FACULTY

4445 Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
412-648-7272
E-mail: sbhansen+@pitt.eduEducation

PhD, Political Science, 1972, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

Thesis: Concurrence in American Communities: The Response of Local Leaders to the Community Political Agenda.

MA, Political Science, 1968. Stanford University, Stanford, California

BA, History (high honors), 1966. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Positions Held

Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1999- Joint appointments with Women's Studies and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Director, Career and Location Decisions Project, September 2000 - present
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, 1980-1999 (tenured 1983)
Visiting Associate Professor, Stanford University, and Research Associate, Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Stanford, Spring 1997
Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies, University of Pittsburgh Semester at Sea Program, January - May 1995. Courses on religion and politics, gender and public policy, women in politics
Director, Women's Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh, September 1990-August 1993
Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow, Scotland, September 1986-June 1987
Faculty Associate, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, January - June 1985
September 1978 - August 1980: Lecturer, Department of Political Science, and Visiting Research Investigator, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan
August 1973 - April 1978: Assistant Professor of Political Science,
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
September 1972 - June 1973: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
March 1969 - July 1972: Research Associate and Statistical Analyst with the Cross-National Project on Political and Social Change at the National Opinion Research Center, Chicago

Research Grants

Mellon Foundation grant to survey recent new hires in the Pittsburgh region
($40,000, 2002)
Heinz Endowments and Workforce Connections funding to analyze recent graduates of Pittsburgh-area technical and proprietary schools ($40,000, 2001-
Principal investigator, Heinz Endowments and Mellon Foundation grants to study Pittsburgh area university graduates' geographic location and career choices ($240,000, 1999-2000 and $40,000, 2001-2002)
UCIS Small Grants, ($850) to attend CUED conference, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 1996
CAS Curriculum Development grant, 1995 ($300)
Research Development Fund, Category 1 Award, University of Pittsburgh,
Summer 1990 ($1640)
Pitcairn - Crabbe Foundation Grant for development of an annotated bibliography on religion and politics, Summer 1990 ($1100)
Grant from Planning Department, Allegheny County, for research on county
economic development policies, Summer 1988 ($10,000)
National Science Foundation grant for research on state industrial policy, 1985-86 ($30,000)

Honors and Awards

Phi Beta Kappa, University of Rochester, 1966
MacKenzie Prize for History, University of Rochester, 1963
New York State Graduate Regents Fellowship, 1966-69
Policy Studies Organization award for Best Conference Paper, 1984
Honorary member, University of Pittsburgh chapter, Golden Key National Honor Society, 1990
Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society, University of Pittsburgh, March 1992
Thomas R. Dye Service Award for outstanding service to the Policy Studies
Organization, December 1997.
Appointment as Visiting Associate Professor, Stanford University,
Winter and Spring quarters 1997
Appointed Visiting Scholar, Institute for Research on Women and Gender,
Stanford University, 1996-97

Teaching and Research Interests

American national and state politics; women in politics; religion and politics
Public policy: taxation, women's issues, economic development
Political behavior: participation, public opinion, electoral change

Books

Globalization and the Politics of Pay: Policy Choices in the American States. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006. Analysis of the impact of economic policy choices and labor regulation on adaptation to economic change in the 50 American states since 1970, based on case studies and time-series econometric analysis.

The Politics of Taxation (Praeger, 1983). Analysis of the role of parties, elections, political institutions, public opinion, and economic change in the major revenue decisions of the federal and state governments, using data from 1789 to the present.

Papers in Refereed Journals

"Explaining the 'Brain Drain' from older industrial cities: the Pittsburgh region"
(with Leonard Huggins and Carolyn Ban). Economic Development Quarterly,
forthcoming, 2003

"The impact of a low-wage strategy on state economic development." State Politics and Policy Quarterly 1:3, Fall 2001, pp. 227-254

"Governors' Job Performance Ratings and State Unemployment: The case of
California." State and Local Government Review, Winter 1999, pp. 167-188.

"Life is Not Fair: Governors' Job Performance and State Unemployment,"
Political Research Quarterly, March 1999, pp. 167-188

"Talking about Politics: Gender and Contextual Effects on Political Discourse." Journal of Politics, February 1997, pp. 73-103

"What Didn't Happen: the Implementation of the Casey Abortion Decision iPennsylvania,” Comparative State Politics, November 1993, pp. 9-18. Reprinted in Thad L. Beyle, ed., State Government: CQ's guide to Current Issues and Activities 1994-95. Washington, DC: CQ Press.

"State Fiscal Strategies for the 1990's: Balancing Budgets in a Recession."
Publius Annual Review of Federalism, Summer 1991, pp. 155-168

"Middle-Range Theory and the Long-Term Impact of Tax Policy Change," in
American Politics Quarterly 19:4 (Symposium issue on tax policy), October
1991, pp. 485-493.

"Targeting in Economic Development: Comparative State Perspectives,"
Publius, Spring 1989, pp. 47-62.

"Industrial Policy and Corporatism in the American States," Governance, Spring
1989, pp. 172-197.

Commentary on Thomas R. Dye, "The Impact of Federal Tax Reform on State
and Local Government Finances," CATO Journal, Fall 1985, pp. 609-612.

Commentary on "Citizen Preferences and Participatory Roles," Research in
Urban Policy, Vol. 1, 1985, pp. 263-267.

"On the Making of Unpopular Decisions: A Typology and Some Evidence,"
Policy Studies Journal 13:1 (September 1984), pp.23-44.

"Public Policy Analysis: Some Recent Developments and Current Problems,"
Policy Studies Journal 12:1 (September 1983), pp. 14-42.

"State Expenditure Growth and Revenue Elasticity": Policy Studies Journal 9:1 (1980), 26-33 (with Patrick Cooper). Reprinted in Warren J. Samuels and Larry Wade, eds., Taxing and Spending Policy. Lexington Books, 1980, pp.35-42.

"State Implementation of Supreme Court Decisions: Abortion Rates Since Roe v. Wade," Journal of Politics (May 1980), pp. 372-395.

"The Supreme Court, the States, and Social Change: The Case of Abortion,” Journal of Peace and Change (Fall 1980), pp. 20-32.

"Linkage Models, Issues, and Community Politics," American Politics Quarterly 6:1 (January 1978), pp. 3-28.

"Women's Political Participation and Policy Preferences," Social Science Quarterly 54:4 (March 1976), pp. 576-590 (with Linda Franz and Margaret
Netemeyer-Mays).

"Participation, Political Structure, and Concurrence," American Political Science Review 69:4 (December 1975), pp. 1181-1199.

Other Recent Publications

"Gender wage disparity in the Pittsburgh region," (with Sabina Deitrick and Christopher Briem). University of Pittsburgh Center for Social and Urban Research, 2006.

"A woman for U. S. president? Gender and leadership traits before and after 9/11" (with Laura Wills). Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy (March 2007).

Career and Location Decisions: Recent Pittsburgh-Area University Graduates. Report (with Leonard Huggins) of Career and Location Decisions Project, September 2001, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. On the Web at www.gspia.pitt.edu/CLDProject.

"The status of women in the Pittsburgh region: economy, politics and
violence," State of the Region Report, December 1999 (with Audrey Murrell and
Laurel Weldon). University of Pittsburgh Center for Social and Urban Research

"Economic Development Options for Allegheny County: Literature Review an Policy Recommendations," report prepared for the Allegheny County Planning Department, November 1988.

"State Innovation and Nuclear Waste Disposal," Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society Conference on Waste Management, Tucson, Arizona, February, 1981, pp. 205-217.

Book Chapters

"Religion and Morality," in Gillian Peele, Christopher J. Bailey, Bruce Cain, and
B. Guy Peters, eds., Developments in American Politics, 4th ed. Chappaqua, NY:
Seven Bridges Press, 2002

"Lynn Yeakel vs. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania: why she lost," in Elizabeth Cook,
Sue Thomas, and Clyde Wilcox eds., The Year of the Woman: Myths and Realities. Westview Press, 1994, pp. 87-108.

"Differences in state public policies toward abortion: electoral and policy context." In Malcolm Goggin, ed., Understanding the New Politics of Abortion, Newbury Park,
CA: Sage, 1993, pp. 222-248.

"Comparing Enterprise Zones to Other Economic Development Techniques," Chapter 1 of Roy E. Green, ed., Enterprise Zones: New Directions in Economic Development. Sage Focus Editions, 1991, pp.7-26.

"Industrial Policies in the American States: An Overview," in Ernest Yanarella and William Green, eds., The Politics of Industrial Recruitment: Japanese Auto Investment and Economic Development in the American States Greenwood Press, 1990, pp.3-22.

"State Taxation and Budgets," in Virginia Gray, Herbert Jacob, and Robert Albritton, eds., Politics in the American States, 5th edition. Little, Brown, 1990.

"Elite Informants and Theoretical Guidance in Policy Analysis," in Edward B. Portis, ed., Handbook of Political Theory and Policy Science, Greenwood Press, 1988, pp. 199-211.

"State Governments and Industrial Policy in the United States," in J. J. Hesse, ed., Regional Structural Change and Industrial Policies in International Perspective. Nomos-Verlag, 1987, pp. 89-122.

"Raising Revenue Via Tax Cuts: The Politics of Federal Tax Policy from Coolidge to Reagan," in James P. Pfiffner, ed., The President and Economic Policy. ISHI Press, 1985, pp. 186-216.

"Public Policy Analysis: Some Recent Developments and Current Problems,"
in Ada W. Finifter, ed., Political Science: The State of the Discipline (APSA, 1983) pp. 217-246. Revision of 1983 Policy Studies Journal article.

"The Politics of State Taxation," in V. Gray, H. Jacobs, and K. Vines, eds., Politics in the American States, 4th edition. Little, Brown, 1983, pp. 415-451

"Realigning Elections and Tax Policy," in Bruce A. Campbell and Richard Trilling, eds., Toward a Theory of Realignment: Mass, Elite, and Policy Change in Times of Social Crisis. University of Texas Press, 1980, pp. 288-323. Reprinted in Paul Peretz, ed., The Politics of Economic Policymaking, M.E. Sharpe, 1987, pp. 233-254. Also reprinted in Theda Skocpol and John L. Campbell, eds., American Society and Politics: Toward a Theory. McGraw Hill, 1994.

"Taxes, Benefits, and Public Opinion," in Barry S. Rundquist, ed., Political Benefits: Empirical Studies of American Public Programs. Lexington Books, 1979, pp. 185-206.

Book Reviews and Commentaries

Review of Sue Tolleson-Rinehart and Jyl J. Jospehson, eds. Gender and American Politics (M. E. Sharpe, 2000). Journal of Politics 2001

Review of Ronald E. Weber and Paul Brace, eds., American State and Local Politics: Directions for the 21st Century (Chatham House, 1999). Journal of Politics 2000

Review of M. Margaret Conway, Gertrude A. Steurnagel, and David W. Ahern, Women and Political Participation: Cultural Change in the Political Arena, (CQ Press, 1997), American Political Science Review, June 1999, 449-450.

Review of Ann Scheider and Helen Ingram, Policy Design for Democracy,
(University of Kansas Press, 1997). Governance 1998:11, 392-394.

Review essay on Constance Buchanan, Choosing To Lead (Beacon Press, 1996);
Georgia Duerst-Lahti and Rita Mae Kelly, eds., Gender Power, Leadership,
and Governance (University of Michigan Press, 1995), and Janet Flammang,
Women=s Political Voice (Temple University Press, 1997). Signs, 1998

Review of John Donohue, The Disunited States, (Basic Books, 1997),
American Politics Quarterly, November 1998.

Review of Sheldon Pollack, The Failure of US Tax Policy: Revenue and Politics,
(Penn State University Press, 1996), in The Annals of the American Academy,
November 1998, 215-16

Review of Virginia Gray and David Lowery, The Population Ecology of Interest Representation: Lobbying Communities on the American States, (University of Michigan Press, 1996), in Journal of Politics, August 1997, 936-938.

Review of Ronald F. King, Money, Time, and Politics (Yale University Press, 1993), Journal of Politics, February 1995, 255-257.

Review of Alice M. Rivlin. Reviving the American Dream: The Economy, the States, and the Federal Government (Brookings, 1992), in Journal of Politics, August 1993, 820-822.

Review of Susan Faludi, Backlash, (Crown, 1991), for The Tide: Newsletter of the Women’s Studies Program, California University of PA, April 1992 (also in WSP Newsletter, University of Pittsburgh, February 1992).

Review of Cathie J. Martin, Shifting the Burden; The Struggle Over Growth and Corporate Taxation (University of Chicago Press, 1991), in Journal of Politics, August 1992, 1192-93.

Review of William D. Berry and David Lowery, Understanding United States Government Growth (New York: Praeger 1987), in Growth and Change, Summer 1989.

Review of Peter Eisinger, The New Entrepreneurial State (University of Wisconsin Press, 1988), in Publius, Winter 1990, pp. 142-144.

Review of James Ring Adams, Secrets of the Tax Revolt (Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1984), in Society, May 1986, 91-94.

Review of James M. Buchanan and Richard E. Wagner, Democracy in Deficit (New York: Academic Press, 1977), American Political Science Review LXXIII (December 1979), 1123-1124.

Review of Lester Milbrath and J. M. Goel, Political Participation (Rand McNally, 1975), American Political Science Review LXXII (December 1978), 1482-1484.

Review of Andrew Levison, The Working Class Majority (Coward, McCann, and Geoghegan, 1974) in Journal of Politics 38 (May 1976), 409-500.

Review of Philip Coulter, Social Mobilization and Liberal Democracy (Lexington Books, 1975), in Journal of Politics 38 (February 1976), 202-203.

Conference Presentations

AI think, therefore I vote? Systematic cognitive processing and electoral behavior@ (with David Barker). Presented at the Southern Political Science Association, Savannah, GA, November 2002

Chair, and presenter, roundtable on AImplication of American Federalism for the European Union.@ American Political science Association, Boston, September 2001

"State economic development: do women and minorities benefit?" presented at the Western Political Science Association, San Jose, CA, March, 2000.

"Explaining Increasing Support for the Women=s Movement, 1972-1996" (with
Stephanie Muraca). Presented at the American Political Science
Association, Washington, DC, August 1997.

"Unemployment, Self-interest, and Popular Support for Job Creation, 1972-
1994", presented at the American Political Science Association, San
Francisco, CA, August 1996.

"The impact of globalization on U.S. subnational governments," Sheffield-Pittsburgh conference on "Globalization and Governance," Sheffield, UK, May 1996.

"Political Proselytizing and the social construction of gender, 1972-1974." Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 1996.

"Was Susan B. Anthony Wrong? State public policy and the representation of women's interests," presented at the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 1995.

"State industrial policy and job creation: lessons and caveats for the Clinton Administration." Presented at a conference on "The politics of state economic development: prospects and problems," Chicago, May 1993.

"Feminism in Pennsylvania: an examination of the feminist agenda in the Pennsylvania Legislature," paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 1993 (with Sharon Sycora).

"State Differences in Abortion Policies and Rates," International Conference on Adolescent Pregnancy, GSPIA, University of Pittsburgh, October 1990

"State Public Policies Affecting Women: A Test of Three Hypotheses," presented at the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, September 1990.

"A Computer Simulation of Sexual Transmission of AIDS," presented at a symposium, "Modeling the AIDS Epidemic and Policies to Control it," Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, May 1988 (with Marcia Whicker and Lee Sigelman).

"Industrial Policy and Corporatism in the American States," Paper presented at the European Consortium for Political Research, Amsterdam, April 1987.

"The American State Role in Industrial Policy," presented at a cross-national conference on Regional Structural Change and Industrial Policy. Speyer, West Germany, April 1986.

"Recent Developments in State Industrial Policy," presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 1986.

"State Industrial Policy: The Case of Pennsylvania," presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association, Houston, Texas, March 1985.

"The Effect of State Industrial Policies on Economic Growth," presented at the American Political Science Association, Washington, D. C., August 1984.

"Fiscal Federalism and Fiscal Crisis," presented at the European Consortium for Political Research, Salzburg, Austria, April 1984.

"On the Making of Unpopular Decisions: A Typology and Some Evidence," presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, April 1984. Awarded for PSO Prize for Best Conference Paper, 1983-1984.

"Public Policy Analysis: Some Recent Developments and Current Problems, presented at the American Political Science Association, Denver, September 1982.

"The Tax Revolt and Redistribution," presented at the American Political Science Association, New York, September, 1981.

"State Revenue Elasticity and the Tax Revolt," presented at the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 1980.

Service to the Profession

Editorial board, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 1999-
Program planning committee and section chair, State Politics and Public
Policy, for 1999 APSA meeting in Atlanta
Council member, APSA Organized Section on Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations, 1996-1999
Council member, APSA Organized Section on State Politics, 1997-2000
Leonard White Dissertation Award Committee, American Political Science
Association, 1997-98
Nominating committee for officers of the Midwest Political
Science Association, 1996 (Chair 1997-98)
Council of the Midwest Political Science Association, 1993-1996
Program planning committee and section chair, State Politics and Public
Policy, for 1992 APSA meeting in Denver
Editorial board, American Politics Quarterly, 1989-1992
Editorial board, Economic Development Quarterly, 1986-1991
Pitt Institute of Politics Publications Board, 1991-
Pitt Board of Friends of Women=s Studies, 1993-
Chair, Brooks-Cole Award Committee, Midwest Political Science Association, April 1991
Board member, Policy Studies Association, 1988-90
Editorial board, Policy Studies Journal, 1986-88

Campus and Departmental Service

CAS Writing Board, 2002 -
Honors College Advisory Board, 2001 -
American Politics recruitment committee, 2000 -
Internal Review Committee, Political Science, 2001
University Senate Graduate Council, 1998-2000
Director of Graduate Studies, Political Science, 1998-1999
Provost's Committee on the Restructuring of FAS, 1996
Chancellor's Distinguished Service Award Committee, 1992-1993
Committee preparing brochure, "Navigating Your Way to Tenure,"
PACWC program, March 3, 1992
Provost's Advisory Commission on Women's Concerns, 1992-95
University Research Council, 1991-1994
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Budget Policies Committee, 1991-94
Faculty advisory committee for University Relations, 1990-91
Self-Study Committee for Middle States Accreditation, 1990-1991
Senate Budget Policies Committee, 1987-90; secretary, vice-chair
Provost=s Advisory Committee on Integrating Gender into the
Curriculum, 1988-90
GSPIA faculty personnel committee, 1989-1990, 2000-2001
Commonwealth Relations Committee, 1988-1990
Departmental committees: recruitment, chair search (1986,1991), graduate admissions, graduate awards, American politics
Faculty Senate, 1985-86
FAS Research Awards Committee, 1985,1991
Women's Studies Steering Committee, 1985-
FAS Tenure Council, 1984, 1988, 1994, 1998
Senate Library Committee, 1984-1987
Faculty Assembly, 1983-86

Consulting and Community Service

Board member, Chatham Baroque, 2001 -
Pittsburgh Executive Women's Council, 1999-
Board member, Renaissance and Baroque Society, 1999-
Child Watch Coalition, Allegheny County, 1997-
CATY Services, Pittsburgh, 1995, Board training session on
options for welfare reform
Pennsylvania League of Women Voters, Citizen Jury Project,
1992 and 1994 elections
Womens Leadership Assembly, Pittsburgh, PA 1990-1994
East End Cooperative Ministry, Pittsburgh 1985-88
Pennsylvania Institute for Public Policy, 1987-
Allegheny County Planning Department, Summer 1988,
Research on options for economic development
National Governors Association, 1985-86
Research on state economic development
Du Page County (IL) League of Women Voters, 1969
Research on low-income housing proposals