Andrea R. Vieux Assistant Professor Department of Political Science Building 14, Room 302 The University of Central Florida 4297 Andromeda Loop N. Orlando, FL 32816 Phone: (407) 823-2608 Email: Andrea.Vieux@ucf.edu Education Ph.D., Political Science, The University of Kansas, May 2010 Subfields: Major: American Politics, Public Policy; Minor: Comparative Politics Dissertation Title: Regulating School Reforms: An Analysis of the Impact of Religious Interests on State Education Policies Advisor: Elaine B. Sharp; Committee: Donald P. Haider-Markel, Allan Cigler, Alesha Doan, Robert Antonio M.A. Political Science, The University of Kansas, May 2006 Subfields: American Politics, Public Policy, Comparative Politics, Methodology Advisor: Elaine B. Sharp; Committee: Allan Cigler, Ron Francisco B.G.S. Political Science, The University of Kansas, July 2004 Subfields: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Theory Minor: Mathematics Research Research Interests Youth Political Behavior Youth Political Opinion Identity, Behavior, and Public Policy State and Local Policy Urban Policy K-12 Education Policy Journal Articles Don t Count them Out Just Yet: Assessing the Impact of Religious Conservatives on Charter School Regulations. Forthcoming. Social Science Quarterly. (Accepted and available via Early View). Gender, Partisanship, and Conditional Support for Torture in the War on Terror. 2008. Politics & Gender. 4: 5-33. (with Donald P. Haider-Markel).
Working Papers The Politics of Home Schools: Religious Conservatives and Regulation Requirements. (Revise & Resubmit). We Showed Up, So No What? Figuring Out How to Keep the Young Involved. Rethinking Millennials: Are Current Definitions of the Younger Generation Specific Enough? Public Schools and the Rights of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Students: Religious Influence over State Legislative Protections. Encyclopedia Contributions Essay: City Government. Political Encyclopedia of U.S. States and Regions. 2008. ed. Donald P. Haider-Markel. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. Vol. 2: 696-701. Entries in the Political Encyclopedia of U.S. States and Regions. 2008. ed. Donald P. Haider-Markel. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. Boards of Education, Municipal Bonds, Party Caucus, Schools, Charter, Seniority Conference Presentations Rethinking Millennials: Are Current Definitions of the Younger Generation Specific Enough? Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2013. Going to School in Their Jammies : The Politics of K-12 Virtual Schools in Florida. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2012. We Showed Up, So No What? Figuring Out How to Keep the Young Involved. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2012. Public Schools and the Rights of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Students: Religious Influence over State Legislative Protections. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, March-April 2011. Religion, School Privatization, and Racial Diversity. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, March-April 2011. Religious Rates and Home School Fates. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2010. Moral and Economic Conservatism in State Charter School Policy. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2009. Civic Capacity, Participation, and Trust: Community Outcomes when Mayors Control Schools. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2008.
Diffusion in the States: Constitutional Provisions for State Education. Co-Authors: Jim Stoutenbrough, Kellee Kirkpatrick, and Bryce Deitrich. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2007. Partisanship of Young Voters: 9/11 as a Catalyst for PreAdult Socialization. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2007. Book Review Vieux, Andrea. 2012. Review of Brians, Crain Leonard, Lars Willnat, Jarol B. Manheim, and Richard C. Rich. Empirical Political Analysis. 8 th Edition. Boston: Pearson/Longman. University Colloquia Faculty Symposium Speaker, November 2010, Moral Education: The Religious Revolution in the Classroom. The University of Houston-Victoria. Additional Appointments Research Assistant Dr. Elaine Sharp, June 2008 to October 2008 Duties: Content analysis of various metropolitan area newspapers, conducting in-person interviews, and writing-up interview reports Editorial Assistant: Dr. Donald P. Haider-Markel, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, June 2007 to May 2008. Duties: Assisting the Associate Editor of with editing and coding numerous data sets, and working on various other projects as needed Teaching Teaching Interests American Politics Political Behavior Public Opinion Political Parties Interest Groups Campaigns & Media Research Design and Methods Public Policy State Politics and Policy Urban Politics and Policy K-12 Education
Teaching Appointments Assistant Professor of Political Science The University of Central Florida, August 2011 to present Assistant Professor of Political Science The University of Houston-Victoria, August 2010 to July 2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant/Instructor The University of Kansas, August 2007 to May 2010 Adjunct Assistant Professor Johnson County Community College, January 2008 to May 2009 Courses Taught Introductory American Government State and Local Politics and Policy Undergraduate Research Methods (both face-to-face and online) Ethics (online) Urban Politics and Policy Politics of Sports (both face-to-face and online) The Politics of Education (spring 2014) Political Socialization (spring 2015) Graduate American Politics Seminar Graduate Research Design and Methods (developed and scheduled for fall 2014) Undergraduate Honors Theses: Student Mentoring Honors in the Major Thesis Committee Member. Julio Montanez. Spring 2013-present. A Study of Undergraduate Opinions Regarding Social Policy. Honors in the Major Thesis Committee Chair. Angelo Contreras-Montagner. Spring 2012-Spring 2013. Examining Dynamics of Hispanic and Latino Partisanship. (Graduated May 2013) Graduate Theses: M.A. Thesis Committee Chair. Erik Range. Fall 2012-present. Student Achievement Depressed by Economic Policy: A Study of the Relationship between Macro-Economic Policies, Poverty, and Urban Student Acheivement. M.A. Thesis Committee Chair. Michael Strynkowski. Spring 2013-present. An Advocacy Coalition Framework to the Tri-State Water War. M.A. Thesis Committee Member. Tiffany Quick. A Comparative Approach to the Gender Gap in Partisanship.
M.A. Thesis Committee Member. Joshua Edson. Spring 2013-present. Religiosity and Party Identification: Do the Religious Identify with the Republican Party? M.A. Thesis Committee Member. Alexander Ingram. Fall 2013-present. Alienation in Healthcare Policy. M.A. Thesis Committee Chair. Michael Hristakopoulos. Fall 2012-Summer 2013. Post-Crisis Communication and American National Government. (Graduated Summer 2013) M.A. Thesis Committee Chair. Miguel Ubiles. Fall 2012-Spring 2012. Affirmative Action in Higher Education and the Talented Twenty Program in Florida. (Graduated May 2012 and received departmental Best MA Thesis Award) Other Mentoring Activities: Fall 2013-present. Juliana Puente. Undergraduate Research Mentor. Fall 2012-present. Calandra Harding. Departmental Graduate Student Mentor. Summer 2012. Antonia Sheel. Summer Research Project Mentor (outside member). IDS 7938 Research Cluster Seminar Service Department: University of Central Florida Methods Committee Member, 2011- Graduate Committee Member, 2011-12, 2013- Peer Review Committee Member, 2013- Judicial Search Committee Member, 2013- Undergraduate Committee Member, 2012-2013 Journal List Committee Member, 2012-2013 Student Orientations First Time in College (FTIC), May 29, 2013 First Time In College (FTIC), June 21, 2012 Transfer Student, November 4, 2011 LIFE Grant Departmental Application. Co-author. Fall 2011 University of Houston-Victoria Search Committee Member, Political Science, Spring 2011 Johnson County Community College Faculty Advisor, Model United Nations, November 2008 Accompanied students to NMUN China, Xi an, China
College: University of Houston-Victoria Multidisciplinary Seminar Development Committee Member, 2010-11 Search Committee Member, Philosophy, 2010-11 Search Committee Member, Computer Science, 2010-11 University: University of Central Florida Graduate Research Fair Judge, April 2, 2013 University of Houston-Victoria Political Science Program Development, 2010-11 Professional: Conference Panel Chair. 2013. Midwest Political Science Association. 25-12 Voting Behavior in the United States. 2013. Southern Political Science Association. Race and Education Policy (Chair and Discussant). Conference Panel Discussant. 2012. Midwest Political Science Association. 23-9 Motivations for Participating Through Voting and Donating. 2012. Midwest Political Science Association. 49-3 Issues Related to Race and Diversity in Education 2011. Midwest Political Science Association. 49-6 School Choice Reviewer for: State Politics and Policy Quarterly; Journal of Political Science Education. Professional and Other Activities Professional Enhancement APSA Short Course. August 28, 2013. New Approaches to Comparative Electoral Research. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. 2013. APSA Working Group. August 29-31. Working Group on Young People s Politics. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. 2013. NSF Career Proposal Writing Workshop Series, Part 1. January, 26, 2012. Will your NSF Career Proposal Stand Out from the Crowd? University of Central Florida, Office of Research and Commercialization.
NSF Grants Day Participant. January 12, 2012. University of Central Florida. IDL 6543: Online Course Development. Fall 2011 University of Central Florida, Center for Distributed Learning. Qualtrics Training Session. November 5, 2011. University of Central Florida DISPRW - Discrimination Prevention-Web. August 25, 2011. University of Central Florida, Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action Programs. PRZ001 - Prezi: A New, Free Alternative. August 12, 2011. University of Central Florida, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning. Workshop: Blackboard Strategies and Tools. April 18, 2007. University of Kansas, Instructional Services. Teaching, Technology, and Learning. September 26, 2006. University of Kansas, The Center for Teaching Excellence. Creating Successful Library Research Assignments. September 14, 2006. University of Kansas, The Center for Teaching Excellence. Association Memberships American Political Science Association Midwestern Political Science Association Southern Political Science Association American Political Science Association Sections: Public Policy; Urban Politics; State Politics and Policy; Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Honors and Awards Walter Thompson Graduate Scholarship award recipient. Pi Sigma Alpha Gamma Chapter, The University Kansas, Political Science Department. April 2007, April 2008 and April 2009. Member of Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society, Spring 2006 to present. Member of the Pi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Spring 2000 to present.
References Dr. Elaine B. Sharp Professor, Department of Political Science, The University of Kansas Phone: (785) 864-9025, email: esharp@ku.edu Dr. Mark Schafer Professor, Department of Political Science, The University of Central Florida Phone: (407) 823-3328; email: Mark.Schafer@ucf.edu Dr. Donald P. Haider-Markel Department Chair and Professor, Department of Political Science, The University of Kansas Phone: (785) 864-9034; email: dhmarkel@ku.edu Dr. Allan Cigler Chancellor s Club Teaching Professor, Department of Political Science, The University of Kansas Phone: (785) 864-9050; e-mail: acigler@ku.edu Dr. Erik Herron Professor, Political Science, The University of Kansas Phone: (785) 864-3523; email: eherron@ku.edu Dr. Brian Wright Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Johnson County Community College Phone: (913) 469-8500 x4266; email: bwright1@jccc.edu