Profile
Greg Thielemann has his Ph.D. from Rice University and is the Director of the Center for the Study of Texas Politics.
As Director, he coordinates the linkages between UTD students (Political Science, CV and McDermott Scholars) and the Texas Legislature and facilitates the programs that bring Texas legislators to UTD for campus events.
His research interest focus is on Texas politics with particular interest in the Texas legislative process and electoral politics in the state.
Awards
- 2006
- Chancellor's Teaching Award
Courses
- Political Behavior
- Sex and Politics
- The Political Economy of AIDS
- Gay and Lesbian Politics
- Legislative Decision-Making
- Legislative Workshop
- The Political Economy of Texas
- Public Opinion
- The Politics of AIDS
- Minority Politics
- Campaigning in Texas
- Southern Politics
- Political Mobilization
- American Governmental Institutions
- Public Policy
- Campaigns and Elections
- Film and Politics
- Intro to Texas and American
- Leadership
- Executives, Legislatures and Public Policy
- Hollywood, Gays, and the Culture War
Publications
"Voter Awareness of Trial Court Judges." Anthony Champagne and Gregory S. Thielemann. Judicature 74(5):271-276. February-March 1991.
"Myth and Reality: The Conservative Nature of the East Texas Delegation to the Texas House of Representatives." Gregory S. Thielemann and Clark D. Thomas. Texas Journal of Political Studies 13(1):46-64. Fall 1990-91.
"Assessing Incumbency Advantage on a Micro-Level: The Case of the Precinct Unit." Gregory S. Thielemann and Ella J. Bray. Texas Journal of Political Studies, 15(1):5-22. 1992.
"The Rise and Stall of Southern Republicans in Congress." Gregory S. Thielemann. Social Science Quarterly 73(1):123-135. March 1992.
"Party Development in the South: The Case for Southern Exceptionalism." Gregory S. Thielemann. Social Science Quarterly 73(1):141-143. March 1992.
"Trends in State Legislative Staffing." Gregory S. Thielemann. In Scribner's Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System, ed. Joel Silbey. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1993.
"Minority Legislators and Institutional Influence." Gregory S. Thielemann. Social Science Journal 29(4): 411-421. March 1992.
"Local Advantage in Campaign Financing: Friends, Neighbors and their Money in Texas Supreme Court Elections." Gregory S. Thielemann. The Journal of Politics 55(2):472-478. March 1993.
"Rational Contributors: The Elections for the 71st Texas House." Gregory S. Thielemann and Donald R. Dixon. Legislative Studies Quarterly 19(4): 495-506. 1994.
"The White Knight Fades to Black: David Duke and the 1992 Presidential Campaign." Gregory S. Thielemann and Euell Elliott. In David Duke and the Politics of Race in The South ed. Kuzenski, John C., Charles Bullock III and Ronald Keith Gaddie. Nashville:Vanderbilt University Press 1995.
"Assessing The Importance of Gender and Party In Legislators' Policy Preferences." Gregory S. Thielemann. American Review of Politics 16 (2): 151-167. 1995
"A Demand Side Perspective on the Importance of Representative Bureaucracy: HIV, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexual Orientation." Gregory S. Thielemann and Joseph Stewart. Public Administration Review 56(2):168-173. 1996.
“The Conservative Coalition In a New Era: Regionalism and Ideology.” Gregory S. Thielemann, Cheryl D. Young and John J. Hindera. Southeastern Political Review 24(1): 179-188. 1996.
“Committee Leadership and Power in the Texas Legislature.” Gregory S. Thielemann. In Texas Politics: A Reader, edited by Anthony Champagne and Edward Harpham. New York: W.W. Norton and Co. 1996.
“National Mandates and Local Non-Profits: The Shaping of a Local Delivery System For HIV/AIDS Services.” Wolfgang Bielefeld, Richard K. Scotch and Gregory S. Thielemann. Policy Studies Review 14(1/2):127-136.
“The Conservative Coalition in a New Era: Regionalism and Ideology in the United States Congress.” Gregory S. Thielemann, John Hindera and Cheryl D. Young. American Review of Politics 17:47-58 (Spring 1996).
“Toward a New Understanding of Southern Power in Congress.” Gregory S. Thielemann, John Hindera and Cheryl D. Young. Texas Journal of Political Studies. 1998.
“Leadership, Power and Emerging Partisanship in the Texas Legislature.” Gregory S. Thielemann. In Texas Politics: A Reader (2nd Edition), edited by Anthony Champagne and Edward Harpham. New York: W.W. Norton and Co. 1998.
“The Ryan White Act in Dallas.” Gregory S. Thielemann, Richard K. Scotch, and Wolfgang Bielefeld. Policy Studies Journal 27:809-825 (4:1999).
“Texas: Same as it Ever Was.” With Euell Elliott. The American Review of Politics, Vol. 26, Summer 2005 (pages 225-243).
- Updated: October 6, 2006
