Mark R. Joslyn

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Associate Professor

Department of Political Science

Contact Information

Office phone number(s): 864-9046
Office: 407 Blake Hall
Office hours: 11am-12 MW; 1:30-2:30 F
Email Address: mjoz@ku.edu

Mailing Address: 1541 Lilac Lane, 504 Blake
Lawrence, KS 66044-3177
US

 

CURRICULUM VITA

Mark R. Joslyn

January, 2009

Department of Political Science                                 Office Phone:  785-864-9046
Kansas University                                                       e-mail mjoz@ku.edu
504 Blake Hall, Lawrence,  KS. 66045 

EDUCATION

Ph.D.                    Washington University in St. Louis, Political Science. May, 1996.
M.A.                      Central Michigan University, Economics.  May, 1990.
M.B.A.                  Central Michigan University, Business Administration.  May, 1989.
B.S.                      Ferris State University, Personnel Mgt./Industrial Relations.  February, 1986.

PUBLICATIONS

Referred Journals

2008.   “Culture, Segregation, and Tolerance in Urban America.”  Social Science Quarterly.  September.    With Elaine Sharp. 

2008.  “Political Persuasion during Times of Crisis:  The Effects of Education and News Media on Citizens’ Factual Information about Iraq.”  Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.  With Morgen Johansen. 

2008.  “Pulpits versus Ivory Towers:  Socializing Agents and Evolution Attitudes.  Social

Science Quarterly.  September.   With Donald Haider-Markel. 

2008.  “Beliefs about Homosexuality and Support for Gay Rights:  An Empirical Test of Attribution Theory.  Public Opinion Quarterly.  With Donald Haider-Markel. 

2007.   “Sociotropic Concerns and Support for Counterterrorism Policies.”  Social Science Quarterly.  Vol. 88, No. 2.    With Donald Haider-Markel.     

2006.  “Can We Frame the Terrorist Threat?  Issue Frames, the Perception of Threat, and Opinions on Counterterrorism Policies.”  Terrorism and Political Violence, 18: 545-559. With Donald  Haider-Markel and Mohammad Tarek Al-Baghal

2006.  "Should We Really "Kill" the Messenger: Framing Physician Assisted Suicide and the Ambiguous Role of Messengers." Political Communication. With Donald Haider-Markel.

2005.   “Attributions and the Regulation of Marriage: Considering the Parallels Between

Race and Homosexuality”  Political Science and Politics.  With Donald Haider-Markel.

2004.  “Just How Important is the Messenger Versus the Message?  The Case of

Framing Physician-Assisted Suicide.”  Death Studies.  28: 1-20.  with Donald Haider-Markel. 

2003.  Joslyn, Mark R. “Framing the Lewinsky Affair: The Likelihood of Third-Person Perception by Scandal Frame.”  Political Psychology.  

2003.  “Remembering Past Preferences:  The Political  Antecedents and Consequences of Autobiographical Memories of the Gulf War.”  American Journal of Political Science. Vol. 47, No. 3 (July).  440-452.    

2003.  “The Changing Readability of Introductory Political Science Textbooks:  A Case Study of Burns and Peltason, Government by the People.”  P.S. Political Science and Politics.   With Thomas Heilke and Alex Aguado.   

2002.  “The Extensiveness of Group Membership and Social Capital:  The Impact on Political Tolerance Attitudes.”  Political Research Quarterly.  With Allan J. Cigler.     

2002   “Framing Effects on Personal Opinion and Perception of Public Opinion:  The Cases of Physician-Assisted Suicide and Social Security.”  Social Science Quarterly. With Donald P. Haider-Markel.

2002.  “Trickle Up Political Socialization:  The Impact of Kids Voting USA on Voter Turnout in Kansas.”  State Politics and Policy Quarterly, With Amy Linimon.

2001  “Cognitive Dissonance and Post-Decision Attitude Change in Six Presidential Elections.”  Political Psychology.  With Ryan K. Beasley.       

2001.  “Gun Policy, Opinion, and Blame Attribution:  The Conditional Influence of Issue Frames.”  Journal of Politics.  With Donald P. Haider-Markel.

2001.  “Individual and Contextual Effects on Attributions About Pornography”  Journal of Politics.  With Elaine Sharp.   

2001. “Group Involvement and Democratic Orientations: Social Capital in the Post-Election Context.”  Social Science Quarterly.  With Allan J. Cigler.

2000.  “Motor Voter:  A License for Roll-off.”  The American Review of Politics.  With Kara Lindaman.

2000.  “Guns in the Ballot Box:  Information, Groups, and Opinion in Ballot Initiative Campaigns.”  American Politics Quarterly.  With Donald P. Haider-Markel.

2000 “Minority Group Interests and Political Representation: Gay Elected Officials in the Policy Process.”Journal of Politics.  With Donald P. Haider-Markel and Chad J. Kniss.

1999.  “Perceiving Public Opinion of Political Figures: Examining the Link between Individual and Collective Opinion.”  International Journal of Public Opinion Research

1997.  "The Public Nature of Personal Opinion:  The Impact of Collective Sentiment on

Individual Appraisal.”  Political Behavior

1996.  "Candidate Evaluations and the Use of Consensus Information: Differential Reliance on Appearances based on Self-Monitoring Propensity."  International Journal of Public Opinion Research.

1996.  "Attentiveness to Television News and Opinion Change in the Fall 1992 Presidential Campaign."  Political Behavior. With Steve Ceccoli.  

1995. "Institutional Change and House Support: Assessing George Bush in the Postreform

Era."  American Politics Quarterly. 

Chapters

2002.  “The Kansas Christain Right and the Evolution of Republican Politics.”  John Green,Mark 
Rozell and Clyde Wilcox, eds., Marching Toward the Millenium .  The Christain Right in the
States 1980-2000.  Georgetown University Press.  With Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis.  
2002.  “Groups, Social Capital, and Democratic Orientations.”  Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. 
Loomis eds., Interest Group Politics.  CQ Press.  6th edition.  With Allan J. Cigler. 
2002.  “The Implications for Campaigns.”  Paul D. Schumaker and Burdett A. Loomis, eds., Chosing a President:  The Electoral College and Beyond.  Chatham House, New York.  With William Mayer, Emmett Buell, and James Campbell.     

Book Reviews

2001. Review of Affective Intelligence and Political Judgement by Marcus, George E., W
Russell Neuman, and Michael MacKuen.  American Political Science Review.  Vol. 95, No. 4.  December. (1003-1004). 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Midwest Political Science Association Meetings.  1994, 1998, 1999, 2000-2008
American Political Science Association Meetings. 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,2003, 2007,
Southwest Political Science Association Meetings. 1999, 2008
Western Political Science Association Meetings.  2001, 2007, 2008
Symposium on Survey Research University UNL Gallup Research Center (poster) 1999.
Amercian Association for Public Opinion Research 1998

RESEARCH AWARDS

November, 2001         Kansas Action for Children $120,000. Co-investigators.  Steven Maynard- Moody, Donald Haider-Markel, and Surenda Singh. 

April, 2000                   General Research Fund $13,512.  Awarded by University of Kansas.  Co-investigator Allan J. Cigler. 

Sping 2000                  Awarded best paper at Southwest Political Science Association.

Janurary, 1999            New Faculty General Research Grant $5,000                     

April, 1993                   Antoinette Dames Award: Outstanding Graduate Student Paper.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Kansas University:   Introduction American Government;  Campaigns and Elections; Media and Politics; Public Opinion and American Democracy, Methods.  Seminars: Elections and Voting Behavior,  U.S. Political Institutions, Political Behavior.

Washington University, St. Louis.  Department of Political Science:  American Politics and Government;  American Electoral Politics. 

Washington University, St. Louis.  Department of Social Thought and Analysis: Introduction to American Social Welfare Policies; Methods and Reasoning in the Social Sciences.

University of Missouri, St. Louis.  Department of Political Science: American Politics and Government;  Research Methods in Political Science.

Teaching Awards

August, 2002 – W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence.
April, 2001 – H. Bernerd Fink Award for Excellence in Teaching.
November, 2000 – Hope Award Finalist.
April, 1999 – Excellence in Teaching Award – Given by Center for Teaching Excellence

SERVICE

Professional Activity

PRI Scholar.  Policy Research Institute Scholar.  Summer 2001-2003. 
Member, American Political Science Association (1994-present).
Member, American Association for Public Opinion Research (1998-present).
Reviewer for The International Journal of Public Opinion Research, American Journal of Political Science, American Politics Research,  Journal of Politics, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Social Science Quarterly, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, American Political Science Review, Political Communication . 

Department Activity

Member Undergraduate Studies Committee. 
Member Advisory Committee. 
Member Graduate Studies Committee

University Activity

Sabbatical Leave Committee (2007)
University Honors Council:  Undergraduate Research Committee (2005-2006)
Graduate Research Fund Committee (2004-2005)
General Research Fund Committee (2001-2002)
Excel Award Selection Committee (9/99).
Member of Senior Scholarship Committee – Honors College (Spring 99).
Member of Elections Commission – student senate elections (9/99 to 6/00).
Member of Electoral College Review Commission – Assembled by Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh (December 2000). 
Mock Interviewers—Truman Award (3/2001).

PERSONAL

Born 10/10/64, married, with two children—Louis 14 and Nicholas 12.