Work History

1997 to present

Assistant Professor Department of Political Science University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Teach the following introductory and upper-level undergraduate courses: American National Politics, State and Local Politics, Legislative Politics, Group and Minority Politics, and Judicial Politics.  Duties also include academic advising of students, supervising student internships and service learning, participating in faculty governance, and performing community service activities.

1992 to 1997

Assistant Professor Department of History/Political Science University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

Taught the following introductory and upper-level undergraduate courses: American Political Process, Public Policy, Congress and the Presidency, Law and the Courts, State and Local Government, Constitutional Law, and Senior Seminar in Social Science. Duties also included academic advising of students and clubs, supervising internships and independent studies, participating in Faculty Senate committee work, and performing community service activities.

1991	Instructor Austin Community College, Austin, TX

Taught Introduction to American Government and Introduction to Texas and Local Government.

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Responsibilities include meeting with interested students and referring them to appropriate internship sites, overseeing the administration of active political science and criminal justice internships, maintaining contacts with previous internship sites, and developing future internship sites.

Served as director for both the minor and major programs. Responsibilities included advising students, supervising internships, scheduling classes, and selecting and supervising faculty. Wrote the proposal to add Administration of Justice as a major to the program, created the proposed curriculum, and successfully defended it before University committees.

1994 to 1996

Faculty Senate Secretary University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

Duties included writing and distributing minutes of Senate Council and Faculty Senate meetings, administering Faculty Senate elections, and compiling and organizing Faculty Senate committee records. Chaired committee’s efforts to overhaul Faculty Senate Constitution.

1991 to 1992

Assistant Book Review Editor American Political Science Review University of Texas at Austin

Duties included developing the book review procedure, updating a database of books and reviewers, assisting in the selection of books for review and reviewers, monitoring the review deadlines, and preparing the book reviews for publication.

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