Office phone number(s): 785-864-9034
Office: 405 Blake Hall
Office Hours: 1:00-4:00 MW
Personal Web Page: http://people.ku.edu/~dhmarkel/
Email Address: dhmarkel@ku.edu
Mailing Address: Department of Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, 504 Blake Lawrence, KS 66044-3177
Vita: http://www.ku.edu/~kups/people/vitae/HaiderMarkelFullVita.pdf
Educational Background
Graduated from:University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, Ph. D., Political Science, 1997
University of Minnesota, B.A., Political Science, 1992
First Appointed at KU: 1997
Brief list of research and teaching interests:
Public policy, political institutions, public opinion.
Research Statement:
Research
My research has examined national and state public policy, political institutions, interest groups, and political behavior. My main research focus has been on the role of "outsider" groups within political institutions and the policy process. Substantive policy areas of interest include abortion, crime policy, gay related policy, gun policy, environmental policy, and hate crime. My published research has or will appear in a wide range of professional outlets, including The Journal of Politics (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001), Political Research Quarterly (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002), State Politics and Policy Quarterly (2001, 2002, 2004), American Politics Quarterly (2000), Policy Studies Journal (1999, 2001), Policy Studies Review (2002), Justice Research and Policy (2001), Demography (1996), the American Review of Politics (1999, 2002), and Social Science Quarterly (1998, 2002, 2003).
I have also made several contributions to edited books. These include The Encyclopedia of American Social Movements (2003), The Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (2003), Governing America: The Politics of a Divided Democracy(2003), The Encyclopedia of the Midwest (2003), The Public Clash of Private Values: The Politics of Morality Policy (2001), Queer Families, Queer Politics: Challenging Culture and the State (2001), The Politics of Gay Rights (2000), Reader’s Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies (2000), Gays and Lesbians in The Democratic Process: Public Policy, Public Opinion and Political Representation (1999), Culture Wars and Local Politics (1999), and Encyclopedia of AIDS: A Social, Political, Cultural, and Scientific Record of the Epidemic (1998). Along with Ray Smith I also completed a book titled Gay and Lesbian Americans and Political Participation, which was published in 2002. In addition I have presented my work at numerous professional conferences, including the American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association, Wisconsin Political Science Association, and Southwestern Political Science Association.
Rather than research only one type of policy or make use of one theoretical perspective, my research has focused on several types of public policy in a variety of institutional contexts, and uses of a range of mainstream theoretical perspectives and methodological techniques. For example, my research on hate crime policy examines policy adoption and implementation at all levels of government, makes use of policy adoption and analysis theories, and makes use of rigorous quantitative methods supplemented by qualitative case study methods.
Over the next few years I will be concluding my work on an American Psychological Foundation grant to examine the implementation and enforcement of hate crime laws. I will also be completing a research grant examining facility compliance with environmental regulations for the EPA, and an NSF grant exploring the extent of racial profiling by local law enforcement agencies in the Kansas City area.
Teaching
I have taught a wide variety of graduate and undergraduate courses, including public policy, American politics and institutions, the presidency, comparative state politics, race and ethnicity in American politics, and quantitative methods. At the University of Kansas my undergraduate courses have included POLS 517 The Presidency, POLS 613 Comparative U.S. State Politics, POLS 620 Formulation of Public Policy, POLS 624 Environmental Politics and Policy, POLS 625 Government Responses to Extremist Groups, and POLS 634 Bureaucratic Politics. My graduate courses have included POLS 720 Scope of Public Policy and POLS 820 Policy Formulation and Adoption. I have also engaged students in directed readings on the presidency and policy implementation. In the future I will be increasing the number and diversity of course offerings in public policy as I develop courses on crime policy, policy implementation and enforcement, and policy analysis.
Books
Haider-Markel, Donald P. 2008. Gay and Lesbian Candidates, Elections, and Policy Representation . Washington , DC : Georgetown University Press. (Forthcoming) .
Haider-Markel, Donald P. ed. 2008. Political Encyclopedia of U.S. States and Regions . Washington , DC : CQ Press. (Forthcoming)
Haider-Markel, Donald P . 2004. Media Coverage of Lawrence v. Texas : An Analysis of Content, Tone, and Frames in National and Local News Reporting . New York : The GLAAD Center for the Study of Media and Society.
Smith, Raymond A., and Donald P. Haider-Markel . 2002. Gay and Lesbian Americans and Political Participation . Denver : ABC-CLIO Publishers.
Journal Articles
Haider-Markel, Donald P. 2007. “Representation and Backlash: The Positive and Negative Influence of Descriptive Representation.” Legislative Studies Quarterly (Forthcoming)
Haider-Markel, Donald P . Alana Querze, and Kara Lindaman. 2007. “Lose, Win, or Draw? A Reexamination of Direct Democracy and Minority Rights.” Political Research Quarterly (Forthcoming)
Allen, Mahalley D., and Donald P. Haider-Markel . 2007. “Connecting Supreme Court Decisions, Media Coverage, and Public Opinion: The Case of Lawrence v. Texas .” The American Review of Politics (Forthcoming)
Joslyn, Mark and Donald P. Haider-Markel . 2007. “Self versus Sociotropic Concerns and Support for Counterterrorism Policies.” Social Science Quarterly (Forthcoming June)
Haider-Markel, Donald P. 2006. “Acting as Fire Alarms with Law Enforcement? Interest Groups and Bureaucratic Activity on Hate Crime.” American Politics Research 34(1):95-130.
Haider-Markel, Donald P. , Mahalley D. Allen, and Morgen Johansen. 2006. “Understanding Variations in Media Coverage of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: Comparing Media Outlets in their Coverage of Lawrence v. Texas ,” Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 11(2):64-85.
Haider-Markel, Donald P. , Mark Joslyn, and Mohammad Tarek Al-Baghal. 2006. “Can We Frame the Terrorist Threat? Issue Frames, the Perception of Threat, and Opinions on Counter-Terrorism Policies.” Terrorism and Political Violence 18(4):545-559.
Joslyn, Mark, and Haider-Markel, Donald P . 2006. “Should We Really “Kill” the Messenger: Framing Physician Assisted Suicide and the Ambiguous Role of Messengers.” Political Communication 23(1):85-103.
Stoutenborough, James W., Donald P. Haider-Markel , and Mahalley D. Allen. 2006. “Reassessing the Impact of Supreme Court Decisions on Public Opinion: Gay Civil Rights Cases” Political Research Quarterly 59(3):419-433.