University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, March 28, 2008; and at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, May 5, 2008 “Religion in the 2008 Election: Is It 1960 All Over Again?” Lecture at Indiana University-Kokomo, November 28, 2007. “Why Vote? How College Students Can Help Shape Our Civic Life.” Lecture at Northern Illinois University, November 15, 2007. “The Republicans’ Religious Brand Label: A Test of the Social Identity Perspective on Partisanship.” Research presentation to the political science department at Northern Illinois University, November 16, 2007. “Dry Kindling: Mormon Mobilization in Politics.” Presentation at ‘Mormonism and Politics,” a conference held at Princeton University, November 9-10, 2007. “God Talk in 2008: Religion and the Upcoming Election.” Lecture at St. Anslem College, October 18, 2007 “The Civic Side of School Vouchers.” Paper presented at “Educational Choice: Emerging Legal and Policy Issues,” a conference held at Brigham Young University, October 22-23, 2007. “Health, Civic Participation, and Social Cohesion.” Paper presented at Expert Meeting on the Background Questionnaire of PIAAC (Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies), Ministry of Education and Research, Stockholm, Sweden, July 12-13, 2007. (co-authored with Lisa Hudson and Dan Sherman) “The Measurement of Civic and Social Engagement, and Its Relationship to Education and Skills.” Presentation to Active Citizenship for Democracy, a meeting of the Center for Research on Lifelong Learning, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, February 2, 2007. “Faith Matters: Early Returns from a New National Survey.” (co-authored with Robert D. Putnam). Research presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, September 1, 2006. “Female Members of Parliament as Political Role Models.” (co-authored with Christina Wolbrecht). Paper presented at the Workshop on Multi-level Models, hosted by the University of Minnesota, May 2, 2006. Keynote address at the Conference on Social Outcomes of Learning, sponsored by the
Academic director, Washington Program, 2012 - Co-Chair of McCullough Scholarship Program committee (with Robert Schmuhl), 2007 to the present Faculty advisor, Beyond Politics, political science journal of undergraduate research, 2011-2012 Member, Bernoulli Awards committee, 2011 Member, Committee on Appointments and Promotions (Department of Political Science), 2007-2008, 2010-2011 Member, Graduate Council of Notre Dame (2010-2011 academic year, I sat on the executive Committee of the Council) Chair, American Politics (Rooney Center) Search Committee for a Position in Political Institutions or Latino Politics, 2009 Chair, American Politics (Rooney Center) Search Committee for Positions in Latino Politics and Religion and Politics, 2008 Member, Committee to Review Notre Dame’s Washington Program, 2008-2009 Member, Committee to Advise Father Jenkins on Catholic Mission, 2008 Principal Investigator, Dame module for the Cooperative Campaign Analysis Project (a multi-university consortium), 2007-2008 Field Chair, American Politics (Department of Political Science), 2007-2008 Principal Investigator, Dame module for the Cooperative Congressional Election Study (a multi-university consortium), 2006 Member, Committee on a Laboratory for the Political Science Department, 2007-2008 Member, Notre Dame’s task force to review the financing of Catholic primary and secondary education, 2005-2006 (Subcommittee on “Public Funding Options for Catholic Schools”) Member, Senior Political Theory Search Committee (Department of Political Science), 2005 Member, Graduate Admissions Committee (Department of Political Science), 2006