Curriculum
Vitae
(Current as
of 4/30/2012)
Stephen C. Yoder
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Government and
Politics
University of Maryland, College
Park
415 Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
syoder@umd.edu
www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/syoder
Education
Ph.D., Government and Politics
May, 2013 (expected)
University of Maryland,
College Park
Primary Field: American Politics
Secondary Field: Public Policy
Doctoral Dissertation: “The
Determinants and Effects of State-level Immigration Policy in the U.S.
Federalist System”
M.A., Government and Politics
December, 2009
University of Maryland, College Park
M.A., History
May, 2005
Arizona State University
Master’s Thesis: “Works Long Neglected: A Bibliographic
Essay of the WPA Guidebooks”
Certificate in Scholarly Publishing
May, 2001
Arizona State University
B.A., History
May, 1998
Ohio Wesleyan University
Academic Work
Publications
“With a Little
Help from Our Feds: Understanding State Immigration Enforcement Policy
Adoption in American Federalism,” (w/
Heather Creek) Policy Studies
Journal, Volume 40, Number 4,
Forthcoming, Winter 2012.
“Boston,
1790–1828,” in Richardson Dilworth, ed., Cities in American Political History: A
Reference
Guide, CQ Press, 2011.
“What Happens
at the Journal Office Stays at the Journal Office: Assessing Journal
Transparency and Record-Keeping Practices,” (w/Brittany Bramlett)
PS:
Political Science and Politics, Volume 44, Number 2, April 2011.
“Out of Cite! How Reference Managers Are Taking Research to the
Next Level,” (w/ Jason Muldrow) PS:
Political Science and Politics, Volume 42, Number 1, January
2009.
Editor, Publishing Political
Science: The APSA Guide to Writing and Publishing, American
Political Science Association, 2008.
“Introduction,” in Stephen Yoder, ed., Publishing Political Science: The APSA
Guide to Writing and
Publishing, American Political Science Association, 2008.
The Style Manual for Political
Science, Third Edition, American Political Science Association,
2006.
Research in Progress
“The Effect of the
State Economy and State Tax Initiatives on
Gubernatorial Voting: An Examination of Gubernatorial Elections,
1990–2006” (w/ Jill Curry) (Working Paper)
“Legislative Minutemen: The Politics of Immigration Policy in the
U.S. States” (w/Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz) (Working Paper)
“Reviewing the
Reviewers: What Effect does the Personal have on the
Publishable?” (w/Brittany Bramlett) (Working Paper)
Professional Presentations
“With a Little
Help from Our Feds:
Understanding State/Federal Cooperation on Immigration
Enforcement” (w/
Heather Creek). Paper presented at the American
Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.,
September 3, 2010.
“Against the Teeming Masses?
State Legislature Responses to
Increased Immigration.” Paper presented at the Western Political
Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, March 19, 2009.
“The Effect of the State Economy and State Tax Initiatives on
Gubernatorial Voting: An Examination of Gubernatorial Elections,
1990–2006” (w/ Jill Gloekler). Paper presented at the
Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA,
January 8, 2009.
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
University of Maryland,
College Park
Don C. Piper Award for Best Graduate Student
Paper in the Department of Government and Politics, 2012 (“With a Little
Help from Our Feds:
Understanding State Immigration
Enforcement Policy
Adoption in American Federalism” [w/
Heather Creek])
College of
Behavioral and Social Sciences' Excellence in Teaching Award, 2010
Government and Politics Departmental Assistantship,
AY 2008–2011
Government and Politics
Departmental ICPSR Summer Funding,
July, 2009
Government and Politics
Departmental Travel Grant, March, 2009
Government and Politics
Departmental Fellowship,
AY 2007–2008
Other
Best Graduate Student Paper Award (“With a Little
Help from Our Feds:
Understanding State/Federal Cooperation on Immigration
Enforcement”
[w/Heather Creek]), State and Local Politics Organized
Section, 2010 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
Prestage-Cook Travel Award,
Southern Political Science Association, January, 2009
Courses Taught
Instructor
GVPT 376/377: Capitol Hill Internship Program, Fall 2010
GVPT 376/377: Capitol Hill
Internship Program, Spring 2011
GVPT 376/377: Capitol Hill
Internship Program, Fall 2011
GVPT 376/377: Capitol
Hill
Internship Program, Spring 2012
Teaching Assistant
GVPT 170: Introduction to American Government, Professor Lois Vietri,
Fall 2008
GVPT 473: Legislatures and Legislation, Professor Frances Lee, Spring
2009
Lecturer
Model UN, Ussuriysk University, Russia, 2001–2002
Graduate Seminars Completed
American Politics
GVPT 770: American Political Institutions
GVPT 771: American Political Behavior
GVPT 772: American Political Thought and Development
GVPT 868: State and Local
Politics
GVPT 873: Legislatures and Legislation
GVPT 878: Urban Politics
Public Policy
GVPT 859A: American Public Policy
PUAF 735: Health Policy
PUAF 740: Public Policy and the
Environment
GVPT 849: Immigration Politics and Policy
Methodology
GVPT 622: Quantitative Methods in Political Science
GVPT 700: Scope and Methods of Political Science
GVPT 722: Advanced Quantitative Methods in Political Science
GVPT 729A: Maximum
Likelihood Estimation
ICPSR Summer Short Course:
Designing, Conducting, and Analyzing Field
Experiments
GEOG 373: Geographic
Information Systems
Other Course Work
GVPT 599: Teaching Political Science
GVPT 741: Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy
KNES 1540: Intermediate Swimming
Professional
Service
Department of Government and Politics Graduate Student
Government Representative, University of Maryland, College Park, AY
2011-2012
College of
Behavioral and Social Sciences' Excellence in Teaching Award Committee, 2011
American
Politics Subfield Representative, Department of Government and
Politics, University of Maryland, College Park,
AY 2009–2010
Chair, “Book and
Journal Publishing for Political
Scientists,” American Political Science Association Annual
Meeting, Boston, MA, August 29,
2008
Other Employment
Financial Policy Intern,
Department of Homeland
Security, Washington, D.C., June 2010–Present
Assistant Director, The
Writing Center, University of Maryland, College
Park, August 2010–April
2011
Editorial Assistant, American
Politics Research, June 2009–June 2010
Writing Tutor, The Writing Center, University of Maryland, College
Park, January 2009–May 2010
Consultant and Freelance Copy Editor, American Political Science
Association, Washington, D.C., 2007–Present
Managing Editor, PS: Political
Science and Politics, American Political Science Association,
Washington, D.C., 2002–2007
English Teaching Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps, Russian Far East,
2001–2002
Editorial Assistant, Documentary
Editing, Arizona State University, 1999–2001
Senior Editorial Assistant, Book Review Section, The Historian, Ohio Wesleyan
University, 1996–1998