Matthew J. Eshbaugh-Soha

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book

• Eshbaugh-Soha, M., Juenke, E.G., Silva, A. (2024). The Presidency and Immigration Policy: Rhetoric and Reality. Routledge.
• Collins, P.M., Eshbaugh-Soha, M. (2020). The President and the Supreme Court: Going Public on Judicial Decisions from Washington to Trump. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/president-and-the-supreme-court/128A794F67DD778EC4405DBE7A4DA653
• Jeffrey S. Peake. (2011). Breaking through the Noise: Presidential Leadership, Public Opinion, and the News Media..
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2006). The President's Speeches: Beyond "Going Public"..

Book Chapter

• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2023). Presidents and Mass Media. New Directions in the American Presidency. (3rd) 105-126. Routledge.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M., Montgomery, J.P. (2021). The Rhetoric of Disruption: Trump and the Media. The Unorthodox Presidency of Donald J. Trump. University of Kansas Press.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2019). Presidential Public Relations in the United States. Political Public Relations: Concepts, Principles, and Applications. (Second) 237-249. New York, Routledge.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2017). Presidents and Mass Media. New Directions in the American Presidency. (Second) 78-101. New York, Routledge.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2015). Traditional Media, Social Media, and Different Presidential Campaign Messages. Controlling the Message: New Media in American Political Campaigns. New York University Press.
• Vaughn, Mercieca. (2014). Where's the Media? President Obama, the Public, and News Coverage.
• Jeff Cohen. (2012). "Change and Stability in the President's Legislative Policy Agenda".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2011). "Presidential Public Relations," in Political Public Relations . Jesper , editors. Routledge..
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2010). "The Public Presidency: Communications and Media", in New Directions in the American Presidency, Lori Cox Han, ed. Routledge: 112-150..
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2008). "Department of Agriculture," in Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics, 3 volumes. Michael A. Genovese and Lori Cox Han , editors..
• Kenneth J. Meier. (2008). "Economic and Social Regulation," in Politics in the American States, 9th edition, Virginia Gray and Russell C. Hanson, editors..
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2008). "Jimmy Carter," in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition. 9 volumes. William A. Darity Jr., editor..
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2008). "Referendum," in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition. 9 volumes. William A. Darity Jr., editor..
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2008). "Richard M. Nixon," in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition. 9 volumes. William A. Darity Jr.,editor..
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2004). "Press Conferences," in Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Lynda Lee Kaid and Christina Holtz-Bacha, editors..
• Kenneth J. Meier. (2003). "Economic and Social Regulation," in Politics in the American States, 8th edition, Virginia Gray and Russell C. Hanson, editors..
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2003). "Public Opinion and the President," in Public Opinion and Polling around the World, John G. Geer, editor..

Book Review

• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2023). No Blank Check: The Origins and Consequences of Public Antipathy towards Presidential Power, by By Andrew Reeves and Jon C. Rogowski (Cambridge University Press) Perspectives on Politics. Perspectives on Politics. 21 1083-1084.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2023). Trumpism: Race, Class, Populism, and Public Policy, by Carter A. Wilson (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2021). Political Science Quarterly. Political Science Quarterly. 138 (Spring)
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M. (2020). Trump and Us: What He Says and Why People Listen. By Roderick P. Hart. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Perspectives on Politics. Perspectives on Politics. 947-48.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2018). Daniel Ponder. Presidential Leverage: Presidents, Approval, and the American State. Public Opinion Quarterly. New York, Oxford University press.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2018). Gallagher, Thomas. The American Presidency and Entertainment Media: How Technology Affects Political Communication. Congress & the Presidency. 214-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/07343469.2018.1448164
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2016). Risk and Presidential Decision-Making: The Emergence of Foreign Policy Crises.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2016). The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2015). Speaking with the People's Voice: How Presidents Invoke Public Opinion. Congress & the Presidency.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2014). Making the News: Politics, Media, and Agenda-Setting. Journal of Political Science Education.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2014). The Presidential Road Show.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2013). The Rise of the President's Permanent Campaign.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2012). Transforming America: Barack Obama in the White House.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2011). Going Local: Presidential Leadership in the Post-broadcast Age.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2010). Going Local: Presidential Leadership in the Post-Broadcast Age, by Jeffrey E. Cohen. (Cambridge University Press.).
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2010). Presidential Rhetoric and the Public Agenda, by Andrew B. Whitford and Jeff Yates. (Johns Hopkins University Press.).
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2010). The Presidency in an Era of 24-hour News, by Jeffrey E. Cohen. (Princeton University Press.).
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2008). Managing the President's Message: The White House Communications Operation, by Martha Joynt Kumar. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.).
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2007). Who Leads Whom? Presidents, Policy, and the Public, by Brandice Canes-Wrone. (University of Chicago Press.).
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2005). Of Little Faith: The Politics of George W. Bush's Faith-Based Initiatives, by Amy E. Black, Douglas L. Koopman, & David K. Ryden. (Georgetown University Press.).
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2004). Out of Touch: The Presidency and Public Opinion, by James Towle. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press.).
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2003). Learning by Voting: Sequential Choices in Presidential Primaries and Other Elections , by Rebecca B. Morton and Kenneth C. Williams. (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.).

Conference Proceeding

• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., Miles, T. (2011). Presidential Speeches and the Stages of the Legislative Process. Congress & the Presidency. 38 (3) 301–321.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2010). The politics of presidential speeches. Congress & the Presidency. 37 (1) 1–21.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., Peake, J.S. (2004). Presidential influence over the systemic agenda. Congress & the Presidency: A Journal of Capital Studies. 31 (2) 181–201.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., Peake, J.S. (2003). A lack of influence?: The going public assumption revisited. annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, ?.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2003). LEARNING BY VOTING: SEQUENTIAL CHOICES IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES AND OTHER ELECTIONS. CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY. 30 (1) 113.
• Peake, J.S., Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2003). The limits of presidential rhetoric: The agenda-setting impact of major television addresses. American Political Science Association meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
• Edwards, III, G.C., Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2001). Presidential Persuasion: Does the Public Respond?. annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA.

Encyclopedia Article

• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2020). Presidential Persuasion and Public Opinion. Oxford Bibliographies: Political Science. Oxford University Press.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2016). Going Public and Presidential Leadership. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2014). Presidential Political Control of the Bureaucracy. Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, Second Edition. Taylor and Francis.

Journal Article

• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2025). Explaining Presidential Attention to Cabinet Nominees. Congress & the Presidency. (52) 66-90.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., Wise, S.E. (2024). The Tone of the President's Immigration Rhetoric. Presidential Studies Quarterly.
• Collins, Jr., P.M., Eshbaugh-Soha, M. (2022). The Supreme Court, the President, and Congress: Lawmaking in a Separation of Powers System. Journal of Law and Courts. 10 213-237.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M., Juenke, E.G. (2022). The Politics of the President's Immigration Rhetoric. American Politics Research. 50 117-130.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M., Barnes, K. (2021). The Immigration Rhetoric of Donald Trump. Presidential Studies Quarterly.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2018). Presidential Leadership of Partisan News. Presidential Studies Quarterly. 48 27-48.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., McGauvran, R.J. (2018). Presidential Leadership, the News Media, and Income Inequality. Political Research Quarterly. 71 157-171.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2017). presidential rhetoric, agency turnover, and the importance of salience to bureaucratic leadership. The Social Science Journal. 54 205-216.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., , McGauvran, R.J. (2017). Presidential Speeches amid a More Centralized and Unified Congress. Congress & the Presidency. 44 55-76.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2016). Presidential agenda-setting of traditional and nontraditional news media. Political Communication. 33 (1) 1–20. Routledge.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., , Collins, P.M. (2015). Presidential Rhetoric and Supreme Court Decisions. Presidential Studies Quarterly. 45 633-652.
• Christopher Linebarger. (2014). Presidential and Media Leadership of Public Opinion on Iraq.
• Christine Balarezo. (2014). The President on Spanish-language Television News.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2014). The Tone of Spanish-language Presidential News Coverage. Social Science Quarterly. 95 1278-1294.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2013). Presidential Leadership of the News Media: The Case of the Press Conference.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., Rottinghaus, B. (2013). Presidential position taking and the puzzle of representation. Presidential Studies Quarterly. 43 (1) 1–15.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2013). The Politics of Presidential Press Conferences.
• with Bryan Calvin and Paul M. Collins. (2011). "On the Relationship between Public Opinion and Decision Making in the US Courts of Appeals".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2011). Jeffrey E. Cohen Going Local: Presidential Leadership in the Post-Broadcast Age. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. 246 pp. International Journal of Press/Politics. 16 (1) 131–133. SAGE Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA.
• Tom Miles. (2011). Presidential Speeches and the Stages of the Legislative Process.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2011). The Agenda-Setting Power of Presidential Press Conferences.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2010). "The Importance of Policy Scope to Presidential Success in Congress".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2010). "The Politics of Presidential Speeches".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2010). "The Tone of Local Presidential News Coverage".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2010). How policy conditions the impact of presidential speeches on legislative success. Social Science Quarterly. 91 (2) 415–435. Blackwell Publishing Inc.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2010). Presidential Rhetoric and the Public Agenda: Constructing the War on Drugs. By Andrew B. Whitford and Jeff Yates.(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.). The Journal of Politics. 72 (03) 923–924. Cambridge Univ Press.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2010). The importance of policy scope to presidential success in Congress. Presidential Studies Quarterly. 40 (4) 708–724. Blackwell Publishing Inc.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2010). The tone of local presidential news coverage. Political Communication. 27 (2) 121–140. Taylor & Francis.
• Tom Miles. (2009). "George W. Bush's Domestic Policy Agenda.".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2009). "Presidential Campaigning in Midterm Elections.".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., Miles, T. (2009). George W. Bush’s Domestic Policy Agenda. American Review of Politics. 29 351–369.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., Nicholson-Crotty, S. (2009). Presidential campaigning during midterm elections. American Review of Politics. 30 (1) 35–50.
• Jeffrey S. Peake. (2008). "Local Newspaper Coverage of President George W. Bush.".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2008). "Local Newspaper Coverage of the Presidency,".
• Peake, Jeffrey. (2008). "The Agenda-Setting Impact of Major Presidential TV Addresses,".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2008). "The Impact of Presidential Speeches on the Bureaucracy.".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2008). Local newspaper coverage of the presidency. International Journal of Press/Politics. 13 (2) 103–119. Sage Publications.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2008). Managing the President’s Message: The White House Communications Operation. By Martha Joynt Kumar. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. 345p. $35.00.!!!. Perspectives on Politics. 6 (02) 386–388. Cambridge Univ Press.
• Peake, J.S., Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2008). The agenda-setting impact of major presidential TV addresses. Political Communication. 25 (2) 113–137. Taylor & Francis.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2008). The impact of presidential speeches on the bureaucracy. Social Science Quarterly. 89 (1) 116–132. Blackwell Publishing Inc.
• Bush, G.W., Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., Peake, J.S. (2008). The Presidency and Local Media: Local Newspaper Coverage of President.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., Peake, J.S. (2008). The Presidency and local media: local newspaper coverage of President George W. Bush. Presidential Studies Quarterly. 38 (4) 609–630. Wiley Online Library.
• Barrett, Andrew. (2007). "Presidential Success on the Substance of Legislation.".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., MEIER, K.J. (2007). E3EPH Economic and Social Regulation. Other. 381. Cq Staff Directories.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2007). Who Leads Whom? Presidents, Policy, and the Public–By Brandice Canes-Wrone. Presidential Studies Quarterly. 37 (3) 567–568. Blackwell Publishing Inc.
• Jeffrey S. Peake. (2006). "Going Local' to Reform Social Security.".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2006). "The Conditioning Influence of Policy Salience and Complexity on American Political Institutions.".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2006). The conditioning effects of policy salience and complexity on American political institutions. Other. 34 (2) 223–243. Blackwell Publishing Inc.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., Peake, J.S. (2006). The contemporary presidency:“Going local” to reform Social Security. Presidential Studies Quarterly. 36 (4) 689–704. Wiley Online Library.
• Jeffrey S. Peake. (2005). "Presidents and theEconomic Agenda.".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2005). "The Politics of Presidential Agendas.".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2005). Of Little Faith: The Politics of George W. Bush’s Faith-Based Initiatives. Presidential Studies Quarterly. 35 (4) 803–804. Blackwell Publishing Ltd..
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2005). Presidential signaling in a market economy. Presidential Studies Quarterly. 35 (4) 718–735. Blackwell Publishing Ltd..
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., Peake, J.S. (2005). Presidents and the economic agenda. Political Research Quarterly. 58 (1) 127–138. Sage Publications Sage CA: Thousand Oaks, CA.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2005). The politics of presidential agendas. Political Research Quarterly. 58 (2) 257–268. Sage Publications Sage CA: Thousand Oaks, CA.
• Jeffrey S. Peake. (2004). "Presidential Influence over the Systemic Agenda.".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J., Meier, K.J. (2004). Economic and social regulation. Other. 381–414.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2004). Out of Touch: The Presidency and Public Opinion. Perspectives on Politics. 2 (03) 605–606. Cambridge University Press.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2003). "Presidential Press Conferences over Time.".
• Jeffrey S. Peake. (2003). "U.S. Presidents, the Foreign Policy Agenda, and U.S.-East Asian Relations.".
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2003). Presidential press conferences over time. American Journal of Political Science. 47 (2) 348–353. Blackwell Publishing, Inc..
• Peake, J.S., Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2003). US Presidents, the Foreign Policy Agenda, and US-East Asian Relations. Korean Journal of Public Policy. 14 139–161.

Other

• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2014). Review of Making the News: Politics, the Media, and Agenda Setting. Taylor & Francis Group.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2013). Political Tone: How Leaders Talk and Why, by Roderick P. Hart, Jay P. Childers, and Colene J. Lind: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. 293 pp. $25.00 paper.!!!. Routledge.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2009). A Review of “The Presidency in the Era of 24-Hour News” Cohen, Jeffrey E., Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. 256 pages. $24.95!!!. Taylor & Francis Group.
• Rottinghaus, B., Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2007). The President’s Speeches: Beyond Going Public. Wiley, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress.

Ph.D. Thesis

• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2009). An informational theory of midterm elections: The impact of Iraq war deaths on the 2006 election. University of North Texas.
• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2002). Signaling Influence: Presidential Statements and their Power over Policy. Ph. D. dissertation, Texas A&M University.

Popular Press Article

• Eshbaugh-Soha, M.J. (2001). "Staying Private' in the Administrative Presidency.".