Dr. Clyde Brown
Department Profile
Education:
Ph.D. Political Science, University of Iowa. 1986
M.A. Political Science, University of Iowa. 1983
M.P.A. Public Administration, Iowa State University. 1981
B.S. Economics, Iowa State University. 1980
Professional Highlights:
Teaching Interests:
* American Politics
* Politics of Organized Interests
* Applied/Citizen/Practical Politics
* Methods of Political Analysis
* Film and Politics
Research Interests:
* American Politics
* Organized Interests/Political Interest Groups,
* Political Participation
* Youth Politics
* Civic Engagement
Selected Publications:
"Iowa University Towns and the Twenty-sixth Amendment: The First Test of the Newly Enfranchised Student Vote in 1971." The Annals of Iowa (Fall 2009): 395-442. (with G.K. Pluta Brown)
"The Dynamics of Elite Endorsements in Professional Sports Facility Referendums." State Politics & Policy Quarterly 6.3 (2006): 272-299 (with D.M. Paul)
"Every Thursday: Advertorials by Mobil Oil on the Op-Ed Page of The New York Times." Public Relations Review 31.2 (2005): 197-208 (with H. Waltzer)
"The Mayor Becomes a Congressman: Protecting a Lead Wins Big in Ohio's 3rd Congressional District." in Running on Empty? Campaign Discourse in Congressional Elections. L. Sandy Maisel and Darrell West (eds.). Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2004: 129-141.
"Moo U and the 26th Amendment: Registering for Peace and Voting for Responsive City Government." Peace & Change 29.1 (January 2004): 48-80. (with G.K. Pluta Brown)
"Lobbying the Press: 'Talk to the People Who Talk to America.'" in Interest Group Politics. Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis (eds.). Congressional Quarterly Press, Washington, DC, 2002: 249-274. (with H. Waltzer)
"Testing the Limits of Elite Influence on Public Opinion: An Examination of Sports Facility Referendums." Political Research Quarterly 54.4 (2001): 871-888. (with D.M. Paul)
"'Daring to be Heard': Advertorials by Organized Interests on the Op-Ed Page of The New York Times, 1985-1998." Political Communication 18.1 (2001): 23-50. (with H. Waltzer and M.B. Waltzer)
"Protesting the Invasion of Cambodia: A Case Study of Crowd Behavior and Demonstration Leadership." Polity 30.4 (1998): 645-665. (with E.L. Lewis)
"Political Success, Government Subsidization and the Group Free Rider Problem." Social Science Quarterly 76.4 (1995): 853-862. (with R. Jankowski)
Work in Progress:
Clyde Brown is working on research related to organized interests, student politics of the 1960s and 1970s, and civic engagement, and projects related to films that explore challenges to American democracy and incorporating numeracy into an introductory American Political System class.
Contact Info
Dr. Patrick Haney
Interim Chair
218 Harrison Hall
Oxford, OH 45056
E: political@miamioh.edu
P: (513) 529-2000
F: (513) 529-1709