Matt Grossmann - Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

POSITIONS:

Michigan State University
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Director, Michigan Policy Network

EDUCATION:

University of California, Berkeley
Department of Political Science
Ph.D. - May 2007; M.A. - May 2002
Subfields: American Politics, Political Behavior, and Research Methods

Dissertation: “The Not-So-Special Interests: Organized Representation in National Politics”
Committee: Nelson W. Polsby (chair), Laura Stoker, Todd LaPorte, Chris Ansell, Neil Fligstein.

Claremont McKenna College
Bachelor of Arts in Government – Honors Track, Magna Cum Laude - May 2001

Additional Training:
Biology and Politics Summer Institute, University of Illinois
Graduate Workshop on Computational Social Science Modeling, Santa Fe Institute
Institute on the Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models, Duke University
Complex Systems Summer Program, Santa Fe Institute
Networks in Political Science Workshop, Harvard University
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (2 terms)

BOOKS:

Forthcoming in 2012. The Not-So-Special Interests: Interest Groups, Public Representation, and American Governance. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Forthcoming in 2011. Campaigns & Elections: Rules, Reality, Strategy, Choice. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. (with Daron Shaw, John Sides, and Keena Lipsitz).

2005. Win the Right Way: How to Run Effective Local Campaigns in California. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Public Policy Press (ed. with Christine Trost).

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Forthcoming. "What (or Who) Makes Campaigns Negative?" American Review of Politics.

2011. “Online Student Publishing in the Classroom: The Experience of the Michigan Policy Network” PS: Political Science & Politics 44(3).

2010.“Do Voters Perceive Negative Campaigns as Informative Campaigns?” American Politics Research. (with John Sides and Keena Lipsitz).

2010. “La Poesi et la Prose des Lobbies sous Obama.” Revue Internationale et Strategique.

2010. “Political Science at the State University in the State Capital.” The Forum.

2009. “Party Coalitions and Interest Group Networks.” American Politics Research. (with Casey Dominguez).

2009. “Do the Strategists Know Something We Don't Know Campaign Decisions in American Elections.” The Forum 7(3).

2009. “Going Pro? The Professional Model and Political Campaign Consulting.” Journal of Political Marketing.

2009. “Campaigning as an Industry: Consulting Business Models and Intra-Party Competition.” Business & Politics 11(1).

2009 “Who Gets What Now? Interest Groups Under Obama.” The Forum 7(1).

2008. “Just Another Interest Group? Organized Ethnic Representation in American Politics.” National Political Science Review 11(1).

2006. “The Organization of Factions: Interest Mobilization and the Group Theory of Politics.” Public Organization Review 6(2).

2006. “Research Note: Environmental Advocacy in Washington.” Environmental Politics 15(4).

2005. “The Dynamics of a Disturbance: New and Established Interests in Technology Policy Debates.” Knowledge, Technology & Policy 18(3).

2005. “What Voters Want From Political Campaign Communication.” Political Communication 22(3) (with Keena Lipsitz, John Sides, and Christine Trost).

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

2011. “American Pluralism, Interest Group Liberalism, and Neo-Pluarlism.” In Guide to Interest Groups, Burdett Loomis, ed. Washington: CQ Press.

2005. “Efficiency” and “Rationality.” In Encyclopedia of Governance, Mark Bevir, ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

2004. Final Report of the Bipartisan California Commission on Internet Political Practices. Los Angeles, CA: Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California.

1999. Square Pegs and Round Holes: Applying Campaign Finance Laws to the Internet. Washington, DC: Center for Democracy and Technology (with Deirdre Mulligan and Jim Dempsey).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

“American Domestic Policymaking Since 1945,” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 2011.

“Policy Change Networks: Actors and Relationships in Federal Policy Enactments Since 1945,” at the University of Michigan Networks Colloquium. Ann Arbor, MI. October 2010.

“The Politics of Science Policy Change,” at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. August 2010.

“Policy Change Networks, 1945-2008,” at the Political Networks Conference. Durham, NC. June 2010.

“Interest Group Influence in Policy Change: 1945-2008,” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 2010.

“Throw Issues at the Voters and See What Sticks: Issue Coverage in Congressional Elections,” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 2010 (with Daniel Lee).

“The Politics of Policy Change,” at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Toronto, ON. September 2009.

“Does Interest Group Support Move Bills Toward Laws?,” at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Toronto, ON. September 2009. (with Kurt Pyle).

“Do Interest Group Coalitions Help a Bill Become a Law?,” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 2009. (with Kurt Pyle).

“What (or Who) Makes Campaigns Negative?,” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 2009.

“Polarized Elections but Consensus Legislation,” at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. August 2008. (with Casey Dominquez).

“The Consultant Effect: Why Some Campaigns Talk Issues and Some Go Negative,” at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. August 2008. (with Casey Dominquez).

“Interest Group Coalitions in Legislative and Electoral Networks,” at the Networks in Political Science Conference. Cambridge, MA. June 2008 (with Casey Dominguez).

“Interest Group Coalitions of the Parties: Legislative & Electoral Networks,” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 2008 (with Casey Dominguez).

“The Business of Politics: How Consultant Competition Affects U.S. Campaigns,” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 2008.

“Media Amplification of Advocacy Group Voices: The Supply Side of Expert Sourcing,” at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. August 2007.

“Hearing from the Usual Suspects: Public Advocacy in Congressional Testimony,” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 2007.

“Media Amplification of Advocacy Group Voices,” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 2007.

“American Public Constituencies and Organized Representation,” at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. August 2006.

“One Person, One Lobbyist?” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 2006.

“The Not-So-Special Interests,” at the American Politics Colloquium. Berkeley, CA. February 2006.

"The Organized Representation of American Religious Groups,” at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. August 2005.

“Louder Voices in National Politics: Organized Representation in National Politics,” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 2005.

“Just Another Interest Group? Organized Ethnic Representation in American Politics,” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 2005.

“Pick Three Wedge Issues and Call Me in the Morning,” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 2004.

“Group Allegiance and Issue Salience in Factional Competition,” at the International Conference on Complex Systems. Boston, MA. May 2004.

“The Dynamics of a Disturbance,” at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. August 2003.

“Candidate Attacks and Voter Aversion: The Uncertain Link Between Negativity and Campaign Satisfaction,” at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. August 2003 (with Keena Lipsitz, John C. Sides, and Christine Trost).

“Poetic License for Politicians? Public Opinion About Campaigns,” at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 2003 (with Keena Lipsitz, John C. Sides, and Christine Trost).

“Campaign Finance Law and Free Expression,” at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference. Toronto, ON. April 2000.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Professor - Michigan State University: Undergraduate
Politics of Public Policy Issues – Writing Intensive (Spring and Summer 2010)
Political Parties and Interest Groups (Fall and Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011)
Honors Undergraduate Research Seminar (Fall 2009 and Fall 2010)
Politics of the Michigan Policymaking Process (Summer 2009)
Campaigns & Elections (Fall 2008 and Fall 2010)
Campaigns & Elections - Writing Intensive (Spring 2008)

Professor - Michigan State University: Graduate
American Politics Proseminar – Ph.D. Program (Spring 2010)
Campaigns & Elections – Ph.D. Program (Spring 2009)
Political Parties and Interest Groups – Ph.D. Program (Fall 2007)
Preparing for Dissertation Research (Spring 2011)
Politics of Public Policy Issues – MPP Program (Summer 2010)

Instructor - University of California, Berkeley
Introduction to Research Methods (Fall 2006)
Introduction to American Politics (Summer 2006)

POLITICAL RESEARCH WORK EXPERIENCE:

Michigan Policy Network - East Lansing, MI
Founder and Director, September 2008 – Present

Institute of Governmental Studies / Center for Campaign Leadership - Berkeley, CA
Graduate Student Researcher, September 2001 – August 2004

Bipartisan California Commission on Internet Political Practices - Sacramento, CA
Research Director, October 2002 – December 2003

Center for Voting and Democracy - San Francisco, CA
Research Associate, June 2001 – August 2001

Rose Institute of State and Local Government - Claremont, CA
Survey Research Manager, September 1997 – May 2001

Office of Derek Wyatt, MP - London
Project Director, June 2000 - August 2000

Internet Education Foundation / Center for Democracy and Technology - Washington, DC
Assistant Policy Analyst, January 1999 - August 1999

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Member, Graduate Committee - Michigan State University
• Director of Undergraduate Studies – Michigan State University: Created a new undergraduate major, revised another undergraduate major and a teaching minor
• Department Advisory Committee – Michigan State University
• Director, Michigan Policy Network
• Organizer, Junior Faculty Workshop – Michigan State University
• Participant, Core Revision Proposal Working Group
• Participant, Prospectus Course Development Working Group
• Participant, Graduate Program Revisions Working Group
• Developer and Administrator, Political Science Website – Michigan State University
• Member, University Hearings Board – Michigan State University
• Member, University Appeals Board – Michigan State University
• Member, Public Policy Search Committee – Michigan State University
• Member, Environmental Policy Search Committee – Michigan State University
• Member, Graduate Committee - Michigan State University
• Member, Undergraduate Committee - Michigan State University
• Member, American Politics Exam Committee - Michigan State University
• Participant, Working Group on Religion and Politics - Berkeley
• Participant, Working Group on Institutional Analysis - Berkeley
• Reviewer, Internal Research Grant Program – Michigan State University
• Reviewer, Strategic Partnership Grants – Michigan State University
• Article Reviewer for: American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, British Journal of Political Science, American Politics Research, Political Behavior, Business & Politics, Journal of Urban Affairs, American Review of Politics, Acta Sociologica
• Book Reviewer for: Routledge

HONORS:

• Berkeley Nominee, E.E. Schattschneider Award (APSA) for Best American Politics Dissertation
• Department Fellowship and Continuing Student Fellowship - University of California, Berkeley
• Honorable Mention - National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
• Summer Research Grant - Graduate Division at the University of California, Berkeley
• Graduate Fellow - University of California Washington Center
• Best Undergraduate Thesis - Claremont McKenna College Government Department