Books by Mack Shelley (Iowa State University)

Mack C. Shelley, II is a professor of political science and statistics at Iowa State University. After receiving his bachelor's degree from American University in Washington, DC, he went on to graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received a master's degree in economics and a Ph.D. in political science. He arrived at Iowa State in 1979. From 1993 to 2002 he served as elected co-editor of the Policy Studies Journal. Shelley has also published numerous articles, books, and monographs on public policy, including The Permanent Majority: The Conservative Coalition in the United States Congress, Biotechnology and the Research Enterprise: A Guide to the Literature (with William F. Woodman and Brian J. Reichel), American Public Policy: The Contemporary Agenda (with Steven G. Koven and Bert E. Swanson), and Quality Research in Literacy and Science Education: International Perspectives and Gold Standards (with Larry Yore and Brian Hand). He conducts policy research in a number of areas funded by grants and contracts. Steffen W. Schmidt is a professor of political science at Iowa State University. He grew up in Colombia, South America, and has studied in Colombia, Switzerland, the United States, and France. He has a B.A. from Rollins College and obtained his Ph.D. from Columbia University, New York, in public law and government. Dr. Schmidt has published 14 books and over 130 articles in scholarly journals and major newspapers. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious teaching prizes, including the Amoco Award for Lifetime Career Achievement in Teaching and the Teacher of the Year award. He is a pioneer in the use of web-based and real-time video courses and a founding member of the American Political Science Association's section on Computers and Multimedia. He is known as "Dr. Politics" for his extensive commentary on U.S. politics in both U.S. and international media. He comments on CNN en Espanol and Univision, as well as CTV Canada Cable TV. Dr. Schmidt is a founding member of the USSTRATCOM academic alliance. He's on Facebook (SteffenWSchmidt) and Twitter (DrPolitics). Barbara A. Bardes is professor emerita of political science at the University of Cincinnati. She received her B.A. and M.A. from Kent State University and her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati. She served as a faculty member in political science and dean of Mundelein College at Loyola University of Chicago. In 1993, she was appointed dean of the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash, where she served until 2003. She returned to the Political Science Department, where she held the position of graduate director before retiring. Bardes has written articles on public and foreign policy, and women and politics. She also has co-authored Declarations of Independence: Women and Political Power in 19th Century American Novels, Thinking About Public Policy, Public Opinion: Measuring The American Mind, and American Government and Politics Today. Lynne E. Ford is Associate Vice President for the Academic Experience and professor of political science at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. She received her B.A. from The Pennsylvania State University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in government and political behavior from the University of Maryland-College Park. Ford's teaching and research interests include women and politics, elections and voting behavior, political psychology, and civic engagement. She has written articles on women in state legislatures, the underrepresentation of women in political office in the American South, and work-family policy in the United States. She has also authored Women and Politics: The Pursuit of Equality and The Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics. Ford served as Associate Provost for Curriculum and Academic Administration for five years, as department chair for eight years, and she has led a number of campus-wide initiatives, including general education reform, faculty compensation, and civic engagement.