Fall 1996–Summer 1997.
Service
Faculty Advisor, Mizzou Debate (student organization for intercollegiate debate), University of Missouri, August 2001-date
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri, August 1997–August 2001.
Student Financial Aid Committee, University of Missouri, September 1992–August 2001; chair, September 1995–August 2001.
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science, 1994–1995.
Arts & Science Committee on Curriculum, Instruction, and Advising, College of Arts and Sciences, 1994–1995.
Faculty Advisor, Mizzou Conservatives, 1996–2000.
Faculty Advisor, Delta Omega Chi, University of Missouri, 1994–1997.
Faculty Advisor, College Republicans, University of Missouri, 1992–December 1994.
Graduate Committee, Department of Political Science, 1992–1994.
Arts & Science Undergraduate Scholarship Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 1993–1994, 1996–1997.
Mentor, Access Enhancement Program, University of Missouri, Summer 1992.
Official Representative, ICPSR, University of Texas, 1989–1991.
Miscellaneous Publications
“Arthur Fisher Bentley,” “William Gemmell Cochran,” “John McTammany,” “Frederic Austin Ogg,” in John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, eds., American National Biography, New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 614-616, 121-122, 196-197,638-639.
“John André,” Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries, v. 4, Frank N. Magill, ed., Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999.
“Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet,” “Samuel Stanley Wilks,” Biographical Encyclopedia of Mathematicians, Donald R. Franceschetti, ed., New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1998.
“Chester A. Arthur,” “Ulysses S. Grant,” Encyclopedia of the Republican Party, vol. 1, George Thomas Kurian, ed., Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe Reference, 1997.
“Toward Efficiency in Linear Programming,” Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics, 15:1 (March 1983), 13-20.
“Ship’s Cargo” (with John Carroll), The Dragon, 2:6 (February 1978), 12.