The Political Science Department is home to over twenty faculty members, all with active research projects. Below we list the major external research grants that our faculty have received in the past few years.
Christopher Zorn, "Decision Making in the Federal Judicial Hierarchy," National Science Foundation, Program in Law and Social Sciences, 8/1/08 - 7/31/09.
Christopher Zorn, "Item Response Theory Models for Mixtures of Dominance and Proximity Items," National Science Foundation, Program on Methodology, Measurement and Statistics, (with Brian Habing) 8/1/07 - 7/31/09
Glenn Palmer, “Improving the Efficiency of Militarized Interstate Dispute Data Collection using Automated Textual Analysis,” National Science Foundation, Program in Political Science (with Scott Bennett, Paul Diehl, and Phil Schrodt), 7/1/07-12/31/08
Burt Monroe, Steven Abney, Michael Colaresi, Kevin Quinn, and Dragomir Radev, “The Dynamics of Political Rhetoric and Political Representation” from NSF, 1/1/05-12/31/08.
Suzanna Linn, “Conditional Frailty Duration Model for the Study of Repeated Events in the Social Sciences, “ National Science Foundation, Program on Methodology, Measurement and Statistics, (with Janet Box-Steffensmeier) 4/15/07 - 3/31/09
Frank Baumgartner, “New Computer Science Applications in Automated Text Identification and Classification for the Social Sciences,” National Science Foundation, Programs in Political Science and Sociology (with John McCarthy), 9/1/07- 8/31/08
Frank Baumgartner, Residential Fellowship in Cassis, France, from Camargo Foundation, 1/1/07-5/31/07.
Frank Baumgartner, dissertation award for Amber Boydstun, “Agenda Setting and Issue Framing Dynamics on Front Page News” from NSF, 7/1/06-5/30/07.
Frank Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones, “Collaborative Research: Database Development for the Study of Public Policy” from NSF, 1/1/02-12/31/07.
D. Scott Bennett, “Improving the EUGene Software Program” from NSF, 2/1/05-1/31/07.
Eric Plutzer, “Civic and Political Engagement: The Role of Poverty in the context of Race, Ethnicity and Neighborhood” from NSF, 4/1/05-05/31/06.
Eric Plutzer, “Economic Hardship, Family Life and Voter Turnout in Developmental from Perspective” from Russell Sage Foundation, 4/1/04-9/30/05.
Eric Plutzer and Michael Berkman, “Public Opinion and Policy Responsiveness in Small Electorates: Institutions and Spending in American School Districts” from NSF, 1/1/04-12/31/05.
Marie Hojnacki, Dan Carpenter and Elizabeth Armstrong, “Collaborative Research on Temporal, Institutional, and Cross-Sectional Dynamics of Attention to Disease in the Public Arena” from NSF, 1/1/04-12/31/05.
Quan Li and Nathan Jensen, conference on “Political Economy of Regulating Multinational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment” from International Studies Association, 1/1/04-12/31/05.
Jim Eisenstein, Jeffrey Ulmer and John Kramer, “A National Survey of Federal District Criminal Court Community Actors” from NSF, 1/1/04-12/31/04.
Scott Bennett, “Data Management in International Relations: Expanding the EUGene Software Program” from NSF, 7/1/02-6/30/04.
Frank Baumgartner and Marie Hojnacki, “Lobbying and Issue Definition” from NSF, 7/1/01-6/30/04.
Grants to other departments including Political Science faculty members
Joe McLaughlin and Frank Baumgartner, “Pennsylvania Policy Agendas Database” from the State of Pennsylvania, 1/1/05-12/31/08. [Penn State subcontract awarded 3/1/06.]
Robert O’Connor et al., “Consortium for Atlantic Regional Assessment (CARA): Proposed Assessment in the Mid-and Upper-Atlantic Region” from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 9/1/02-8/31/05
Robert O’Connor et al., “Development, Testing, and Application of Ecological and Socioeconomic Indicators for Integrated Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystems of the Atlantic Slope in the Mid-Atlantic States” from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 5/1/01-4/30/05