Garrett E. Glasgow
Associate Professor
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1999

e-mail: glasgow@polsci.ucsb.edu
personal home page: http://www.polsci.ucsb.edu/faculty/glasgow

C.V. (in .pdf format)

Fields of Interest: Public Opinion and Voting Behavior, Political Parties, Quantitative Methodology

Professor Glasgow joined the faculty in 2000 after spending one year at the Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences at Harvard University. His research interests include voting behavior, political party electoral strategies, and research methods for political science. His articles have appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Electoral Studies, Political Analysis and Political Research Quarterly.

Courses Taught:
PS 104A Introduction to Research in Political Science
PS 151 Voting and Elections
PS 205 Measurement and Data Analysis in Political Research
PS 206 Advanced Research Methods I
PS 207 Advanced Research Methods II

Selected Recent Publications:

"Are Niche Parties Fundamentally Different from Mainstream Parties? The Causes and the Electoral Consequences of Western European Parties' Policy Shifts, 1976-1998" (with James Adams, Michael Clark, and Lawrence Ezrow). American Journal of Political Science 50 (2006), pp. 513-529.

"Is There a Relationship Between Election Outcomes and Perceptions of Personal Economic Well-Being? A Test Using Post-Election Economic Expectations" (with Roberto Weber). Electoral Studies 24 (2005), pp. 581-601.

"Evidence of Group-Based Economic Voting: NAFTA and Union Households in the 1992 U.S. Presidential Election." Political Research Quarterly 58 (2005), pp. 427-434.

"Voting Behavior and the Electoral Context of Governmental Formation" (with R. Michael Alvarez). Electoral Studies 24 (2005), pp. 245-264.

"Understanding Change and Stability in Party Ideologies: Do Parties Respond to Public Opinion or to Past Election Results?" (with James Adams, Michael Clark, and Lawrence Ezrow). British Journal of Political Science 34 (2004), pp. 589-610.