Charles
C. Turner
Assistant Professor
Office: Butte 717
Telephone: (530) 898-6041
Email:ccturner@csuchico.edu
Introduction to American
Government and Politics
State Government
Minority Politics in America
Introduction to Political Inquiry
Master's Level Courses
The Presidency
Advising
Political Science Internships (Advisor)
Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honorary Society (Advisor)
Education
Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University,
2000, American Politics and Political Philsophy
M.A. Claremont Graduate University, 1996,School of Politics and Economics
B.A. William Jewell College, 1994, Institutions and Policy Major, Summa Cum
Laude
Research Interests
Interests include the development of representation, rights, policies, and attitudes, of political minorities, especially within the context of political institutions (specifically Congress and the Presidency) at the national and state levels.
Research and Publications:
“Brief Remarks: The Concurrences of Justice Thomas.” with co-author Lori Beth Way, manuscript in development stage.
Review of Learning to Think: Disciplinary Perspectives, by J.G. Donald. Exchanges, forthcoming.
Introduction to American Government, with D. Grier Stephenson, Jr., Robert J. Bresler, Robert J. Friedrich, and Joseph J. Karlesky, Redding, CA: North West Publishing, 2002.
“Means, Motive, and Opportunity: Politics, Community Needs, and Community Oriented Policing Services Grants,” with Craig Volden and Chi Choi. American Politics Research, 30(4): 423-455, 2002.
“Rhetorical Bipartisanship: National Party Platforms and American Indian Politics.” American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 26(1): 107-122, 2002.
“American Indian Policy in Committee: Structure, Party, Ideology, and Salience.” Politics and Policy, 29(3): 400-448, 2001.
Review of Governing Race: The Policy, Process, and Politics of Race, by Nina M. Moore. Political Science Quarterly, 116(1): 141-142, 2001.
Review of The Complete Works of Harriet Taylor Mill, edited by Jo Ellen Jacobs. Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 29(6): 833-836, 2000.
“Graduate Women's Studies:
An Assessment After Two Decades,” co-author, Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary
Journal