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Sean Evans

Chair and Professor of Political Science

Education

  • Ph.D, University of Colorado

  • M.A., University of Alabama

  • B.A., Lipscomb University

Scholarship

Articles

  • Mean Turnover in the House of Representatives from Various Sources (as a Proportion of Total House Membership) by Decade and Party System, 1789-2000 (2015)

    Vital Statistics on American Politics 2015-2016

  • Journal of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Faculty Forum

  • Olmstead v United States (2009)

    The Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution

  • South Carolina v Katzenbach (2009)

    The Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution

  • Planned Parenthood v Casey (2009)

    The Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution

  • Lee v Weisman (2009)

    The Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution

  • Humphrey’s Executor v United States (2009)

    The Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution

  • Craig v Boren (2009)

    The Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution

  • Cooper v Aaron (2009)

    The Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution

  • Clinton v Jones (2009)

    The Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution

  • A New Look at Turnover in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789-1998 (2000)

    American Politics Quarterly

  • Mean Turnover in the House of Representatives from Various Sources (as a Proportion of Total House Membership) by Decade and Party System, 1789-1998 (1998)

    Vital Statistics on American Politics 1997-1998

Presentations

  • God, Gold and Guns: The Partisan Realignment of Rural Whites in Tennessee (2022)

    Southern Political Science Association

  • Delaying the Inevitable: The Importance of Legislative Agenda Control in Sustaining Democratic Majorities in the Tennessee State Legislature (2021)

    Southern Political Science Association

  • The Partisan Realignment of Rural Whites and the Decline of Electoral Incongruence (2020)

    Symposium on Southern Politics, The Citadel

  • Members of the Church of Christ in Congress (2019)

    Christian Scholars Conference

  • Candidate Quality and the Delayed Republican Gains in Southern State Legislatures (2019)

    Southern Political Science Association

  • You Can’t Beat Somebody with a Nobody: Candidate Emergence and the Candidate Quality in the Tennessee Legislature (2018)

    Christian in Political Science, Covenant College

  • Party Financing and the Conversion of the Tennessee House of Representatives (2018)

    Symposium on Southern Politics, The Citadel

  • The Growth of State Legislative Republicans in the Tennessee State House (2017)

    Southern Political Science Association

  • Rocky Top Turns Red: Flipping the Tennessee State Senate to the GOP (2016)

    Christians in Political Science, Baylor University

  • Tennessee Turns Red: Partisan Change in a Southern State Legislature (2016)

    Symposium on Southern Politics, The Citadel

  • The Political Environment and Strategic Retirement from the U.S. Senate (2015)

    Midwest Political Science Association

  • The Establishment Strikes Back: The Education of Tea Party Legislators in the Tennessee State Legislature (2014)

    Christians in Political Science, Azusa Pacific University

  • The Political Environment and Strategic Retirement from the House of Representatives (2014)

    Southern Political Science Association

  • The Impact of Losing Majority Party Status on Retirement from the House, 1945-2010 (2013)

    Southern Political Science Association

  • The Impact of Reform on Retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, 1945-2010 (2012)

    Midwest Political Science Association

  • Forecasting the Future; The Politics of Evangelical College Students (2011)

    Western Political Science Association

  • Strategic Retirement from the US Senate, 1945-2010 (2011)

    Midwest Political Science Association

  • Evangelical College Students in the Age of Obama (2010)

    Christians in Political Science Meetings

  • Strategic Retirement from the U. S. House of Representatives, 1947-2008 (2009)

    Southwestern Political Science Association

  • Strategic Retirement from the U. S. House of Representatives, 1995-2006 (2008)

    Southern Political Science Association

  • Strategic Retirement from the U. S. House of Representatives, 1974-2004 (2007)

    Southwestern Political Science Association

  • Partisan Committee Opposition in the U.S. House of Representatives (2006)

    Southern Political Science Association

  • The Moderation Hypothesis in Local Southern Elections (2005)

    Southern Political Science Association

  • The Carrryover Effect in State and Local Elections (2004)

    Midwest Political Science Association

  • The Guardian of Good Ideas: Minority Party Policy Making in Congress (2003)

    Southwestern Political Science Association

  • The Judicial Confirmation Process: Problems and Prospects (2003)

    Tennessee Political Science Association

  • 60 Million and Change: Self-financing and the Definition of Candidate Quality (2001)

    Southern Political Science Association

Awards

  • College Evangelical Survey (2009)

    Â鶹ÊÓƵ University Research Grant

  • Who’s Who in America (2009)

  • Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2009)

  • Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2008)

  • Who’s Who in America (2008)

  • Citizen Views Toward Metropolitican Government and the Jackson Madison County School System (2007)

    Â鶹ÊÓƵ University Undergraduate Research Grant

  • President, Tennessee Political Science Association (2007)

  • Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2007)

  • Who’s Who in America (2007)

  • President-Elect, Tennessee Political Science Association (2006)

  • Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2006)

  • Vice President, Tennessee Political Association (2005)

  • Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2005)

  • Faculty Leader, Campaign 2004: The Republican National Convention. The Washington Center (2004)

  • Whither the Southern Republican?: Republican and Democratic Prospects at the Local level in the South (2004)

    Â鶹ÊÓƵ University Undergraduate Research Grant

  • Secretary, Tennessee Political Science Association (2004)

  • Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2004)

  • Treasurer, Tennessee Political Science Association (2003)

  • Divisive Primaries in State and Local Elections (2002)

    Teagle Research Grant

  • Executive Committee, Tennessee Political Science Association (2002)

  • Politics and Religion (2001)

    Teagle Grant for Course Redesign and Development