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Contact Info

347 Schaeffer Hall

319-335-2348

timothy-hagle@uiowa.edu

Twitter: @ProfHagle

Spring 2017 Office Hours

Tue & Th: 4:45-6:15

Mailing Address

Dept of Political Science

341 Schaeffer Hall

20 E. Washington Street

The University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa 52242

New book, Iowa Votes, published for Kindle devices and computers with Kindle reader.

Iowa Voting Series Paper 11: This paper examines early voting in Johnson County, updated with 2016 data.

Posted New book in What I'm Reading.

Iowa Voting Series Paper 8: This paper estimates the distribution of No Party votes in general elections, data now from 1982 to 2016.

Posted Book info for Fall 2017 courses.

Iowa Voting Series Paper 7

This paper looks at voter distributions by party, age group, and sex, data now from 1982 to 2016.

Iowa Voting Series Paper 6 This paper looks at absentee voting by party, age group, and sex, data now from 1988 to 2016.

Iowa Voting Series Paper 5 This paper looks at voter turnout by sex, age group, and party, data now from 1982 to 2016.

Posted Fall 2016 teaching evaluations.

My books

Click on one of the courses listed at left to see the information for that course.  Each includes some basic info about the course as well as the most recent syllabus for it.

Book Information for Fall 2017 Courses

I'm scheduled to teach the courses below for the Fall 2017 semester.  Below are the books I ordered through Iowa Book and Supply for my Fall 2017 courses. The syllabi for the courses won't be up until later in the summer, but they won't be much different than the ones posted on each course's page (link at left) for Fall 2016.  I'll talk more about the book options the first day of class.

POLI:3101 American Constitutional Law and Politics: The books below are for reference purposes.  The main readings for this course will be available on ICON.

Required:

• Gifis, Stephen H., Barron’s Law Dictionary, 7th edition.  Barron’s Educational Series. ISBN-13: 978-1438006956. (Older editions are also fine.)
• Strunk, William, Jr. and E. B. White, The Elements of Style, 4th edition.  Allyn and Bacon. ISBN-13: 978-0205309023.

POLI:3121 The Judicial Process: In addition to the books below there will be readings available on ICON.

Required:

• Baum, Lawrence, The Supreme Court, 12th edition.  CQ Press.  ISBN-13: 978-1483376110.  (The 10th and 11th editions are also okay if any are available.)
• Carp, Robert A., Ronald Stidham, Kenneth L. Manning, and Lisa M. Holmes, Judicial Process in America, 10th edition.  CQ Press.  ISBN-13: 978-1483378251.  (The 8th or 9th editions are also okay if any are available.)
• Gifis, Stephen H., Barron’s Law Dictionary, 7th edition.  Barron’s Educational Series. ISBN-13: 978-1438006956. (Older editions are also fine.)
• Strunk, William, Jr. and E. B. White, The Elements of Style, 4th edition.  Allyn and Bacon. ISBN-13: 978-0205309023.

Recommended:

• Rehnquist, William H., The Supreme Court (revised and updated edition). Vintage.  ISBN-13: 978-0375708619.
• Woodward, Bob, and Scott Armstrong, The Brethren.  Simon & Schuster.  ISBN-13: 978-0743274029.