About Me:

I am currently a doctoral student working towards my Ph.D. in American Politics and Law from the University at Albany’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. My research interests include gender, congressional politics, and the presidency.

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Recent Publications:  

 Kress, Adam "Gender, Republicanism, and Identity: An Assessment of Public Image Using Issue Statements to Demonstrate Gender Differences Among Republican Congresswomen in the 111th Congress."  Master's Thesis. Albany: State University of New York; 2009.


 Rethinking Equality Projects in Law: Feminist Challenges. Edited By Rosemary Hunter. (Portland: Hart Publishing, 2008. 201 pages. $46.00 paper). Law and Politics Book Review. Vol. 19 No. 1 (January, 2009) pp.68-72. 

 

Kress, Adam. Timothy Marcantetti Lindberg. “Gauging Accessibility in the Digital Age: An analysis of online services provided by local municipalities.” 2007.  Presented at the 2008 New York State Political Science Association Conference in Albany, NY. Also published in The Current. Vol. 12, No. 1 (Fall). Ithaca: Cornell Institute for Public Affairs; 2008.

Education:

The Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy

University at Albany, The State University of New York

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (Expected 2012)  

American Government, Public Law

Funded Research Assistantship

GPA: 3.92/4.0

 

Advisors: Dr. Bruce Miroff (Major); Dr. Julie Novkov (Minor)

 

 Major Committee:  Sally Friedman (Chair), Michael Malbin, 

Bruce Miroff, Torrey Shanks, and Jerome M. Ziegler 

(Cornell University) 

 

Minor Committee:  Julie Novkov (Chair), Scott W. Barclay, 

 and Udi  Sommer (Minor)


Cornell Institute for Public Affairs

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Master of Public Administration (May 2007)

Government, Policy and Politics Concentration

Academic Fellowship Recipient

GPA: 3.49/4.3


M.P.A. Thesis: “Rooting Out Terror: A Psycho-Political 

Comparative Analysis of the Root Causes of Terrorism.” 

(2007).

 

Advisors:

 

Dr. Steven I. Jackson

Associate Director, Cornell In Washington

 

Dr. Theodore J. Lowi

John L. Senior Professor of Government


Elmira College, Elmira, NY 

B.A., June 2005  

Majors: Political Science and Public Affairs 

Minor: American Studies 

Magna Cum Laude 

Presidential Academic Fellowship 

G.P.A. 3.76/4.0

Honor Societies:  Omicron Delta Epsilon (2005); Omicron 

Delta Kappa (2005); Pi Sigma Alpha (2004); Phi Eta Sigma  

(2002).

 

Awards:  Elmira College Iris Leadership Prize Winner (2005); 

New York State Governor’s Youth Recognition Award (2002).