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Ronald David Hedlund is an American political scientist and Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University. He is an expert in legislative Politics, state legislatures, methodology, and public policy.

He co-authored Committee Specialization in U.S. State Legislatures during the 20th Century: Do Legislatures Tap the Talents of Their Members? (September 2011 11: 299-324.2011, State Politics & Policy Quarterly.) and authored...

Biography
Hedlund was born in Joliet, Illinois to the Rev. Henry Hedlund, a Swedish Lutheran Pastor and his wife Betty. After graduation from Augustana College (Illinois), Rock Island, IL in 1963, he pursued graduate study under Dr Samuel Patterson at The University of Iowa and obtained M.A. in 196?? and Ph.D. degree in 196?? in Political Science.

Ronald Hedlund married Ellen Louise Parrish in Omaha, NE] in 1964. Dr. Ellen Hedlund received her Ph.D degree from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1989 in Education---. She worked for the Rhode Island Department of Education in the Office of Assessment and Testing from 1991 to ????. Dr Ronald and Dr Ellen Hedlund are the parents of Karen Marie Hedlund (b. 1972) and Dr David P. Hedlund (b. 1975).

Before joining Northeastern University as a Professor of Political Science, Hedlund was the Vice Provost at Northeastern University from 1997- Before that, Hedlund served as  at The University of Rhode Island from 1989-1997. Before that Hedlund served on the faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee ___________________________ Stein has also been editorial board members of American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Social Science Quarterly, State and Local Government Review and Urban Affairs Review.

Awards

 * Best paper award on Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations for “Inter-Local Cooperation and the Distribution of Federal Grants,” by The section on Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations, American Political Science Association, 2004 (with Kenneth Bickers)
 * President, Urban Politics Subsection, American Political Science Association, 1999-2000.
 * President, Southwestern Political Science Association, 1998.
 * Special book award from the Urban Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association for, Urban Alternatives: Private and Public Markets in the Provision of Local Services, 1991.
 * Fellowship, U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1978-1979.

Grants

 * Independent Response of Complex Urban Infrastructures Subjected to Multiple Hazards, National Science Foundation, October 2007 – October 2010
 * The Changing Structure of Federal Aid and the Politics of the Electoral Connection. Funded by the National Science Foundation 2001-2002. SES0095997 Co-PI, 2001-2003.
 * Selective Universalization of Domestic Public Policy. Funded by the National Science Foundation(SES8921109) 1990-1992.
 * Contracting for Municipal Services. Funded by the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. January, 1986-1990.
 * The Fiscal Austerity and Urban Innovation. Funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. September, 1983-1985.
 * The Structural Character of Federal Grants-in-Aid. Funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 1982-83.
 * The Allocation of Federal Grants-in-Aid. Funded by the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. 1979-1981.
 * The Allocation of State-Local Aid: An Examination of Within State Variation. Funded by the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. 1979-1981.

Books

 * (with Kenneth N. Bickers)
 * (with Kenneth N. Bickers)

Articles

 * “Voting technology, election administration and voter performance,” Election Law Journal, 7:123-135 (April 2008) with Greg Vonnahme, Michael Byrne and Daniel Wallach.
 * “Engaging the unengaged voter: Voter centers and voter turnout,” Journal of Politics. 2:487-497 (April 2008) with Greg Vonnahme.
 * “Assessing the Micro-Foundations of the Tiebout Model,” Urban Affairs Review, 42:57-80 (September 2006), with Kenneth Bickers and Lapo Salucci.
 * “Voting for Minority Candidates in Multi-Racial/Ethnic Communities,” Urban Affairs Review, 41:157-181 (November 2005) with Stacy Ulbig and Stephanie Post.
 * “Inter-Local Cooperation and the Distribution of Federal Grant Awards,” Journal of Politics, 66:800-22 (August 2004) with Kenneth Bickers.
 * “Language Choice, Residential Stability, and Voting among Latino-Americans,” Social Science Quarterly, 84:412-24, (June 2003), with Martin Johnson and Robert Wrinkle.
 * “The Congressional Pork Barrel in a Republican Era,” Journal of Politics, 62:1070-1086 (November, 2000) with Kenneth Bickers.
 * “Reconciling Context and Contact Effects on Racial Attitudes,” Political Research Quarterly. 53:285-303 (June, 2000), with Stephanie Shirley Post and Allison Rinden.
 * “The Micro Foundations of the Tiebout Model,” Urban Affairs Review 34:76-93 (September, 1998) with Kenneth Bickers.
 * “Early Voting,” Public Opinion Quarterly. 62:57-70 (Spring, 1998).
 * “Voting Early, But Not Often,” Social Science Quarterly 78:657-677 (September, 1997) with Patricia Garcia-Monet.
 * “The Electoral Dynamics of the Federal Pork Barrel,” American Journal of Political Science, 40:1300-1326 (November, 1996) with Kenneth Bickers.
 * "Explaining State Aid Allocations: Targeting Within Universalism," Social Science Quarterly, 75:524-540 (September, 1994) with Keith E. Hamm
 * "Congressional Elections and the Pork Barrel," Journal of Politics, 56:377-399 (May, 1994) with Kenneth Bickers.
 * "Universalism and the Electoral Connection: A Test and Some Doubts," Political Research Quarterly, 47:295-318 (June, 1994) with Kenneth N. Bickers.
 * “Response to Weingast's 'Reflections on Distributive Politics and Universalism,'“ Political Research Quarterly: 47:329-334 (June, 1994) with Kenneth N. Bickers.
 * "Arranging City Services," Journal of Public Administration: Research and Theory 3:66-93 (Spring, 1993).
 * "The Budgetary Effects of Municipal Service Contracting: A Principal-Agent Explanation," American Journal of Political Science. 34:471-502 (May, 1990).
 * "Economic Voting for Governor and U.S. Senator: The Electoral Consequences of Federalism," Journal of Politics 52:29-54 (February, 1990).
 * "Market Maximization of Individual Preferences and Metropolitan Municipal Service Responsibility," Urban Affairs Quarterly 24:86-116 (September, 1989).
 * "A Comparative Analysis of the Targeting Capacity of State and Federal Intergovernmental Aid Allocations: 1977-1982," Social Science Quarterly(1987). With K. Hamm.
 * "Municipal Public Employment: An Examination of Intergovernmental Influences." American Journal of Political Science, 28:636-653 (November, 1984).
 * "Implementation of Federal Policy: An Extension of the 'Differentiated Theory of Federalism'," Research in Urban Policy, 3:341-348 (1984)