Articles
Comparing Floor-Dominated and Party-Dominated Explanations of Policy Change in the House of Representatives (with Andrew A. Bargen), The Journal of Politics (2004)
We test two explanations of the legislative process for their ability to account for the...
Presidential-Congressional Relations: Policy and Time Approaches, American Political Science Review (1999)
Presidential-Congressional Relations: Policy and Time Approaches" by Steven A. Shull is reviewed.
The Modern Presidency, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, (1999)
Reviewed work(s): The Modern Presidency by James P. Pfiffner
A `presidency-augmented' model of presidential success on House roll call votes. (with J M. Wrighton and Rhonda Kinney), American Journal of Political Science (1995)
Presents a study to recognize and describe more fully the important role that United States...
The Presidency in a Separated System., Journal of Politics (1995)
Reviews the book `The Presidency in a Separated System,' by Charles O. Jones
Contributions to Books
"Presidential Leadership with Congress: Change, Coalitions, and Crisis (with Lester G. Seligman), Rivals for power : presidential-congressional relations (1996)
Legislative-Executive Relations, (with Ross E. Burkhar), Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System: : studies of the principal structures, processes, and policies of Congress and the state legislatures since the colonial era (1994)
Shaping a Candidate's Image in the Press: Ronald Reagan and the 1980 Presidential Election (with Kent Kroeger and Glenn Richardson), Presidential campaigns and American self images (1994)
Strategies for Building Coalitions in Congress: Majority Versus Minority Party Presidents, American Politics in the Heartland (1991)
Presentations
Mechanisms of Majority Party Control of the Legislative Process in the House of Representatives, 1953-1996 (with Matthew O’Hollearn), American Political Science Association (2006)
Testing for the Effects of Party in the Senate: The Jeffords’ Switch, Midwest Political Science Association (2006)
Mechanisms of Majority Party Control over the Ideological Character of Bills Enacted by the House of Representatives, 1955-1994. (with Andrew Bargen), Midwest Political Science Association (2005)
The Effects of Divided Government on Policy Change in the House of Representatives, 1953-1996 (with Andrew Bargen), Midwest Political Science Association (2003)