Political Science Faculty

Bruce Stinebrickner - 2007/2008 Sabbatical

StinebricknerPh.D. (Yale University)
 
University Professor
305 Asbury Hall
Phone: (765) 658-4803
E-mail: stinebri@depauw.edu   
 
Vita

Bruce Stinebrickner, chair of the Department of Political Science, has taught American politics at DePauw since 1987. He has also taught at Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York (1974-1976), at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia (1976-1987), and in DePauw programs in Argentina (1990) and Germany (1993).   He earned his B.A. magna cum laude from Georgetown University in 1968, and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. in political science from Yale University in 1972 and 1974, respectively.  Having already served two years as head of the Department of Government at the University of Queensland and twelve years as chair of the Department of Political Science at DePauw, he began a fifth term as department chair at DePauw in fall, 2005.  

Stinebrickner is the co-author (with Robert A. Dahl) of Modern Political Analysis, sixth edition (Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Prentice Hall, 2003).  He has also served as editor for more than twenty-five annually revised editions of American Government, a widely used book of  readings in McGraw-Hill/Dushkin’s Annual Editions series, and twelve editions of State and Local Government (also published by McGraw-Hill/Dushkin), whose first edition appeared in 1984.   He has published articles in political science and policy journals on American local governments, the American presidential nomination and election process, the career patterns of Australian politicians, and freedom of the press.  His current research interests focus on government policies involving children (e.g., schooling, adoption, and foster care).

Stinebrickner’s teaching has centered mostly on American politics.  At DePauw he has taught the department’s introductory course on American national government, as well as advanced courses on civil rights and civil liberties, public policy, research methods, the presidential nominating process, political parties, and urban politics.   

Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Stinebrickner is married and has three children ranging from college graduate to high school age.   He enjoys spending time with his family as well as keeping abreast of—and sometimes participating in—political happenings in the world around him.  He has traveled widely: besides living in Australia, Germany, Argentina, and the USA, he has visited every continent except Africa and Antarctica and has set foot in over forty countries.  Last but perhaps not least, he has had a lifelong involvement with basketball.  He has played organized basketball on four continents and coached at middle-school, high school, and semi-professional levels.  He is a fan of the DePauw Tiger women’s and men’s teams and continues to play regularly himself, holding his own, he claims, against players half (and even one-third!) his age.

Fall 2007-Spring 2008 (Leave)

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