STREB, Matthew J(ustin) 1974-

PERSONAL: Born March 11, 1974, in Evanston, IL; son of Edward (a professor) and Linda (a certified public accountant; maiden name, Koehler) Streb; married Page Melchi (an educational administrator), July 28, 2004; children: Logan. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Indiana University, Bloomington, B.A., 1996, M.A., 1998, Ph.D., 2000. Hobbies and other interests: Playing with my son, running, Indiana and Loyola Marymount sports, softball.

ADDRESSES: Office—Loyola Marymount University, 1 Loyola Marymount University Dr., Suite 4200, Los Angeles, CA 90045. E-mail—mstreb@lmu.edu.

CAREER: Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, assistant professor of political science, 2000—.

MEMBER: American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association, Phi Beta Kappa.

WRITINGS:

The New Electoral Politics of Race, University of Alabama Press (Tuscaloosa, AL), 2002.

(Editor, with Christine Barbour) Clued in to Politics, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2004.

(Editor, with Michael Genovese) Polls and Politics: The Dilemmas of Democracy, State University of New York Press (Albany, NY), 2004.

(Editor) Law and Election Politics: The Rules of the Game, Lynne Rienner Publishers (Boulder, CO), 2004.

Contributor to periodicals, including Political Research Quarterly, Social Science Quarterly, Politics and Policy, and Public Opinion Quarterly.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Politics without Parties, with Brian F. Schaffner and Gerald C. Wright.

SIDELIGHTS: Matthew J. Streb told CA: "I am writing a book with Brian F. Schaffner and Gerald C. Wright on the negative impact of nonpartisan elections on democracy. I am also working on a project on academic freedom after September 11, 2001. My next project will be a book on the dangers of various aspects of United States elections to democracy.

"My primary research interest is how electoral laws and the different types of elections influence democracy. I also am interested in the role of racial issues in United States elections and how parties have tried to court minority voters.

"My goal when writing is to take important, but sometimes complex, topics and make them interesting to a broad audience. The subject of democracy is one that influences every American (and really every person in the world), but few have thought critically about the subject."