DAVIDSON, Roger H(arry)

DAVIDSON, Roger H(arry). American, b. 1936. Genres: Politics/Government, Public/Social administration. Career: Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Part, since 1987. Co-ed., Encyclopedia of the U.S. Congress, 1989-95. Assistant Professor of Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1962-68; Research Associate, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1965-66; Scholar in Residence, National Manpower Policy Task Force, Washington, D.C., 1970-71; Staff member, Select Committee on Cttees., U.S. House of Reps., Washington, D.C., 1973-74; Associate Professor, 1968-71, Professor of Political Science, 1971-83, Chairman, 1976-78, and Associate Dean, 1978-80, Univ of California, Santa Barbara; Sr. Specialist, American Government and Public Administration, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1980-88. Publications: (with D. M. Kovenock and M. K. O'Leary) Congress in Crisis: Politics and Congressional Reform, 1966; (with J. F. Bibby) On Capitol Hill: Studies in the Legislative Process, 1967, 1972; The Role of the Congressman, 1969; The Politics of Comprehensive Manpower Legislation, 1972; (with W. J. Oleszek) Congress Against Itself, 1977; (with S. P. Patterson and R. B. Ripley) A More Perfect Union, 1979, 4th ed. 1989; (with W. J. Oleszek) Congress and Its Members, 1981, 6th ed. 1997; (with W. J. Oleszek) Governing, 1987, 2nd ed. 1992; The Postreform Congress, 1992; (with R.A. Baker) First among Equals: Senate Leaders in The Twentieth Century, 1992; (with J.A. Thurber) Remaking Congress, 1995; (with J.P. Pfiffner) Understanding the Presidency, 1996. Address: 1140 B Tydings Hall, College Park, MD 20742, U.S.A.