Lori Cox Han, Ph.D.
Professor Department of Political Science Chapman University One University Drive Orange, CA 92866
Phone: (714) 744-7614 E-mail: lhan@chapman.edu
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Southern California, August 1997
M.A., Political Science, University of Southern California, May 1995
M.A., Mass Communication (with Distinction), California State University, Northridge, May 1993
B.A., Political Science and Rhetoric and Communication (Minor in Twentieth Century History), University of California, Davis, June 1988
Positions
Professor, Department of Political Science, Chapman University, Orange, California, July 2005 - present
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Austin College, Sherman, Texas, August 2003 – June 2005
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Austin College, Sherman, Texas, August 1998 – August 2003
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, September 1997 – August 1998
Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science, California State University, Northridge, August 1996 – May 1997
Adjunct Professor, Ithaca College, Communications Program in Los Angeles, Roy H. Park School of Communications, September 1996 – May 1997, and January 1998 – May 1998
Publications – Books
Political Leadership, Vol. 2 of Leadership at the Crossroads, edited with Michael A. Genovese, Praeger Publishers, 2008.
Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics, edited with Michael A. Genovese, Facts on File, 2008.
Rethinking Madam President: Is America Really Ready for a Woman in the White House? edited with Caroline Heldman, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007.
Women and American Politics: The Challenges of Political Leadership, McGraw-Hill Publishers, Critical Topics in American Goverment series, 2007.
The Presidency and the Challenge of Democracy, edited with Michael A. Genovese, Palgrave Macmillan Publishers, The Evolving American Presidency Series, 2006.
In the Public Domain: Presidents and the Challenge of Public Leadership, edited with Diane J. Heith, State University of New York Press, SUNY Series on the Presidency: Contemporary Issues, 2005.
Governing From Center Stage: White House Communication Strategies during the Television Age of Politics, Political Communication Series, Hampton Press, 2001. Named Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2002.
Publications – Book Chapters
"Public Leadership in the Political Arena," in Political Leadership, Vol. 2 of Leadership at the Crossroads, eds. Michael A. Genovese and Lori Cox Han, Praeger Publishers, 2008.
"Introduction: Is America Really Ready for a Woman President?" in Rethinking Madam President: Is America Ready for a Woman in the White House, eds. Lori Cox Han and Caroline Heldman, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007.
“The President Over the Public: The Plebiscitary Presidency at Center Stage,” in Is the Presidency Dangerous to Democracy, eds. Lori Cox Han and Michael A. Genovese, 2006.
“The Rose Garden Strategy Revisited: How Presidents Use Public Activities,” in In the Public Domain: Presidents and the Challenge of Public Leadership, eds. Lori Cox Han and Diane J. Heith, forthcoming from State University of New York Press, 2005.
“Life After the White House: The Public Post-Presidency and the Development of Presidential Legacies,” co-author Matthew J. Krov, in In the Public Domain: Presidents and the Challenge of Public Leadership, eds. Lori Cox Han and Diane J. Heith, forthcoming from State University of New York Press, 2005.
“Presidential Character as a Useful Indicator of Performance in Office,” co-author Matthew J. Krov, in Debating the Presidency, eds. Robert P. Watson and David Freeman, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 2005.
"Women and Political Leadership" in Laura Bush: The Report to the First Lady 2005, ed. Robert P. Watson, Nova History Publications, 2005.
“First Sons v. First Daughters: A Gender Bias in News Coverage?” in Life in the White House: A Social History of the First Family and the President’s House, ed. Robert P. Watson, State University of New York Press, 2004. “The Texas Constitution” and “The Texas Judiciary,” in Keeping the Republic: Power and Citizenship in American Politics, Texas Edition, by Christine Barbour and Gerald C. Wright, Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
“Presidential Leadership: Governing from a Woman’s Perspective,” in Electing Madam President: The First Female Presidency, eds. Robert P. Watson and Ann Gordon, Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2002.
Publications – Articles
“New Strategies for an Old Medium: The Weekly Radio Addresses of Reagan and Clinton,” Congress and the Presidency, Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 2006. “Out of Office and In the News: Early Projections of the Clinton Legacy,” co-author Matthew J. Krov, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Volume 33, Number 4, December 2003.
“The Next Contender: Assessing the Pool of Women Candidates for President,” White House Studies, Volume 1, Number 3, Fall 2001.
Works In Progress
Book manuscript, A Presidency Upstaged: The Public Leadership of George H.W. Bush, Genovese, (under advance contract with Texas A&M University Press).
Book manuscript, American Presidents and the Presidency, (under advance contract with Oxford University Press).
Other Professional Activities
President, Presidency Research Group, 2006-2007
Vice President/President-Elect, Presidency Research Group, 2005-2006
Secretary/Treasurer, Presidency Research Group, 2004-2005
Section Chair, Presidency Research, 2004 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association
Executive Council Member, Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society, 2006-2010
Executive Council Member, Western Political Science Association, 2005-2008
Editorial Board Member, White House Studies
Professional Organizations
American Political Science Association
Western Political Science Association
Center for the Study of the Presidency
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