DATE: February 2001

NAME: James N. Schubert RANK: Professor

DEPARTMENT: Political Science

DATE OF BIRTH: November 29, 1946

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  EDUCATION:

Ph.D., 1975, University of Hawaii at Manoa (Political Science)

M.A., 1973, University of Hawaii at Manoa (Political Science)

B.A., 1970, Michigan State University (Political Science)

 

  AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Biopolitics, Political Psychology, Public Policy, International Relations

 

  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, 1999-

Professor, Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, 1991-

Professor, Division of Social Sciences, Alfred University, 1990-1991

Assistant Professor (1978-1984), Associate Professor (1984-1990) Division of Social Sciences, Alfred University.

Research Associate, Center for Biopolitical Research, Northern Illinois University, 1981-1982.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1976-1978.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1973-1975.

Instructor, Department of Continuing Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1973, 1975 (part-time).

 

  PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Offices and Memberships

Association of Politics and Life Sciences, Executive Director, 1991-1996.

American Political Science Association

Midwest Political Science Association

International Society of Political Psychology, Editorial Board of Political Psychology,1997-

Illinois Political Science Association, President 2000-2001

 

  GRANTS AND AWARDS

Founders Award. Association for Politics and the Life Sciences. September 3, 1999.

"Physical Appearance and Leadership Selection." National Institutes of Health/

National Institute of Mental Health. (R03 MH58152-01A1) ($141,000), May 1999-April 2001

"Romanian Public Policy and the AIDS Epidemic." National Research Council, Collaborative Research in Sectoral Policy ($2,500) 1996

National Institutes of Health/Agency for Health Care Policy and Research "Public Policy and the Prevention of AIDS at the State Level." ($87,500) July 1, 1994-June 30, 1995.

C-Span College Faculty Development Grant, "Network News and C-Span Presentation of Candidates in the 1992 Primary Elections." ($500) August 1992 - March 1993.

National Science Foundation Grant, "Oral Argument in Supreme Court Decision Making." ($153,000) May 1989 - November 1991. Program Director and Co-Principal Investigator.

National Science Foundation 1990 Grant, Research Experience for Undergraduates Grant, ($4,000).

Alfred University Summer Research Grant, "Judicial Behavior in Oral Argument: A Psycholinguistic Analysis." ($2,000) 1986

National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging Grant, "Age, Age Structure and Political Decision-Making." Program Director and Co-Principal Investigator on $350,000+ award project with T.C. Wiegele, Northern Illinois University, and S.M. Hines, College of Charleston, Jan. 1, 1984 - August 31, 1986.

National Science Foundation Grant, "Dominance and Influence in Small Group Political Decision-Making." ($43,488) July 1, 1983 - Feb. 1, 1985.

Alfred University Summer Research Grant, "Dominance and Influence in Small Group Political Decision-Making." ($1,750) 1983

Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Center for Biopolitical Research, Northern Illinois University, 1981-1982

 

  PUBLICATIONS [* = peer reviewed journal article]

* "Predicting Changes in AIDS Spending in the American States". Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Finanacial Management. 13,1:23-47 coauthored w/ Steven Peterson, (2001).

"Ethnic Diversity, Population Size and Charitable Giving at the Local Level in the United States." In Frank Salter (eds.) Welfare, Ethnicity and Altruism. London: Cass (forthcoming 2001) co-authored with Michael Tweed.

"Realpolitik as a Male Primate Strategy." In Vincent Falger and John Vasquez (eds) Evolutionary International Relations: A Biopolitical Perspective. (forthcoming 2001)

"Dialect, Sex and Risk Effects on Judges' Questioning of Counsel in Oral Argument." In Frank Salter and Wulf Schiefenhovel (eds) Risky Transactions, Kinship, and Ethnicity (forthcoming: Oxford, UK: Berghahn Books (2001)

"Risk and Ethnic Exclusivity in Partner Selection in the Context of AIDS." In Frank Salter and Wulf Schiefenhovel (eds) Risky Transactions, Kinship, and Ethnicity (forthcoming: Oxford, UK: Berghahn Books, 2001)-- coauthored with Margaret Curran.

"The role of sex and emotional response in indoctrinability: Experimental evidence on the 'rally-round-the-flag' effect." In I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt and F. Salter (eds) Indoctrinability, Warfare, and Ideology. Oxford, UK: Berghahn Books (1998) pp. 241-262.

"Good Genes, Physical Appearance and Candidate Appraisal." In Klaus Kamps and Meredith Watts (eds) Biopolitics: Politikwissenschaft jenseits des Kulturismus. Baden-Baden: Nomos (1998) pp.159-178. (second authors: Margaret Curran, Carmen Strungaru)

"Political Culture and Public Health Strategies in Response to AIDS." In S. Peterson and A. Somit (eds) Research in Biopolitics. Vol. 4 (1997)

"Verbal, Vocal and Visual Aspects of Political Speech: A Case Study of Clinton's Inaugural Address." In A. Somit and S. Peterson (eds) Research Methods in Biopolitcs. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press (1996)

Public Policy and the Prevention of AIDS at the State Level Final Report to the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Grant No. R03 HS07981-01A1. 1996. (Co-authored with Steven Peterson)

* "The Supremem Court's use of per curiam dispositions: The connection to oral argument." Northern Illinois University Law Review. (1993) Co-authored with S. Wasby, S. Peterson, and G. Schubert.

"Network news and C-SPAN presentation of candidates in the 1992 primary elections." (1993) Analyzing the 1992 Campaign. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Public Affairs Video Archives.

* "The per curiam opinion: Its nature and function." Judicature (June 1992). Co-authored with Steven L. Wasby, Steven Peterson, and Glendon Schubert.

* "Observing Supreme Court oral argument: A Biosocial Approach." Politics and the Life Sciences Vol. 11, No. 1 (1992).

"Hierarchy, democracy and decision making in small groups." In R. Wildenmann and A. Somit (eds) Hierarchy and Democracy. Southern Illinois University Press, 1992.

"Human vocalizations in agonistic political encounters." Republished in R. Masters and G. Schubert (eds) Primate Politics. Southern Illinois University Press, 1991.

"Age and political structure: Reflections on gerontocracy." In K. Ferraro (ed) Gerontology: Perspectives and Issues. New York: Springer, 1990. Co-authored with Thomas C. Wiegele and Samuel M. Hines.

Review of Peacemaking Among Primates, Franz de Waal, in Politics and the Life Sciences 9, 1:167-168, (1990).

Review of Human Ethology, I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt, in Politics and the Life Sciences 8, 2 (1990).

Review of Aging and Political Leadership, Angus McIntyre (ed), in the American Political Science Review 84, 1 (1990).

"American foreign policy." In R. Heineman, S. Peterson, and T. Rasmussen (eds) American Government and Politics (1989) McGraw Hill.

* "Age and active-passive leadership style." American Political Science Review 82, 3:763-772 (September, 1988).

* "Politics under the microscope: Observational methods in political research." International Political Science Review 9, 4:305-325 (October, 1988).

* "Age and political behavior in collective decision-making." International Political Science Review 8, 2:131-146 (1987). Principal author. Co-authored with Thomas C. Wiegele and Samuel M. Hines.

"Disinformation and political science." Book review of Deception: Perspectives on Human and Nonhuman Deceit in Politics and the Life Sciences 6, 1:111-113 (1987).

"The social, developmental and political impacts of food aid." In W.P. Browne and D.F. Hadwiger (eds) World Food Policies: Toward Agricultural Interdependence. Boulder: Lynn Rienner, 1986.

* "Student perception of skill acquisition through cases and a general management simulation." Simulation and Games 17, 1:7-24 (March, 1986). Co-authored with Wilford G. Miles and William D. Biggs.

"Human vocalizations in agonistic political encounters." Social Science Information 25, 2:475-492 (1986).

"Cooperation and conflict in South and Southeast Asia." In M. Haas (ed) Basic Documents of Asian Organizations, Vol. IX. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana, 1985.

"Compatibility and cooperation in Asian regionalism." In M. Haas (ed) Basic Documents of Asian Organizations, Vol. IX. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana, 1985.

"A comment on 'Biobehaviorism and Small Group Research'." Politics and the Life Sciences 3, 1:22-23 (Summer, 1984).

"On watering the garden of ethological research in political science: Rejoinder." Politics and the Life Sciences, 2, 1:35-38 (1983).

* "Ethological methods for observing small group political behavior: A city council case study." Politics and the Life Sciences 2, 1:3-21 (1983).

"Biosocial dimensions of nutritional status and policy: A review essay." J. of Social and Biological Structures 6, 2:181-186 (April, 1983).

* "Famines in world historic/political retrospect." Quarterly J. of International Agriculture 22, 1:27-45 (March, 1983).

"Hungersnot als politisches problem (The politics of famine)." In H. Flohr and W. Tonnesmann (eds), Politik und Biologie: Beitrage zur Life-Sciences-Orientierung der Sozialwissenschaften. Berlin: Verlag Paul Parey, 1983, pp. 174-185.

"The world politics of world hunger: A study in biopolitical interactions." Politics and the Life Sciences 1, 1:61-63 (1982).

"Biopolitics and biopolicy." Politics and the Life Sciences 1, 1:47-48 (1982)

* "The impact of food aid on world malnutrition." International Organization 35, 2:329-354 (Spring 1981).

"Toward a working peace system in Asia; Organizational growth and state participation in Asian regionalism." International Organization 32, 2:425-462 (Spring 1978).

 

PAPER PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

"Physical Appearance and Assimilation Effects in Candidate Appraisal." Paper presented at the International Society of Political Psychology 2000 Annual Meeting (Seattle, July). Co-authored with M. Curran

"Appearance, Perception and Stereotyping in Candidate Appraisal: A Cross-Cultural Perspective." Paper presented at the 2000 World Congress of the International Political Science Association (August, Quebec City). Co-authored with M. Curran

"Target Populations and AIDS Policy in the American States." Prepared for presentation at the American Political Science Association 2000 Annual Meeting (Washington, Sept.). Co-authored with Steven A. Peterson.

"Candidate Viability and Campaign Survival: Physical Appearance, Money, Media and the Polls in the 2000 Presidential Primaries." Prepared for presentation at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (April 2000). [Section 7 Posters] – Co-authored with M. Curran

"National Participation in the International Environmental Regime, 1985-1999." Prepared for presentation at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (April 2000). With: Matthew Hansel, Yasuo Ikari, Mazin Nagi, Adam Yoksas, Northern Illinois University. [Section 4 Posters]

Appearance Effects in Candidate Appraisal: Facial Averageness, Symmetry, Dominance and Electability for Male and Female Candidates. Prepared for Presentation at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences (Washington, Sept.)

The Effectiveness of State AIDS Policy Choices on the Incidence of AIDS." Paper presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. (co- authored w/ S. Peterson)

Evolutionary Biology and the 2000 Presidential Primaries. Paper presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Atlanta, Sept.).

Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Role of Physical Appearance in Candidate Appraisal. Paper presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Salt Lake City, June.

Good Genes and Issue Agreement in Candidate Appraisal. Paper presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April. (with Margaret Curran, Carmen Strungaru).

"Ethnic Diversity, Population Size and Charitable Giving at the Local Level." Paper prepared for presentation at the Reimers Foundation conference, Welfare, Ethnicity and
Altruism. Bad Homburg, Germany, Feb. 12, 1999.

"C-Span, Gender, Party and the Persuasive Effects of a Presidential Speech on the Use of Miliatry Force." Prepared for presentation at the 1998 meeting of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences. Boston. Sept. 3-6. (w/ D. Ivers, M. Curran)

"Physical Appearances and Viability for Male and Female Candidates." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. Boston, September. (with Margaret Curran, Carmen Strungaru).

"Male/Female Differences in Leadership Appraisal." Paper presented at the 1998 meeting of the International Society for Human Ethology, Vancouver, August.

"The Role of Facial Appearance in Assessments of Candidate Electability." Paper presented at the 1998 annual meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association. Chicago, April, 1998.

"The Processsing of Men's and Women's Health Policy Issues: National Breast and Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines." Paper presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Norfolk, VA, November 5-8. Co-authored with Gloria Schubert

"Physical Appearance and Candidate Viability." Paper presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November 13-15.

"The Impact of State Policy on the Incidence of AIDS." Paper presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA Nov. 15, 1996.

"Dialect, Sex and Risk Effects on Judges' Questioning of Counsel in Oral Argument." Presented at Conference on Risky Transactions, Kinship and Ethnicity, Reimers Foundation, Bad Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 23-25, 1996.

"Risk and Ethnic Exclusivity in Partner Selection in the Context of AIDS." Presented at Conference on Risky Transactions, Kinship and Ethnicity, Reimers Foundation, Bad Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 23-25, 1996.

"Public Policy and the Prevention of AIDS". Presented at the 1996 Joint Meeting of the Association of Politics and the Life Sciences & International Political Science Association Research Committee # 12, July 25-27, 1996, Alfred, NY.

"The Impact of State AIDS Policy on the Course of the Epidemic." Paper presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Newark, NJ Nov. 11, 1995

"The Civic Consequences of Population Aging." Paper presented at the 1995Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology. Washington, DC July 7, 1995

"Risk and Reaction in Public Policy: An Analysis of Early State Legislative Behavior in Response to the AIDS Epidemic." Paper presented at the April, 1995 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.

"State HIV/AIDS Legislation: Threat, Risk and Politics." Paper presented at the March 1995 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, Dallas. S. Peterson co-authored.

"The role of sex and emotional response in indoctrinability: Experimental evidence on the 'rally-round-the-flag' effect." Presented at the Max Planck Society, Institute for Human Ethology symposium "Ideology, Warfare and Indoctrinability", Ringberg Castle, Germany; January 1995.

"Political culture and public health strategies in state policy responses to AIDS." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Providence, R.I., November,1994.

"Toward comparative primate research in political science." Presented at the World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Berlin, August 1994. Co-authored with M. Levitt.

"Predicting state AIDS policy spending." Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Meeting, New York, September 1994. Co-authored with S. Peterson.

"Status and attention in local television news on state elections: The 1994 Democratic gubernatorial primaryin Illinois." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York, September 1994. Co-authored with D. Balash, P. Holaves, D. Ivers, H. Wurf, P. Stewart, and M. Tweed.

"AIDS policy in the American states: A research note." Paper presented at the 1993 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association,

"Dominance and attention in media coverage of the 1992 primary elections." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, 1993. Co-authored with D. Balash, D. Ivers, M. Levitt, G. Soltan, P. Stewart, and V. Soni.

"Realpolitik as a male primate strategy." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, March 1993, Mexico.

"Network news and C-SPAN presentation of candidates in the 1992 primary elections." Paper presented at the Public Affairs Video Archives conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, November 1992.

"Affect display in oral argument and dissensus in Supreme Court decision making." Paper presented at the American Political Science Association annual meeting, September 1992. Co-authored with S. Wasby, G. Schubert, and S. Peterson.

"Oral argument and Supreme Court opinions: toward an analysis of linkages." NSF Oral Argument Project Paper No. 10. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Rhode Island, November 1991. Principal author; co-authored with S. Peterson, S. Wasby, G. Schubert.

"Patterns of oral argument and case outcomes in the Supreme Court: 1969 and 1970 terms." NSF Oral Argument Project Paper No. 9. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, August 1991. Principal author; with S. Peterson, S. Wasby, G. Schubert.

"Dissensus and unanimity in Supreme Court decision making." NSF Oral Argument Project Paper No. 8. Paper presented at the World Congress of the International political Science Association, Buenos Aires, July 1991. Principal author; co-authored with S. Peterson, S. Wasby, G. Schubert.

"Judicial involvement and leadership in oral argument." NSF Oral Argument Project Paper No. 7. Paper presented at the Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Helsinki, July 1991. Principal author; co-authored with S. Peterson, S. Wasby, G. Schubert.

"Patterns in Supreme Court oral argument." NSF Oral Argument Project Paper No. 6. Paper presented at the Meeting of Law and Society Association, Amsterdam, June 1991. Co-authored with S. Peterson, S. Wasby, G. Schubert.

"The Supreme Court's use of per coriam dispositions: The connection to oral argument." NSF Oral Argument Project Paper No. 5. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 1991. Co-authored with S. Peterson, S. Wasby, G. Schubert.

"Justices' participation in Supreme Court oral argument." NSF Oral Argument project Paper No. 3. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Seattle, March 1991. Co-authored with S. Peterson, S. Wasby, G. Schubert.

"Vocal affect expression in Supreme Court oral argument." NSF Oral Argument Paper Project No. 2. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of The American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, February 1991. Principal author; co-authored with S. Peterson.

"Age and cautiousness in political decision making." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 1990.

"Studying Supreme Court oral argument." NSF Oral Argument Paper Project No. 1. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 1990. Co-authored with S. Peterson, G.Schubert, S. Wasby.

"The interaction of vocal and verbal channels in agonistic human behavior: Tactics in oral argument." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Human Ethology/Animal Behavior Society Binghamton, NY, June 1990.

"Oral argument and size of majority in Supreme Court decision making." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the New York State Political Science Association, 1990.

"Measuring affect display in elite political behavior." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 1989.

"Political decision making and AIDS policy." Presented at the World Congress of the International Political Science Association, 1988.

"Hierarchy and democracy in small group decision making." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 1988.

"Politics under the microscope: Observational methods in political research." Paper presented to an IPSA Research Committee conference on Biology and Politics, Warsaw, Poland, June 14-19, 1987.

"Judicial behavior in oral argument: A psycholinguistic analysis." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 1987.

"Status differentiation and equality of participation in small group political decision-making." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, 1985. Co-authored with T.C. Wiegele and S.M. Hines.

"Age and political behavior in collective decision-making." Paper presented at the World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Paris, July 1985. Co-authored with T.C. Wiegele and S.M. Hines.

"Dominance and influence in small group decision-making: An ethological approach to verbal and paralinguistic aspects of behavior." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., Aug. 30 - Sept. 2, 1985.

"Instrumentation and measurement in direct observational field research." Presentation for workshop on biobehavioral methods at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 1984.

"Human vocalizations in agonistic political encounters." Paper presented at the World Congress of the International Primatological Society, Nairobi, Kenya, July, 22-27, 1984.

"Dominance and influence in small group decision-making." Paper presented at a conference on "Ethological Contributions to Research in Political Science" held in Tutzing, West Germany, June 25-28, 1984.

"Observational methods and the study of the courts." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the New York State Political Science Association, Albany, April, 6-7, 1984.

"Conversational behavior and the measurement of social dominance in small group political decision-making." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Birmingham, November 1983.

"Dominance and political behavior." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 1983.

"An ethological approach to analyzing the interaction process in small group legislative decision-making." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Denver, September 1982.

"Political impacts of life-extending technologies: A preliminary assessment." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Denver, September 1982.

"Toward a psychobiological model of malnutrition and political violence." Paper presented at the XII World Congress of International Political Science Association, Brazil, 1982.

"Food for peace? The political impact of U.S. PL 480 food aid." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Cincinnati, March 1982.

"Famine and politics: Political adaption in populations under nutritional stress." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York, September 1981.

"Trade dependence and health status in Latin America." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Philadelphia, March 1981.

"Malnutrition and political violence." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Denver, March 1981.

"National attributes and the IGO participation: The effects of capacity to act on foreign policy." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, New Haven, 1980.

"The impact of international food aid on world malnutrition." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Los Angeles, 1980.

"The politics of malnutrition." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Toronto, 1979.

"Cooperation and the conflict in South and Southeast Asia: A comparative analysis." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, 1978.

"Regional trends in intergovernmental organization." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Washington, D.C., 1978.

"Asian regional organizations, functionalism, and the theory of collective goods." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, 1975. Co-authored with Michael Haas.