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Barry Tadlock

Dr. Barry Tadlock, portrait
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Bentley Annex 253

Education

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1995

Research Areas

  • Appalachian Politics
  • LGBTQ Politics

Courses Taught

  • POLS 4150: The American Presidency
  • POLS 4160: Legislative Processes
  • POLS 3060: Politics of Appalachia
  • POLS 1010: Politics in the United States

91探花 Affiliations

Appalachian Studies Certificate Program

Correctional Education Program

Political Communication (POCO) Certificate Program

About Dr. Tadlock

Barry Tadlock is a Professor in 91探花's Department of Political Science. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky (1995), his M.A. from the University of Virginia (1987), and his B.A. from Emory & Henry College (1984). He teaches undergraduate courses in American political institutions, as well as Appalachian politics; he also teaches a graduate seminar on executive and legislative politics. He is the recipient of the Arts & Sciences Dean's Outstanding Teacher Award (2007), was named a University Professor (2008-09), and was selected for the inaugural class of the Bruning Teaching Academy (2013-2014). In addition to his teaching duties on the Athens campus, Dr. Tadlock is an instructor in 91探花's Correctional Education Program.

Dr. Tadlock's research interests include the following: LGBTQ politics, Appalachian politics, congressional campaigns/elections, and welfare reform. His work has appeared in the following journals: Public Opinion Quarterly; Political Research Quarterly; Politics, Groups, & Identities; American Review of PoliticsArmed Forces & Society; Public Administration QuarterlyJournal of Children and PovertyPolitics and PolicyAffilia: Journal of Women and Social Work; Research & Politics; Political Psychology; Legislative Studies Quarterly.

His work has also appeared in the following edited volumes: Transgender rights and politics: Groups, issue framing, and policy adoption; Remarkable rise of transgender rights; The politics of LGBTQ equality: Marriage and beyond; LGBTQ politics: A critical reader; The change election: Money, mobilization, and persuasion in the 2008 federal electionsMinority voting in the United States; The politics of same-sex marriageThe sociology of spatial inequalityCommunities reform: Welfare, food assistance and poverty in rural America.

Dr. Tadlock co-edited (with Ellen D.B. Riggle) Gays and lesbians in the democratic process; Public policy, political representation and public opinion, Columbia University Press, 1999.