University of New England

Brian Duff

Assistant Professor Political Science
(207)283-0170 extension 2535
Email: bduff@une.edu


Education

Ph.D. Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Thesis: The Tragedy of Birth: Procreation in Modern Political Thought

M.A. Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

B.A. Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Awards and Honors

NES Fellow, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  2003.
UC Berkeley Political Science Fellowship.  2000-2001, 2003.
Center for Working Families Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.  1999-2000.
William T. and Helen S. Halstead Fellowship 1995-96, 1997-98.
Highest Honors in Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1994.
Phi Beta Kappa, 1994.
Institute for the Study of the Presidency Fellowship, 1994.
North Carolina Institute of Government Fellow, 1993.

Fields      

Political Theory; American Politics; Political Behavior;  Research Methodology

Publications:

“The Meaning of American National Identity: Patterns of Ethnic Conflict and Consensus” (with Jack Citrin and Cara Wong).  In Richard D. Ashmore and Lee Jussim, eds. Social Identity, Intergroup Conflict, and Conflict Reduction.  New York: Oxford University Press.  2002.

“Good Excuses: Understanding Who Votes With an Improved Turnout Question” (with Mike Hanmer, Won-Ho Park and Ismail White). Public Opinion Quarterly Spring 2007.

‘The Pleasures Associated with the Reproduction of Men:’ Rousseau on Desire and the Child” in John Duncan and Simon Kow, eds. Rousseau, Desire and Modern Society. Volume currently under review at University of Toronto Press.

"Learning about Politics from History: Political Generations, Democratic Engagement, and Transformative Events" (with Mike Hanmer, Won-Ho Park and Ismail White). CIRCLE Foundation and American National Election Studies Working Paper. May 2004.

"How good is this excuse: correction of over-reporting of voter turnout in the 2002 election study" (with Mike Hanmer, Won-Ho Park and Ismail White). American National Election Studies Technical Report. December 2003.

Papers and Invited Talks:

“Parenthood and the Authoritarian Impulse.” Paper presented at the Institute for the Quantitative Study of Social Science, Harvard University.  April 2007.

“Children and the Politics of Imitation.”  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.  August 2006.

“Ideas about Children and the Red State/Blue State Divide.”  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association. April 2005.

“Meaning from Children and American Public Opinion.”  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association. March 2005.  Oakland CA.

“Meaning from Children, Authoritarianism and Other Complications.”  Paper presented to the National Election Studies Working Group, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. November 2004.

"Children and Liberalism's Politics of Meaning." Paper presented to the National Election Studies Working Group, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. October 2003.

“Troubled Inheritance: Postmodern Manifestations of Nietzsche's Child Problem.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. August 2003. Philadelphia, PA.

“Mere Life, Bare Life, and Life Itself: the Reproduction of Meaning and the Meaning of Reproduction.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association. March 2003. Denver, CO.
 Papers and Invited Talks (continued):

“The Inertia of Sex: Henry Adams on Woman and Fecundity in Modern and Medieval Times.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.  August 2002.  Boston, MA.

“The Tragedy of Birth: Nietzsche and Modern Procreation.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association.  March 2002.  Long Beach, CA.

“Rousseau and the Politics of Procreation.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.  September, 2001.  San Francisco, CA.

“Behavioral, All too Behavioral:  Political Psychology, Political Theory, and the Rebirth of Pessimism” (with Maria Rosales).  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association.  March 2000.  San Jose, CA. 

“American Identity and Conflict among American Ethnic Groups” (with Jack Citrin and Cara Wong).  Presented at the Third Rutgers Symposium on Self and Social Identity.  April 1999. Piscataway, NJ.

“Doing without Knowing” (with Maria Rosales).  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology.  July 1998.  Montreal, Canada.

“Alternative Symbolic Meanings of American National Identity” (with Jack Citrin).  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology.  July 1998.  Montreal, Canada.

“Pornography as a Sacred Language:  The Religious Nature of Masculine Domination.”  Presented at the Conference on The Image of Class.  April 1998.  Colorado Springs, CO.

“The Delegitimation of Male Domination:  The Politics of Catharine MacKinnon.”  Presented at the  Boundaries in Question Annual Conference.  March 1997.  Berkeley, CA.

Courses Taught:

Introduction to Modern Political Theory.
The Family and Politics.
Introduction to American Politics.
The Politics of Evil.
Human Traditions: Ancient and Medieval Political Thought.
Human Traditions: Topics in Modern Political Thought.
Contemporary Feminist Theory.
Presidents and the Presidency.
Senior Seminar

Research Experience:

2001-2003 Research Associate, Center for the Childcare Workforce. Assisted national non-profit center on study design, instrument design, sampling, data analysis and reporting.  Provided training to center staff in all aspects of survey research and data analysis.

1996-1999 Research Assistant to Professor Jack Citrin, UC, Berkeley.
Assisted with research addressing public opinion and voting behavior on immigration, affirmative action, nationalism, and multiculturalism.

1996 Research Assistant with UC Data, University of California, Berkeley. Assisted in organization and preliminary analysis of panel data for California’s CALEARN Program.