ALLAN B. MCBRIDE

213 Mini Farm Rd., Hattiesburg, MS
(601) 583-4170 Home
(601) 266-5688 Office

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

• Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1983, Ph.D., Political Science. American government, political socialization, political behavior, public administration. Dissertation Title: The Effects of Health and Body Image on Political Participation and Perception of the Political System.
• University of New Orleans, 1976, M.A., Political Science. Thesis Title: AAfrican Socialism: The Case of Tanzania.
• Louisiana State University in New Orleans, 1971, B.A., Political Science.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

• University of Southern Mississippi, Chair and Assoc. Prof., 2000-Present
• University of Southern Mississippi, Asst. Prof., 1996-2000
• Grambling State University, Assoc. Prof., 1990-1996.
• Grambling State University, Director, Undergraduate Political Science Research Lab, 1992-1996.
• Grambling State University, Asst. Prof., 1985-1990.
• Wartburg College, Asst. Prof., 1983-85.
• Southern Illinois University, Visiting Instructor, full-time, 1980-1983.

PUBLICATIONS AND SELECTED PAPERS:

• Refereed Scholarly Publications:
• Television, Individualism, and Social Capital.@ PS, September, 1998, pp. 542-552. (Sole author)
• Minimum Wage Increases and the Business Failure Rate.@ Journal of Economic Issues, March, 1998, pp. 219-223. (Co-authored)
• Election Related Behavioral Outcomes: Televised Negative Campaign Messages.@ Southeastern Political Review, March, 1997, pp. 63-83. (Lead author)
• Deep Structures: Polpop Culture on Primetime Television.@ Journal of Popular Culture, Spring, 1997, pp. 181-200. (Lead author)
• Contrary Convictions: Race and Subjectivity in Public Opinion on the O.J. Simpson Case.@ Operant Subjectivity, April/July, 1996, pp. 58-84. (Co-authored)
• Deconstructing the Political Spectacle: Sex, Race, and Subjectivity in Public Response to the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill >Sexual Harassment= Hearings.@ American Journal of Political Science, August, 1993, pp. 699-720. (Co-authored)
• Negative Campaign Advertising and Voter Participation,@ Political Communication Review, Fall, 1989, vol. 15, pp. 31- 50. (Lead author)
• Governmental Integration in U.S. Metropolitan Areas and International Regions: Preliminary Reflections on Similarities,@ Georgia Political Science Association Journal, Fall,1976, pp. 3-33. (Co-authored)

Pedagogical Publications:

• Creating a Critical Thinking Learning Environment: Teaching Statistics to Undergraduate Social Science Majors.@ PS, September, 1996, pp.517-521. (Sole author)
• Teaching Research Methods Using Appropriate Technology.@ PS, Sept., 1994, pp. 553-557. (Sole Author)
• Paper Presentations:
• The Politics of Mardi Gras: Change, Resistance, and Evasion in New Orleans.@ Presented at the Symposium on the South, held September, 2002, at the Gulf Park Conference Center, Long Beach, Mississippi
• Prime-time Crime: Authority, Conflict, and Blame on Network Crime Programming.@ Delivered at the American Political Science Association Meeting, poster session, San Francisco, CA, 1996. (Sole author)
• Culture, Crime Shows, and Television: Evidence of Cultural Theory on Network Programming.@ Delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, IL., 1995. (Sole author)
• Television, the Gang of Three, and America=s Cultural Revolution.@ Delivered at the Midsouth Sociology Meeting, Lafayette, LA., 1994. (Sole author)
• Evidence of Democratic Culture on Network Entertainment Programming.@ Delivered at the American Popular Culture Meeting, New Orleans, LA., 1993. (Lead author)
• Effects of Negative Television Political Advertising on Voter Turnout: The 1990 Louisiana Campaign for U.S. Senate.@ Delivered at the Louisiana Political Science Association meeting, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA., 1991. (Lead author)
• The Politics of Popular Culture: Television and Political Participation.@ Delivered at the Midsouth Sociology Association meeting, Hot Springs, AR, Oct. 20-23, 1990. (Sole author)
• Decision-Making, Externalities, Organizational Spontaneity, and Bureaucratic Routines in Public and Private Organizations.@ Delivered at the annual meeting of the Southeast Conference of Public Administration, Jackson, Ms., October 4-6, 1989. (Lead author)
• Television Viewing and American Voting Behavior.@ Delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, 1988. (Lead author)
• Creating an Issue: The Nixon White House, Drugs, and Prime-time Television.@ Delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, 1987. (Lead author)
• Does Television Cause Political Passivity?@ Delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, 1986. (Lead author)
• TV and Politics: Owners and Non-Owners.@ Delivered at the Midwest Political Science Meetings, Chicago, 1985. (Sole author)
• The Future of the American Party System from the Perspective of the Party Elites.@ Delivered at the Southwestern Social Science Association meetings, 1979. Awarded Best Paper in Section. (Co-authored)

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS:

• Political Support for the Minimum Wage.@ With Jerrold Waltman. Work in progress.
• Cultural Change: Political Culture in the 1950's and 1980's.@ Work in progress
• American TV Advertising, 1950's-1990's: Political Culture Content Analysis.@ Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, Spring, 2000. (Lead author)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Courses Taught:
Introduction to American Government
Popular Politics
Political Socialization
Parties and Pressure Groups
Research Methods and Statistics
Grants and Honors:

• National Science Foundation, Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Grant, $45,641, 2001-2004.
• Faculty Development Grant, Office of the Vice-President for Research, USM, $500, Spring, 1999.
• Faculty Development Grant, Office of the Vice-President for Research, USM, $200, Summer, 1998.
• Consultant, Minority Science Improvement Program, Grambling State University, U.S. Department of Education Grant, 1993-1994.
• National Science Foundation, Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant, $32,000, 1992-1994.
• Faculty Development Grant, Louisiana Tech University, with Prof. Robert K. Toburen, Summer 1992.
• Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Institute Grant, $40,000, 1988.
• Faculty Development Grant, Wartburg College,
• Dissertation Fellow, SIU Graduate Fellowship, 1979-1980.

Other Professional Activities:

• Anonymous reviewer, PS.
• Anonymous reviewer, Southeastern Political Review.
• Anonymous reviewer, Media, Politics, and Government, (Book manuscript) Harcourt Brace College Publishers, Feb.-Mar., 1997.
  Seminarist, NEH Seminar, "Cultural Theory," Prof. Aaron Wildavsky, Director, University of California, Berkeley, June 12-July 30, 1993.
• ICPSR, Summer Program, Regression and Advanced Analysis of Variance, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI., July 14-August 25, 1993.
• Reviewer, Lowi and Ginsberg's American Government, Brief 2nd Ed., 1993.
• Participant, NSF Workshop, "Exploratory Data Analysis," California State University, Fullerton, CA., Aug. 5-9, 1991.
• Panel organizer and chair, Southeastern Conference of Public Administrators, Jackson, MS., 1989.
• Research Associate, multi-campus study on the effects of body language cues on candidate preference. Research director, Roger Masters, Dartmouth University. 1988.

MISCELLANEOUS RESEARCH PROJECTS:

• Directed an exit poll survey of Forrest County, Mississippi voters, presidential election, 2000. Results presented by two graduate students at the Mississippi Political Science Convention, February, 2001. AMississippi Voting Patterns in the 2000 Presidential Election.@ Class Project.
• Directed local survey of students at Grambling State University and Louisiana Tech University to compare differences in stop and search procedures as applied to black and white students. (Spring, 1992) Class project.
• Directed local survey of graduating seniors at Grambling State University and Louisiana Tech University to compare educational experiences and outcomes between blacks and whites. (Spring, 1991) Class project.
  
  Directed a national survey of public and private managers to investigate the similarities and differences between public and private management (Spring, 1988). Class project.
• Survey research project using non-probability sampling techniques to gather data on non-television owners (Spring, 1985).
• Survey research project using probability sampling techniques to gather information about health and body image and political participation (dissertation research) (Spring, 1980).

SERVICE:
University:

• Member, Council of Chairs, USM, 2001-2003.
• NSF-ILI and A&I grant proposals. Fall, 1996, Fall, 1997, Fall, 1998, Summer, 2000.
• Member, USM Faculty Senate, 1999-2001.
• Chair, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, USM Faculty Senate, 1999-2000.
• Collaborated on research projects with two departmental colleagues.
• Assisted the department with computer hardware and software advice. Introduced two colleagues to STATA, a statistical analysis software package.
• Departmental implementor for university Y2K upgrades.

Public:

• Member, Hattiesburg Mayoral Debate Commission, Summer, 1997.
• Luncheon speaker, The 1996 Presidential Election.@ Kiwanis Club, Laurel, MS., November, 1996.
• Board Member. Hub Fins Swim Team, Hattiesburg, MS, 1996-1999.

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:
Hardware:
VAX (VMS), IBM 370 (CMS), IBM compatibles, Apple IIe
Software:

STATA, SPSS, SPSSPC, Professional Write, MS-DOS, BASIC, Microcase, WordPerfect, LOTUS 1-2-3, Lantastic, Windows95.

MILITARY EXPERIENCE:
U.S. Army, Defense Language Institute, West Coast, Presidio of Monterey, CA., SP4, 1972-1973.