FACULTY

David C. Barker, PhD University of Houston, 1998 Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Graduate Studies E-mail: dbarker+@pitt.edu Curriculum Vitae

COURSES/SYLLABI

PS 1234 American Electoral Behavior
PS 1235 Political Communication
PS 1275 Religion and Politics
PS 1281 Seminar in American Politics
PS 2020 Empirical Methods of Research
PS 2235 Elections and Electoral Behavior in the U.S.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

American politics, political psychology, and methodology

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

“Competing Visions of Parental Roles and Ideological Constraint,” with James D. Tinnick, American Political Science Review, 2006

“State Political Culture and Primary Frontloading, 1972-2000,” with Christopher Jan Carman, Electoral Studies, 2005

“All Things Considered: Systematic Cognitive Processing and Electoral Decisionmaking,” with Susan B. Hansen, Journal of Politics, 2005

“We’re All Keynesians Now? Understanding Public Attitudes Toward the Federal Budget” (with Stephanie Muraca) 2003 American Politics Research

Rush to Judgment: Talk Radio and American Political Behavior, Columbia University Press, 2002

“The Spirit of Capitalism? Religious Belief, Values, and Economic Attitude Constructs,” Political Behavior, 2001

“Rushed Decisions: Political Talk Radio and Vote Choice, 1994-96,” Journal of Politics, 1999