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Caroline J. Tolbert Associate Professor Department of Political Science 321 Schaeffer Hall Iowa City, Iowa 52242 319-335-2360 or 319-335-2358 caroline-tolbert@uiowa.edu |
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Education
Ph.D. 1996 Political Science University of Colorado, Boulder
M.A. 1991 Public Policy University of Colorado, Boulder
B.A. 1989 Political Science University of California, Santa Barbara
Administration
Co-Director, University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll (with D. Redlawsk), University of Iowa, 2007-present.
Honorary Appointments
Board of Scholars, Initiative and Referendum Institute, University of Southern California, 2004-
Research Fellow, Initiative and Referendum Institute, Washington DC, 2002-2004
Publications
Books
Cain, B., T. Donovan and C. Tolbert. May 2008. Democracy in the States: Experiments in Election Reform. Brookings Institution Press. Co-editor/co-author of three chapters.
Mossberger, K., C. Tolbert and R. McNeal. 2007. Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society and Participation. Cambridge: MIT Press. Equal authors.
D. Smith and C. Tolbert. 2004. Educated by Initiative: The Effects of Direct Democracy on Citizens and Political Organizations in the American States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Equal authors.
Review in the American Political Science Association’s Perspectives on Politics and Political Science Quarterly September 2005.
Mossberger, K., C. Tolbert and M. Stansbury. 2003. Virtual Inequality: Beyond the Digital Divide. Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press. Mossberger and Tolbert, equal authors.
Review in the American Political Science Association’s Perspective on Politics December 2004.
Research supported by a Smith Richardson Foundation Grant and an Ohio Board of Regents Challenge Grant.
Selected book of the month (August 2005) and reviewed by the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies, Department of Communications, University of Washington.
Bowler, S., T. Donovan and C. Tolbert. 1998. Citizens as Legislators: Direct Democracy in the United States. Columbus: Ohio State University Press. Reprinted in 2000. Co-editor/author or co-author of three chapters.
Review in American Political Science Review, June 1999.
Received "outstanding" rating from the American Association of University Presses' University Press Books Committee, 1999. Just over 100 books are designated as outstanding each year across all disciplines.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles <full text available>
Donovan, T., C. Tolbert and D. Smith. Forthcoming. Priming Presidential Votes by Direct Democracy. Journal of Politics.
Donovan, T., C. Tolbert and D. Smith. Forthcoming. Political Engagement, Mobilization and Direct Democracy. Public Opinion Quarterly.
Tolbert, C., D. Bowen and T. Donovan. Forthcoming. Initiative Campaigns: Direct Democracy and Voter Mobilization. American Politics Research.
Tolbert, C., D. Smith and J. Green. Forthcoming 2008. Strategic Voting and Legislative Redistricting Reform: District and Statewide Representational Winners and Losers. Political Research Quarterly.
Tolbert, C., K. Mossberger, B. King and G. Miller. Forthcoming 2008. Are All Women Making Progress Online? African-American Women and Latinas. Information Technologies and International Development Journal, MIT Press.
Redlawsk, D., D. Bowen and C. Tolbert. Forthcoming 2009. Decided by the Few: Are the Iowa Caucuses Representative? PS: Political Science January.
Tolbert, C., K. Mossberger and R. McNeal. 2008. Institutions, Policy Innovation and E-Governance in the American States. Public Administration Review May/June: 549-563.
Tolbert, C. 2007. 2008 and Beyond: The Future of Election Reform in the American States. PS: Political Science. [Sypmposium Editor]
Redlawsk, D., D. Bowen and C. Tolbert. 2007. Comparing Caucus and Registered Voter Support for the 2008 Presidential Candidates in Iowa. PS: Political Science 41 (1): 129-138.
D. Smith and C. Tolbert. 2007. Direct Democracy in the American States. State Politics and Policy Quarterly 7 (4): 416-445.
Tolbert, C. and D. Smith. 2006. Representation and Direct Democracy in the United States. Representation: Journal of Representative Democracy 42 (1): 25-44.
Tolbert, C. and D. Smith. 2005. The Educative Effects of Ballot Initiatives on Voter Turnout. American Political Research 33 (2): 283-309.
Hero, R. and C. Tolbert. 2004. Minority Voices and Citizen Attitudes about Government Responsiveness in the American States: Do Social and Institutional Context Matter? British Journal of Political Science 34 (1): 109-121.
Tolbert, C. and R. McNeal. 2003. Unraveling the Effects of the Internet on Political Participation. Political Research Quarterly 56 (2): 175-185.
Tolbert, C. 2003. Direct Democracy and Institutional Realignment in the American States. Political Science Quarterly 118 (3): 467-489.
Tolbert, C. and J. Grummel. 2003. White Voter Support for California’s Proposition 209: Revisiting the Racial Threat Hypothesis. State Politics and Policy Quarterly 3 (2): 183-202.
Tolbert, C., R. McNeal and D. Smith. 2003. Enhancing Civic Engagement: The Effects of Direct Democracy on Political Participation and Knowledge. State Politics and Policy Quarterly 3 (1): 23-41.
McNeal, R., C. Tolbert, K. Mossberger and L. Dotterweich. 2003. Innovating in Digital Government in the American States. Social Science Quarterly 84 (1): 52-70.
Tolbert, C., G. Steuernagel and R. Bowman. 2003. Direct Democracy, Race/Ethnicity and Health Care Policy. Race, Gender and Class 10 (2):147-170.
Tolbert, C. 2002. Rethinking Lowi’s Constituent Policy: Governance Policy and Direct Democracy. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. 20 (1): 75-93.
Tolbert, C. and R. Hero. 2001. Dealing with Diversity: Racial/Ethnic Context and Social Policy Change. Political Research Quarterly 54: (3) 571-604.
Awarded Best Paper presented at the 1999 Western Political Science Association on Latino/a Politics.
Tolbert, C. and G. Steuernagel. 2001. Women Lawmakers, State Mandates and Women’s Health. Women and Politics 22 (2): 1-39.
Tolbert, C., J. Grummel and D. Smith. 2001. The Effects of Ballot Initiatives on Voter Turnout in the American States. American Politics Research 29 (6): 625-648.
Smith, D. and C. Tolbert. 2001. The Initiative to Party: Partisanship and Ballot Initiatives in California. Party Politics 7(6): 739-757.
Steinmo, S. and C. Tolbert. 1998. Do Institutions Matter? Taxation in Industrialized Democracies. Comparative Political Studies 31: (2) 165-187.
Tolbert, C. and R. Hero. 1996. Race/Ethnicity and Direct Democracy: An Analysis of California’s Illegal Immigration Initiative. Journal of Politics 58: 806-818.
Hero, R. and C. Tolbert. 1996. A Racial/Ethnic Interpretation of Politics and Policy in the States of the U.S. American Journal of Political Science 40: 851-71.
Hero, R. and C. Tolbert. 1995. Latinos and Substantive Representative in the US House of Representatives: Direct, Indirect, or Non-existent? American Journal of Political Science 39: 640-652.
Book Chapters in Edited Volumes
Mossberger, K. and C. Tolbert. Forthcoming. Digital Democracy. In Jan Leighley, Ed.Oxford Encyclopedia of American Elections and Political Behavior. Oxford University Press.
Tolbert, C., T. Donovan and B. Cain. 2008. The Promise of Election Reform. In Democracy in the States: Experiments in Election Reform. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press.
Tolbert, C. and D. Bowen. 2008. Direct Democracy, Engagement and Voter Turnout. In Democracy in the States: Experiments in Election Reform. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press.
Tolbert, C., T. Donovan, B. King and S. Bowler. 2008. Election-day Registration, Competition and Voter Turnout.. In Democracy in the States: Experiments in Election Reform. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press.
Tolbert, C. and D. Bowen. 2008. Direct Democracy and Political Interest: Information, Engagement and Participation. In Shaun Bolwer, Eds. Directing Democracy Palgrave.
MacDonald, J. and C. Tolbert. 2008. Something Rich and Strange: The Internet and Civic Engagement. In Research on International Civic Engagement. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Hero, R. and C. Tolbert. 2007. Voter Turnout and Other Forms of Participation in Context. In R. Hero Racially Contingent Community: Racial Diversity, Social Capital and American Politics. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
Hero, R. and C. Tolbert. 2005. Exploring Minority Political Efficacy: Considering the Impact of Social and Institutional Context. In G. M. Segura and Shaun Bowler (eds) Diversity In Democracy: Minority Representation in the United States. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.
McNeal, R. and C. Tolbert. 2004. Support for Internet Voting in the United States. In N. Kersting and H. Baldersheim (eds.) Electronic Voting and Democracy: A Comparative Analysis. Palgrave.
Tolbert, C. and G. Steuernagel. 2003. Race/Ethnicity and Referenda on Redistributive Health Care. In R. Fording, J. Soss, and S. Schram (eds.) Race, Welfare, and the Politics of Reform. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Tolbert, C. 2001. Direct Democracy and Public Policy in the Twentieth Century: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same. In M. Dane Waters (ed.) The Battle over Citizen Lawmaking. North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press.
Tolbert, C. 1998. Changing the Rules for State Legislatures: Direct Democracy and Governance Policy. In Citizens as Legislators: Direct Democracy in the United States. Columbus: Ohio State University Press.
Tolbert, C. and R. Hero. 1998. Race/Ethnicity and Direct Democracy: The Contextual Basis of Support for Anti-Immigrant and Official English Measures. In Citizens as Legislators: Direct Democracy in the United States. Columbus: Ohio State University Press.
Tolbert, C., D. Lowenstein and T. Donovan. 1998. Election Law and Rules for Using Initiatives. In Citizens as Legislators: Direct Democracy in the United States. Columbus: Ohio State University Press.
Hero, R. and C. Tolbert. 1997. Latinos and Substantive Representative in the US House of Representatives: Direct, Indirect, or Non-existent? In F. Chris Garcia (ed.) Pursuing Power: Latinos and the Political System. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. Pg. 265-278.
Published Book Reviews
Tolbert, C. 2008. Invited review of Mark Baldassare and Cheryl Katz's The Coming of Age of Direct Democracy: California's Recall and Beyond. Public Opinion Quarterly.
Tolbert, C. 2006. Invited review of Stephen Nicholson’s Voting the Agenda: Candidates, Elections and Ballot Propositions. Perspectives on Politics 4 (1): .
Tolbert, C. 2006. Invited review of John Matsusaka’s For the Many or the Few: The Initiative, Public Policy, and American Democracy. Journal of Politics 68 (1): 218-220.
Tolbert, C. 2002. Invited review of John Allswang’s The Initiative and Referendum in California, 1898-1998. Journal of Politics 64 (1): 283-285.
Tolbert, C. 1998. Invited review of Lydia Chavez’s The Color Bind: California's Battle to End Affirmative Action. American Political Science Review 93(4): 969-970.
Other Publications
Smith, D., C. Tolbert and D. Bowen. 2007. The Educative Effects of Direct Democracy: A Research Primer for Legal Scholars. University of Colorado Law Review 78 (4).
Tolbert, C. and K. Mossberger. 2005. Inequality in Broadband Internet Access. Economic Policy Institute. Available Online [http://www.epinet.org/] (peer reviewed)
Smith, D. and C. Tolbert. 2003. Educated by Initiative. Campaigns and Elections magazine, August.
Research Grants
2008. University of Iowa. 2008 Cooperative Campaign Analysis Project Principal Investigator, Lynn Vavreck, UCLA. (with Michael Lewis-Beck).
2005. Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC) , Washington, DC. Ballot Propositions and the 2004 Presidential Election. (with D. Smith).
2004. US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) H-21439RG. Race, Place and Information Technology. $39,995 (with K. Mossgerber).
2004. Economic Policy Institute (EPI), Washington, DC. Inequality in Broadband Internet Access. $5000 (with K. Mossberger).
2003. Summer Research and Creativity Grant, Kent State University. The Effects of E-Government on Political Trust. (with K. Mossberger).
2002. Democracy Foundation. Minority Rights, Representative Government and a National Initiative Process in the United States
2001-2002. Research Challenge Grant, Ohio Board of Regents. Defining the Digital Divide. $43,000 (with K. Mossberger and M. Stansbury).
2001-2002. Smith Richardson Foundation, Public Policy Junior Faculty Research Grant. Defining the Digital Divide. $60,000 (with K. Mossberger and M. Stansbury).
Awards
2006. Best Paper on State Politics presented at the 2005 American Political Science Association Meeting. Do State-Level Ballot Measures affect Presidential Elections? Gay Marriage and the 2004 Elections (with T. Donovan and D. Smith).
2005. Best Paper on Public Policy presented at the 2004 American Political Science Association Meeting. Race, Place and Information Technology (with K. Mossberger and M. Gilbert).
2000. Best Paper on Latino/a Politics presented at the 1999 Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Dealing with Diversity: Racial/Ethnic Context and Policy Change (with R. Hero).
2000. Teaching Development Award, Kent State University (one of six awards given annually across university). Evaluating Web-Based Distance Education, Teaching Strategies, and Student Learning.
1999. Faculty Teaching Development Award, Kent State University, Distance Learning and the Web: A New Approach to Teaching American Politics.
1998. Teaching Development Award, Kent State University. A Multi-Course Website: Hands on Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis in the Social Sciences.
Invited Presentations
Department
of Political Science, University of Washington, February 2008
Department
of Political Science, Florida State University, January 2008
Department
of Political Science, University of California, Riverside, November 2007
Department
of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, November 2007
Center
for Information Technology and Society, University of California, Santa
Barbara, November 2007
Washington
D.C. Press Club, November 2007
George
Washington Institute of Public Policy, George Washington University, October 2007
Democracy
Index Conference, Ohio State University, September 2007
Local
Governance and Direct Democracy Conference, USC-Caltech Center for the Study of Law and Politics, April 2007
Annual
Conference on State Politics and Policy, University of Texas, Austin, February 2007
Colorado’s
Initiative Conference, University of Colorado School of Law, January 2007
Fellowship,
Bill Lane Center for the Study of the American West, Stanford University, Spring 2007 (Declined)
Michigan
State University School of Law,
November 2006
Department
of Government, Harvard University,
February 2006
Department
of Political Science, University of Florida, November 2005
Department
of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University, November 2005
Biannual
Legislative Leaders Conference with the Ohio General Assembly (Sponsored by the
Ohio Camber of Commerce), September 2005
Department
of Political Science and Center for Public Policy, George Washington
University, September 2005
Annual
State Politics and Policy Conference, Michigan State University, May 2005
Direct
Democracy in the West Conference, Stanford University, February 2005
The
Impact of Direct Democracy Conference, University of California, Irvine, January 2005
Department
of Political Science, Prisms Methodology Speakers
Series, Ohio State University, October 2004
E-Government
and Citizen Communication Conference, Ohio State University, May 2004
National
Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o) sponsored by the National
Science Foundation, 2003
Annual
Conference on State Politics and Policy, University of Arizona, March 2003
Ford
School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, 2003
Department
of Government and Center for American Democracy Colloquium Series, University
of Notre Dame, February 2002
Minority
Representation: Institutions, Behavior and Identity Conference, Claremont
Graduate University, 2001
Annual
Conference on State Politics and Policy, Texas A&M University, 2001
Editorial Service
Editorial Board, State Politics and Policy Quarterly (2001-present) Founding Member
Professional Service
General Program Chair, 2008 66th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (with Taeku Lee, UC Berkeley) [Second largest meeting in political science after the American Political Science Association, 4,400 participants]
Executive Council/Director of Communications, Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior Section, American Political Science Association, 2006-2009.
Chair, Political Methodology Diversity Committee, 2005-present. Political Methodology Section of the American Political Science Association. [Host women-methods@list.uiowa.edu for female methodologists in political science]
Executive Council, State Politics and Policy Section, American Political Science Association, 2004-2006
Conference Organizer, Reforming the Presidential Nomination Process. The University of Iowa, January 4-5th, 2008 (with P. Squire).
Conference Organizer, 2008 and Beyond: The Future of Election and Ethics Reform in the States. Columbus, OH, January 16-17, 2007 (with V. Sykes).
Conference Organizer, Fourth Annual
Conference on State Politics and Policy. The official conference of the State Politics Section of the American
Political Science Association, Akron, Ohio, 2004 (with K. Mossberger).
Section Organizer
Public Policy, Midwest Political Science Association Program Committee 2006
State and Intergovernmental Politics, Midwest Political Science Association Program Committee 2004
Public Policy, Western Political Science Association Program Committee 2001
Committee Member
Chair, Site Selection Committee for Annual State Politics Conference, 2004-present. State Politics Section, American Political Science Association, Richard Niemi Chair.
Chair, Best Paper Awards Committee, 2005. Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior Section, American Political Science Association.
Best Paper Awards Committee, 2005. State Politics Section, American Political Science Association,
Kevin Smith Chair.
Committee on Short Courses and Workshops, 2004. Midwest Political Science Association, Charles Franklin Chair.
Panel Discussant
2007 American Political Science Association
2006 American Political Science Association
2005 State Politics and Policy Conference
2005 Midwest Political Science Association (two panels)
2004 American Political Science Association
2003 American Political Science Association
2003 Midwest Political Science Association (two panels)
2001 Midwest Political Science Association
2000 Midwest Political Science Association
1998 American Political Science Association
Panel Chair
2008 Midwest Political Science Association
2007 American Political Science Association
2006 American Political Science Association
2004 Midwest Political Science Association
2003 American Political Science Association
1999 American Political Science Association
Invited Participant: Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology, 1998-2000, 2006-2008