Articles by Miller Center Scholars
Below is a collection of articles written by Miller Center scholars, who are experts on a wide array of topics in American public affairs.
Also online: Miller Center in the News – an index of news coverage featuring Miller Center scholars, programs, initiatives and events, encompassing 1999–2007.
For more information, contact Miller Center Communications millercenter@virginia.edu.
2009
"Some new teachers don't have the smarts" by Bart Elmore, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, September 21, 2009
"Long live the Democrats? Not so fast." by 2008 Miller Center Fellow Nicole Hemmer, Christian Science Monitor on June 23, 2009.
"The Free and Open People's Market': Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange" by 2005 Fellow Julia Ott, and "Gray Matters: Social Scientists, Military Patronage, and Democracy in the Cold War" by 2006 Fellow Joy Rohde, Journal of American History, June 2009
Americans Love Government – As Long as They Can't See It by Brian Balogh, History News Network, June 15, 2009
Sotomayor Pick Historic, but Still a Roll of the Dice by Jeff Chidester, Rowman & Littlefield blog, June 3, 2009
Arlen Specter seizes the day – again by Guian McKee, Boston Globe, April 30, 2009
"Handshake sent message to potential allies" by Rob Rakove, a 2007–08 Miller Center Fellow, Columbus Dispatch, April 24, 2009
"Bank Shots: How the Financial System Can Isolate Rogues" by Rachel Loeffler, a 2007–08 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2009
"Agency Problems, the 17th Amendment, and Representation in the Senate," by Jeffery A. Jenkins, Faculty Associate of the Governing America in a Global Era (GAGE) Program, and Sean Gailmard of the University of California, Berkeley, American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 53, Issue 2, pp. 324-342
Barack Obama, the Democratic Party, and the Future of the "New American Party System", by Sidney Milkis, Assistant Director for Academic Programs, and Jesse H. Rhodes, 2007 Miller Center Fellow, The Forum, published by The Berkeley Electronic Press, Vol. 7, Issue 1, Article 7
Still Editing? A Few Words of Advice., by Russell Riley, Chair of the Presidential Oral History Program, Washington Post, January 18, 2009
President Bush has used pardon power modestly compared to predecessors, by Gerald L. Baliles, Director of the Miller Center, JURIST, January 13, 2009
2008
How Vice Presidential Debates Came to Be, by Michael Nelson, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Presidential Oral History Program, The Chronicle Review, October 1, 2008
James K. Polk: Man of Manifest Destiny, by Sheila Blackford, Managing Editor of American President and Library Specialist, Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, September 18, 2008
Outside the Big Box, by 2007 Miller Center Fellow Nicole Kazee, Michael Lipsky, and Cathie Jo Martin, Boston Review, July/August 2008
Now diplomacy is appeasement?, by Miller Center Fellow Robert Rakove San Francisco Chronicle, May 22, 2008
Tax can help workers, employers, by Miller Center Fellow Nicole Kazee The State, May 7, 2008
Tax can help workers, employers, by Miller Center Fellow Nicole Kazee The State, May 7, 2008
The Mass Media as Sentinel: Why Bad News About Issues is Good News for Participation, by Paul Martin Political Communication, Volume 25, Issue 2 April 2008 , pages 180-193
Debates Contribute to Public Discourse, by Miller Center Director Gerald L. Baliles Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 6, 2008
Keep your enemies closer, By Mel Leffler Los Angeles Times, April 6, 2008
Our First Black President?, By 2002 Fellow Beverly Gage New York Times Magazine, April 6, 2008
Presidential Power: The unitary executive, in theory and practice, by Michael Nelson
The Chronicle Review, March 21, 2008
John Adams, in Brilliant Colors, by Michael Nelson
The Chronicle Review, March 21, 2008
2007
Effective policy that keeps Iran in check, by Rachel Loeffler
Philadelphia Inquirer, December 18, 2007
To win SCHIP battle, enlist employers, by 2007 Fellow Nicole Kazee
Baltimore Sun, November 9, 2007
Nixon's Final Campaign, by Michael Nelson
Chronicle of Higher Education, October 5, 2007
Frontlash: Race and the Development of Punitive Crime Policy, by Vesla Weaver
Studies in American Political Development, Fall 2007, 230–265
George W. Bush, the Republican Party, and the 'New' American Party System, by Sidney Milkis (co-written with 2007 Fellow Jesse Rhodes)
Perspectives on Politics, September 2007
What China Will Want: The Future Intentions of a Rising Power, by Jeffrey Legro
Perspectives on Politics, September 2007
Presidential Oral History: The Clinton Presidential History Project, by Russell Riley
Oral History Review, September 2007
Nixon vs. the Imaginary 'Jewish Cabal', by Guian McKee
History News Network, September 24, 2007
The Missiles of November, December, January, February . . . The Problem of Acceptable Risk in the Cuban Missile Crisis Settlement, by David Coleman
Journal of Cold War Studies, Vol. 9, No. 3, Summer 2007; 5–38
In Praise of the Values Voter, by 2004 Fellow Jon Shields
Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 2007
Presidential Oral History: The Clinton Presidential History Project, by Russell Riley
The Oral History Review, Vol. 34, No. 2, Summer/Fall 2007
Learning from past poverty wars, by Guian McKee
Boston Globe, July 26, 2007
Nixon's Final Campaign, by Michael Nelson
Chronicle of Higher Education, July 20, 2007
The Myth of the Falwell Insurgency, by 2004 Fellow Jon Shields
First Things: The Journal of Religion, Culture, and Public Life, July 2, 2007
Is There a Place for Private Conversation in Public Dialogue? Comparing Stakeholder Assessments of Informal Communication in Collaborative Regional Planning, by 2005 Fellow Caroline Lee
American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 113, No. 1 (July 2007); 41–96
"Europe's Flickering Philadelphia Moment, by Russell Riley
Brown Journal of World Affairs, Vol. 8, Issue 2, Spring/Summer 2007
Ignoring Nigeria: The election that wasn't and other disturbing portents, by 2004 Fellow David Adesnik
Weekly Standard, May 14, 2007
Partisan Rancor and Representative Democracy, by Sidney Milkis
Chronicle of Higher Education, March 2, 2007
A challenge to Obama: Jump ship!, by 2006 Fellow Larycia Hawkins
Chicago Tribune, February 5, 2007
Divided We Stand, by Russell Riley
The Politico, January 31, 2007
2006
Reflections on a Polarized America: Partisan Rancor and Development in the U.S., by Sidney Milkis
Clio, Vol. 16, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2006
The Lion in Whimper, by Tim Naftali
Slate, April 5, 2006
Those who forget history, by Jeff Chidester
Chattanooga Times-Free Press, February 5, 2006
Snoop Dogs, by Shane Harris and Tim Naftali
Slate, February 3, 2006
Friendship has its benefits, by Jeff Chidester
Toronto Star, February 2, 2006
Tinker, Tailor, Miner, Spy, by Shane Harris and Tim Naftali
Slate, January 3, 2006
2005
George W. Bush and the 'New' American Party System, by Sidney Milkis
Clio, Vol. 16, No. 1, Fall/Winter 2006–05
For History's Sake, Nothing Like a Paper Trail, by Russell Riley
Washington Post, November 6, 2005
Superiority Complex, by Tim Naftali
Slate, November 2, 2005
Send in the Cavalry, by Tim Naftali
Slate, October 11, 2005
Department of Homeland Screw-Up, by Tim Naftali
Slate, September 6, 2005
Cracking the London Case, by Tim Naftali
Slate, July 13, 2005
Chertoff's Bad Move, by Tim Naftali
Slate, June 30, 2005
Milan Snatch, by Tim Naftali
Slate, June 30, 2005
2004
Voting's Rewards: Voter Turnout, Attentive Publics, and Congressional Allocation of Federal Money, by Paul Martin
Political Psychology, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2004: 545–562
2003
Word for Word/Khrushchev Unplugged; From the Middle East to Cuba, The Fine Art of Political Bluster, by Tim Naftali
Slate, September 14, 2003
Voting's Rewards: Voter Turnout, Attentive Publics, and Congressional Allocation of Federal Money, by Paul Martin
American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 47, No. 1, January 2003: 110–127
2002
Debunking Deep Throat's debunkers, by Ken Hughes
Salon, July 1, 2002
2001
Facilitating Communication Across Lines of Political Difference: The Role of Mass Media, by Diana C. Mutz and Paul Martin
American Political Science Review, Vol. 95, No. 1, March 2001: 97–114
2000
Trusting and Joining? A test of the reciprocal nature of social capital, by Michele P. Claibourn and Paul Martin
Political Behavior, Vol. 22, No. 4, 2000: 267–291
1999
JFK and the Fall of Diem, by Ken Hughes
Boston Globe Magazine, October 24, 1999
1998
Unity and Diversity in American Political Culture: An Exploratory Study of the National Conversation on American Pluralism and Identity,
by Richard M. Merelman,
Greg Streich, and Paul Martin
Political Psychology, Vol. 19, No. 4, 1998: 781–807
