{"id":9,"date":"2011-11-08T16:29:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T16:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.etown.edu\/omctest\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-12-01T18:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:49:52","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/facultysites.etown.edu\/mcclelef\/cv\/","title":{"rendered":"CV"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>I. TEACHING AND ADMINSTRATIVE EXPERIENCE<\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Teaching Positions Held<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Distinguished Professor and Professor of Political Science Emeritus, 2023-present<\/p>\n<p>Professor of Political Science, Elizabethtown College, 1996-2023<\/p>\n<p>Director, Capital Semester Internship Program, Elizabethtown College,1983-2010<\/p>\n<p>Lecturer in American Studies, Dalian University of Foreign Languages, School of English Studies (Dalian, Liaoning Province, China), Spring Term 2008<\/p>\n<p>Lecturer in Political Studies, Queen\u2019s University (Kingston, Ontario), Bader International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle (East Sussex, England), Fall Term, 1999<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor of Political Science, Elizabethtown College, 1989-96<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Professor of Political Science, Elizabethtown College, 1982-89<\/p>\n<p>Instructor of Political Science, Lenoir-Rhyne College (Hickory, North Carolina), 1980-82<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Administrative and Faculty Leadership Positions Held<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dean of Faculty, Elizabethtown College, 2010-16<\/p>\n<p>Chair, Department of Political Science, Elizabethtown College, 2001-06, 2008-10<\/p>\n<p>Interim Provost, Elizabethtown College, 2006-07<\/p>\n<p>President of the Faculty Assembly, Elizabethtown College, 2004-06<\/p>\n<p>Associate Dean of Faculty, Elizabethtown College, 1995-2001<\/p>\n<p>Co-Chair, Elizabethtown College Institutional Self-Study Committee (for re-accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools), 1997-99<\/p>\n<p>Interim Provost and Dean of Faculty, Elizabethtown College, January-July 1997<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Major Areas of Academic Interest<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>American Government \u2013 Presidential Studies<\/p>\n<p>American Politics and Popular Culture<\/p>\n<p>Public Administration \u2013 Politics of Administration<\/p>\n<p>Public Policy \u2013 U.S. Policy toward Native Americans<\/p>\n<p>Teaching and Learning Scholarship in Political Science<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Courses Taught Regularly at Elizabethtown College<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Senior Seminar in Political Science and Legal Studies (each year)<\/p>\n<p>Public Administration<\/p>\n<p>American Domestic Policy\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Politics in Film and Fiction: Democracy in America<\/p>\n<p>The American Presidency\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Foundations of American Government\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The American Electoral Process\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>First-Year Seminar: \u201cPolitical Self-Determination\u201d<\/p>\n<h1>II. SCHOLARSHIP AND MENTORSHIP<\/h1>\n<h2><u>Published Articles and Monographs<\/u> (*Undergraduate student or alumnus at Elizabethtown College)<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cA Big, Beautiful Award: Donald Trump and The Presidential Medal of Freedom,\u201d with Kyle Kopko* and Christopher Devine, <em>The Legacy of the Trump Administration: A Disruptive Presidency<\/em>. eds. Grossman, Michael, Francis Schortgen, Ronald Eric Matthews Jr., and David B. Cohen. 2024. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 167-85.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiving It the Old College Try: Academic Departments and Undergraduate Curriculum Change in Political Science, 2009-19,\u201d <em>Journal of Political Science Education<\/em>, 19(4), (2023), 580-99, with Kyle Kopko* and Amanda Hafler.* \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConceptual Blending in Presidential Politics: How <em>The Great Gatsby<\/em> Explained Donald Trump, 2015- 18,\u201d <em>Popular Culture Studies Journal<\/em>, 9(2), October 2021, 200-23, with Kayla Gruber.*<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurriculum Theory and the Political Science Major: Toward a Contingency Approach,\u201d <em>PS: Political Science &amp; Politics<\/em>, 54(2), April 2021, 368-72.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;High-Impact Practices and Their Effects: Implications for the Undergraduate Political Science Curriculum,\u201d <em>Journal of Political Science Education<\/em>, 17:sup1, (2021), 674-92, with Kyle Kopko* and Kayla Gruber.*<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOutcomes Assessment in Higher Education as a Scientific\/Intellectual Movement,\u201d <em>Journal of Political Science Education<\/em>, 17:sup1, (2021), 717-23. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssessing Signature Work,\u201d <em>Peer Review<\/em>, 20:2 (Spring 2018), 717-23, with Kathryn Low, Sarah A. Kelen, Kyle Kopko,* and Michele Bata (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacu.org\/peerreview\/2018\/Spring\/Kelen\">https:\/\/www.aacu.org\/peerreview\/2018\/Spring\/Kelen<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a Long, Strange Trip It\u2019s Been: Three Decades of Outcomes Assessment in Higher Education,\u201d <em>PS: Political Science &amp; Politics<\/em>, 49:1 (January 2016), 88-92.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Politics of the Presidential Medal of Freedom: A Fiftieth-Anniversary Analysis, 1963-2013,&#8221; <em>The New England Journal of Political Science<\/em>, 8:2 (fall 2015), with Kyle Kopko,* Christopher Devine, Jillian Casey,* and Julia Ward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncreasing Student Access to High-Impact Practices: Signature Learning Experiences at Elizabethtown College,\u201d <em>International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education<\/em>, 5:3 (2015-special issue), 2556-61.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBest Practices in the American Undergraduate Political Science Curriculum,\u201d in <em>Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Political Science and International Relations<\/em>, eds. John Ishiyama, Will Miller and Eszter Simon (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2015), 3-15.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCore Curriculum\/General Education Track Summary,\u201d with Bobbi Gentry, Jessica Aubin, Joshua Su-Ya Wu, and Aleisha Karjala, in Kimberly A. Mealy, \u201c2012 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference and Track Summaries,\u201d <em>PS: Political Science &amp; Politics<\/em>, 45:3, (July 2012), 521-40.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternationalizing General Education: The First Year Seminar on Political Self-Determination and Internet-based Political Research,\u201d <em>Journal of Information Technology and Politics<\/em>,\u201d 9:2, 150-166 (2012), with Wayne Selcher and Oya Ozkanca.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn Overview of the Assessment Movement,\u201d in <em>Assessment in Political Science<\/em>, eds. Michelle Deardorff, Kerstin Hamann, and John Ishiyama (Washington, DC: American Political Science Association, 2009), 39-58.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975,\u201d \u201cNixon\u2019s Special Message to Congress,\u201d and \u201cNational Council on Indian Opportunity,\u201d entries for <em>The Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics<\/em> (Oryx Press, 1999).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaved With Good Intentions: A Brief History of U.S.-Native American Relations,\u201d <em>Brethren Life and Thought<\/em>, Vol. 38, No. 3 (Summer 1993): 172-84.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSequential Writing Assignments in International Relations and American Government Survey Courses,\u201d <em>Political Science Teacher<\/em>, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Summer 1990): 14-16, with Wayne Selcher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImplementation and Policy Reformulation in Indian Affairs, 1975-81: The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975,\u201d <em>The Wicazo Sa Review<\/em>, Vol. VI. No. 1 (Spring 1990): 45-55.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Complacence to Compliance: Toward a Theory of Intragovernmental Regulation,&#8221; <em>Administration and Society<\/em> 21 (Spring 1986): 213-36, with Robert Durant, Roger Brown, and Larry Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment Formation and Policy Formulation: Patterns in Belgium and the Netherlands,\u201d <em>Res Publica: T<\/em><em>he Belgian Journal of Political Science <\/em>25 (1983): 44-82, with Robert Peterson, Martine DeRidder, and David Hobbs.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Consequences of Increased Oversight of Federal Funds: The Case of Tennessee<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 (Knoxville: Bureau of Public Administration, 1981), with Patricia Freeman.<u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<h2><u>Doctoral Dissertation<\/u><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe Politics of American Indian Self-Determination, 1958-75: The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975,\u201d Ph.D. University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1988<\/p>\n<h2><u>Published Book Reviews<\/u><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;It Almost Happened (and might still happen) Here: Philip Roth\u2019s <i>The Plot Against America<\/i>.\u00a0<i>Journal of Political Science Education<\/i>,\u00a0<i>19<\/i>(2), 349\u2013354.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Higher Education \u2018Crisis\u2019 and Political Science,\u201d <em>Journal of Political Science Education<\/em>, 16:1 (2020), 136-39.<\/p>\n<p>Review of McCartney, Alison Rios Millett, et al., <em>Teaching Civic Engagement: From Student to Active Citizen<\/em>, <em>Journal of Political Science Education<\/em>, 9:4 (2013), 501-03.<\/p>\n<h2><u>Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers<\/u> (*Undergraduate student or alumnus at Elizabethtown College)<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;The Politics of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Revisited: A Sixty-Year Analysis from Kennedy to Biden,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November 2025, with Christopher Devine and Kyle Kopko*<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocratic Theory and the New Undergraduate Political Science Major,\u201d presented at the 2025 APSA Virtual Research Meeting, April 2025, with Loan Le and Katherine Robiadek<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocratic Theory and the New Undergraduate Political Science Major,\u201d presented at the 2025 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, Alexandria, Virginia, February 2025, with Loan Le<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Major: Highlights of a Draft Report from the APSA Presidential Task Force,\u201d paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, November 2023<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Big, Beautiful Award: Donald Trump and The Presidential Medal of Freedom,\u201d presented at The Donald Trump Presidency: Legacy and Beyond Conference, Alliance, Ohio, April 2023, with Kyle Kopko and Christopher Devine<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Neo-Westerns of Taylor Sheridan: Three Faces of Power in Film and <em>Yellowstone<\/em>,\u201d presented at the\u00a0 annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association (virtual), November 2021, with Andrew Furman*<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Curriculum: A Contingency Approach,\u201d presented at the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, Albuquerque, February 2020<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReforming the Political Science Major: How Much, What Kind, and What For?\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, August 2019, with Kyle Kopko, Kayla Gruber,* and Amanda Hafler*<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurriculum Theory and Political Science Education: Toward a Contingency Approach to the Undergraduate Political Science Major,\u201d presented at the Conference for Rethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Major, Denton, Texas, May 2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Shape of Restlessness: Reading <em>The Great Gatsby<\/em> in the Age of Trump,\u201d presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Montreal, Canada, November 2018, with Kayla Gruber*<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Effects of a High-Impact Practice Graduation Requirement on Student Learning, Engagement, and Satisfaction at a Small, Private College: Implications for the Political Science Curriculum,\u201d presented at the 2018 American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Baltimore, February 2018, with Kyle Kopko and Kayla Gruber*<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOutcomes Assessment in Higher Education as a Scientific\/Intellectual Movement,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November 2017<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt Can Happen Here: Lindbergh (as conceived by Philip Roth), Trump, and Right-Wing Social Movements,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, November 2016<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan in the Mirror: An Accounting of Explanations for the Trump Phenomenon,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, Shippensburg, April 2016<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeaching Critical Thinking in the Capstone Course for Political Science Students,\u201d presented at the annual American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Portland OR, February 2016<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSignature Learning Experiences at Elizabethtown College: Ensuring Upper-Level High-Impact Practices for All Students,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington DC, January 2016, with Marianne Calenda, Elizabeth Rider and Susan Traverso<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh-Impact Practices in the Political Science Major: Effects on Student Learning,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September 2015, with Kyle Kopko<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssessment-Driven Core Reform,\u201d presented at the Drexel University Annual Conference on Assessment and Learning, Philadelphia, September 2015, with Brian Newsome and Dmitriy Krichevskiy<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreating a Culture of Purpose by Deepening Vocational Exploration and Developing Sustainable Programming,\u201d presented at the CIC Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education Conference, St. Louis, March 2015, with Stacey Zimmerman and Joel Janisewski<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEffects of Curriculum Reform in Political Science on Student Learning and Institutional Change at a Small College: Ten Years of Outcomes Assessment Implementation and Results,\u201d presented at the annual American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Washington DC, January 2015<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSignature Learning Experiences at Elizabethtown College: Increasing Student Access to High-Impact Practices,\u201d presented at the World Congress on Education, London, UK, November 2014<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Wahlke: New Models for Organizing the Undergraduate Political Science Major and the Prospects for Reform,\u201d presented at the annual American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Philadelphia, February 2014, with Brianna Maurer*<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019And the Medal Goes To\u2026\u2019: The Politics of the Presidential Medal of Freedom,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Orlando, January 2013, with Kyle Kopko, Christopher Devine, Jillian Casey* and Julia Ward*<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssessing Student Learning to Improve Programs: Explaining, Understanding and Anticipating Reactions to Change,\u201d presented at the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania Assessment Workshop, Grantville, August 2012, with Rick Basom, Kristi Kneas, and Brian Newsome<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternationalizing General Education: The First-Year Seminar on Political Self-Determination,\u201d presented at the 7<sup>th<\/sup> annual American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Philadelphia, February 2010, with Oya Ozkanca and Wayne Selcher<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBush, Obama and the March of Political Time,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, Elizabethtown, March 2009<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne Size Does Not Fit All: Incorporating Peer Review of Teaching in Departmental Assessment Programs,\u201d presented at the 4<sup>th<\/sup> annual American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Charlotte, February 2007<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Presidency of George W. Bush: Modern, Postmodern or Recurrent?\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternationalizing General Education at the Introductory Level: The First-Year Seminar on Political Self-Determination and Web-Based Political Research,\u201d presented at the Inter 2005 Conference, Queen\u2019s University International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, UK, July 2005, with Wayne Selcher<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPromoting Outcomes Assessment in Political Science Departments: The Role of Strategic Planning,\u201d presented at the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> annual American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Washington, DC, February 2005<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExploring Faculty Development Outcomes,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, Montreal, Canada, November 2004<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEast Wing Is East and West Wing is West, and Sometimes the Twain Shall Meet: The Multiple Roles of the Modern First Lady,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science \u00a0Association, April 2004, Wilkes-Barre, with Matthew Miller*, Kyle Kopko* and Desiree Sirois*<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMemory, Myth, Murder and Metaphor: <u>Memento<\/u> as Nationalist Morality Play,\u201d presented at the Ninth Annual International Popular Culture Conference, Dublin, Ireland, August 2003<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Politics W Makes: George W. Bush and the Dilemma of the \u2018Faithful Son\u2019 Presidency,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, Villanova University, April 2003, with Jessica Defenderfer* and Matthew Miller*<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDevolving Faculty Development: Establishing Departmentally-Based Peer Review of Teaching at a Small College,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, Atlanta, Georgia, October 2002, with Joe Wunderlich<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking Smarter, Not Harder: A Survey of Faculty Work at a Small College,\u201d presented at the Annual Conference for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning, Harrisburg, March 2002<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFasten Your Seat Belts: The Development and Impact of a First-Year Academic Program at a Regional Liberal Arts College, 1990-2000,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the National Academic Advising Association, Ottawa, Ontario, October 2001, with Carole Isaak<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssessing the Impact of Faculty Development on Pedagogical Change at a Small College,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, Vancouver, BC, November 2000<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Land of Cotton Under Siege: Marketing in the Face of a Politically-Charged Boycott,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Atlantic Marketing Association, Charleston, South Carolina, October 2000, with Wes McDonald<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Seducer\u2019s Apprentice: Clinton, Stephanopoulos and President-White House Staff Relations in the Age of Celebrity,\u201d presented at the Seventh International Popular Culture Conference, Cambridge, UK, August 1999<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNative Americans, Power and History: The Context of Linda Hogan\u2019s <u>Mean Spirit<\/u>,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the American Culture Association, Orlando, Florida, April 1998<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTales of Two Willies \u2013 Stark and Slick: A Comparison of <u>All the King\u2019s Men<\/u> and <u>Primary<\/u> <u>Colors<\/u>,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, Elizabethtown, April 1997, with Melanie Reiser*<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInterdisciplinary Clusters: A Model for Developing Teaching Scholar-Mentors,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, Salt Lake City, October 1996<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne Nation Under Gump: <u>Forrest Gump<\/u> and the Public Mood of the Clinton-Gingrich-Dole Years,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 1996<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExperimenting with WAC as Part of an Integrated Core Curriculum,\u201d presented at the Second Annual Conference on Writing Across the Curriculum, Charleston, South Carolina, February 1995, with Dana Mead<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnocents at Home: Teaching American Government Through Film and Literature,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Providence, November 1994<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCooperative Learning in Introductory American Government Courses,\u201d presented at the Annual Conference on Advancing Teaching in College Classrooms and Campus Cultures, State College, Pennsylvania, March 1993<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNative Americans Yesterday and Today: An Interdisciplinary Freshman Seminar,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the American Indian Institute, San Francisco, April 1992<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOllie\u2019s Last Stand: A Political Interpretation of <u>Son of the Morning Star<\/u>,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association, Louisville, March 1992<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmending the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 1981-88,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Western Social Science Association, Reno, Nevada, April 1991<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nixon Presidency and Policy Development in Indian Affairs,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Western Social Science Association, Portland, Oregon, April 1990<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImplementation and Policy Reformulation of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, 1975-81,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Western Social Science Association, Albuquerque, April 1989<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeaching the Constitution: Using the Colliers\u2019 <u>Decision in Philadelphia<\/u>,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, Collegeville, April 1988<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Model of Conditions Affecting the President-Press Relationship,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, Houston, March 1988<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReagan, Star Wars and the Escalation of Rhetoric,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association, Montreal, Quebec, March 1987<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgenda-Setting and Policy Formulation in Indian Affairs: American Indian Self-Determination, 1961-71,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Nashville, November 1985<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Liberty and Justice For All: Rawls, Hayek and the Rule of Law,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, Huntingdon, March 1985<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Complacence to Compliance: Toward a Theory of Intragovernmental Regulation,\u201d presented at the Region IV Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Baltimore, October 1984, with Robert Durant, Roger Brown and Larry Thomas<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRawls, Equal Protection and <u>Rodriguez<\/u>: An Evaluation of Normative Approaches to American Constitutional Law,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, Elizabethtown, March 1984<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManaging Intragovernmental Regulatory Conflict: Implications for Administrative Policy-\u00a0\u00a0 Making,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, New York City, April 1983, with Roger Brown and Larry Thomas<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresidential Intervention and Policy Change in Subsystem Politics: The Dynamics of Federal Policy Toward American Indians,\u201d presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 1980<\/p>\n<h2><u>National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar Participation<\/u><\/h2>\n<p>Participant, NEH Summer Seminar, \u201cPhilosophical Foundations of Political Self-Determination,\u201d University of Wisconsin-Madison, Allan Buchanan, Seminar Director, June 6-July 29, 1994<\/p>\n<p>Participant, NEH Summer Seminar, \u201cNew Directions in Native American History,\u201d The University of Arizona, Tucson, Roger Nichols, Seminar Director, June 12-August 5, 1988<\/p>\n<h2><u>Supervision of Student Research<\/u>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Supervised 18 master\u2019s theses for the College\u2019s Master of Public Policy program, 2017-25; primary advisor for 22 Honors in the Discipline or College Honors Program theses, 1996-2025; primary or co-advisor to over 70 Scholarship and Creative Arts Day presentations 2008-25; primary or co-advisor to 26 student presentations at annual meetings of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, 2006-25<\/p>\n<h1>III. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE<\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Invited Presentations at Professional Meetings<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cPresidential Task Force: Rethinking Political Science Education,\u201d invited panelist for theme panel, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Montreal, September 2022<\/p>\n<p>\u201c10<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Roundtable: The Impact of the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference,\u201d invited panelist for plenary session, American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Long Beach, California, February 2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mguR0pnRNns\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mguR0pnRNns<\/a> (remarks start at 13:40)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Trend toward Assessment: The View from Undergraduate-Only Political Science Departments,\u201d invited presentation at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference for Department Chairs, Baltimore, February 2009<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssessing Non-Accredited Academic Programs at a Small College: The Case of Political Science at Elizabethtown College,\u201d invited presentation at the annual meeting of the Middle States\u00a0Commission on Higher Education, Washington, DC, December 2002<\/p>\n<h2><u>Workshops Conducted at Professional Meetings<\/u><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cGetting a Job at a Teaching Institution \u2013 and Succeeding!\u201d co-presenter at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, 2008-11<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeaningful Outcomes: Making the Most of Assessment in Political Science and Related Programs,\u201d presented at the first annual meeting of the Washington (DC) Area Student Learning Assessment Network, American University, October 30, 2009<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking the Most of Assessment: Creating Outcomes from Departmental Assessment,\u201d co-presenter at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 2006<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking the Most of Assessment,\u201d co-presenter at the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> annual meeting of the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Washington DC, February 2006<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking the Most of Outcomes Assessment: Beginning the Departmental Assessment Process,\u201d co-presenter at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 2005<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Membership and Activity in Professional Organizations<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Member, American Political Science Association (sections on presidency research, public administration, public policy, and political science education)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Member, APSA Presidential Task Force on Rethinking Political Science Education; co-chair of the Rethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Major Committee, 2022-24; task force report, <em>Rethinking Political Science Education<\/em>, released March 2024; <a href=\"https:\/\/educate.apsanet.org\/apsa-presidential-task-force-on-rethinking-political-science-education\">https:\/\/educate.apsanet.org\/apsa-presidential-task-force-on-rethinking-political-science-education<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Member, Executive Council, Political Science Education Section, American Political Science Association, 2010-14<\/li>\n<li>Program Chair, Political Science Education Section, annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2010, Washington, DC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reviewer, <em>PS: Political Science &amp; Politics<\/em>; <em>Journal of Political Science Education<\/em>; <em>Politics<\/em>; <em>Australian Journal of Political Science<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Member, Northeastern Political Science Association<\/p>\n<p>Member, Pennsylvania Political Science Association<\/p>\n<h2><u>Grant Activity in Political Science and the Humanities<\/u><\/h2>\n<p>Co-Principal Investigator, \u201cRethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Major: A Conference Proposal,\u201d $25,000 APSA Special Projects Grant, awarded June 22, 2018, with John Ishiyama, Marijke Breuning, Terri Gilmour, Cameron Thies, Renee Van Vechten, and Sherri Wallace \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (http:\/\/www.politicalsciencenow.com\/ten-recipients-of-special-projects-fund-initiative- announced\/); the conference took place in Denton, Texas, May 31-June 2, 2019, 30 participants<\/p>\n<p>Co-Principal Investigator, Mellon Humanities Grant, Elizabethtown College, 2014-16, wrote successful proposal for $100,000 for programs intended to recruit, retain, and graduate students in the arts and humanities; success of grant led to the College applying for and receiving a $300,000 humanities grant from Mellon for 2017-19<\/p>\n<h2><u>External Program Consultant Activities<\/u><\/h2>\n<p>York College of Pennsylvania, Department of History and Political Science, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Manhattanville College, Department of Political Science and Legal Studies, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Bridgewater College, Department of Political Science, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Lycoming College, Department of Political Science, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Bloomsburg University, Department of Political Science, 2016-17<\/p>\n<p>Roanoke College, Department of Public Affairs, 2009<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey City University, Department of Political Science, 2009<\/p>\n<p>Arcadia University (formerly Beaver College), Department of Political Science, 1991<\/p>\n<h1>IV. HONORS, AWARDS, AND RECOGNITION<\/h1>\n<p>Named to <em>City &amp; State PA<\/em>, \u201c2022 Pennsylvania Fifty Over 50\u201d Power List, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstatepa.com\/power-lists\/2022\/10\/2022-pennsylvania-fifty-over-50\/377789\/\">https:\/\/www.cityandstatepa.com\/power-lists\/2022\/10\/2022-pennsylvania-fifty-over-50\/377789\/<\/a>, October 2022<\/p>\n<p>Recipient, 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award, Political Science Education Section of the American Political Science Association<\/p>\n<p>Recipient, 2019-20 Kreider Prize for Teaching Excellence, Elizabethtown College<\/p>\n<p>Recipient, 2018 Craig L. Brians Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Mentorship, Political Science Education Section of the American Political Science Association<\/p>\n<p>Recipient, Engaging Educator Award, Elizabethtown College Student Senate, 2017-18<\/p>\n<p>Recipient, Sabbatical Leaves awarded from Elizabethtown College, spring 1991, fall 1999, 2007-08<\/p>\n<p>Recipient, Outstanding Service to Students Award, Elizabethtown College Student Senate, 1992-93<\/p>\n<p>Finalist, College Distinguished Professor of the Year, Elizabethtown College, 1989-90, 1990-91<\/p>\n<p>Recipient, Senior Merit, Elizabethtown College 2010-11, 2021-22<\/p>\n<p>Recipient, Exceptional Performance Awards, Elizabethtown College: Service, 1986-91, 1994-2004, 2006-07, 2020; Teaching, 1992, 1993, 2019; Scholarship, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Recognized as Faculty Mentor to College\/Emergent Scholars, Elizabethtown College, 2010-11 (1 student); 2007-08 (1 student); 2004-05 (4 students); 2003-04 (1 student); 2001-02 (1 student); 1998-99 (1 student)<\/p>\n<h1>V. \u00a0EDUCATION<\/h1>\n<p>Ph.D., Political Science, University of Tennessee-Knoxville<\/p>\n<p>M.A., Political Science, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee<\/p>\n<p>B.A., Government, Franklin &amp; Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<h1>V. \u00a0PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION<\/h1>\n<p>Completed Harvard Institute for Educational Management, Harvard Graduate School of Education, July 2013<\/p>\n<p>12\/2025<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I. 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