Invited Public Lectures & Conference Participation
[Last 10 years]
2007
- Regime, Routine, and Reliability, American Political Science Association, national convention, Chicago, September, 2007.
2006
- Working in Lincoln’s Place — Understanding Presidential Greatness. Carolina Political Union Lecture.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. October 25, 2006.
- Discretion, Initiative, and Presidential Authority, American Political Science Association, national convention, Philadelphia, September, 2006.
- Mastering Politics in an Age Governed by Texans. The Lucius Haggard Lecture. University of Texas at Arlington. March 28, 2006.
- Fourteen Things about Being President. Duke Political Union Annual Lecture Series. Duke University. February 15, 2006.
2005
- Structural and Strategic Theories of Presidential Influence, American Political Science Association, national convention, Washington, DC September, 2005.
2004
- Regardless Who Wins, A Transition is Coming. Lecture at LBJ School of Public Affairs, November 11, 2004. Also on C SPAN Book Notes Series.
- Nerve Center: 10 Lessons on Governing from the White House Chiefs of Staff, TC Edwards Lecture, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, October 26, 2004.
- Taking the President’s Time. The Sam J. Ervin Lecture on Constitutional Issues, Morganton, North Carolina, September 21, 2004.
- You Can Get Anything You Have the Votes to Get: Structural and Strategic Theories of Presidential Influence, MidWest Political Science Association, national convention, Chicago, Illinois, April 15-18, 2004.
2003
- A New Model of Public Opinion and Presidential Persuasion, with Jennifer J. Hora and Andrea McAtee, MidWest Political Science Association, national convention, Chicago, Illinois, April 3-5, 2003.
2002
- Improvements on the Model of Public Opinion Impact on Presidential Persuasion. with Jennifer J. Hora and Andrea McAtee, American Political Science Association, national convention, Boston, Massachusetts, August 28, 2002.
- The Effect of Local Public Opinion on Presidential Persuasion. with Jennifer J. Hora, Lawrence R. Jacobs, Andrea McAtee, Eric Ostermeier, and Robert Y. Shapiro, MidWest Political Science Association, national convention, Chicago, Illinois, April 14, 2002.
- Releasing Nomination Forms Online Software, White House 2001 Project, Nomination Forms Online Program, Chapel Hill, NC, February 5, 2002.
2001
- Developing Research Resources from the White House 2001 Project, Center for the Study of the Presidency, George H. W. Bush School of Government Service, Texas A&M University, May 18-20, 2001.
- The White House Transition in Perspective, New England Political Science Association Convention, May 4-6, 2001.
- White House Transition Planning and Execution, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, May 2, 2001.
- In Full View, White House 2001 Project analysis of the inquiry of presidential appointees, Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, April 5, 2001.
- White House Transition Planning, MIT Political Science, Cambridge, March 19, 2001.
- Presidential Appointments and Refining the White House Operations, Presentation to the Deputy Counsel to the President for Ethics and Clearance Counsel for the President, White House, Washington DC, March 15, 2001.
- Refining the White House Personal Data Statement and Restructuring the White House Personnel System. Report and presentation to the Deputy Counsel to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President for Ethics, Washington, DC, March 15, 2001.
- Modeling Presidential Persuasion Ð Constitutional Position, Bargaining, and Dead Ducks. Paper before the Rice Program in Political Science, Rice University, March 13, 2001.
- Presidential Appointments Process and Nomination Forms Online Software, Presentation to the Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Presidential Personnel, Deputy Counsel to the President, and Deputy Counsel to the President for Ethics, White House, Washington DC, February 26, 2001.
- Lessons Learned from the White House Transition, River Oaks Club, Houston, Texas, February 21, 2001.
- The Presidency Through Time, Lectures on the American Presidency, James A. Baker III Institute, Houston, Texas, January 31, 2001.
- Announcing Nomination Forms Online and Assessing Presidential Appointments, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D. C., January 25, 2001.
2000
- Preparing the White House for Governing, James A. Baker Institute Roundtable, Houston, Texas, November 29, 2000.
- Nomination Forms Online and Assessing the Presidential Appointments Process, Director and management staff, U. S. Office of Government Ethics, November 22, 2000.
- Modeling Presidential Persuasion Ð Constitutional Position, Bargaining, and Dead Ducks. Paper before the Douglass North Center for the Study of Institutional Economics, Washington University, November 5, 2000.
- I Will Walk Your District Barefoot: Presidential Encounters with Members of Congress. Paper presented to the Harvard-M.I.T. conference on political economy. Boston, Massachusetts, January 28, 2000 and Rice University February 14, 2000.
1999
- Presidential Recordings as Presidential Records. With Jennifer Hora, Luke Keele, Todd McNoldy, and Gregory Pettis. Paper before the national convention of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia. September 4, 1999.
- Presidential Appointments Project: Initial Assessment of NFO Techniques and Limitations. Presentation to American Enterprise Institute Roundtable on Smoothing the Transition to Governing, Washington, April 23, 1999.
1998
- The Content of Persuasive Exchanges - Raven/French Power Bases, Bargaining Models, & Some Empirical Data. Presentation to the American Politics Research Group, October 23, 1998.
- Impeachment Myths in an Era of Lethal Conflict - Presentation to the LBJ School of Public Affairs, Austin, Texas, October 19, 1998.
- White House Transition Program: Initial Assessment of Interviews. Presentation to American Enterprise Institute Roundtable on Smoothing the Transition to Governing, Washington, September 14, 1998.
- Modeling Persuasive Exchanges - Presidential Leadership, Bargaining, and Head of State Vantage. With Gregory Pettis. Paper before the national convention of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts. September 4,
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