Patrick A. Pierce	Information & Links
	Education
	Professional Background
Professor, Political Science	Research and Publications
Saint Mary's College	Personal Background
Notre Dame, IN 46556	Courses and Office Hours
264 Spes Unica; 284.4469	Information and Fun Links

Recent Publications

• (with Don Miller) Gambling Politics: State Government and the Business of Betting (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004)
• "Education Policy in America," in Gerald M. Pomper, Wilson Carey McWilliams, and Ross Baker, American Government (NY: Macmillan, 1983), pp. 98-103.
• "Gender Role and Political Culture: The Electoral Connection," Women and Politics. Vol. 9 (March 1989): 21-46.
• "Political Sophistication and the Use of Candidate Traits in Candidate Evaluation," Political Psychology. Vol. 14 (March 1993): 21-36.
• "Bernard Berelson" and "Robert Dahl" in Glenn Utter and Charles Lockhart, eds., American Political Scientists: A Dictionary (Greenwood: Westport, CT, 1993), pp. 24-25; 167-169.
• (with Donald E. Miller) "Lotteries for Education: Windfall or Hoax?" State and Local Government Review, 29 (1997): 34-42. Click to see copy of paper.
• (with Donald E. Miller) "Variations in the Diffusion of State Lottery Adoptions: How Revenue Dedication Changes Morality Politics," Policy Studies Journal. Vol. 27 (1999): 696-706.
• (with Donald E. Miller) "Variations in the Diffusion of State Lottery Adoptions: How Revenue Dedication Changes Morality Politics," in Christopher Z. Mooney, ed., The Public Clash of Private Values: The Politics of Morality Policy. (Chatham, NJ: Chatham House Publishers, 2000).
• (with Don Miller) “Gambling Politics and the Diffusion of Morality Policy Innovations,” in Garry Smith, et al., eds., Research and Measurement Issues in Gambling Studies (San Diego:  Elsevier, 2007).
• (with Richard A. Brisbin “Casting the Dice:  The Development of Legalized Gambling in West Virginia,” West Virginia Public Affairs Reporter.  Vol. 25, no. 1 (2008):  2-19.
• (with Richard A. Brisbin) "Counting the Chips:  The Policy Consequences of Legalized Gambling in West Virginia.  The West Virginia Public Affairs Reporter.  Vol. 25, no. 3 (2008):  2-15.
  
  Personal Background
  • Polling and campaign consultant for Congressional campaigns of Richard Bodine, Michael Barnes, Tom Ward, and Tim Roemer, and County Commissioner campaign of David Niezgodski; Mayoral campaigns of Roger Parent and Joseph Kernan; Campaign manager for County Commissioner campaign of James Caldwell
  • Member of the South Bend Human Rights Commission (1986-1990); Chair of Housing Committee (1987-1990); Vice President (1988).
  • Member of Corpus Christi Parish School Board (1994-1997); President of Board (1995-1997)
  • I have also coached boys' basketball, and girls' basketball, volleyball, soccer, and track at Corpus Christi and Holy Cross Schools.
  • My wife, Aileen Wehren, is Assistant Director at Porter-Starke Services, Inc.
  • Our daughters, Rachel and Caitlin, are accomplished horseback riders. Rachel graduated from Grinnell College in Iowa and is finishing doctoral work in History at the University of Virginia, and Caitlin graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and received a Masters degree in Environmental Engineering and Sciences from the University of North Carolina. Caitlin now works at Epic, a medical software company in Madison, Wisconsin.

   

  
  Courses and Office Hours
  Courses Taught

  To read a brief course description, select the appropriate course number. Syllabi for courses being taught in the current semester may be found by selecting "Current syllabus".

  Course Number	Course Title	Syllabus
  POSC151	Political Issues
  POSC210	Research Methods
  POSC313	Mass Media & Pub Opin
  POSC314	Pol Participation
  POSC315	Parties & Int. Gps
  POSC320	Congress
  POSC365	Gender and Politics

  Office Hours (Spring 2013)
  Monday - 11:00 - 3:00
  Tuesday, Thursday - 1:00 - 2:00
  Wednesday - 2:00 - 3:00

   

  
  Informational and Fun Links

  Saint Mary's College Links
  Department of Political Science
  Political Science Links
  State Politics and Elections	Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
  Political Science Links (U. of Colorado)	Supreme Court Decisions
  American Political Science Association	Society for Political Methodology
  Political Data Analysis	Pew Research Center Polls
  House of Representatives	U.S. Senate
  PollingReport	U.S. Constitution
  National Center for Policy Analysis	FECInfo -- Campaign Finance
  Voter Information Services	Lobbyist data
  General Social Survey (Queens College)	Vote-Smart
  Political Science Resources on the Web	Institute for Research in the Social Sciences Data Archive
  Campaign Finance Data	State Campaign Finance Data
  Campaign Finance Institute	Gallup Opinion Poll
  Electronic Policy Network	World Bank Data
  Keith Poole's data sets -- various	Roper Center for Public Opinion
  State Politics & Policy	Foreign Policy Public Opinion
  Polyarchy Democracy Ratings	Open CRS - Congressional Research Service Reports
  Simple Uses of Statistics	Freedom House Democracy Ratings
  Alliance Treaty Obligations and Provisions	International Relations data - courtesy Gary King
  Studentjobs.gov	American National Election Studies
  American Youth Scholarship Foundation - Model House of Representatives	UCSD Social Sciences Data Collection
  Supreme Court case multimedia resources	Critique: Student Journal of Politics
  Stanford Political Communication Lab	Congressional Roll Call Data - Keith Poole
  Global Elections Database	Brazilian Electoral Panel Study
  Music Links
  Medeski, Martin, and Wood	Dave Matthews Band
  WNUR Jazz Web	Miles Davis
  Barenaked Ladies	Radiohead
  Elliott Smith	Death Cab for Cutie
  Cat Power	DeVotchKa
  Killrockstars.com	Built to Spill
  The Decemberists	Tom Waits
  The Shins	Modest Mouse
  Beck	Loudon Wainwright III
  The Mountain Goats	Leo Kottke
  Asobi Seksu	Jill Tracy
  Cursive	The Strokes
  Cake	The Killers
  My Bloody Valentine	Elvis Perkins

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