James M. Carlson
Department of Political Science
Providence College
Providence, RI 02918
Phone (401) 865-2624
E-mail - jcarlson@providence.edu
Web Page: www.providence.edu/polisci/carlson/index.html
Born December 25, 1946; United States citizen, married, one child

M.A. Arizona State University (1972)

Ph.D. Kent State University (1976)

American Politics and Political Behavior
Mass Media and Politics
Parties and Elections
Public Opinion
Political Psychology

Ph.D. Dissertation

"Black Political Participation in the South: An Examination of Contextual Effects"

Positions Held

Department of Political Science, Providence College, Instructor through Professor, 1976-present

Chair, 1995-1999

Fulbright Scholar, Jozsef Attila University, Szeged, Hungary 1991-1992

Courses Taught

American Politics
Introduction to Empirical Political Analysis
Mass Media and Politics
Elections and Electoral Behavior
Law and Society
Public Opinion
Political Socialization
Senior Seminar: Research Methods
Seminar: Generational Politics
Seminar: Political Psychology
 

Administrative Experience and Committee Work
Committee for the Enhancement of Learning
Subcommittee on Organization and Governance, Accreditation Self-Study Committee
College-wide Prelaw Advisor
Committee on Academic Rank and Tenure
Chair, Providence College Academic Computer Facilities Committee
Providence College Tuition Exchange Committee
Student Bill of Rights Committee
AAUP Executive Committee-Secretary
AAUP Committee on Rewarding Academic Excellence
College Assessment Committee
Womens Studies Committee

Research Consulting for Government Agencies

Public opinion survey conducted for the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island Parks Department (survey concerned use of city parks and recommendations for improvement.)

Library User Analysis, Westport Free Public Library, Westport, MA.

Survey study of state assistance to local governments for public works, Council of State Governments.

Publications - Books

Doing Empirical Political Research (with Mark S. Hyde) (Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 2003)

Prime-Time Law Enforcement: Crime Show Viewing and Attitudes Toward the Criminal Justice System (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1985).

Publications - Articles

(With Rebecca Trichtinger) "Perspectives on Entertainment Television's Portrayal of a Racial Incident: An Intensive Analysis."  The Communication Review 4 (2001): 253-278.

(With Mark S. Hyde and Gladys Ganiel) "Scandal and Political Candidate Image." Southeastern Political Review 28 (December, 2000): 747-758.

(With Douglas Blum and Bruce McKeown) "Perspectives on America's World Role." Operant Subjectivity (January, 1996):35-57.

"Ideology and Policy Preferences on Local Issues: An Intensive Analysis." Southeastern Political Review (December, 1996)

"Television Entertainment and Political Socialization," in In Media Res: Readings in Politics and Mass Media edited by Jan Vermeer New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993.

"Television Viewing: Cultivating Perceptions of Affluence and Support for Capitalism," Political Communication (July-September, 1993): 243-258.

(With Tricia Williams) "Perspectives on the Seriousness of Crimes," Social Science Research 22 (June, 1993): 190-207.

"Subjective Ideological Similarity Between Candidates and Supporters: A Study of Party Elites," Political Psychology 11 (September, 1990): 485-492.

"Primary Divisiveness and General Election Outcomes in State Legislative Races," Southeastern Political Science Review (December, 1989): 149-155.

(With Barbara Burrell and Kathleen Dolan) "Issue Positions and Campaign Activity at National, State, and Local Levels: An Analysis of State Party Convention Delegates," Political Behavior (Summer, 1989): 273-287.

(With Kathleen Dolan and Bruce McKeown) "Popular Conceptions of Political Corruption: Implications for the Empirical Study of Political Ethics," Corruption and Reform: An International Journal 3 (1988): 3-24.

(With Barbara Burrell) "A New Cleavage in the Democratic Party?: A Comparison of Mondale and Hart Supporters at the Connecticut State Democratic Convention," Polity (Fall, 1987): 101-113.

(With Richard Martin) "Conceptions of Representation: A Study of Delegates to Party Conventions," American Politics Quarterly 15 (July, 1987): 355-372.

(With Frank Finamore) "Religiosity, Belief in a Just World and Crime Control Attitudes," Psychological Reports 61 (1987): 135-138.

(With Bruce McKeown) "An Experimental Study of the Influence of Religious Elites on Public Opinion," Political Communication and Persuasion 4 (1987): 93-102.

(With Kathleen Dolan) "The Waffle Phenomenon and Candidates' Image," Psychological Reports 57 (1985): 795-798.

(With Joseph Iovini) "The Transmission of Racial Attitudes from Fathers to Sons: A Study of Blacks and Whites," Adolescence (Winter, 1985): 233-237.

(With Mark S. Hyde) "Situations and Party Activist Role Orientations: A Q Study," Micropolitics 3 (1984): 441-464.

"The Impact of Ethnicity on Candidate Image," Polity (Summer, 1984): 667-672.

"Crime Show Viewing by Preadults: The Impact on Attitudes Toward Civil Liberties," Communication Research: An International Quarterly (October, 1983): 529-552.

(With Mark S. Hyde and Robert H. Trudeau) "Teaching Empirical Political Theory and Methods at an Undergraduate College: The Idea of a Data Center," News for Teachers of Political Science (Summer, 1982).

(With Mark S. Hyde) "The Candidate Oriented Party Activist," The Social Science Journal (October, 1982): 79-92.

(With Mark S. Hyde) "Amateurs and Professionals: The Norwegian Center Party," Southeastern Political Review 9 (Fall, 1981): 120-128.

(With Mary C. Boring) "Androgyny and Politics: The Effects of Winning and Losing on Candidate Image," International Political Science Review (October, 1981): 481-491.

(With Mark S. Hyde) "Personality and Political Recruitment: Actualization or Compensation?" Journal of Psychology (September, 1980).

"Political Context and Black Participation in the South," in Robert P. Steed, Laurence W. Moreland, and Tod A. Baker (eds.) Party Politics in the South (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1980).

"Politics and Interpersonal Attraction," American Politics Quarterly 7 (January, 1979): 120-126.

"Surveying Elite-Mass Attitudes: A Class Poll," News for Teachers of Political Science (Spring, 1978):5.

(With Howard Hamilton) "Democratic Electoral Coalitions," Polity 11 (Winter, 1978): 290-297.

"Conditions Affecting the Impact of the Governor on Budgeting: A Causal Analysis," Political Science Discussion Papers 6 (Fall, 1975): 1-22.

Convention Papers

(With Lauren Jones, Bruce McKeown, and Aubrey Westfall) "Perspectives on Church-State Relations." (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity, Canton, Ohio, October, 2003)

(With Joseph Cammarano) "Political Participation and Religious Affiliation: Alternative Means of Grouping Denominations." (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2000)

(With Jennifer Lucas) "Explaining Ballot Access for Third Party Candidates in the States" (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, MA, November, 1998)

"Student Journals and Integrated Learning Experiences in Political Science Courses" (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 1998)

(With Michelle Schreiber) "Cognitive Sophistication and Ideological Thinking" (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, MA, November, 1996)

(With Rebecca Trichtinger) "Perspectives on Entertainment Television's Portrayal of a Racial Incident: An Intensive Analysis" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 1996)

"Television Viewing and Political Intolerance: A Cultivation Analysis" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Portland, Oregon, March 1995)

(With Douglas Blum and Bruce McKeown) "The Structure of Attitudes Towards America's World Role" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 1994)

"The Struggle to Develop Communications Policy in Hungary" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 1993)

"Ideology and Policy Preferences on Local Issues: An Intensive Analysis" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 1993)

"Can American Democracy Survive Television?" (Paper presented at a Conference on American Democracy, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, March 1992)

(With Tricia Williams) "Perspectives on the Seriousness of Crimes" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Providence, RI, November 1990)

"Television Viewing and the American Political Ethos" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, September 1990)

(With Barbara Burrell) "Competition and Candidates in Open Seat Primaries for the U.S. House of Representatives, 1972-1989" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL April 1990)

"Group Inquiry and the American Politics Course" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting in of the Western Political Science Association, Newport Beach, CA, March 1990)

(With Bruce McKeown) "The Meanings of Liberalism/Conservatism for the Mass Public" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 1989)

(With Barbara Burrell and Kathleen Dolan) "Issue Positions and Campaign Activity at the National, State, and Local Levels: An Analysis of State Party Convention Delegates" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 1988)

(With Barbara Burrell) "New Classes, Old Classes, and Party Activism" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 1987)

(With Robert Trudeau and William Hudson) "A Group Inquiry Approach to Teaching American Politics" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, April 3, 1987)

(With Barbara Burrell) "Contextual Effects on Party Activity" (Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, MA, November 15, 1986)

(With Bruce McKeown) "An Experimental Study of the Influence of Religious Elites on Public Opinion" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 30, 1986)

"Party Activists: Office -seekers and Benefit-seekers" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 1986)

(With Richard Martin) "Conceptions of Representation: A Study of Delegates to Party Conventions" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 15, 1985)

(With Barbara Burrell) "Adventures in Yuppieland: Mondale and Hart Supporters at the Connecticut State Democratic Convention" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 18-20, 1985)

"Prime-Time Criminal Justice: Crime Show Viewing and Attitudes Toward Police" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 18-20, 1985)

"Religious Forces and Policymaking by Plebiscite: An Exploratory Analysis of Washington State Initiative and Referenda Data" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration Regions I and II, Providence, RI, October 28, 1983)

(With Patricia McLaughlin) "Primary Divisiveness and Election Outcomes in State Legislative Races" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Lowell, MA, April 23, 1983)

"Some Conditions Affecting Television's Contribution to Legal Socialization" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Seattle, WA, March 24-26, 1983)

"The Impact of Ethnicity on Candidate Image" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, New Haven, CT, November 18-20, 1982)

"Crime Show Viewing by Pre-Adults: The Impact on Attitudes Toward Civil Liberties" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Denver, CO, September 4, 1982)

(With Mark S. Hyde) "Situations and Party Activist Role Orientations: A Q Study" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 29-May 1, 1982)

"Teaching Research Methods to Freshman Political Science Majors: The Use of the Data Center" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Hartford, CT, March 1982)

(With Mark S. Hyde and Robert H. Trudeau) "Teaching Empirical Political Theory and Methods at an Undergraduate College: The Idea of a Data Center" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Memphis, TN, November, 1981)

"The Impact of Television Crime Shows on Children's Attitudes Toward the Legal System" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Durham, NH, April 11, 1981)

(With Mary C. Boring) "Androgyny and Politics: The Effects of Winning and Losing on Candidate Image" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, November 8, 1980)

(With Mark S. Hyde) "Men and Women in Party Elites: A Comparison of American and Norwegian Activists" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Boston, MA, March, 1980)

(With Mark S. Hyde) "Role Orientations of Campaign Activists: Amateurs and Professionals in the United States and Norway" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, Ft. Worth, Texas, March 1979)

"Political Context and Black Participation in the South" (Paper presented at the Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, Charleston, SC, February, 1978)

(With John Gargan) "Characteristics of New York Conservatives" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeast Political Science Association, South Edgremont, MA, November, 1976)

Book Reviews

Electing the President: Information and Control by Paul A. Smith. Reviewed in American Political Science Review (December, 1983)

Contemporary Southern Political Attitudes and Behavior edited by Lawrence Moreland, Tod A. Baker, and Robert Steed. Reviewed in American Political Science Review (March 1983)

The Fractured Electorate: Political Parties and Social Change in Southern New England by John Kenneth White. Reviewed in American Political Science Review (September, 1984)

Authoritarianism Across Cultures edited by Vinod K. Kool and John J. Ray. Reviewed in Political Psychology: An International Journal (Winter, 1985)

Religion and the Presidential Election by Paul Lopatto. Reviewed in American Political Science Review (June, 1985)

The Evangelical Voter: Religion and Politics in America by Stuart Rothenberg and Frank Newport. Reviewed in American Political Science Review (June, 1985)

Political Participation in the United States by M. Margaret Conway. Reviewed in Political Psychology: An International Journal (Fall, 1986)

Images of Voting/Visions of Democracy by Peter Natchez. Reviewed in Political Psychology: An International Journal (Spring, 1987)

Party Identification, Political Behavior, and the American Electorate by Sheldon Kameniecki. Reviewed in Political Psychology: An International Journal (Spring, 1987)

The Jesse Jackson Phenomenon: The Crisis of Purpose in Afro-American Politics by Adolph L. Reed, Jr. Reviewed in Congress and the Presidency (Autumn, 1987)

Political Learning in Adulthood: A Sourcebook of Theory and Research by Roberta Sigel. Reviewed in Political Psychology: An International Journal (June, 1993)

Education for Democratic Citizenship: A Challenge for Multi-Ethnic Societies edited by Roberta Sigel and Marilyn Hoskin. Reviewed in Political Psychology: An International Journal (June, 1993)

Politics at the Periphery: Third Parties in Two Party America by J. David Gillespie. Reviewed in Operant Subjectivity (Spring, 1995)

Governing with the News by Timothy Cook. Reviewed in Rhetoric and Public Affairs (Forthcoming, 2000)

Other Activities

Fulbright Scholar, Szeged, Hungary, 1991-1992.

Research Grant for Study of the Resolution of Local Political Issues (Providence College Research Grant, 1990-1991).

Research Grant for Study of Television Viewing and Conventional Political Attitudes (Providence College Faculty Research Grant, 1989-1990)

Collaborator, 1984 Comparative State Party Activists Project.

Research Grant for Study of State Legislative Elections (Providence College Faculty Research Grant, 1982-1983)

Research Grant for Study of Mass Media Effects on Children's Support for Civil Liberties (Providence College Faculty Research Grant, 1979-1981).

Participant - National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar on Human Nature and Politics, Stanley Rothman, Director, Smith College, Northampton, MA, Summer, 1979).

Academic Consulting and Reviews

Grant Proposal Reviews for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, 1988, 1992

Textbook Manuscript Reviews for: Prentice-Hall Publishers, Mc-Graw Hill Publishers, Houghton-Mifflin Publishers, and Brooks/Cole Publishers

Manuscript Reviews for: American Political Science Review, Western Political Quarterly, Social Science Journal, Polity, American Politics Quarterly, Journal of Politics, Southeastern Political Review, Operant Subjectivity, Political Psychology , Journal of Communication, and Communication Research.

Memberships and Other Activities

American Political Science Association
Media Politics Subsection (APSA)
Teaching Political Science (APSA)
Political Psychology Subsection (APSA)
International Society for the Study of Political Psychology
American Politics Quarterly, Editorial Board