Robin Kolodny

Education

The Johns Hopkins University Ph.D. in Political Science May 1992 Master of Arts, Political Science May 1989 The University of Michigan Certificate in Quantitative Methods, ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political Research) August 1987 Florida International University (The State University of Florida at Miami) Bachelor of Arts in Political Science December 1985
Positions Held
Associate Professor of Political Science (with tenure), Temple University, 1999- Fellow, American Political Science Association (APSA) Congressional Fellowship 1995 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Temple University, 1992-99 Instructor, Temple University, 1991-92 OTHER POSITIONS HELD President, National Capital Area Political Science Association (NCAPSA), 2000-01 Advisory Board Member, Campaign Finance Institute at George Washington University, 2000- Research Fellow, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University, 2000-2002

Editorial Board Member, Party Politics Editorial Board Member, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties

Book

Pursuing Majorities: Congressional Campaign Committees in American Politics. Congressional Studies Series. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, June 1998.

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Articles

“Steady as She Goes: The US Elections of 2004.” Representation, 41 (2) 2005: 106-114. “Political Party Adaptation in Congressional Campaigns: Why Political Parties Use Coordinated Expenditures to Hire Political Consultants.” With David A. Dulio. Party Politics 9 (2003): 729-746. “The US Mid-term Elections of 2002.” Representation, 39 (4) 2003: 277-285. .“Parties and Campaign Professionals in a Digital Age: Political Consultants in the United States and Their Counterparts Overseas.” Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics. 6 (4) (Fall 2001): 11-30 (with David M. Farrell and Stephen K. Medvic). "Party Orchestrated Activities for Legislative Party Goals: Campaigns for Majorities in the US House of Representatives in the 1990s." Party Politics. 4 (Fall 1998):275-295 (with Diana Dwyre). “Political Consultants and the Extension of Party Goals.” PS 31 (June 1998) 155-159 (with Angela Logan). "The Several Elections of 1824." Congress and The Presidency. 23: (Fall 1996) 139-164. "The Art and Craft of Interviewing National Political Elites." PS 23 (September 1990):451-455 (with Robert L. Peabody, Susan Webb Hammond, Jean Torcom, Lynne P. Brown, and Carolyn R. Thompson).

Book Chapters

“United States. Using Power to Prosper: The American Two Party System” in Kay Lawson and Peter Merkl, eds. When Parties Prosper. Under review at Lynne Rienner Publishers (forthcoming 2007). “Committees and Candidates: National Party Finance after BCRA” in John C. Green and Daniel Coffey, eds. The State of the Parties, Fifth edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming 2006 (with Diana Dwyre, Eric Heberlig, and Bruce Larson)

"A New Rule Book: Party Money in the Post-BCRA World,” in David B. Magleby, Kelly Patterson and Quin Monson, eds., Financing the 2004 Election. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution Press, 2006 (with Diana Dwyre). “The Parties’ Congressional Campaign Committees in 2004” Michael J. Malbin, ed., The Election after Reform: Money, Politics, and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006 (with Diana Dwyre). “Why Context Matters: The Pennsylvania Thirteenth Congressional District Race” in David B. Magleby, Kelly Patterson and Quin Monson. Dancing Without Partners (working title). Prentice-Hall, forthcoming 2006, (with Justin Gollob and Sandra Suarez). “Professional Staff in Political Parties” in Richard S. Katz and William J. Crotty, eds., Handbook of Party Politics. London: Sage University Press, 2006, pp. 337-347 (with Paul Webb). “National Parties After BCRA” in Michael J. Malbin, ed., Life After Reform: When the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act Meets Politics. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003, pp. 83-99 (with Diana Dwyre). “The Committee Shuffle: Major Party Spending in Congressional Elections” in John C. Green and Richard Farmer, eds. The State of the Parties. Fourth edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003, pp. 115-131 (with Diana Dwyre). “Political Parties’ Role in Fostering Ethical Campaigns: It’s the System, Stupid!” in Candice J. Nelson, Stephen K. Medvic, and David A. Dulio, eds. Shades of Grey: Campaign Ethics in American Elections. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2002, pp. 110-127. “Throwing out the Rule Book: Party Financing of the 2000 Elections,” in David B. Magleby, ed. Financing the 2000 Election. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2002 (with Diana Dwyre).

"Case:  Incumbency and Issue Advocacy in Pennsylvania's Thirteenth District," in Robert P. Watson and Colton C. Campbell, eds.  Campaigns and Elections:  Issues, Concepts, Cases.  Boulder, CO:  Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2003 (with Sandra Suarez).

“Electoral Partnerships: Political Consultants and Political Parties,” in James A. Thurber and Candace J. Nelson, eds. Campaign Warriors: Political Consultants in Elections. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2000. “Moderate Success: Majority Status and the Changing Nature of Factionalism in the House Republican Party,” in Colton C. Campbell and Nicol C. Rae, eds. New Majority or Old Minority?: The Impact of the Republicans on Congress. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999. “Moderate Party Factions in the U.S. House of Representatives,” in John C. Green and Daniel M. Shea, eds. The State of the Parties. Third edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1998. "Barriers to Minor Party Success and Prospects for Change" in Paul S. Herrnson and John C. Green, eds. Multiparty Politics in America. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997 and 2002, with Diana Dwyre. "The Contract With America in the 104th Congress." in Daniel M. Shea and John C. Green, eds. The State of the Parties. Second edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1996. "Party Organization as an Empty Vessel: Parties in American Politics." in Richard S. Katz and Peter Mair eds. How Parties Organize: Change and Adaptation in Party Organizations in Western Democracies. London: Sage Publications Ltd., 1994 with Richard S. Katz. "The 1976 Republican Nomination: An Examination of the Organizational Dynamic." in Bernard J. Firestone and Alexij Ugrinsky eds. Gerald R. Ford and the Politics of Post-Watergate America. New York: Greenwood Press, 1993. "The USA: The 1990 Congressional Campaign," in David Farrell and Shaun Bowler eds. Electoral Strategies and Political Marketing. London: Macmillan, 1992, with Richard S. Katz. "United States--Data," in Richard S. Katz and Peter Mair eds. Party Organizations: A Data Handbook on Party Organizations in Western Democracies 1960-1990. London: Sage Publications Ltd., 1992, with Richard S. Katz.

Reviews and Other Publications

Remarks from email forum on Campaign Finance and the Courts. American Bar Association’s Focus on Law Studies, May 2006. Remarks “Political Parties’ Likely Response to the Constitutional Challenges to BCRA,” Journal of Constitutional Law (University of Pennsylvania), Volume 6, Number 1, September 2003, 132-138. Review of Pippa Norris’s Democratic Phoenix: Reinventing Political Activism for International Politics, December 2003. Review of David R. Mayhew’s Electoral Realignments: A Critique of an American Genre, for Perspectives on Politics, Volume 1, Number 4, December 2003, 788. Review of Gerald C. Lubenow’s A User’s Guide to Campaign Finance Reform in Political Studies Review (LSE). Available online at www.psa.ac.uk. Review of J.P. Monroe’s The Political Party Matrix: The Persistence of Organization in Party Politics 8 (2002) pp. 738-40. Review of Dean McSweeney and John E. Owens’ The Republican Takeover of Congress in The Journal of Legislative Studies. Volume 6, Number 3, Autumn 2000, 122-4. Research Report. “Pennsylvania Thirteenth District.” In David B. Magleby, ed. Election Advocacy: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2000 Congressional Elections. A Report of a Grant Funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, David B. Magleby, Principal Investigator, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. With Sandra Suarez and Michael Rodriquez. February 3, 2001, pp. 239-250. “Improving Campaign Conduct: Ethics, Consultants, and Elections,” in VOX POP: Newsletter of Political Organizations and Parties. Volume 18, Issue 3, March 2000, with James Thurber, Candice Nelson, and David Dulio. Review of Kelly D. Patterson’s Political Parties and the Maintenance of Liberal Democracy in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1999. Research Report. “Pennsylvania Thirteenth District.” In David B. Magleby and Marianne Holt, eds. Outside Money: Soft Money & Issue Ads in Competitive 1998 Congressional Elections. A Report of a Grant Funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, David B. Magleby, Principal Investigator, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. With Sandra Suarez and Michael Rodriquez. February 1, 1999, pp. 165-175. Review of David C. King’s Turf Wars: How Congressional Committees Claim Jurisdiction posted on H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences, May 1998, www.h-net.msu.edu. Review of Susan E. Scarrow’s Parties and their Members: Organizing for Victory in Britain and Germany in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, September 1998. Review of Christine DeGregorio's Networks of Champions in the American Political Science Review 92 (March 1998) 227-8. Review of John Aldrich's Why Parties? and John J. Coleman's Party Decline in America in Party Politics 4 (1998): 136-8. Review of Nelson Polsby and Aaron Wildavsky's Presidential Elections, 9th edition. Party Politics 3 (1997): 136-138. "Scholar Finds Congressional Archives Rich in Resources," Congress: A Report on Activities of The Dirksen Congressional Center, Fall issue, 1991, pp. 5.