Up: Selected Professional Activity

Selected University Service

At Florida State University:

Chair, Graduate Program Committee Review Subcommittee for Evaluation of School of Law, 2008-2009.

Member, “Pathways to Excellence” Executive Committee (to determine allocation of new “cluster” faculty positions at Florida State University), 2006-07.

Graduate Program Committee Review Subcommittee for Evaluation of Department of Political Science, 2006-07.

Committee to select 2001 COFRS Awards, Spring 2001.

Policy and Academic Affairs Committee, College of Social Sciences, 1993-1995, 2001-2003, 2007-2009.

Committee to organize “FSU Vision: A Distinguished Lecture Series,” 2000-2002.

Offered workshop on obtaining federal research grants for College of Social Science faculty, summers of 2000 through 2002.

Search Committee for new dean of the College of Social Sciences, 1999-2000.

Executive Committee, Department of Political Science, 1991-1993, 1998-2000, 2006-2008.

Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Political Science, 1990-1991, 1997-1999, 2001-2003, 2004-2008.

Tenure and Promotion Committee, Department of Political Science, 1997-2003, 2005, 2007-2008; College of Social Sciences, 1995-1996, 1998-2000; 2005-2009; University, 1998-2000.

Chair, Faculty Position Recruitment Committees, 1992-1993, 1999-2000, 2006-2007, 2008-2009.

Graduate Director, Department of Political Science, 1992-1995.

Acting Chair, Department of Political Science, summer 1992.

College of Social Sciences Computing Committee, 1992-1995.

University Representative to Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), 1992-1995.

Committee to prepare report on “Stresses in Research and Education at FSU,” as part of 12-university study for National Science Board, Fall 1993.

At University of Kentucky:

Chairperson, Department of Statistics Review Committee, 1989-1990.

Coordinator of Department of Political Science Seminar Series, 1988-1990.

Chairperson, Summer Faculty Fellowship Review Committee, 1988.

Chairperson, Department of Political Science Internship Program, 1984-1985, 1987-1989.

Member, Ad Hoc Committee to review University of Kentucky’s grant proposal for cooperative education, 1985.

Member of Department of Geology Review Committee, 1985.

Chairperson, Martin School of Public Administration Student Affairs Committee, 1984-1985.

Member, Ad Hoc Committee to review courses on the legal and political environment of business in the College of Business and Economics, 1984.

Adviser for Bachelor of General Studies Degree, 1980-1983.

Faculty Representative for Harry S. Truman Scholarship Program, 1981-1983.

Director of Martin Center for Public Administration Seminar Series, 1981-1983.

Chairperson, Department of Political Science Colloquium Committee, 1982-1983.

Coordinator, Department of Political Science Seminar Series on “New Directions in Social Science Research Methods,” 1982-1983.

Faculty Adviser to National Honor Society Pi Sigma Alpha, 1980-1981.