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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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