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David Prindle
David F. Prindle, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Government
College of Liberal Arts

CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-232-7214
E-mail: dprindle@austin.utexas.edu

WEB PAGE
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/government/faculty/dfp


BIOGRAPHY

Professor Prindle has published research in the areas of voting and parties, energy policy, the presidency, and the politics of the entertainment media. His first book "Petroleum Politics and the Texas Railroad Commission"(1981) won the V.O. Key, Jr. Award, given by the Southern Political Science Association to the best book on Southern politics. He is currently finalizing his latest book about evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, entitled "Stephen Jay Gould and the Politics of Evolution," to be published by Prometheus Books in 2009.
Media Relations CONTACT
Michelle Bryant
512-232-4730
mbryant@austin.utexas.edu

Jessica Sinn
512-471-2404
sinnjessica@austin.utexas.edu

David Ochsner
512-475-9712
dochsner@austin.utexas.edu

EXPERTISE
Politics of Hollywood; American politics (elections, Presidency, Congress)

PUBLICATIONS
"The Paradox of Democratic Capitalism: Politics and Economics in American Thought" (2006); ?Risky Business: The Political Economy of Hollywood? (1993); ?The Politics of Glamour: Ideology and Democracy in the Screen Actors Guild? (1988)

 




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