Contact:
- Mail Address: 1126 AuSable Hall / Dept. of Political Science / Grand Valley State University / Allendale MI 49401
- Telephone: 616-331-2991 (office); 616-331-3550 (fax)
- Email address: dendulkk@gvsu.edu
Education
- Ph.D. Political Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2001
- M.A. Political Science, University of Georgia, 1995
- B.A. Philosophy, Calvin College, 1992
Courses
- Democracy and Political Judgment (Honors)
- Religion and Politics
- Constitutional Foundations
- Parties and Interest Groups
- Judicial Politics
Select Grants and Awards
- Pew Excellence in Teaching Award, 2007
- CIVICS Teaching Enhancement Grant, 2005-07
- "Role of Religion in Fostering Civic Responsibility," Bradley Foundation, 2005-present
- Claiming a Liberal Education Grant, 2005
- Student Summer Scholars, 2004
Select Publications
- The Disappearing God Gap? Religion and the 2008 Presidential Election. New York: Oxford University Press. Forthcoming.
- Religion and Politics in America: Faith, Culture, and Strategic Choices, 4th ed. (w/ Robert Booth Fowler, Allen D. Hertzke, and Laura R. Olson). Boulder: Westview Press. Forthcoming.
- Pews, Prayers, and Participation: Religion and Civic Responsibility in America (w/ Corwin Smidt et al). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2008
- “Evangelical ‘Internationalists’ and U.S.Foreign Policy During the Bush Administration.” In Religion and the Presidency, eds. Mark Rozell and Gleaves Whitney. New York: Palgrave/Macmillan. 2007.
- “In Legal Culture, But Not Of It: The Role of Cause Lawyers in Evangelical Legal Mobilization.” In Cause Lawyering and Social Movements, eds. Austin Sarat and Stuart Scheingold. Palo Alto: StanfordUniversityPress. 2006.
- “Religious Advocacy in Michigan Politics.” In God in the Statehouse, ed. Edward Cleary and Allen Hertzke. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. 2005.
- “Bridging the Lawmaking Process: The Effects of Organized Groups on Court-Congress Interaction" (with J. Mitchell Pickerill). Polity 35 (3): 419-40. 2003.
- “So Help Me God: Explaining the Recent Rise in Religious Group Litigation in the U.S.and Beyond" (with Jay Krishnan). Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 30 (2): 233-75. 2002.
Biography
I am associate professor of political science and Faculty-in-Residence at the Honors College at Grand Valley State University. I joined the GVSU faculty as an assistant professor of political science in 2001 after receiving my Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. I teach a variety of American politics courses in the political science department, as well as a course on "Democracy and Political Judgment" in GVSU's Honors College. My research focuses on both judicial politics and the role of religion in public life. I've co-authored several books and numerous journal articles, book chapters, and reviews (see above).
In my other life, I green the thumb, angle in the mountains, hit the hard court, drink the divine juice of September, and wrassle the brood. In a past life, I developed eccentric knowledge in the art of egg candling, the irrigation of almond trees (yes, almonds grow on trees), and the containment of rat-like vermin.
