CURRICULUM VITAE
M. Troy Gibson

University of Southern Mississippi
Department of Political Science
118 College Dr. 5108
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
PHONE: (601) 266-4277
E-Mail: troy.gibson@usm.edu
BIRTH DATE: 6 August 1976
MARITAL STATUS:
Married, Three Children

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. (Political Science) - University of Georgia, 2004
M.A. (Political Science) - University of Georgia, 2001
B.A. (Political Science) - University of Southern Mississippi, 1999

DISSERTATION:
“Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;" culture wars and state policy outcomes."

COMMITTEE:
Scott Ainsworth, Brad Lockerbie, Trey Hood, and Arnie Fleischmann.

EXPERIENCE:
August 2003 - Present: Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Southern Mississippi.
August 1999 - May 2003: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Georgia.
August 2002 – May 2003: Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science, Gainesville College.

COURSES TAUGHT:
Introduction to American Government, Fall 2000- Fall 2006 (every term).
Discussion/Lab section for Introduction to American Government, Fall 1999-Spring 2000.
Teaching/Lab assistant for Research Methods in Political Science, Spring 2002.
Political Analysis (graduate and undergraduate), Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2008 (PhD level)
Political Parties (graduate and undergraduate), Spring 2004 and Spring 2006
Constitutional Law (graduate and undergraduate), Spring 2004
U.S. Supreme Court and Civil Liberties (graduate and undergraduate), Fall 2004, Fall 2006
State and Local Government, Summer 2004, Fall 2005, Summer 2006
Southern Politics, Summer 2004
Political Research Methods (graduate and undergraduate), Fall 2004, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, 2007, 2008 (PhD level)
Introduction to Law in American Society, Spring 2005 and Summer 2006, 2007, 2008
Religion and Politics, Spring 2007
Seminar in American Politics (700 level); Political Behavior, Summer of 2005, 2007, 2008; Political Institutions, Fall 2006
Senior Capstone in Political Science, Spring 2008

RESEARCH FIELDS: American Politics and Public Policy

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Interest Groups, Public Choice, Religion and Politics, State Policy Research, Religion and Law

PUBLICATIONS:
"False Advertising and Experience Goods: The Case of Political Services in the U.S. Senate," with Frank Mixon and Rand Ressler, Public Choice, forthcoming.

“Religion and Civic Engagement among America's Youth,” Social Science Journal, forthcoming.

“Culture Wars in State Education Policy: A Look at the Relative Treatment of Evolutionary Theory in State Science Standards,” Social Science Quarterly, 85 (December 2004): 1129-1149.

"Congressional Memberships as Political Advertising: Evidence from the U.S. Senate," with Franklin G. Mixon, Jr. and Rand W. Ressler, Southern Economic Journal, 70 (October 2003): 414-424.

"Has legislative television changed legislator behavior? C-SPAN2 and the frequency of Senate filibustering," with Franklin G. Mixon, Jr. and Kamal P. Upadhyaya, Public Choice 115 (April 2003): 139-162.

"Future employment promises as rent-seeking in representative government," International Journal of Social Economics 30 (January 2003): 73-94.


"The timing of partisan and non-partisan appointments to the central bank: Some new evidence," with Franklin G. Mixon, Jr., Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking 34 (May 2002) 361-375.

"Simultaneous estimation of complementary political economic models: An application to concealed-carry handgun legislation," with Franklin G. Mixon, Jr., Applied Economics Letters 9 (March 2002): 265-270.

“The retention of state level concealed handgun laws: Empirical evidence from interest group and legislative models,” with Franklin G. Mixon, Jr., Public Choice 107 (April 2001): 1-20. [LEAD ARTICLE]

"Regulation, labor costs and employment in the U.S. Congress," with Franklin G. Mixon, Jr. and Kamal P. Upadhyaya, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 18.1 (Spring 2000): 59-70.

INVITATIONS TO REVISE AND RESUBMIT:
None at present.

OTHER PAPERS UNDER REVIEW:
"Homosexuality and Culture Wars in the American States," at the Political Research Quarterly.
"Sex Education and Culture Wars in the American States," at the Social Science Quarterly.
"Abortion Policy and Culture Wars in the American States," at the Policy Studies Journal.

WORKING PAPERS:
“They Will Be Done on Earth as it is In Heaven: An Analysis of the Culture War Impact on Political Outcomes in the American States”
“Black Turnout and Black Incumbency: A Look at the Effects of Electoral Challenges on Black Voter Turnout Rates in Five Southern States,” with M.V. Hood III.
“Explaining Soft Money Transfers in State Gubernatorial Elections,” With M.V. Hood III and William Gillespie.

PAPER PRESENTATIONS:
“Morality politics in state education policy: A look at the relative inclusion of evolutionary theory in state science standards,” presented at the Southern Political Science Association Meeting (2002) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
“Unionization, unemployment, and state government response,” presented at the Southern Political Science Association Meeting (2000) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
"Exploring the Linkage Between Black Turnout and Down-Ticket Challenges to Black Incumbents," with M.V. Hood, III, presented at the Southern Political Science Association Meeting (2006) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Reviewer for the Social Science Quarterly

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Interviewee and quoted source for an article in The Sun Herald (Biloxi, MS) on the “culture war” in American politics and religion, October 8, 2004.
Interviewee and quoted source for an article in the Hattiesburg American (Hattiesburg, MS) on the 2006 midterm elections, October 26, 2006.

HONORS AND AWARDS:
Pi Sigma Alpha (International Political Science Honor Society), 1998-1999.
Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Economics Honor Society), 1998-1999.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
The Southern Political Science Association
Religious Research Association
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Western Political Science Association

REFERENCES:
Brad Lockerbie, Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, The University of Georgia, 104 Baldwin Hall, Athens, GA 30602, (706) 542-2959 [lockerbi@uga.edu].
Scott Ainsworth, Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, The University of Georgia, 104 Baldwin Hall, Athens, GA 30602, (706) 542-2057 [sainswor@uga.edu].
Franklin G. Mixon, Jr., Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, (601) 266-5083 [mixon@cba.usm.edu].
M.V. (Trey) Hood III, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, The University of Georgia, 104 Baldwin hall, Athens, GA 30602, (706) 583-0554 [th@arches.uga.edu].
Arnold Fleischmann, Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, The University of Georgia, 104 Baldwin Hall, Athens, GA 30602, (706) 542-2994 [arnie@uga.edu].