FACULTY

Kristin Kanthak, PhD University of Iowa, 2000 Assistant Professor of Political Science E-mail: kanthak@pitt.edu Curriculum Vitae Personal webpage

COURSES/SYLLABI

PS 0200 American Political Process
PS 1211 Legislative Process
PS 1281 Capstone Seminar in American Politics
PS 2200 American Government and Politics

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Legislative politics, American politics, quantitative methods

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"The Hidden Effects of Rules Not Broken: Career Paths, Institutional Rules, and Anticipatory Exit in Legislatures." Forthcoming. British Journal of Political Science.

"Valuing Diversity in Political Organizations: Gender and Token Minorities in the U.S. House of Representatives." with George A. Krause. Forthcoming. American Journal of Political Science.

"Legislative Pivots, Presidential Powers, and Policy Stability." With Brian F. Crisp and Scott W. Desposato. Forthcoming, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization.

"U.S. State Legislative Committee Assignments and Encouragement of Party Loyalty: An Exploratory Analysis." 2009. State Politics and Policy Quarterly. 9(3):284-303.

"Crystal Elephants and Committee Chairs: Campaign Contributions and Leadership Races in the U.S. House of Representatives." 2007. American Politics Research. 35(3):389-406.

"The Reputation Legislators Build: With Whom Should Legislators Collaborate?" 2004. with Brian F. Crisp and Jenny Leijonhufvud.  American Political Science Review. 98(4):703-716.

"Exclusive Committee Assignments in the U.S. House of Representatives." 2004. Public Choice. 121(3-4):391-412.

 "The G7, International Terrorism, and Domestic Politics: Modeling Policy Cohesion in Response to Systemic Disturbances." 2004. with Thomas J. Volgy, Derrick V. Frazier, and Robert Stewart Ingersoll. International Interactions. 30(3):191-210.

"Top-Down Divergence: The Effect of Legislative Rules on Candidate Ideological Placement." 2002. Journal of Theoretical Politics. 14(3):301-323.