Amy Fried, Ph.D.

amyfried@maine.edu

University of Maine

Phone: 207.581.1797

Address: 5754 North Stevens Hall, UMaine, Political Science

City: Orono, Maine - 04469

Country: United States

About Me:

Amy Fried  Professor and Department Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Maine  I received my B.A. from San Francisco State University and my Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. I have been at the University of Maine since Fall 1997. Besides being a faculty member, I have served as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. With three other people, I wrote a successful NSF ADVANCE-Institutional Transformation grant to improve the recruitment, promotion and advancement of women faculty members. I then served as the Policy Advocate for the Rising Tide Center, which was funded by the grant. This work focused on changing and implementing work-life policies.I am the co-leader of the Maine chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network and a member of SSN's Steering Committee.During the short but beautiful Maine summers, I enjoy kayaking and hiking. 

Research Interests

Public Opinion

Political Participation

Health Politics and Policy

Abortion Politics

Distrust In Government

Health Politics

Maine Politics

American Political Development

Women In Politics

Public Attitude/opinion

Voting Rights

Race And Politics

Countries of Interest

United States

Publications:

Journal Articles:

(2015) The Strategic Promotion of Distrust in Government in the Tea Party Age, The Forum

Focuses on how conservatives used distrust in government for four strategic reasons -- to build and maintain organizations, to win elections, to shift institutional power and to wage policy battles -- through the Obama presidency.

(2012) Voting Restriction Politics in Maine, New England Journal of Political Science

How the new Maine Republican governor and state legislature tried to limit voting rights by ending Election Day registration and the referendum campaign that restored it.

(2004) Presidential Impeachment and Institutional Dynamics in the Iran-Contra Affair and the Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal, Congress and the Presidency

How different ways Congress organized itself affected decisions whether to impeach Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.

Books Written:

(2012) Pathways to Polling: Crisis, Cooperation and the Making of Public Opinion Professions, Routledge

Book focuses on the intersections between early pollsters, market researchers, government opinion researchers, and survey researchers, the crisis faced by the profession due to the polling failure of 1948 and the later divergence between the groups. Discusses the impacts of the New Deal and World War II in developing survey research and how race affected government opinion research.

(1997) Muffled Echoes: Oliver North and the Politics of Public Opinion, Columbia University Press

Book focuses on how perceptions of public opinion are forged and used as a political resource.