jonathan woon assistant professor of political science department of political science university of pittsburgh woon [at] pitt [dot] edu curriculum vitae
research interests	legislative politics, political parties, decision-making, institutions, positive political theory, quantitative analysis, experiments
publications	"Issue Attention in the U.S. Senate," Legislative Studies Quarterly, forthcoming [appendix] "Investigating the Dynamics of Party Reputations, 1939-2004," with Jeremy Pope, Political Research Quarterly, forthcoming "Made in Congress? Testing the Electoral Implications of Ideological Party Brand Names," with Jeremy Pope, Journal of Politics, 2008 [appendix] "Bill Sponsorship in Congress: The Moderating Effect of Agenda Positions on Legislative Proposals," Journal of Politics, 2008 [appendix] "Direct Democracy and the Selection of Representative Institutions: Voter Support for Apportionment Initiatives, 1924-1962," State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 2007 "Testing Theories of Lawmaking" (with Keith Krehbiel and Adam Meirowitz) in Austen-Smith and Duggan (eds) Social Choice and Strategic Decisions: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey S. Banks, 2005
working papers	legislative politics “The Timing of Congressional Appropriations” (with Sarah Anderson) "A Resource Constrained Model of Issue Selection and Political Bargaining" [abstract] "Selection Criteria for Roll Call Votes" (with Keith Krehbiel) [abstract] political parties "Asymmetric Partisan Biases in Perceptions of Political Parties" "Aggregate Expectations of Party Performance" (with Jeremy Pope) “Roll Calls and Party Reputations: Evidence from the 2006 CCES” (with Jeremy Pope) institutions and decision-making experiments "An Experimental Investigation of Delegation, Voting, and the Provision of Public Goods, " (with John Hamman and Roberto Weber) [abstract] direct democracy "Why Did a Majority of Californians Vote to Limit Their Own Power?" (with Steve Ansolabehere and Jim Snyder)
courses	Formal Political Theory 1 (fall, alternating years, grad) Formal Political Theory 2 (fall, alternating years, grad) Topics in American politics: Business, politics, and public policy (fall/spring, undergrad) Formal Political Analysis (spring, undergrad) previous (2005-2007, Carnegie Mellon) policy-making institutions (undergrad) business, politics, and public policy (undergrad) strategic analysis: game theory for social science (grad/undergrad)
(last updated August 26, 2008)