Margaret Carne joined the Political Science department in 2004, after completing her M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley. She received her B.A. in Politics with High Honors from Oberlin College in 1994. At Rhodes, she teaches courses in American politics, campaigns and elections, research methodology, and political parties and interest groups. Co-author of an article on campaign finance in Election Law Journal, she is currently working on a book about interest groups’ use of independent expenditures in federal elections.
Prof. Carne′s Vita (PDF)
M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
B.A., Oberlin College
- Political Science 151 - UNITED STATES POLITICS
- Political Science 241 - AMER PARTIES & INTEREST GROUPS
- Political Science 261 - PARTIES AND PARTISANSHIP
- Political Science 270 - RESEARCH METHODS
- Political Science 330 - CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS
- Political Science 401 - SEMINAR IN POLITICAL PROCESS
“Interest Group Advocacy and the Power of ‘Magic Words.’” With D. E. Apollonio. 2005. Election Law Journal (July) 178-190.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Independent Expenditures in the 2004 Presidential Election.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. April 2007.
“Cannon Fodder: The Targets of Advocacy Group Independent Expenditures.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. April 7-10, 2005.
“Interest Group Advocacy and the Power of ‘Magic Words.’” Paper co-authored with D. E. Apollonio presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. April 15-18, 2004.
“Loose Cannons or Laser Beams?: Interest Group Independent Spending in Congressional Elections.” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA. August 28-31, 2003.
“Independent Expenditures and Interest Group Strategy.” Paper co-authored with D. E. Apollonio presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. April 3-6, 2003.
“Why Independent Expenditures?” Paper presented at Annual Berkeley-Stanford American Political Science Conference June 3, 2002.
“Why Bother With Independent Expenditures?” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. April 25-28, 2002.
“Spending Independently.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. April 19-22, 2001.
“Spending Independently.” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA. August 30-September 2, 2001.
“Southern Culture on the Skids: The Influence of Culture on Political Corruption in the American States.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. April 15-18, 1999.