Linda L. Fowler
Professor of Government
Frank J. Reagan '09 Chair in Policy Studies
Silsby 207
Linda.Fowler@dartmouth.edu
Linda Fowler's CV
B.A., Political Science, Smith College
M.A., Ph.D., Political Science, University of Rochester
"My teaching and research agendas have always been interconnected because I focus on practical politics. I use social science methods to examine how institutions work in the American democracy and then convey the consequences to students as citizens and future leaders."
Recent publications
- "Congressional War Powers" in Frances Lee and Eric Schickler, ed. Oxford Handbook of the U.S. Congress (Forthcoming 2010)
- “Looking for Sex in All the Wrong Places: Media Coverage of Gubernatorial Candidates, 1990-1997.” Perspectives 7, 3(September 2009): 519-536.
- “Seen, but Not Heard: Committee Visibility, Democratization and Institutional Change in the Senate National Security Committees, 1947-2006,” 2008. Legislative Studies Quarterly 33 (August): 357-386.
- “Make Way for the Party: The Rise and Fall of the Senate Security Committees,” in David Rohde, Nathan Monroe and Jason Roberts, eds. Why Not Parties? (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008), ch. 7.
- "Issue Advocacy Groups in the 2000 New Hampshire Primary." Co-author. In Paul S. Herrnson et al. The Interest Group Connection, 2nd ed., Washington, CQ Press, pp. 89-111, 2005.
- Campaign Ethics and the Politics of Personal Destruction," in Candace J. Nelson and James A. Thurber, eds. Campaigns and Elections American Style, 2nd ed., Westview Press, 2004.
- "Sheep in Wolves Clothing: Undeclared Voters in the New Hampshire Primary ," Co-Author. PS, April 2003.
- "The New Hampshire Senate Race." In Larry Sabato, ed. Midterm Madness: The 2002 Elections, Rowman and Littlefield, 2003.
- "The Effects of Retail Politics in the New Hampshire Primary." Co-author. American Journal of Political Science, 46:595-610, July 2002.
- "Representation, Careerism and Term Limits: A Simulation," with Brian Frederking, in Congress on Display, Congress at Work, William T. Bianco, ed., Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000.
Current research
Papers under revision:
- “Senate Oversight of National Security Policy, 1947-2005”
- “Movers and Stakers: Vote Switching in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary”
Long-term projects:
- Congress at the Water’s Edge (book manuscript)
- “Explaining Restrictive Rules in the House of Representatives, 1979-1994”
Research interests
- Legislative politics - congress and foreign policy
- Elections
- Public policy
- Interest groups and political participation
Honors & Awards
- Congressional Quarterly 2006 Award for best paper on legislatures at the 2005 annual meeting of the APSA
- Guggenheim Fellowship 2005-06
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