Vita

Vita

Richard Murray

Personal Information

Born: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
September 23, 1940

                Office:           Department of Political Science
                                     University of Houston
                                     Houston, Texas 77204-3474

                                    Office Phone: (713) 743-3909
                                    Office Fax: (713) 743-3927
                                    Office Email: rmurray@uh.edu

                Home:          3110 Underwood
                                    Houston, Texas 77025
                                    Phone: (713) 667-2006
                                    Email: Richard_W_Murray@msn.com

Education

B.A. Government, Louisiana State University, 1962

M.A. Government, Louisiana State University, 1963

Ph.D. Political Science, University of Minnesota, 1967

Academic Appointments

Director, Center for Public Policy, University of Houston, 1996 –

Professor, Dept. of Political Science, University of Houston, 1981 –

Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Houston, 1971 – 1981

Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Houston, 1967 – 1971

Instructor, Political Science, University of Houston, 1966 – 1967

Selected Publications

Books

The Houston Metropolitan Study: An Entrepreneurial Community Looks

Ahead (co-author), Houston: UH Center for Public Policy/Rice University: Baker Institute for Public Policy, 1998.

Progrowth Politics: Change and Governance in Houston (co-author),
Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, 1991.

Texas Politics: An Introduction, 6^th ed., (co-author), New York: Harper- Collins, 1992.

Chapters in Books

"Texas: Republicans Gallop Ahead" (co-author) in Southern Politics in the
1990s, edited by Alexander P. Lamis, Baton Rouge, LSU Press, 1999.

"Power in the City: Patterns of Political Influence In Houston, Texas," in
Perspectives on American and Texas Politics, 5^th ed., edited by Kent L. Tedin, Donald S. Lutz, and Edward P. Fuchs, Dubuque, Iowa: 1998.\

"The Politics of Judicial Selection in Texas," in Perspectives on American and Texas Politics, 5^th ed., 1998.

"Texas: Ann Richards, Taking on the Challenge," (co-author), in Governors and Hard Times, ed. By Thad Beyle, Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1992. "The 1988 Presidential Election: A Campaign that Mattered," in Do Elections Matter? ed. by Alan Stone and Benjamin Ginsberg, Armouk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1990. "The Emergence of Two-Party Competition in the Sunbelt," (co-author) in Political Parties in Local Areas, ed. by William Crotty, Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1986.

"Texas: A Primary State," in Proportional Representation in Presidential Nomination Politics, ed. by Paul T. David and James W. Ceasar, Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 1980.

Journal Articles "Orthopedic Patients’ Satisfaction With Their Health Care Plan: A Study Performed by the Research and Education Committee of the Texas Orthopaedic Association," (co-author) in The American Journal of Orthopedics," August, 1999."Support for Biracial Political Coalitions Among Blacks and Hispanics," (co-author) in The Social Science Quarterly, December, 1994. "Minority Vote Dilution Suits and the Problem of Two Minority Groups: Can a ‘Rainbow Coalition’ Claim the Protection of the Voting Rights Act/" (co-author) in The Pacific Law Journal, No. 3, 1990.

"Applying the Voting Rights Act in Houston, Texas," (co-author) in Publius, Winter, 1987.

"Dynamics of Candidate Choice in a State Election," (co-author) in The Journal of Politics, May, 1981.

"Party Voting in Lower Level Electoral Contests," (co-author) in The Social Science Quarterly, March, 1979.

"Public Awareness of Congressional Representatives: Recall Versus Recognition," (co-author) in The American Politics Quarterly, October, 1979.

"Racial Voting Patterns in the South: An Analysis of Major Elections from 1960 to 1977 in Five Cities," (co-author) in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, September, 1978.

"Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Voting Participation in Major Southern Cities,"(co-author) in The Journal of Politics, August, 1977.

"Coalition Formation in the Texas Legislature: Issues, Payoffs, and Winning Coalition Size," (co-author) in Western Political Quarterly, June, 1975.

"Redistricting Decisions in the American States: A Test of Riker’s Minimum Winning Coalition Hypothesis," (co-author) in The American Journal of Political Science, May, 1974.

Professional Activities Member, American Association for Public Opinion Research, American Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association, Southwestern Political Science Association.

Reviewer: Social Science Quarterly, Journal of Politics.

Academic Interests

Political Parties and Elections
Political Interest Groups
Urban Politics
State and Local Electoral Politics
Public Opinion

Consultant Activities

Litigation Research
Survey Research
Demographics
Redistricting
Election Analysis