Gerald D DeMaio

Assc Professor

Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Department: Political Science

Areas of expertise:

Email Address: gerald.demaio@baruch.cuny.edu

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SemesterCourse PrefixCourse NumberCourse Name
Spring 2022REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Spring 2022POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Spring 2022POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2021POL5000HHon Independent Study POL I
Fall 2021POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2021POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2021POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2021POL4900Political Science Capstone Sem
Fall 2020REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Fall 2020POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Fall 2020POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2020POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2020POL4900Political Science Capstone Sem
Fall 2019POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2019REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Fall 2019POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Spring 2019POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Spring 2019REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Fall 2018POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2018POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2018POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Fall 2018REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Spring 2018POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Spring 2018REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Spring 2018POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2017POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2017POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Fall 2017REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Spring 2017POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2017REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Spring 2017POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Spring 2017POL5000Independent Study POL I
Fall 2016POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Fall 2016REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Fall 2016POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2016POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Spring 2016REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Fall 2015POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2015REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Fall 2015POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Spring 2015POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2015POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Fall 2014POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2014POL5000Independent Study POL I
Fall 2014POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Fall 2014REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Summer 2014POL5000Independent Study POL I
Spring 2014POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2014POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2013POL5000Independent Study POL I
Fall 2013POL5000HHon Independent Study POL I
Fall 2013POL5000Independent Study POL I
Fall 2013POL3102Amer Conservatism
Fall 2013POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2013POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2013POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2013POL3102Amer Conservatism
Fall 2012POL3102Amer Conservatism
Fall 2012POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2012POL3102Amer Conservatism
Spring 2012POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2012POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2011POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2011POL3102Amer Conservatism
Fall 2011POL5000Independent Study POL I
Spring 2011POL3102Amer Conservatism
Spring 2011POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2010POL3102Amer Conservatism
Fall 2010POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2010POL5000Independent Study POL I
Spring 2010POL5000Independent Study POL I
Spring 2010POL3102Amer Conservatism
Spring 2010POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2009POL3102Amer Conservatism
Fall 2009POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2009POL2332American Political Thought
Spring 2009POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2008POL2332American Political Thought
Fall 2008POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2008POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2007POL2332American Political Thought
Fall 2007POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2007POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Spring 2007REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Spring 2007POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2007POL5000Independent Study POL I
Fall 2006POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2006POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Spring 2006POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2006REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Fall 2005REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Fall 2005POL3008HHon Rel & Pol In U.S.
Fall 2005POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Fall 2005POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2005POL5000Independent Study POL I
Spring 2005POL5000Independent Study POL I
Spring 2005POL3102Amer Conservatism
Spring 2005POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2004POL3102Amer Conservatism
Fall 2004POL5000Independent Study POL I
Fall 2004POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2004POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2004POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Spring 2004REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Spring 2004POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2003POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2003POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Summer 2003POL5000Independent Study POL I
Spring 2003POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2003POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2003POL5000Independent Study POL I
Fall 2002POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2002REL3008Religion & Pol - United States
Fall 2002POL3008Religion & Pol- U.S.
Spring 2002POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Spring 2002POL2332American Political Thought
Fall 2001POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values
Fall 2001POL2332American Political Thought
Fall 2001POL1101Amer Govt Pract & Values

Books

De Maio, G. D., & Kushner, H. W. (1980). Understanding Basic Statistics: A Structured Approach. (San Francisco: Holden-Day).

Journal Articles

(2026). "The Jurisprudential Revolution in American Church-State Relations:  The Case of Education" (with Cary Federman). Journal of Policy History, 38(1). 1-26.

(2018). "The Republican School Master and the Problem of Religion in America". Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 30(1/2). 169-192.

DeMaio, G. (2018). The Republican Schoolmaster and the Problem of Religion in America. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies/Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, 30(2018). 169-194.

Bolce, L. H., & De Maio, G. D. (2017). The Use of Cueing Language in Media Coverage of the Opposing Sides in the Culture Wars. The American Society of Geolinguistics, 91-119.

Bolce, L. H., & De Maio, G. D. (2016). Framing of the Religion Gap Metaphor: 1987-2012. Geolinguistics/ The American Society of Geolinguistics, 39. 45-62.

(2008). A 'Prejudice' for the Thinking Classes: Media Exposure, Political Sophistication, and the Anti-Christian Fundamentalist. American Politics Research, 36(2). 155-185.

De Maio, G. D., & Bolce, L. H. (2008). Tracking the Anti-Fundamentalist. Miller-McCune: Center for Research, Media, and Public Policy, 676-678.

Bolce, L. H., & De Maio, G. D. (2008). Two To Tango: Media Overlooks Secular Influence. Miller-McCune: Center for Research, Media, and Public Policy, 663-676.

(2007). The (In)Sincere Friends of Religion. Crisis Magazine, 25. 13-19.

(2004). The Politics of Partisan Neutrality. First Things, 43. 9-12.

(2002). Our Secularist Democratic Party. The Public Interest, (149). 3-20.

(2000). Reply to Singer. Public Opinion Quarterly, 64. 108-109.

(1999). Religious Outlook, Culture War Politics, and Antipathy Toward Christian Fundamentalists. Public Opinion Quarterly, 63(1). 29-61.

(1999). The Anti-Christian Fundamentalist Factor in Contemporary Politics. Public Opinion Quarterly, 63(4). 508-542.

(1996). Dial-In Democracy: Talk Radio and the 1994 Elections. Political Science Quarterly, 111. 457-481.

(1993). The 1992 Republican ‘Tent’. Political Science Quarterly, 108(2). 255-270.

(1992). The 20% Solution: Blacks and the Republican Party. Political Science Quarterly, 107. 63-79.

(1991). The Will of the Community: Theories of Representation at the Founding and in Recent Political Practice. Commonwealth, 5. 32-56.

(1990). The American Founding, Civic Virtue and Religion. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 3. 103-124.

(1988). ERA, Public Opinion and American Constitutionalism. The Wilson Quarterly, (12). 12-13.

(1987). ERA, Public Opinion and American Constitutionalism. Polity, 19. 551-569.

(1986). Mapping Candidate Systems Via Approval Voting. Western Political Quarterly, 39. 663-674.

(1986). ERA and the Abortion Controversy: A Case of Dissonance Reduction. Social Science Quarterly, 67. 299-314.

(1984). The Enduring Relevance of Publius’ New Science. The Federalist Newsletter, 1.

(1983). Approval Voting: Some Recent Empirical Evidence. American Pollitcs Quarterly, 11. 365-374.

(1981). The Found World of American Political Theory. Teaching Political Science, 9. 78-89.

(1981). Quantification and Multiple Authorships in Poltical Science . Journal of Politics, 43. 181-193.

(1981). The 1980 Elections and Approval Voting . Presidential Studies Quaterly, 11. 364-373.

(1980). We've Come a Long Way, Baby: A Decade's Review of Methodology Textbooks . Teaching Political Science, 8. 169-185.

(1979). The Ecological Thesis in Perspective (with Howard Singer). Annales du Centre de recherches sur l'Amerique Anglophone, 51-64.

(1979). A Discipline in Search of its Paradigm: Relfections on the Post-Behavioral Era in Political Science . The Centennial Review, 23. 263-286.

(1977). The Recrudescence of Political Philosophy . The Centennial Review, 21.

(1977). Using Diagraphs to Determine the Crucial Actors in a Voting Body . Sociometry, 40. 361-369.

(1976). Formal Theory and The Battle of the Paradigms . East Carolina Studies in Political Science, 6. 1-15.

(1976). Richard Weaver, Southerner: The Paradox of American Conservatism. Canadian Review of American Studies, 7. 176-186.

(1975). Electoral Margins and Ideological Voting . Review of Public Data Use, 3. 23-27.

(1975). The Quest for the American Public Orthodoxy: An Assessment. Studies in the Social Sciences, 14. 49-66.

(1975). Domestic/External Linkages: Syria, 1961-67. Comparative Political Studies, Sage Publications, 7. 478-507.

Book Chapters

Bolce, L. H., & De Maio, G. D. (2017). Religion-Based Voting Blocs. In Moghaddam, M. (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior (pp. 698-703). Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. SAGE Publications Inc.,.

Bolce, L. H., & De Maio, G. D. (2008). Divisiveness Concerns and Negative Reference Group Associations in Church State Attitudes. In Murphy, A., & Gutterman, D. (Eds.), Religion, Politics, and the American Identity: New Perspectives, New Directions (pp. 101-127). Lexington, KY. Lanham, MD.

De Maio, G. D., & Bolce, L. (2007). Secularists, Anti-Christian Fundamentalists and the New Religious Divide in the American Electorate. Political Behavior. In Wilson, M. (Ed.), the American Religious Mosaic: Trends and Prospects for a New Millenium (pp. 251-276). Washington DC. Georgetown University Press.

De Maio, G. D., & Bolce, L. H. (2006). Our Secularist Democratic Party.. In Torr, J. D. (Ed.), How Does Religion Influence Politics Farmington Hills, MI. Greenhaven Press.

De Maio, G. D. (2003). Entries on "Archbishop John Ireland," "The Scopes Trial," "Pierce vs. The Society of Sisters," and "Massachusetts, The Early History.". In Djupe, P., & Olson, L. R. (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politcs New York. Facts on File.

Bolce, L. H., De Maio, G. D., & Muzzio, D. (1995). "The 1992 Republican Tent". In Reuter, T. (Ed.), The Politics of Race: African Americans and the Political System (pp. 152-163). Armonk, NY. M. E. Sharpe.

De Maio, G. D., Bolce , L., & Muzzio, D. (1995). The 1992 Republican ‘Tent’. In Rueter, T. (Ed.), The Politics of Race: African Americans and the Pollitcal System (pp. 152-163). Armonk, NY. M.E. Sharpe.

De Maio, G. D., & Muzzio, D. (1988). Formal Theory and the Prospects for a Policy Science. In Portes, E. B., & Levy, M. B. (Eds.), Handbook of Political Theory and Policy Science (pp. 127-145). Westport, CT. Greenwood Press.

Presentations

Bolce, L. H., & De Maio, G. D. (2014, September 5). The Use of Cueing Language in The Media Coverage of the Opposing Sides in the Culture Wars. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Geolinguistics. New York City: The American Society of Geolinguistics.

De Maio, G. D. (2012, October 10). Fundamentalists, Evangelicals and Seculars as Categories for Political Discourse. Religion, Politics and the Presidency Roundtable. Marist College, Poughkeepsie New York: Autumn Lecture Series Lecture Series, Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs.

De Maio, G. D. (2012, July 23). The Electoral Religion Gap. Interview With Professor Tony Gill for Research on Religion Podcast. Waco Texas: The Baylor Instute for Studies of Religion.

Bolce, L. H., & De Maio, G. D. (2012, January 13). Framing the Religion Gap, 1987-2010. 83 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. New Orleans, Louisiana: Southern Political Science Association.

Bolce, L. H., & De Maio, G. D. (2009, January 8). Trait Transference as a Factor in the Politicization of Anti-Christian Fundamentalist Affect. Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. New Orleans, Louisiana: Southern Political Science Association.

De Maio, G. D., & Bolce, L. (2007, November 30). A 'Sophisticated' Prejudice: Anti-Christian Fundamentalism in Contemporary America. Annual Meeting of the Society for Scientific Study of Religion. Tampa, Florida

De Maio, G. D., & Bolce, L. (2007, January 31). Framing the Culture Wars: How Media Depicts the Key Combatants in the New Religious Divide in American Politics. Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. New Orleans, LA

De Maio, G. D., & Bolce, L. (2005, January 31). The Divisiveness Rationale and Negative Reference Group Associations in Church-State Controversies. Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association Meeting. New Orleans, LA

De Maio, G. D. (2002, October 5). Secularists, Elite Media, and the Anti-Christian Fundamentalist Phenomenon in the New Religious Divide (with Louis Bolce). Religion and American Political Behavior Conference/Workshop. : Southern Methodist University.

De Maio, G. D., & Bolce, L. (2001, November 7). Symbolic Politics, Elite Consensus, and the Political Contextualization of Anti-Christian Fundamentalist Sentiment. Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA

De Maio, G. D., & Bolce, L. (2000, September 30). When the Religious Becomes the Political: Chrisitan Fundamentalists, the Religious Right, and the Media Connection. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Washington, DC

De Maio, G. D., & Bolce, L. (1999, September 30). The Christian Fundamentalist 'Threat' as a Factor in Contemporary Partisan Alignments. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Atlanta, GA

De Maio, G. D., & Bolce, L. (1998, September 30). The Impact of The Christian Fundamentalist Symbol on Party Coalitions: A Reference Group Theory Approach. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Boston, MA

De Maio, G. D., & Bolce, L. (1990, February 28). The Political Impact of Abortion and Gender During the Reagan Years. 1990 Annual City University of New York (CUNY) Political Science Conference. New York City, NY: CUNY Graduate Center.

De Maio, G. D., & Muzzio, D. (1989, November 30). The Will of the Community: Theories of Representation at the Founding. Northeastern Political Science Association Meeting. Philadelphia, PA

De Maio, G. D., Bolce, L., & Muzzio, D. (1989, March 31). The 10% Factor: Blacks and Republican Presidental Candidates. 43rd New York State Political Science Conference. New York City, NY

De Maio, G. D., Bolce, L., & Muzzio, D. (1989, February 28). The Religious Factor and the 1988 Elections. City University Political Science Conference. New York City, NY

De Maio, G. D., & Muzzio, D. (1988, November 10). Beyond the Minimum Dogma: The American Founders and the 'Problem of Religion'. Northeastern Political Science Association Meeting. Providence, Rhode Island

De Maio, G. D., & Muzzio, D. (1988, September 30). The Deliberative Assemblies of 1787-1788 and the Theory of Representation. American Political Science Annual Meeting. Washington, DC

De Maio, G. D., Bolce, L., & Muzzio, D. (1988, February 28). Intensity and Majoritarianism: Illustrations from American Political Pracitce. City University Political Science Conference. New York City, NY

De Maio, G. D., & Muzzio, D. (1987, September 30). Religion and the Early State Consitutions: Experimentation During the Founding. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Chicago, IL

De Maio, G. D. (1987, September 30). The U.S. Constitution: Separation of Powers Versus Mixed Government. discussant on panel at the American Politial Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL

De Maio, G. D. (1986, December 12). Tocqueville. chair on panel at CUNY Political Science Conference. : CUNY Graduate Center.

De Maio, G. D., Bolce, L., & Muzzio, D. (1986, August 31). The ERA Struggle: A "Paradigm" of American Politics. American Political Science Annual Meeting. Washington, DC

De Maio, G. D., Muzzio, D., & Sharrard, G. (1985, August 31). Mapping Candidate Systems Via Approval Voting. American Political Science Annual Meeting. New Orleans

De Maio, G. D., Bolce, L., & Muzzio, D. (1984, November 30). Attitude Consistency on Women's Equality, 1972-1982. Northeastern Political Science Association Meeting. Boston, MA

De Maio, G. D. (1984, August 31). Religion in a Compound Republic: A "Remedy" for the Silences in The Federalist. American Political Science Annual Meeting. Washington, DC

De Maio, G. D., Bolce, L., & Muzzio, D. (1983, November 30). Culture, Dissonance, and the ERA. Northeastern Political Science Association Meeting. Philadelphia, PA

De Maio, G. D. (1983, October 19). . ICPSR workshop/roundtable. New York, NY: Baruch College/CUNY.

De Maio, G. D. (1983, September 2). The Rhetoric of the American Founding. Discussant on panel at the American Political Science Association Meeting. Chicago, IL

De Maio, G. D., Bolce, L., & Muzzio, D. (1982, December 11). ERA: The Vanishing Majority. CUNY Political Science Conference. New York, NY

De Maio, G. D., Muzzio, D., & Sharrard, G. (1981, December 31). Classic Dilemma in Multi-Candidate Elections: A Proposed Reform. CUNY Political Science Conference. Ne York, NY

De Maio, G. D., Muzzio, D., & Sharrard, G. (1981, November 30). Alternative Electoral Systems: Approval Voting and the 1980 Elections. Northeastern Political Science Association Meeting. Newark, NJ

De Maio, G. D., Muzzio, D., & Sharrard, G. (1981, October 31). Approval Voting: The Empirical Evidence. Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management. Washington, DC

De Maio, G. D. (1980, December 31). Civil Religion and the Continuing Quest for American Self-Understanding. CUNY Political Science Conference.

De Maio, G. D. (1980, August 31). Religion, Republicanism, and The American Founding. Citizenship: Ancient and Modern. Washington, DC: NEH/APSA.

De Maio, G. D. (1980, August 31). Religion, Republicanism, and The American Founding. NEH/APSA Seminar, Citizenship: Ancient and Modern. Washington, DC

Other Scholarly Works

De Maio, G. D., & Muzzio, D. (1985). Change The Way We Vote.

Reviews

Demaio, G. D. (1970,January 1). Arthur C. Brooks, Love Your Enemies:  How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt.. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Pasadena, California: Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. In Progress.

De Maio, G. D. (2019,January 1). Review of If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty. Pasadena, CA,USA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.

De Maio, G. D. (2016,January 1). Pasadena, California: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.

De Maio, G. D. (2013,November 1). Review of The Conservative Foundations of the Liberal Order. Pasadena, California,USA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.

De Maio, G. D. (2010,January 1). Pasadena, California,USA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.

De Maio, G. D. (2007,January 1). Pasadena, California,USA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.

De Maio, G. D. (2004,January 1). Pasadena, California,USA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.

De Maio, G. D. (2001,January 1). Pasadena, California,USA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.

De Maio, G. D. (1995,January 1). Pasadena, California,USA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.

De Maio, G. D. (1988,January 1). Pasadena, California,USA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.

De Maio, G. D. (1985,October 1). New York, New York,USA: Presidential Studies Quarterly.

De Maio, G. D. (1984,October 1). Presidential Studies Quarterly.

De Maio, G. D. (1983,January 1). New York, New York,USA: Presidential Studies Quaterly.

Research Currently in Progess

Bolce, L. H., & De, M.(n.d.). "Religious Outgroup Affect as a Factor in Party Polarization. In Progress.

Bolce, L. H., & De, M.(n.d.). Anti-Christian Fundamentalism and Trait Transference as Factors in Partisan Labeling. In Progress.

Bolce, L. H., & De, M.(n.d.). Black and White Perceptions of the Republican and Democratic Parties' Attitudes Toward Religion. In Progress.

Bolce, L. H., & De, M.(n.d.). Framing the Religion-Gap:1987-2012. In Progress.

Bolce, L. H., & De, M.(n.d.). The Role of Divisviveness, Establishment, and Entanglement Concerns and Negative Reference Group Associations as Factors in Opposition to Faith-Based Charities. In Progress.

TitleFunding Agency SponsorStart DateEnd DateAwarded DateTotal FundingStatus
"Church-State Interactions: A Policy History Perspective"PSC-CUNY 4007/01/200906/30/20103990Completed
"Cultural Depictions of Christian Fundamentalists in the Pre-Religious Right Period"PSC-CUNY 3807/01/200706/30/20083990Completed