Dr. Kimberly Casey

Associate Professor of Political Science

Education

• Ph.D. Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis
• M.A. History, Northwest Missouri State University
• M.A. Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis
• M.A. Religion, Azusa Pacific University
• B.A. History, Azusa Pacific University

Courses Taught

• Introduction to American Government and Politics
• Comparative Politics
• Comparative Political Systems and Behaviors
• Revolutions and Social Movements
• American Presidency

Academic Interest

• American presidency
• Political capital
• Jeffersonian studies

Scholarly Activity

• Herrera, Bronson and Kimberly Casey. “Talking Trump: An Assessment of Trumpian Rhetorical Cues Among Trump Endorsees in the 2022 Congressional Elections. In The Roads to Congress 2022. Walter Clark Wilson, Sean D. Foreman, and Marcia L. Godwin, Editors. Palgrave-Macmillan, 2023.
• Casey, Kimberly. “Missouri Senate Race (Kander v. Blunt):  Now Seeing Red.” In The Roads to Congress 2016: American Elections in a Divided Landscape. Sean D. Foreman and Marcia L. Godwin, Editors. Palgrave-Macmillan, 2018.
• Casey, Kimberly and Jessica Loyet Gracey. “Broken, Cracked, and Missed Ceilings: Minority and Female Candidates in The Congressional Races of 2016.” In The Roads to Congress 2016: American Elections in a Divided Landscape. Sean D. Foreman and Marcia L. Godwin, Editors. Palgrave-Macmillan, 2018.
• Casey, Kimberly. “The Legacy of the 2014 Elections: Surf’s Up! Republicans Riding the Wave, but to Where?” In Roads to Congress, 2014. Sean Foreman and Robert Dewhirst, Editors. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2015.
• Casey Kimberly L. and Michelle Wade. “’It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over’: Missouri’s Tumultuous and Unpredictable Senate Contest.” In Roads to Congress, 2012. Sean Foreman and Robert Dewhirst, Editors. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2013.
• Casey, Kimberly L. “Defining Political Capital: A Reconsideration of Pierre Bourdieu’s Interconvertibility Theory.”  In Critique: A Worldwide Student Journal of Politics, Spring 2008.

Student Group Advisement

• Pi Sigma Alpha (2019-2022)
• Criminal Justice Club (2011-2016)

Other Professional Experiences

• William Jewell College, Liberty Missouri, Department of Political Science (2010-2011, Summer Session 2011, 2012, 2013)
  • Visiting Assistant Professor 
• Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Department of Political Science (2009-2010, Summer 2010)
• Visiting Assistant Professor 
• St. Louis Community College-Forest Park, St. Louis Missouri, Social and Behavioral Sciences (2008)
  • Adjunct Professor 
• UM-St. Louis, Department of Political Science (Fall 2008)
  • Graduate Instructor, Graduate Assistant, Research Assistant 
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Political Science.  
  • Managing Editor for Clio, the Newsletter of the Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association. 
• Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis Missouri (2001-2003)
  • Retail Operations Manager
  • Oversaw development of retail for the 2003-2004 Lewis and Clark Exhibit
•  Carl Albert State College, Poteau, Oklahoma (1994-1999)
  • Instructor
•  Carl Albert State College, Poteau, Oklahoma (1999-2005)
  • Adjunct Instructor
•  Murray State College, Tishomingo, Oklahoma (Fall 1993)
  • Adjunct Instructor