David
M. Hedge
Department of Political
Science
University of Florida
218 Anderson Hall
Gainesville, Florida 32611
Ofc -- (352) 273-2367
Home -- (352) 377-5425
Homepage - http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/dhedge/
E-Mail -- dhedge@polisci.ufl.edu
Education: B.S.
(political science and education) University of Missouri-St.Louis, 1973.
M.A. (political science) University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1975.
Ph.D. (political science) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1979.
Experience: Professor,
Department of Political Science, University of Florida, (Associate
Professor,
1990-1999)
Associate Director for Academic Programs, Bob Graham Center for Public
Service (UF)
Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Political Science (UF)
1999-2008
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science West
Virginia University (WVU) 1984-1990
(Assistant Professor, 1979-1984).
Acting Chair, Department of Political Science
(WVU) 1987-1988.
Interim Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and Research,
College of
Arts
and Sciences (WVU)
1986-l987.
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science (WVU)
l984-87,
l988-90.
Teaching/ Research Interests:
Public Policy
State Politics and Policy
Bureaucratic Politics
Intergovernmental Relations
Legislative Behavior
Awards/Honors Advisor
of the Year Award, 2003-04, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Florida Blue Key Distinguished Faculty Award, 2002
Distinguished AlumnusAward, Department of Political Science,
University of Missouri-St.Louis, 2000.
Teacher of the Year Award, 1998-99, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
TIP Award, University of Florida, 1994
Outstanding Teacher Award, 1988, College of Arts and Sciences (WVU)
State
and Local Government in a Changing Society. 2nd edition. with
Richard D.
Bingham (McGraw Hill, 1991).
Articles:
Bootstraps and Benevolence: A Comparative Test of the States’
Capacity
to Effect Change in Welfare
Recipients," with Renee J. Johnson and Marian Currinder, State
and Local Government Review (Spring,
2004).
"Black State Legislators and Party Politics," with David Conklin, Spectrum:
The Journal of State
Government. (Autumn, 2002)
"The Plot that Failed: The Republican Revolution and
Congressional
Control of the Bureaucracy,"
with Renee J. Johnson, Journal of Public Administration Research
and Theory (July, 2002).
"Dancing with the One Who Brought You: The Allocation and Impact
of Party Giving to State Legislators," with
David L. Schecter, Legislative Studies Quarterly
(August,
2001).
"Political Institutions and the Art of Governing," American Review of Politics (Autumn, 2000).
"Legislative Life in the 1990s: A Comparison of Black and White
State
Legislators" with James Button,
Legislative Studies Quarterly (March, 1996).
"Accounting for the Quality of Black Legislative Life: the View
from
the States," with James Button and Mary
Spear, American Journal of Political Science (February,
1996).
"Regulating in Time and Space: The Case of Regulatory
Federalism,"
with Michael Scicchitano, Journal of
Politics (February, 1994).
"From Coercion to Partnership in Federal Partial Preemption:
SMCRA,
RCRA, and OSH Act," with Michael
Scicchitano, Publius: The Journal of Federalism(November,
1993).
"A Spatial Model of Regulation," American Politics Quarterly(October, 1993).
"Devolving Regulatory Authority: The State and Federal Response,"
with Michael Scicchitano, Policy Studies
Review (Summer, 1992).
"Policy Analysis for West Virginia's State and Local Governments," Public
Affairs Reporter (West Virginia
University: Institute of Public Affairs, Summer, 1992).
"The Principal-Agent Model and Regulatory Federalism," with Michael
Scicchitano
and Patricia Metz, Western
Political Quarterly (December, 1991).
"The Federal Context of Regulation: The Spatial Allocation
of
Federal Enforcement," with Saba Jallow, Social
Science Quarterly (December, 1990).
"The States and Deregulation: The Case of Surface Mining,"
with Michael Scicchitano and Patricia Metz, Policy
Studies Review (Autumn, 1989).
"The Intergovernmental Milieu and Street Level
Implementation,"
with Donald C. Menzel and Mark Krause,
Social Science Quarterly (June, 1989).
"The Research Values of Policy Scholars," with Jin Mok, Knowledge
in Society: The International Journal
of Knowledge Transfer (Spring, 1989).
"Regulatory Attitudes and Behavior: The Case of Surface
Mining
Regulation," with Donald Menzel and George
Williams, Western Political Quarterly
(March,
l988).
"The Nature of Policy Studies: A Content Analysis of Policy
Journal
Articles," with Jin Mok, Policy Studies
Journal (Autumn, 1987).
"Loosening the Regulatory Ratchet at OSM: A Field Level View
of
Environmental Deregulation," with Donald
Menzel, Policy Studies Journal March, 1985).
"Women and Public Service Employment," with Ronald Hedlund, Women and Politics (Summer, 1984).
"Fiscal Dependency and the State Budget Process," Journal of Politics (February, 1983).
"A Note on the Local Effects of State Revenue Centralization," with
Brett
Hawkins and Richard Bingham, State
and Local Government Review (May, 1982).
"Voting in an Open Primary," with Ronald Hedlund and Meredith
Watts,American
Politics Quarterly (April,
1982).
"Policy Congruence with Public Opinion," with Ronald Hedlund, State
and Local Government Review (January,
1982).
"The Effect of Alternative Grant Mechanisms on the Distribution
of
Federal Aid," American Review of Public
Administration, (Summer, 1981).
"Legislative Life in the 1990s: A Comparison of Black and White
State
Legislators" with James Button,
Legislative Studies Quarterly (March, 1996). reprinted
with
a postscript in Susan MacManus, ed..
Mapping Florida's Political Landscape: The Art and Politics of
Reapportionment
and Redistricting
(Florida Institute of Government, 2002).
"Devolving Regulatory Authority: The State and Federal Response,"
with Michael Scicchitano, Policy Studies
Review(Summer, 1992) reprinted in Van Der Silk,
ed., Politics in the American States and Communities (Allyn
and Bacon, 1996).
"The States and Environmental Regulation in the 1980s--A Test of the
New
Federalism," with Michael
Scicchitano, in Baker and Meyer, eds., State Policy Problems
(Chicago, Illinois: Nelson Hall, 1993).
" West Virginia," with Katrina Schochet, in Leroy Hardy, Alan
Heslop,
and George Blair, eds., Redistricting
in the 1980's (Claremont, California: Rose
Institute of State and Local Government, Claremont McKenna
College, 1993).
"SMCRA and The States: State Performance Under SMCRA," with
Michael
Scicchitano and Patricia Metz
in Sedai, ed., Moving the Earth:
Cooperative
Federalism and Implementation of the Surface Mining Act
(Westport, Conn: Greenwood, 1993).
"Implementing the 1977 Coal Act: A Field Level View," with
Donald Menzel, in Ender and Kim (ed.)
Energy Policy (Quorum Books, 1987).
"Reshaping the Regulatory Partnership: The Case of Surface Mining,"
with
Donald Menzel, in Morgan and
Benton (eds.) Intergovernmental Relations and Public Policy (Greenwood
Press, 1986).
Presentations:
"Accounting for Member State Compliance with EU Environmental
Directives." with Yiannis Livanis.
to be presented at the 2007 meeting of the Southern
Poltical Science Association. New Orleans.
" Presidential Popularity and
Congressional Control of the Bureaucracy:
The Clinton Administration and
the Contract with America," with Renée J. Johnson and Jeff
Gill, delivered at the 2004 meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association. Chicago.
“Accounting for Member State Compliance with EU Environmental
Directives,”
With John Livanis and
Mads Bondegard, presented at the 2003 Meeting of the International
Studies Association
– South, Gainesville, FL.
"It Takes a Village: Social Capital and Welfare Reform." with
Renee
Johnson, presented at the
2002 meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA
(revised versions presented at the
joint UF-FSU Research Colloquim, 2003 and the 2003 meeting of the
Florida
Political Science Association.
"Presidents, Congress, and Bureaucracy," with Renee Johnson and Jeff
Gill,
presented at the 2002
meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA.
"The State of Black Legislative Life in the American States," with
David
Conklin presented at the
Second Annual Conference on State Politics and Policy:
Legislatures
and Representation in the U.S. States,
May, 2002, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
"Social Capital and Welfare Reform: The View from the States," with
Renee
Johnson, presented at
the 2002 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.
"The Plot that Failed: the Republican Revolution and
Congressional
Control of the Bureaucracy,"
with Renee J. Johnson, delivered at the 2001 meeting of the Midwest
Political
Science Association.
"The Allocation of Party Monies in the Wake of Term Limits," with
David L. Scechter, delivered at the 2001
meeting of the Western Political Science Association.
"The Republican Revolution and Political Control of the
Bureaucracy,"
with Renee J. Johnson,
delivered at the 2000 meeting of the American Political Science
Association,
Washington, D.C.
"Bootstraps and Benevolence: A Comparative Test of the States’
Capacity
to Effect Change in Welfare
Recipients," with Renee J. Johnson and Marian Currinder,
presented
at the 2000 meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association.
" Political Institutions and Statehouse Democracy," presented at
the 1999 meeting of the Ameican
Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
"Party Campaign Support and Member Loyalty in the Florida
Legislature,"
with David Schecter,
presented at the 1998 meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association,
Atlanta, Georgia.
"The Political and Policy Consequences of Institutional Development:
A
View from the States,"
presented at the 1997 meeting of the Midwest Political
Science
Association, Chicago, Illinois.
"Roads vs. Highways: A State-Level Expenditure Tradeoff Model," with
David
Ellis and Bob Duval, presented
at the 1993 meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association,
Savannah, Georgia.
"The Quality of Black Legislative Life: Black-White Comparisons,"
with James Button, presented at the 1993
meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington,
D.C..
"Black Leadership in the 1990s" with James Button and Mary Spear,
delivered
at the 1992 meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Chicago, Ill.
"Allocating Party Monies in Congressional Campaigns: A Closer
Look,"
with Katrina Schochet, presented at
the 1991 meeting of the American Political Science Association, August,
Washington, D.C.
"The States and Devolution: Implementing Federal Mandates," with
Michael Scicchitano and Charles Davis,
presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science
Association,
September, 1990.
"Accounting for the Distribution of Federal Regulation," presented at
the
annual meeting of the Southwest
Political Science Meeting, March, 1990.
"Devolving Regulatory Authority: The Federal and State Response,"
with Michael Scicchitano, presented at the
annual meeting of the Northeast Political Science Association,
November,
1989.
"Federal Oversight and the States," with Michael Scicchitano, presented
at the annual meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, March, 1989.
"The Spatial Distribution of Federal Regulation," with Saba
Jallow,
presented at the l988 meeting of the
Southern Political Science Association, November,
1988.
"State Regulatory Vigor in an Era of Deregulation," with Michael
Scicchitano
and Patricia Metz, delivered at the
l988 meeting of the American Political Science Association,
September, 1988.
"Using Simulations to Discriminate Between Energy Demand Forecasts,"
with
Robert Duval, presented at the
l987 meeting of the Southern Political Science Association
Meeting,
November, l987.
"The Analysis Values of Policy Scholars," with Jin Mok, 1987, Southwest Social Science Association meeting.
"The Nature of Policy Studies: An Analysis of Policy
Journals,"
with Jin Mok, delivered at the 1986 meeting
of the Southwest Social Science Association, San Antonio, Texas.
"Regulatory Attitudes and Behavior: The Case of Surface
Mining
Regulation," with Donald Menzel and George
Williams, presented at the 1984 meeting of the Southern Political
Science Association.
"Loosening the Regulatory Ratchet at OSM: A Field Level View
of
Environmental Deregulation," with Donald
Menzel, presented at the 1984 meeting of the American Political Science
Association.
"Loosening the Regulatory Ratchet: The Reagan Administration and
Coal Surface Mining," with Donald Menzel,
presented at the 1983 meeting of the American Political Science
Association.
"The Impact of Federal Aid Cuts on the Politics of the State Budget
Process,"
with Gregory Sayre, presented at
the 1983 meeting of the Southern Political Science Association.
"The Interorganizational Milieu as a Focus of Research on Policy
Implementation,"
with Donald C. Menzel,
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1981.
"The Legislative Veto and Regulatory Reform," with William West,
Midwest
Political Science Associa-tion,
Annual Meeting, 1981.
"Fiscal Dependency and the Budget Process," with Donald C.
Menzel,
American Association for Budget and
Program Analysis, Fall Symposium, 1980.
"Congress and the President: Presidential Energy Support in the
96th
Congress," with George Williams, West
Virginia Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1980.
"The Effect of Alternative Grant Mechanisms," Midwest Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, 1980.
"Policy Congruence with Public Opinion," with Ronald Hedlund, Midwest
Political
Science Association, Annual
Meeting, 1979.
"Women and Public Service Employment," with Ronald Hedlund,
Midwest Political Science Association,
Annual Meeting, 1979.
"The Distribution of Manpower Services," with Ronald
Hedlund,
Southwest Social Science Association,
Annual Meeting, 1979.
"Public Attitudes Toward Governmental Supported Art," with
Ronald
Hedlund and Thomas James, Midwest
Association for Public Opinion Research, Annual Meeting,
1978.
"The Effect of State Policies on Localities," with Brett Hawkins
and
Richard Bingham, American Political
Science Association Annual Meeting, 1978.
"The States and Governing in the 21st Century" Research
Development
Award, University of Florida, DSR,
1996-97 ($11,624).
American Philosophical Society, $4,000, 1994 (to support field work on black legislative study) with Jim Button.
"A Survey of White State Legislators," University of Florida, Division of Sponsored Research, 1992 ($1,400).
"The States and EPA: Federal Oversight of State Regulation,"
Research
Development Award, University of
Florida, Division of Sponsored Research, 1991-92 ($10,900).
"The Incidence of Health Insurance Among Florida Household," with
Michael Scicchitano and Michael Martinez,
Institute for Child Health Policy, University of Florida, 1991
($11,400).
"The Greenhouse Effect: Toward a Research and Policy Agenda,"
with
Robert Duval, Susan Hunter, and Paul
Jacodzinski, WVU Energy Research Center, 1989-90 ($22,000).
"Explaining Variations in State Regulatory Behavior: The Reagan
Administration
and Devolution at OSM," WVU
Senate Faculty Grant, l988-89 ($4,500).
"The Politics of Forecasting: Regulatory Decision Making in an
Uncertain
World," with Robert Duval, WVU
Energy Research Center, 1986-88 ($26,000).
"An Evaluation of the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department,"
with
Office of Health Services Research (WVU),
West Virginia Department of Health ($25,000).
"An Assessment of the Organizational Arrangements for the Development
of
Energy Programs in West Virginia,"
with Donald C. Menzel and David G. Williams, WVU Energy Research
Center,
1981. ($24,526).
"Implementation of the Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act
of 1977: Regulatory Problems and
Impacts on West Virginia," with Donald C. Menzel, the Ford
Foundation,
1980 ($10,000). (This project was also
supported by a $5,000 grant from the West Virginia Department of
Natural Resources).
"Surface Mining Regulation in the Five State Region," WVU Energy Research Center, 1980 ($11,734).
"Informal Caucuses in the U.S. House of Representatives," WVU Senate Faculty Grant, 1980 ($2,709).
Service:
Editorial Board, Policy Studies Journal, 2003-
Secretary-Treasurer, Organized Section on Public Policy, American Political Science Association, 1999- .
President, Florida Political Science Association,
2005-2006.
Program Chair, 2005 Annual Meeting of the Florida
Political Science Association.
Executive Council, Florida Political Science Association, 2003-2004.
Section Head, Legislative Politics, 2002 Meeting of the Southern Poltitical Science Association.
Executive Council, Organized Section on State Politics and Policy, American Political Science Association, 2000-02
Editorial Board, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 2000-2003.
Program Co-Chair, Organized Section on Public Policy, 1998 Meeting of the American Political Science Association.Section Head, Public Policy, 1995 Meeting of the Southern Poltitical Science Association.
Editorial Board, State and Local Government Review,
1990-1992.