Paul S. Martin

Miller Center of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
2201 Old Ivy Road; P.O. Box 400406
Charlottesville, VA 22904 / Office: 434-249-2520

Professional Experience

University of Virginia

Director of Professional Development, Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy, 2008-present

Assistant Professor, Miller Center of Public Affairs, 2005-present (Director, Project on Media & Governance, 2009-present)

Assistant Professor, Department of Politics (courtesy appointment), 2005-present

APSA Congressional Fellow, Office of Congressman David R. Obey (D-Wisconsin), 2003-2004

Legislative advisor to the Ranking Democrat, Appropriations Committee & Subcommittee on

Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies.

University of Oklahoma, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 2000-2004

Education

Ph.D in Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2000

Examination fields: American Politics and Comparative Politics

Minor Field: Research Methods

M.A. in Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1995

B.A in Political Science, University of California, Irvine, 1993

Awarded with Honors, Magna Cum Laude, and Phi Beta Kappa

Academic Research

Creating Constituencies: Presidential Campaigns, Selective Mobilization, and the Scope of Conflict. Political Behavior (forthcoming, co-authored with Michele P. Claibourn).

The Mass Media as Sentinel: Why Bad News about Issues is Good News for Participation. Political Communication 25:180-193 (2008).

The Third Face of Social Capital: How Membership in Voluntary Associations Improves Policy Accountability. Political Research Quarterly 60:192-201 (2007, co-authored with Michele P. Claibourn).

Inside the Black Box of Negative Campaign Effects: Three Reasons Why Negative Campaigns Mobilize. Political Psychology 25:545-562 (2004).

Voting's Rewards: Voter Turnout, Attentive Publics, and Congressional Allocation of Federal Money. American Journal of Political Science 47:110-127 (2003).

Facilitating Communication Across Lines of Political Difference: The Role of Mass Media. American Political Science Review 95:97-114 (2001, coauthored with Diana C. Mutz).

Trusting and Joining? A Test of the Reciprocal Nature of Social Capital. Political Behavior 22: 267-291 (2000, co-authored with Michele P. Claibourn).

Unity and Diversity in American Political Culture: An Exploratory Study of the National Conversation on American Pluralism and Identity. Political Psychology 19:781-807 (1998, Co-authored with Richard Merelman and Greg Streich).

Current research (working papers and papers under review)

District Participation and Policy Responsiveness: New Evidence for Why Turnout Matters. Under review.

Testing the “Table-Scraps” Hypothesis: Earmarks and the Politics of Citizen Representation. Under review.

Policy Research & Report

Martin, Paul S., Juliana Bush, and Jane Rafal Wilson. 2010. Old Media, New Media, and the Challenge to Democratic Governance: Findings from the Project on Media & Governance. Miller Center of Public Affairs, Charlottesville, Virginia and Washington, DC.

Classes Taught

University of Virginia
  • USEM: Community, Engagement, and Democracy (Fall 2010/Spring 2011)
  • USEM: The Politics of Now (2 semesters)
  • Congress, the Mass Public, and the Problem of Representation (2 semester)
  • Representation and Lawmaking in the U.S. Congress (graduate, 1 semester)
  • Power & Powerlessness (5 semesters)
  • Undergraduate Research Design (5 semesters)
  • American Politics in a Comparative Context (1 semester)
University of Oklahoma

·  Congress, the Mass Public, and the Problem of Representation (graduate, 1 semester)

·  Mass Political Behavior (graduate, 1 semester)

·  Power & Powerlessness (1 semester)

·  American Exceptionalism (4 semesters)

·  Undergraduate Research Design (4 semesters)

·  Community, Engagement, and Democracy: A Service-Learning Course (1 semester)

·  Senior Capstone: Political Participation (1 semester)

·  Public Opinion & Survey Research (3 semesters)

University of Wisconsin

Introduction to American Politics (2 semesters)

Grants, Honors, and Awards

Congressional Research Award, The Dirksen Congressional Center, 2006

American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, 2003-2004 class.

Junior Faculty Research Grant (College of Arts and Sciences), University of Oklahoma, 2002

Goldsmith Research Award, Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard University, 2001

University Research Grant (VP of Research Office), University of Oklahoma, 2001

Instructional Computing Grant (College of Arts and Sciences), University of Oklahoma, 2001

Faculty Enrichment Grant (College of Arts and Sciences), University of Oklahoma, 2000

Vilas Professional Development Fellowship, UW Madison, 1999

Murray Edelman Award for scholarship on language, symbolism, and politics, UW Madison, 1995.

Order of Merit for distinction in the Social Sciences, University of California-Irvine, 1993

Service and Activities

Taskforce board member, Community Development Block Grant Taskforce, City of Charlottesville, 2007-present. (Chair 2009-10). Committee reviews grant applications for the CDBG, HOME, and Charlottesville Housing Fund, with annual grants totaling approximately $1.5M.

Jefferson Public Citizen Executive Team. 2009. Served on the team to advise and design a new community engagement and research program at the University of Virginia.

Jefferson Public Citizen Review Committee. 2009. Served on the committee to review student community research proposals for the Jefferson Public Citizen Program.

University Community Partnerships Advisory Committee. 2009-present

Faculty Advisor, Public Opinion Learning Laboratory (OU POLL), University of Oklahoma, 2000-2003.

Miller Center Community Study Groups: 2009. Initiated and executed pilot program to bring discussion groups to the Miller Center of Public Affairs.

Reviewer, American Political Science Review 2003, 2005-10; American Journal of Political Science, 2000-2004, 2006-10; Journal of Politics, 2001, 2003, 2006-10; Political Behavior, 1998–2001, 2003; Political Psychology 2002; Political Research Quarterly 2010.

References

On research:

Jan Leighley, Professor

Department of Government

American University

On teaching:

David Klein, Associate Professor

Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics

University of Virginia

434.924-3345

On university administration:

Harry Harding, Dean

Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy

University of Virginia

434.924.0812

Last updated December 14, 2010

Paul S. Martin, 2010 CV, page 2