William D. Schreckhise

Associate professor
Department of Political Science, University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Office: (479) 575-3356

e-mail: schreckw@uark.edu

Research interests:

Bureaucracy, law, and public opinion. He has published studies on interest groups, jury selection, and voter realignment in the U.S. south

Education and Professional Experiences:

Ph.D.      Political Science, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (August, 1999).  
Primary fields of course work: Public Law, American Institutions, and Public Administration. 
Dissertation Title:  “Decision-Making in the Hidden Judiciary:  A Study of State and Federal Administrative Law Judges” (Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., Chair).

MA        Political Science,  Washington State University (May, 1994). 
 

1999        Assistant Professor,  Department of Political Science.
2005        Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Taught or teaching courses in Public Administration, Public Policy, Administrative Law, Judicial Process, Supreme Court and the Constitution, and American National Government

Selected Recent Scholarly Activities

2004
Schreckhise, William D.  "Life After Moot Court."  In How to Please the Court: A Moot Court Handbook, Paul Weizer, ed.  New York:  Peter Lang.
Forthcoming, Spring, 2004.

2003
Schreckhise, William D., and Todd G. Shields.  2003.  "Ideological Realignment in the Contemporary U.S. Electorate Revisited."  Social Science Quarterly 84(3):596-612.

Taylor, Jon, and William D. Schreckhise.  "When a Tree Falls in Arkansas, Does it Make a Sound?  The Impact of Issue Voting in Local Nonpartisan Elections." 
State and Local Government Review.  Forthcoming, Fall, 2003.

Schreckhise, William D.  "The Costs and Benefits of Mail, Fax, and Mixed-Mode Surveys in Organizational Research."  Public Administration Quarterly.  (Forthcoming).

2002 
Schreckhise, William D., and Janine A. Parry.  “The Arkansas Legal System.”   In Legal Systems of  World, Herbert Kritzer, ed.  Santa Barbara, CA:  ABC-CLIO Press.

Schreckhise, William D., Janine A. Parry, and Todd G. Shields.  “Rising Republicanism in the Arkansas Electorate?  A Characterization of Arkansans’ Political Attitudes and Participation Rates.” Midsouth Political Science Review 5:1-19.

Parry, Janine A., and William D. Schreckhise. “Political Culture, Political Attitudes, and Aggregated Demographic Affects:  Regionalism and Political Ideology in Arkansas.” Midsouth Political Science Review 5:21-38.

1999
Schreckhise, William D.  1999.  "The Development of Interest Group Activism around Hanford." In Critical Masses:  Citizen Responses to the Environmental Consequences of Nuclear Weapons Production in the United States and Russia, Russell Dalton, Paula Garb, Nicholas P. Lovrich, and John C. Pierce, eds.  Cambridge, MA:  The MIT Press.

McCarney, R. Maureen, William D. Schreckhise, and Nicholas P. Lovrich.   "Documenting Public Concerns and Alternative Methods: The Case of the Hanford Nuclear Site." In Global Environmental Policy and Administration, Dennis Soden and Brent Steel, eds. New York: Marcell Dekker. 

1998
Schreckhise, William D., and Charles H. Sheldon.   “The Search for Greater Juror Diversity:  The Case of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.”  The Justice System Journal 20(1):95-112.  

Selected Service Activities:

Chair, Technology Committee, Department of Political Science, University of Arkansas (1999 to present)

 Member, Admissions Committee, Public Policy Ph.D. Program, University of Arkansas (March, 2002 to present).

Faculty Advisor, Phi Alpha Delta Prelaw, University of Arkansas Chapter (March, 2000 to present).

Member, Admissions and Awards Committee, Department of Political Science, University of Arkansas (2002-2003).