DONALD R. WAGNER
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
| Position | Professor of Political Science, Dean of the Honors College, and Dean of Extended Degree Programs University of West Georgia Carrollton, Georgia 30118 |
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| Home Address: | 346 Kramer Street Carrollton, Ga. 30117 |
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| Family Status: | Married, four children | |
| Birth Date: | June 3, 1941 | |
| Birthplace: | Tacoma, Washington | |
| Military: | U.S. Air Force, 1960-1965 |
CURRICULUM VITA
I. TEACHING
A. Teaching/Research/Administrative/Professional Experience:
7/07- Present Dean, Honors College and Dean, Extended Degree Programs
7/99-7/04 Dean, Honors College and Director,
Special Programs9/95-7/99 Director, Special Programs
8/94-9/95 Director, West Georgia College Honors
Program9/90-Present Professor of Political Science,
University of West Georgia (formerly West Georgia College
and State University of West Georgia)
9/81-9/90 Associate Professor of Political Science,
West Georgia College9/75-9/81 Assistant Professor of Political Science,
West Georgia College9/72-9/75 University Fellow (Teaching/Research Assistant),
Political Science Department,
University of Georgia9/69-9/72 NDEA Title IV Fellow, Political Science
Department, University of Georgia5/69-9/69 Public Safety Officer (Campus Police),
University of Washington9/68-5/69 Law Student, University of Washington
School of LawB. Diversity of Courses Taught:
1. I have taught the following courses at West Georgia College:
a. Formal Courses:
PSC 101 American Government (Now POLS 1101)
PSC 101-H American Government-Honors (Now POLS 1101-H)
*PSC 300-H Political Theory and Death-Honors
**PSC 300 The Age of Uncertainty
PSC 320 Approaches to Political Science
PSC 403 Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
PSC 405/605 Modern Political Thought
PSC 407/607 American Political Thought
PSC 445/645 Public Personnel Administration
PSC 455/655 Administrative Law and Procedures
**PSC 490 The Age of Uncertainty
*PSC 498 Contemporary Political Thought
PSC 499 Senior Seminar
PSC 810 Theory of Administration
PSC 895 Professional Seminar
PSC 896 Constitutional Principles
POLS 4981/4985 International Film Classics
POLS 4981/4985 Film Classics Old and New
POLS 4981/4985 Foreign Films
POLS 4981/4985 Human Identity in Film
POLS 4981/4985 Politics and Religion in Film
b. Individual Reading Courses (490/690):
*The American Founding
*Media and Politics
Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
*Civil Rights
*Contemporary Political Thought
*Jurisprudence
*Democracy and Mass Media
*Xenophon's Political Thought
*Political Theory and Death
*Classical Political Thought
*Political Thought of the Revolutionary Era
Modern Political Thought
*Nietzsche's Political Thought
*Liberal Political Thought
*Modern Ideologies
*Neo-Marxism
*Legal Research
*Courses with a single asterisk are new courses of my design.
**"The Age of Uncertainty" was a course offered in conjunction with the John Kenneth Galbraith television series and book of the same name. It was offered for credit as an upper division course in Political Science, History, and Economics, or as a non-credit course through the Department of Continuing Education. I "team taught" it twice with Professors Lankford of Economics and Kennedy of History.
C. Advising:
Advisor, Student Honors Council, 1992-present I was currently one of West Georgia College's two Pre-Law advisors with responsibility for advising forty to fifty students until 1995. Approximately 90 percent of our Pre-Law advisees who graduated gained admission to the Law School to which they applied.
I currently have responsibility for advising all Honors College students until they have declared a major. Other staff in the Honors College typically handle this on a day by day basis.
D. Teaching Awards:
1994 Honors Program Teacher of the Year (West Georgia College Student Honors Council Annual Award).
1993 Honors Program Teacher of the Year (West Georgia College Student Honors Council Annual Award).
1992 Teacher of the Year, School of Arts and Sciences (West Georgia College Student Government Association Annual Award).
1991 Honors Program Teacher of the Year (West Georgia College Student Honors Council Annual Award).
E. Other Teaching Related Matters:
I have taught both upper and lower division courses in West Georgia Honors Program, and I have offered the following non-credit courses through the Department of Continuing Education:
"Time Management" (part of the series "Programs for the Professional in Government"), Fall 1989
"Motivation" (part of the series "Programs for the Professional in Government"), Fall 1989
Contemporary Constitutional Issues," Fall 1987, Winter 1988
"Why Laws" (part of West Georgia College's "Kid Kollege"), Summer 1979, Summer 1980
"The Age of Uncertainty" (with Professors Lankford of Economics and Kennedy of History), 1977, 1979
Dr. Don Wells, Professor Val Mixon and I were the architects of West Georgia’s Master's degree in Public Administration program. I taught courses regularly in this program as well as two undergraduate degree programs. I served on the MPA degree committee of almost every person who has been in our program, and I directed the exit papers of about one-third of them until 1995. I have also served on Master's degree committees of a number of students in other disciplines (e.g., Psychology, History, Education).
II. SERVICE TO THE INSTITUTION
A. University System Committees:
Member, USG Chancellor Search Committee, 2007
Chair, University System ADR Advisory Committee, 2000-2008
University System ADR Advisory Committee, 1995-2000 (appointed Chair in 2000)
Co-chair (with Martha Nesbitt, acting President of DeKalb College), University System Semester Conversion Task Force. This group consists of sixteen persons, all appointed by the Chancellor, 1995-1998.
Chair, Presidential Search and Screen Committee, 1993-1994 (appointed by the Chancellor of the University System).Chancellor's Special Advisory Committee on Retrenchment, 1987. (This committee consisted of eight persons: three college presidents; one academic vice-president; one academic dean; one "special assistant" to a college president; and two faculty members. We were all appointed by the Chancellor.)
Faculty Representative to Chancellor's Committee on Retrenchment (elected by WGC Faculty at General Faculty Meeting), 1980-1981. (This committee consisted of thirty-three faculty members, each elected by his institution).
B. Faculty Senate:
Elected to the Faculty Senate, 1990-1993
Elected to the Faculty Senate, 1986-1989
Elected to the Faculty Senate, 1980-1983
Elected to the Faculty Senate, 1979-80 (served final year of unexpired term of faculty member who resigned)
C. University-Wide Committees:
Member, search committee for University Librarian, 2006
Chair, Committee on “Continuing Education,” Southern Association Reaccreditation Self-Study, 2001-2002
President’s Advisory Committee (PAC), 2001-present
Chair, Honors College Committee 1999-present
Chair, Advisory Committee on Distance Education, 1998-2001
Search Committee for Director of Continuing Education, 1997-1998
Chair, Truman Foundation Scholarship Committee, 1994-Present
Chair, General Education/Core Curriculum Committee, 1993-1998
Chair, Honors Program Committee, 1992-1999
Chair, Task Force on Revising Promotion and Tenure Criteria and Procedures, 1993-1995.
Chair, WGC Foundation Campus "A-Day" Fund Raising Committee, 1992
Chair, Bicentennial of U.S. Constitution, 1987-1991
Chair, Faculty and Administrative Staff Personnel Committee, 1980-1983, 1988-1989
Chair, Permanent Subcommittee on Grievances, 1979-1980, 1986-1988
Chair, Subcommittee on Promotion and Tenure Procedures, 1979-1980
Subcommittee on Debate/Discussion Forum, 1980
Subcommittee on Emeritus Policy, 1980
Subcommittee to Investigate a Personnel Matter for President Townsend, 1988Georgia Advanced Academy Steering Committee, 1994-2000
Merryl and Hardy McCalman Executive Round Table, 1994-1998
Search Committee to select a Vice President and Dean of Faculties, 1992-1993
Task Force on University Status, 1990-1993
Graduate School Admissions Appeals Committee, 1991-1992
Task Force on Improvement of Instruction, 1985-1986
Student Activities Committee, 1990-1991
Faculty and Administrative Staff Personnel Committee,
1979-1980 (elected), 1980-1983 (as a Senator),
1986-1989 (as a Senator), 1989-1990 (elected),
1990-1993 (as a Senator), 1993-1995 (elected)Policies and Procedures, 1978-1979, 1984-1985
Subcommittee on Grading and Absence Policies
Subcommittee on Class Scheduling AlternativesTraffic Appeals Committee, 1978-1979
First Ad Hoc Committee on Competency Based Education, 1978
Second Ad Hoc Committee on Competency Based Education, 1979
Board of Review for Staff Employee Grievance, 1984-1986
Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Faculty Grievance, 1977
Committee on "Faculty", Southern Association Reaccreditation Self-Study, 1981-1983, 1991-1993
D. School of Arts and Sciences Committees:
Chair, Search committee for Political Science Chair, 2007
Dean's Advisory Committee, 1976-1978
Chair, Subcommittee on Curriculum Evaluation, 1977-1978
Chair, Subcommittee on Competency Based Education, 1977-1978
Executive Committee, 1979-1981
Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee, 1983-1985, 1990-1991
E. Department of Political Science Committees:
Chair, Search Committee for Public Law Faculty position, 1993-1994, 1994-1995
Chair, Assessment Committee, 1987-1994
Chair, Course Scheduling Committee, 1978-1983
Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Summer School Policy, 1978
M.P.A. Coordinating Committee, 1976-1977, 1980, 1983-1996
Assessment Committee, 1994-Present
Student Activities Committee, 1978-1995
Curriculum Committee, 1978-1995
Faculty Recruitment Committee, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1987- 1992, 1993-1995
F. Participation in Educational Activities:
Co-Director (with Professor Melvin Steely, History Department, West Georgia College) of the Georgia Political Heritage Project. We have taped a series of structured interviews ("conversations") with a number of influential and important Georgia political figures. Among them, Herman Talmadge, Zell Miller, Supreme Court Justice George T. Smith, Jack Flynt, and others. Each interview is designed to elicit reflections on important aspects of these persons' careers. This is the most extensive oral history project of its kind in the Southeastern United States. 1985-1990.
Member, WGC Executive Roundtable, 1981-1992.
Program Leader, Jefferson Foundation Meeting on the Bill of Rights, sponsored by the Jefferson Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and others. With Justice George Smith of the Georgia Supreme Court, Professor Brian Murphy of North Georgia College and others. October 1990, Georgia Southwestern College, Americus, Georgia.
Participant (with Professors Paul Masters, Siegfried Karsten, and Chester Rzadkiewicz) in Roundtable Panel discussion on "Reform in the Soviet Union", School of Arts and Sciences Colloquium, West Georgia College, December, 1989.
"Assessment at West Georgia College and the SACS." Presentation to General Faculty meeting of West Georgia College at the invitation of Vice President and Dean of Faculties John Lewis, West Georgia College, Carrollton Georgia, September, 1989.
Participant (with assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Osborne and the Vice President for Academic Affairs of the Medical College of Georgia) in Roundtable discussion on Faculty Tenure in the University System, Augusta, Georgia, September, 1989.
Keynote address, North Dakota Conference-AAUP Annual Meeting, Grand Forks, North Dakota, October, 1988.
"Faculty Concerns about Assessment." Paper presented to General Faculty Meeting of Valdosta State College at the invitation of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and others, Valdosta State College, Valdosta, Georgia, October, 1988.
Keynote address, Washington State Conference-AAUP Annual Meeting, Tacoma, Washington, October, 1988.
Keynote address, Louisiana Conference-AAUP Leadership Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October, 1988.
Participant (with Professors Marc LaFountain and Mike Arons) in Roundtable Panel discussion on Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind, School of Arts and Sciences Colloquium, West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia, May, 1988.
Organized, introduced, and chaired, "Pornography and Free Speech," a public program as part of the Controversial Constitutional Issues Project, West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia, May, 1988.
Organized and introduced "Capital Punishment," a public program as part of the Controversial Constitutional Issues Project, West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia, April, 1988.
Organized and introduced, "Compulsory Blood and Urine Testing," a public program as part of the Controversial Constitutional Issues Project, West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia, April, 1988.
Organized, introduced, and chaired, "Abortion," a public program as part of the Controversial Constitutional Issues Project, West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia, April, 1988.
Keynote address, Washington State Conference-AAUP Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, November, 1987.
Keynote address, Ohio Conference-AAUP Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, October, 1987.
Chairman, Governor's Day Seminar on the U.S. Constitution on the two-hundredth anniversary of the presentation of the Constitution to the Georgia Legislature for its Ratification. The seminar's participants included twenty prominent persons from Georgia's Sixth Congressional District. It was sponsored by Governor Joe Frank Harris and the Georgia Endowment for the Humanities. Carrollton, Georgia, October, 1987.
Organizer and Chairman, "Religion and the Constitution," a public program as part of West Georgia College's observance of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia, October, 1987.
Keynote address, Maryland Conference-AAUP Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, September, 1987.
Discussion Leader, Training Session in the Humanities for The Center for International Leadership Development, Eugene, Oregon, August, 1987.
Introduction of Commencement Speaker, Dr. Walter Murphy, West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia, Summer, 1987.
Organizer and Chairman, "Congress Then and Now: Jack Flynt's View," a public program as part of the Georgia Political Heritage Project, West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia, May, 1987.
Keynote address, Texas Conference-AAUP Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, November, 1986.
Commentator/analyst on the Newt Gingrich vs. Crandle Bray debate (candidates for Congress, Sixth Congressional District), broadcast live on WBTR, September, 1986.
Organizer and Chairman, "Herman Talmadge on the Vietnam War," a public program as part of the Georgia Political Heritage Project, West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia, February, 1986.
Organizer and Chairman, "Herman Talmadge on Watergate," a public program as part of the Georgia Political Heritage Project, West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia, October, 1985.
Co-Host (with Vice President Lyon, Drs. Hall, Smith or Phillips) for "Life on Campus" for parents' visitation days at summer orientation sessions at WGC. West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia, Summers 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985.
Keynote address, South Carolina Conference-AAUP Annual Meeting, Greenwood, South Carolina, November, 1982.
Assistant Director for Personnel, Director of Education Programs and Counselor at "Camp Opportunity." "Camp Opportunity" was a summer camp of underprivileged children, ages nine through fourteen, operated by the National Football League Players Association. I was responsible for arranging five educational programs per day, five days per week, for each three-week session of the camp. A number of Atlanta political leaders, media personalities, and others participated in these seminars. A number of West Georgia College faculty and administrators also took part (e.g., Drs. Stallings, Masters, Steely, etc.). I conducted seminars every day as well. West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia, Summer, 1981.
Introduction of Commencement Speaker, Dr. Betty Glad, West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia, Spring, 1981.
Organizer and moderator of Forum III--"Energy-Future Options and Hard Choices"--one of three national issues forums on "Energy" sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, U.S. Department of Energy, and a number of other organizations. The forum included U.S. Representative Gingrich, Dr. Don Wells, Dr. Eric Eslinger, and Professor Tom Sav, and was held at West Georgia College before an audience of about three-hundred persons. April 8, 1980.
Non-credit courses, Department of Continuing Education
"Time Management"--Programs for Professionals in Government, Fall, 1989
"Motivation"--Programs for Professionals in Government, Fall, 1989
"Why Laws"--Kid Kollege, Summer, 1979, Summer 1980
"The Age of Uncertainty," 1977, 1979 (with Lankford, Economics, and Kennedy, History)
"Phenomenology and the State of the Social Sciences." West Georgia Psychology Department Colloquium, Fall, 1978.
Lectures to Government classes at Bremen, Villa Rica, and Central High Schools, numerous times, and lectures to high school students in "Close Up," a program for high school students which involves a week-long trip to Washington, D.C. for them.
Approximately fifteen lectures to G.E.D. Preparatory Classes in the Department of Continuing Education at West Georgia College, 1977-1981.
G. Participation in Community Activities:
Commencement Address, Oak Mountain Academy, Carrollton, GA, May 1995.
Poll Manager, City of Carrollton, 1990-1996.
Poll Manager, Carroll County Election Board, 1978-1996.
Member, Carroll County Bicentennial Commission, 1987-1991.
Faculty volunteer, "A Day for West Georgia," every year since its beginning.
Speech, "Third Party Candidates, the Electoral College, and Ross Perot," Carroll County League of Women Voters, October 26, 1992.
"The Crisis in Higher Education in Georgia," Perspective, Carrollton, Georgia, April, 1990. Revised and reprinted as "Safeguarding higher education for Georgians," guest editorial, Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, June 1, 1990.
Speech, "The Importance of Elections," WGC Wesley Foundation, Carrollton, Georgia, November, 1988.
Speech, "Why the Amendments to the Georgia Constitution are on the Ballot and What They Mean," Carrollton Rotary Club, Carrollton, Georgia, November, 1988.
Speech, "How to Run an Effective Meeting," WGC Student Government Association Workshops, September, 1988.
Speech, "Abraham Baldwin's Role in the Constitutional Convention of 1787," Abraham Baldwin Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Bremen, Georgia, September, 1988.
Speech, "The Constitution Today," Carrollton Civitan Club, Carrollton, Georgia, June 1988.
"Should Judge Robert Bork be Confirmed by the U.S. Senate?" Guest editorial, Times Georgian, Carrollton, Georgia, July, 1987.
Speech, "The Writers of the U.S. Constitution," Carrollton Rotary Club, Carrollton, Georgia, November, 1987.
Invited speaker on presidential politics, radio WWGC, four times in 1992, three times in 1993.
"Comments on Higher Education," "Campus Feedback" call-in radio program on WWGC, March, 1984.
"Comments on President Reagan's First Six Months in Office," interview in the Douglas County Sentinel, Douglasville, Georgia, August 1981.
Member, Board of Directors, Carroll County Mental Health Association, 1980-1983.
Invited guest speaker, Community Call-in program, Radio Station WLBB, September 1979, August 1980, September 1980, on subjects related to politics and elections.
Invited participant in "Connections," a series of dialogues sponsored by Campus Ministers, West Georgia College, 1979.
Interviewed by The Villa Rican on the proposed amendments to the Georgia Constitution, October 13 and 19, 1978.
Member and Volunteer Worker, West Georgia Educators Federal Credit Union. (I was also the chair of the Credit Committee, 1980-1983. This committee met weekly to approve or disapprove loan applications, process delinquent loans, set policy on loans, etc.), 1975-1983.
III. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
A. Degrees and Relevant Academic Work:
B.A. University of Washington 1968
M.A. University of Georgia 1974
Ph.D. University of Georgia 1979
M.A. Thesis: "Democracy and the Declaration of Independence: A Review and Reappraisal."
Ph.D. Dissertation: "The 'Extended Republic' of The Federalist: An Examination of Publius' Rhetoric."
B. Honors:
M.A. Final Oral Examination "Passed With Distinction," 1973
Ph.D. Preliminary (Comprehensive) Examinations all "Passed With Distinction" (Fields: Political Theory, Public Administration, Public Law), 1974
Recipient of National Defense Education Act Title IV Graduate Fellowships, 1969-1972.
Recipient of three University of Georgia Graduate School Fellowships (these are competitive, university-wide awards), 1972-1973, 1973-1974, 1974-1975.
IV. PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT:
A. Membership in Professional Societies and Scholastic Honoraries:
1. American Political Science Association
2. American Society for Public Administration
3. Southern Political Science Association
4. Georgia Political Science Association
5. Georgia Philosophical Society
6. Conference for the Study of Political Thought
7. Society for Phenomenological and Existential Philosophy
8. American Advancement of Higher Education
9. American Association of University Professors
10. Pi Sigma Alpha
11. Phi Kappa Phi
B. Offices Held in Professional Societies:
NATIONAL OFFICES
1. American Association of University Professors
Chair, Panel on Chapter and Conference Sanctions, 2007-present
Member, AAUP Restructuring Task Force, 2005-2007
Member, Panel on Chapter and Conference Sanctions, 2002-present
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Financial Exigency and Governance Issues, 2001-2003
Member, Committee A on Academic Freedom, 1998-2006
Chair, Special Committee on Distance Education and Intellectual Property Issues, 1998-2001
Member, Committee C on Accreditation, 1992-1998
Member, Governing Board of the Academic Freedom Fund, 1992-1998
Member, Nominating Committee, 1992
Chair, Committee R (Government Relations), 1989-1992
Chair, Assembly of State Conferences, 1987-1989
Member, Membership Development Committee, 1987-1989
Member, Committee R (Government Relations), 1987-1992
Member, Committee T (Governance), 1984-1986
Member, Council (elected from District V, 15 Southeastern states, 1984-1987; ex officio as Chair of Assembly of State Conferences, 1987-1989; ex officio as past Chair of Assembly of State Conferences, 1989-1991), 1984-1991
Member, Committee on Agenda, Annual Meeting, 1988, 1989
Member, Executive Committee of the Council (appointed 1984, 1985, 1986; ex officio as Chair of Assembly of State Conferences,1987-1989), 1984-1989
Member, Committee on Initiatives, 19872. Human Science Association
Program committee for the annual national meeting, 19843. Society for Phenomenological and Existential Philosophy
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Human Studies, 1979-1982
STATE OFFICES
Georgia Honors Council, President, 1996-1998
Georgia Honors Council, Vice President, 1995-1996
Georgia Chapter, American Society for Public Administration, Member, Executive Council, 1995-1998
American Association of University Professors Executive Secretary, Georgia Conference, 1982-1998
Member, Georgia Conference Executive Committee, 1978-1998
Vice-President, Georgia Conference, 1981-1982
Chair, Georgia Conference Committee A (Academic Freedom and Tenure), 1979-1981
Chair, Georgia Conference Ad Hoc Committee on Competency Based Education, 1978-1980LOCAL OFFICES
American Association of University Professors
Member, West Georgia College Chapter Executive Committee, 1978-1998
President, West Georgia College Chapter, 1980-1981
Vice President, West Georgia College Chapter, 1979-1980
Chair, West Georgia College Chapter Contemporary Issues Forum, 1979-1980
Chair, West Georgia College Chapter Committee on Constitutional Revisions, 1978-1979
Chair, West Georgia College Chapter Committee on CBE, 1977-1978C. Short-Courses for College Teachers Completed
1. National Science Foundation Chautauqua Short Course, "Perspectives in Bioethics," Clark College, Atlanta, Georgia, October and February 1975-1976.
2. American Political Science Association Professional Development Seminar, "Learning Theories and Strategies," New York Hilton, New York City, August, 1978.
3. American Political Science Association Professional Development Seminar, "The Case Method," New York Hilton, New York City, August, 1978.
D. Participation in Workshops and Related Activities:
Panel member on Two-Day Workshop on Political Cognition, sponsored by the Departments of Political Science and Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, May, 1974.
Television Interviewer of Professor Harvey Mansfield, Jr. of Harvard University as part of the "Distinguished Visiting Scholars" Series sponsored by the Department of Political Science, University of Georgia, May, 1974.
Workshops organized and presented:
"Motivation." Presented to Carroll County Georgia Administrators, Fall, 1989.
"Time Management." Presented to Carroll County Georgia Administrators, Fall, 1989.
"Motivation." Presented to Douglasville Georgia Administrators, Fall, 1989.
"Motivation." Presented to Administrators invited by the Chattahoochee-Flint Area Planning and Development Commission of Georgia, Fall, 1989.
E. Chairperson/Commentator on Panels at Professional Meetings:
Roundtable discussion of Catherine MacKinnon's Only Words. Panel Chair at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Savannah, Georgia, February, 1995.
Paper Session VI-a (Interdisciplinary Issues). Panel
Chair at the National Social Science Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1994.
Paper Session IX-c ("African-Americans Here and There").Panel Chair at the National Social Science Association Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 1994.
"Contemporary Issues in Governance of Academic Institutions." Panel Chair at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Savannah, Georgia, February, 1994.
Participant in Roundtable discussion on W.E.B. Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk, Georgia Political Science
Association Annual Convention, Savannah, Georgia, February, 1994.
Roundtable discussion of "Political Correctness and Multiculturalism." Panel Chair at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Savannah, Georgia, February, 1993.
Participant in Roundtable discussion on Francis Fukuyama's The End of History and the Last Man, Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Savannah, Georgia, February, 1993.
Roundtable discussion of Robert Bork's The Tempting of America.
Panel Chair at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Savannah, Georgia, February, 1992.
"The Bicentennial of the Bill of Rights." Panel Chair at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention. Savannah, Georgia, February, 1990.
Paper Session III-6 (Political Philosophy). Panel Chair at the National Social Science Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1989.
Participant (with Professors Jan Kemp and Edward Davis of the University of Georgia) in Roundtable Panel discussion on "Intercollegiate Athletics and Academic Standards," Kennesaw College Forum, Marietta, Georgia, June, 1986.
"Contemporary Issues in Law and Ethics." Panel Chair at the Western Social Science Association Annual Convention, Reno, Nevada, April, 1986.
"The Political Theory of the American Founding." Panel Chair at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Athens, Georgia, February, 1985.
"Comments on Critical Theory and the Social Sciences." Commentary on two papers presented at the annual national meeting of the Society of Phenomenological and Existential Philosophy, Atlanta, Georgia, October, 1984.
"Phenomenology and the Human Sciences." Panel Chair for keynote address of Professor Hwa Yol Jung at the annual national meeting of the Human Science Association, Carrollton, Georgia, May, 1984.
"Human Excellence in the Body Politic." Panel Chair at the South Carolina Political Science Association Annual Convention, Greenwood, South Carolina, April, 1982.
Participant in Roundtable discussion on "Theoretical Issues in the Distribution of Justice," at the annual national convention of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Louisville, Kentucky, April, 1982.
"Comments on Ethics and Public Administration." Commentary on three papers presented at the annual southeastern regional convention of the American Society for Public Administration, Jackson, Mississippi, November, 1981.
Participant (with two former presidents of the American Political Science Association) in Roundtable Panel discussion on "The Concept of Technology in American Politics," sponsored by the International Political Science Association in conjunction with the annual convention of the American Political Science Association, New York, New York, September, 1981.
"Human Nature and Politics." Panel Chair at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Savannah, Georgia, February, 1979.
"Comments on Georgia's Area Planning and Development Commissions." Commentary on three papers presented at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, February, 1978.
"Rhetoric and Political Analysis." Panel Chair at the American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., September, 1977.
"Comments on the Evaluation of State Industrial Development Programs and the Import of Federally Funded State Planning Programs." Commentary on two papers presented at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Macon, Georgia, January, 1977.
"Comments on the Relevance for Political Theory of Gadamer's Hermeneutics and Wittgenstein's Language Analysis." Commentary on two papers presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 1976.
F. Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:
“Academic Freedom for Religious Academics”. Paper presented at the American Historical Association annual meeting, Atlanta, January, 1996.
"The Enduring Significance of W.E.B. Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk." Paper presented at the National Social Science Association Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1994.
"Writing Across the Curriculum to Assure General Education 'Outcomes'." Paper presented at the annual national conference of the Association for General and Liberal Studies, Savannah, Georgia, October, 1994.
"W.E.B. Du Bois on Multiculturalism." Paper presented at the National Social Science Association Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 1994.
"An Overview of the Life and Thought of W.E.B. Du Bois." Paper presented at Berry College, Honors Forum Address by invitation of Berry College, Rome, Georgia, November, 1993.
"A Critique of George F. Will's Restoration: Congress, Term Limits, and the Recovery of Deliberative Democracy. "Paper presented at the National Social Science Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, April, 1993.
"Free Speech and Harassment Codes." Paper presented at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Savannah, Georgia, February, 1993.
"'Originalism' and Its Critics." Paper presented at the Missouri Valley Historical Association Annual Convention, Omaha, Nebraska, March, 1991.
'Publius' on the Bork/Brennan Dispute." Paper presented at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Savannah, Georgia, February, 1991.
"The Origin of the U.S. Bill of Rights." Paper presented at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Savannah, Georgia, February, 1990.
"How to read The Federalist Papers." Paper presented at the National Social Science Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1989.
"Concerns about Assessment." Paper presented at the Education Commission of the States National Forum and Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, July, 1989.
"Assessing Assessment." Paper presented at the Education Commission of the States National Forum and Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, August, 1988.
"The Problem of Professional Ethics." Paper presented at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Savannah, Georgia, January 1987.
"The 'Reagan Doctrine' and the Principles of the American Founding." Paper presented at Berry College, Bicentennial Address by invitation of Berry College, Rome, Georgia, January, 1987.
"On Law, Politics, and Ethics." Paper presented at the Western Social Science Association Annual Convention, Reno, Nevada, April, 1986.
"Accuracy in Academe: How Much Threat to Academic Freedom?" Paper presented at Emory University Colloquium, Atlanta, Georgia, March, 1986.
"The Present State of Faculty Welfare." Paper presented at the Alabama Council of College and University Faculty Senate Presidents Annual Convention, Montgomery, Alabama, November, 1985.
"The 'Republicanisms' of The Federalist." Paper presented the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Savannah, Georgia, February, 1984.
"The Right to Speak, the Right to be Heard." Paper presented at the United States Student Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, July, 1983.
"Law, Politics, and Values." Paper presented at the American Society for Public Administration Annual Convention, Detroit, Michigan, April 1981.
"Scientific Method and Its Modern Critics." (with A.S. Hanser) Paper presented at the Georgia Academy of Science Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1981.
"Albert Camus and the Crisis of Modernity." Paper presented at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Savannah, Georgia, February, 1981.
"Normative Aspects of Public Sector Decision Making: A Critique of Rhor's Ethics for Bureaucrats." Paper presented at the American Society for Public Administration Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, April 1980.
"Facts, Values, and the Sense of Sensory Experience." Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Convention, New York, New York, September, 1978.
"Ethics and Politics." Paper presented at the Georgia Psychological Association (Division A) Annual Convention, Carrollton, Georgia, October, 1977.
"The Practice of Ancient Political Theory." Paper presented at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Convention, Savannah, Georgia, January 1976.
"On Habermas's Freud and Merleau-Ponty's Marx." Paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Convention, Nashville, Tennessee, November, 1975.
G. Publications:
“Academic Freedom for Religious Academics in Public Universities: The case of Philip Bishop” in Social Structures, Social Capital, and Personal Freedom. Edited By Dale McConky and Peter Lawler. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2000, pp. 131-140.
(Ed.), Academic Freedom: An Everyday Concern, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994 (published in 1995). With Ernst Benjamin.
"Editors Notes," Introductory Chapter in the book Academic Freedom: An Everyday Concern, pp. 1-9, with Ernst Benjamin.
"A Critique of George F. Will's Restoration: Congress, Term Limits, and the Recovery of Deliberative Democracy." National Social Science Journal, Vol. VIII:2 (1994), pp. 158-164. (A shorter, different version of this essay was published in Social Science Perspectives Journal, Vol. 3:2 (1993), pp. 380-387.)
"A Critique of George F. Will's Restoration: Congress, Term Limits, and the Recovery of Deliberative Democracy." Social Sciences Perspectives Journal, Vol. 3:2 (1993), pp. 380-387.
"The Honors Trip." The National Honors Report Vol. XIII: 4 (1993), pp. 31-32. With John R. Fuller.
"College and University Policies on Substance Abuse and Drug Testing." Academe Vol. :3 (1992), pp. 17-23. With Charles B. Craven and Alan F. Westin.
Controversy on Campus Harassment Codes." Academe Vol. 77:6 (1991), pp. 32-33.
"The Contemporary Debate Over the Doctrine of Original Intention: Origin, Explication, and Commentary by Publius." Cumberland Law Review Vol. 21:1 (1990-91), pp. 101-122. With Roald Mykkeltvedt.
"How to read The Federalist Papers." Social Science Perspectives Journal, Vol. 4:3 (1990), pp. 91-101.
"Concerns about Assessment." Campus Concerns for the Nineties. (Audio Tape #11 from the Proceedings of the Education Commission of the States National Forum and Annual Meeting, July, 1989). This organization no longer prints its Proceedings; instead it tapes them.
"The Phenomenology of Erwin Straus; An Overview and Appraisal of its Relevance for Human Studies." The Humanistic Psychologist, Vol. 17:2 (Summer, 1989), pp. 169-181.
Review of Universities and the Future of America by Derek Bok, in Perspectives on Political Science, Vol. 20:3 (Summer, 1991), pp. 172.
Review of The Political Theory of Liberation Theology: Toward a Reconvergence of Social Values and Social Science by John R. Pottenger, in The Southeastern Political Review Vol. XVII:2 (Fall, 1989), pp. 165-169.
Review of Handbook of Political Theory and Policy Science edited by Edward Portis and Michael Levy, in Perspective, Vol. 18:1 (Winter, 1989), pp. 41-42.
"Assessing Assessment" in Faculty Perspectives on Assuring Improved Undergraduate Instruction. (Audio Tape #16 from the Proceedings of the Education Commission of the States National Forum and Annual Meeting, August, 1988). This paper was transcribed, edited, and summarized in "Assessing Assessment: The Faculty Perspective," Footnotes, Vol. VII, Fall, 1988, pp. 4-5.
Review of The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students by Allan Bloom (foreword by Saul Bellow), in The Southeastern Political Review, Vol. XVI:2 (Fall, 1988), pp. 227-231.
"Academic Freedom and Tenure: Jackson State University," Academe, May-June, 1986, pp. 1a-5a.
"Facts, Values, and the Sense of Sensory Experience." Proceedings of the 1978 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (microfilm). (Washington, D.C.: The American Political Science Association, 1978).
Review of The Totalitarian Temptation by Jean-Francois Revel, in Georgia Political Science Association Journal, Vol. VI:1, (Spring 1978), pp. 32-36.
*"Party and Faction," Commentary, Vol. LXIII, May, 1977.
H. Sponsored Projects:
"The Origin of the Bill of Rights: James Madison's aim, James Madison's achievement." A public lecture sponsored by the Georgia Council of the Humanities through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Pine Mountain Regional Library, Manchester, Georgia, Fall, 1992.
"School Prayer: How we got to Lee v. Weisman." A public lecture sponsored by the Georgia Council of the Humanities through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Peach County Regional Library, Fort Valley, Georgia, Fall, 1992.
Director, "Creating a Humanities Context to Understand Controversial Constitutional Issues." Sponsored by the Georgia Endowment for the Humanities. Spring 1988.
Director, "Georgia's Political Heritage." Sponsored by the Governor's Emergency Fund. Winter 1986. (Co-director with Prof. Melvin Steely, WGC History Department)
I. Research Reports:
West Georgia College Chapter, AAUP, Statement on Competency Based Education, (researcher and author)
Georgia State Conference-AAUP, Statement on Competency Based Education, (researcher and author)
Memorandum to Governor George Busbee on House Bill 895 (at his request) on behalf of the Georgia Conference-AAUP (researcher and author)
J. Editorship
Georgia Conference-AAUP Summary. As Conference Executive Secretary, I had editorial responsibility for the contents of this newsletter from 1982-1996.
Assembly Call: Newsletter of the Assembly of State Conference of the AAUP. As Chair of the Assembly of State Conferences (1987-1989), I had editorial responsibility for the content of this newsletter.
K. Formal Presentations/Testimony (By Invitation):
Testimony in favor of the reauthorization of the 1965 Higher Education Act, Morris Brown, Atlanta, Georgia, October, 1989. I was invited as Chairman of Committee R (Government Relations) of the American Association of University Professors to testify at the Regional Hearing on the reauthorization of the 1965 Higher Education Act held by the U.S. Department of Education.
"The Implications of Competency Based Education for the Profession." Georgia State Conference-AAUP Annual Convention, October, 1978, Savannah, Georgia.
Testimony in favor of House Bill 895 (A Bill to amend the "Adequate Program for Education in Act"), Georgia General Assembly, Atlanta, Georgia. I was consultant to the House University System Committee on this legislation designed to curtail certain activities of the Georgia State Department of Education in the University System of Georgia. I testified before the General Assembly a number of times between 1979 and 1980 in favor of the different versions of this bill, and I was invited to meet with Governor Busbee, Chancellor Crawford, Superintendent McDaniel, and others with regard to it during this period. The bill was passed unanimously by both Houses of the General Assembly in 1980 but was vetoed by Governor Busbee.
*The item with an asterisk is an exchange of views with Daniel P. Moynihan.
L. Research in Progress
Lincoln’s Political Ambition. Paper to be delivered at the annual meeting of the Georgia Political Science Association,
Fall 2009.