| Biographical Information  Professor Guber’s teaching and research interests include
U.S. national elections and electoral behavior, public opinion, and environmental
politics. Her work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Social Science
Quarterly, Society
and Natural Resources, State
and Local Government Review, and the Journal of Statistics Education.
She is also the author of a full-length book on the public's concern
for the environment and their willingness to translate their beliefs into action,
titled The
Grassroots of a Green Revolution: Polling America on the Environment (2003),
published by The MIT Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Her recent work includes an
article on the origins of the Adirondack Park in the Journal of Policy History (2010), as well as two pieces co-authored
with Christopher J. Bosso. The first, titled "'High Hopes and Bitter Disappointment:'
Public Discourse and the Limits of the Environmental Movement in Climate Change
Politics" appears in Norman J. Vig and Michael E. Kraft's popular text, Environmental
Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century, 8th edition (CQ Press,
2012). The second, on "Issue Framing, Agenda Setting, and Environmental
Discourse," is published in The Oxford
Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy (Oxford University Press, 2012).
Her latest project, "A Cooling Climate for Change?
Party Polarization and the Politics of Global Warming," is in the January 2013 issue
of American Behavioral Scientist.
Click here to view Professor Guber's
complete curriculum vitae.
Contact Information
Deborah Lynn Guber
Associate Professor of Political Science
The University of Vermont
Old Mill, Room 532
94 University Place
Burlington, VT 05405-0114
Phone: (802) 656-4062
Fax: (802) 656-0758
E-mail: Deborah.Guber@uvm.edu
Internet: http://www.uvm.edu/~dguber
Office Location: 519 Old
Mill
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00-2:30 PM and by
appointment
Teaching Schedule for
Spring 2016:
POLS 21C, "The American Political System," Tu Th 10:05-11:20
POLS 234, "Topics in Public Opinion," Tu Th 2:50-4:05
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"Fans
of green politics and those interested in public opinion and the rational behavior of
consumers should read this book... [I]t provides not only an important analysis of
its subject, but it is also an excellent work on public opinion more broadly...." Robert Y. Shapiro
Columbia University
Perspectives on Politics, March 2004
"...Guber offers an important
contribution to our understanding of environmental attitudes across a range of settings.
The book should be read by every student in the field."
Eric R.A.N. Smith
University of California, Santa Barbara
Political Science Quarterly, Winter 2003-2004
"...Guber neatly unpacks the volumious
data on the attitudes and behaviors of Americans regarding the environment, while
simultaneously establishing a coherent explanation of the impact public opinion has had on
the positions of political parties and elected officials in the United States.... [She]
has made a significant contribution to the literature in the fields of environmental
studies and policy...."
Christopher P. Borick
Muhlenberg College
Society and Natural Resources, vol. 17, 2004
"This book would make a welcome addition
to courses at the advanced undergradudate and graduate levels, including courses on
environmental issues, public opinion, social attitudes, social movements and even social
research methods. The ease with which she explains complicated statistical analysis, her
deft use of secondary survey data, and her collection and analysis of ballot initiative
data make this a very useful book for a research methods course. While she necessarily
accepts the utility of survey research (it would be difficult to do otherwise in national
public opinion research), she provides a wealth of information about the complexities
involved in survey research and how the way a question is asked can influence the answer.
In sum, this book should appeal to readers in several fields and with many different
background, including not only scholars but practitioners and social activists as
well."
Angela G. Mertig
Michigan State University
Rural Sociology, June 2004
"...The Grassroots of a Green
Revolution is an impressive book. It is well researched, presents important new
findings, and is clearly written. Both students of environmental politics and public
opinion will find it useful...."
Christopher J. Bailey
Kent University
Environmental Politics, Winter 2003
"...Guber's detailed analysis of survey
instruments, plus the extensive notes and references (almost one-third of the book) will
be useful to anyone seeking answers about what an opinion really means. The book is a
good read on an important subject...."
Thad Box
Utah State University
Quarterly Review of Biology, March 2004 |
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