Curriculum Vitae [abbreviated] John T. Woolley Professor of Political ...

Curriculum Vitae [abbreviated]
John T. Woolley
Professor of Political Science
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Education
Oberlin College B. A., Government, 1972
University of Wisconsin, Madison M.A., Political Science, 1974
Ph.D., Political Science, 1980
Academic Appointments
1993- Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
1993-1994 Visiting Professor, School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
1992-1993 Visiting Associate Professor, School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
1988-1993 Associate Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
1986-1988 Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
1978-1986 Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
1977 Research Assistant, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.
Honors and Awards: (recent)
1999 UCSB, Residence Halls Association, Outstanding Faculty Member Award
Publications
Five Most Significant:
1984 Monetary Politics: The Federal Reserve and the Politics of Monetary Policy, (New York,
Cambridge University Press, 1984).
1991 "Institutions, the Election Cycle and the Presidential Veto" American Journal of Political
Science 35 (May, 1991): 279-304
1993 "Conflict Among Regulators and the Hypothesis of Congressional Dominance," Journal of
Politics 55 (February, 1993): 92-114.
2000 “Using Media-Based Data in Studies of Politics" American Journal of Political Science 44
(January): 156-173.
2001 "Democracy and National Economic Performance: The Preference for Stability" (with
Dennis Quinn), American Journal of Political Science 44: 634-657.
Last Ten Years
1997
1997
1998
"Growing Firms in Declining Fields: the Unanticipated Impacts of Oil Development,” (With
Harvey Molotch and Teri Jori) Society and Natural Resources 11 (March): 137-156
"The Discourses of Restoration,” (with M. McGinnis) Restoration and Management Notes
15 (Summer):74-77
"Exorcising Inflation-mindedness: Ideas, Interests and the Politics of Inflation in the
1970s" Journal of Policy History 10:
1998 "Exorcising Inflation-Mindedness: Ideas, Intersts and the Politics of Inflation in the 1970s"

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Reprinted in Loss of Confidence: Politics and Policy in the 1970s, David Brian Robertson,
ed., University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press
1999
1998
1999
1999
1999
1999
2000
2000
2000
“Bioregional Conflict Resolution: Building Community in Watershed Planning and
Organizing.” (With McGinnis and Gamman) Environmental Management 24 (1):1-12.
"Coastal Watershed Policy and Management in California: Notes on the Development of
Cooperative Strategies." In O. T. Magoon, H. Converse, B. Baird, and M. Miller-Henson,
eds., Taking a Look at California's Ocean Resources: An Agenda for the Future (w. M.
McGinnis) American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Va., pp. 812-822.
“Survey Methodologies for the study of Ecosystem Restoration and management: The
Importance of Q-Methodology,” (with M. McGinnis and W. Herms) Integrated
Assessment of Ecosystem Health, eds., G. Fogg, D. Hinton, M. Johnson, K, Scow. Lewis
Publishers, Boca Raton.
“The Politics of Watershed Policymaking: Three Cases Compared” (with Michael
McGinnis) Policy Studies Journal 27 (3): 578-594
"Les conséquences du fédéralisme sur l’élaboration de la politique de la Réserve
fédérale" La revue Francaise d'administration publique 92 (Juin):671-680 [This is the
publication of the Institut International d'Administration Publique, a public organization
affiliated with the French Prime Minister. While this publication has an official date of
June 1999, the manuscript was not submitted until December 1999 and not published
until sometime in Spring 2000.]
Peter A. Johnson, The Government of Money: Monetarism in Germany and the United
States (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998) Journal of Public Policy 9
(September): 314-316
“The Conflicting Discourses of Restoration” (with Michael McGinnis) Society and Natural
Resources 13 (June): 339-357
"Using Media-Based Data in Studies of Politics" American Journal of Political Science 44
(January): 156-173
"Using the Web in Teaching the Presidency" Presidency Research Group Report 23
(Fall): 15-19
2000 “Using Media-Based Data in Studies of Politics" American Journal of Political Science 44
(January): 156-173.
2000 “The Conflicting Discourses of Restoration.” (with Michael McGinnis), Society and Natural
Resources (June): 339-357
2000 "Using the Web in Teaching the Presidency" Presidency Research Group Report 23
(Fall): 15-19
2001 "Democracy and National Economic Performance: The Preference for Stability" (with
Dennis Quinn), American Journal of Political Science 44: 634-657.
2001 “Watershed Activism in the South Coast” (with McGinnis) in Making the Watershed
Connection: A Profile of Watersheds, Wetlands and Regional Planning Efforts for the
South Coast, ed., M. Mcginnis, White Paper #4, Ocean and Coastal Policy Center, Marine
Science Institute, UCSB, Santa Barbara CA; pp 101-107
2002 "The California Watershed Movement: 'Place' and the Role of Science" (with Michael V.
McGinnis), Natural Resources Journal, 42(Winter): 133-183.
2003 “Mitigating the Impact of Offshore Oil Development: Implementation Issues,” (with James
T. Lima). MMS OCS Study 2003-014. Prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior,

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Minerals Management Service, under Contract 14-35-0001-30471, the Southern
California Educational Initiative, Russell J. Schmitt, Project Manager [133 pp].
2004 “Social Science Division Planning Survey Analysis.” UCSB Division of Social Sciences
http://www.ltsc.ucsb.edu/ss/docs/ [33 pp plus 5 appendices]
2004 Robert P. Bremner, Chairman of the Fed: William McChesney Martin Jr. and the Creation
of the American Financial System (Yale 2004) in Business History Review 79 (2005):
390-393. (book review)
2005
2006
“Watershed-based Partnerships and Coastal Ecosystem Planning,” (with McGinnis),
California and the World Ocean ’02: Revisiting and Revising California’s Ocean Agenda.
Orville T. Magoon et al, eds, American Society of Civil Engineers.
State of the Union: Presidential Rhetoric from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush.
(Congressional Quarterly Press) with D. Kolb and G. Peters.
Throughout: American Presidency Project website: www.presidency.ucsb.edu, a searchable
research database of over 69,000 documents relating to the American Presidency.
Professional Activities (Last 5 years)
Discussant, Panel on “Comparative Perspectives on Environmental Policy”, Annual Meetings of
the American Political Science Association Philadelphia, September 2006.
"Presidential Unilateral Action and Presidential ‘Talk’" (with Peters), Presented at the Annual
Meetings of the American Political Science Association Philadelphia, September 2006.
“Drawing Lines or Defining Variables? Studying Big Changes in the American Presidency,”
Works In Progress Presentation, Department of Political Science, May 2006.
“The Electoral College: Should the US Eliminate our Antidemocratic Relic?” UCSB Affiliates
Town Forum May 2006.
Discussant, Panel on “Cases in Agency or State-Level Policy Implementation”, the Annual
Meetings of the American Political Science Association, September 2005, Washington,
D.C.
“Drawing Lines or Defining Variables? Studying Big Changes in the American Presidency,”
Paper Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association,
September 2005, Washington, D.C.
Panelist, The Presidential Election, 2004: Results, Outcomes, Interpretation, Department of
Political Science Faculty Roundtable, November 16, 2004.
“Politics, Ideas and California Watershed Management,” Presentation to the Fellows of the
Association of Pacific Rim Universities, Santa Barbara. August 2004
Predicting the American Presidential Election, Presidentation to SBCC Adult Education Class,
Spring 2004.
Aaron Wildavsky Book Award Selection Committee, Public Policy Section, American Political
Science Association, 2003 [award announced at September 2003 convention].
“Contributions of Social Science,” UCSB Center for Preparedness Symposium, E-II Pavilion,
April 19, 2003.
Panelist, “History, Poetics, and Politics of Homeland Security,” American Cultures Center and
IHC, UCSB. February 2003
“Watershed-based Partnerships and Coastal Ecosystem Planning,” California and the World
Ocean ’02, Santa Barbara, CA (Conference was one of a series in cooperation with the
American Society of Civil Engineers) October 2002.
Panel Chair and Discussant, Conference on Reevaluating the Reagan Presidency, UCSB,
March 2002.
Panelist, “Thinking Through the Disaster: Domestic Politics and Policy,” Interdisciplinary
Humanities Center, UCSB October 2001
“Place and the Role of Science in the California Watershed Movement,” (with McGinnnis) Paper
Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association,
September 2001, San Francisco.
Panelist, Roundtable Discussion on Charles Cameron’s Veto Bargaining, Annual Meetings of
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Panelist, Symposium on the 2000 Election, IHC, November 2000.
Session chair and discussant, Panel on “Deliberative Democracy,” in Democracy at the
Periphery Conference, Department of Political Science, UCSB. October 2000.
“Voter Preferences, Institutional Structures and the Determinants of Economic Growth Volatility,”
Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meetings,
September 2000, Washington, D.C..
“Democracy and National Economic Performance: The Preference for Stability” Southern
California Metholodogy Program meeting Spring 2000 (May), Santa Barbara California.
Referee:
Academy of Management Journal
American Journal of Political Science
American Political Science Review
Comparative Politics
Electoral Studies
Environmental Management
Governance
International Studies Quarterly
Journal of Law, Economics and Organization
Journal of Politics
Journal of Theoretical Politics
Mobilization: An International Journal
Policy Studies Journal
Political Research Quarterly
Presidential Studies Quarterly
Studies in American Political Development
State University of New York Press
University of Michigan Press
Routledge/Taylor and Francis
Texas A&M University Press
Extramural Referee for Tenure/Promotion: University of North Texas,
University of Maryland
Participation in Campus Governance (recent):
Administrative Appointments
2005- Chair, Department of Political Science
2002-2004 Acting Dean, Division of Social Sciences, College of Letters and Science
2001-2002, Faculty Advisor to the Provost, College of Letters and Science
2004-2005
2000-2002 Associate Dean, Division of Social Sciences
Other Significant Academic Senate or Administrative Committee Activities (recent):
University of California Systemwide UCDC Steering Committee, 2001-2004
Academic Senate Committee on Capital Projects, 1997-99, Chair 1999, 1999-2000
Academic Senate Divisional Advisory Committee to the Senate Chair, 1999-2000
Campus Planning Committee, Vice-chair 1999; 1999-2000
Special Projects Subcommittee of Campus Planning Committee, 1999; 1999-2000
Ad Hoc Committee on Marine Science Research Building, 1999-2000
Ad Hoc Committee on Property Acquisition, 1999-2000
Highway 217 Committee, 1999-2002.
Design Review Committee, 1999-2000
New Academic Building (aka ESSB) Planning Committees, 2001-2004

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New Library Building Planning Committee, 2001-2002
Administrative Workgroup on Phaseout of BST Allocation System, 2005
Chair, Student IT Fee Committee, 2006
Extramural Support (recent)
2002 TLtC Planning Mini-Grant, University of California Office of the President $5000
1998-2000 National Science Foundation: Democracy and Risk and Return, 1998-2000
(collaborative grant with Quinn) $75,000