Activities

James C. Garand, the Emogine Pliner Distinguished Professor of Political Science, recently completed his term as President of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA). His presidential address, entitled “Fragmentation and Integration in Political Science: Exploring Patterns of Scholarly Communication in a Divided Dis ci pline,” given at the SPSA annual meeting in New Orleans, will be published in the November issue of the Journal of Politics.

Katherine Palmer Kaup, associate professor, department of political science, Furman University, has been appointed Special Advisor on Mi nor i ty Nationality Affairs for the Congressional-Executive Commission on China in Washington, D.C., for the calendar year 2005.

John Simpkins, assistant professor and associate director of the Richard W. Riley Institute of Government, Politics and Public Leadership, department of political science, Furman University, co-chaired the Ugandan Conference on Con sti tu tion al Reform in Kampala last summer. He also received an East African Travel Grant from Global Partners to study the Kenyan constitutional review process.

Howard J. Wiarda, Dean Rusk Professor of International Relations and head of the department of international affairs at the University of Georgia, has edited and published a six-volume set covering the entire field of Comparative Politics.

Administrative Appointments

Alan A. Altshuler, dean, graduate school of design, Harvard University.

Nancy Burns, director, center for political studies, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.

John Hammer, executive director emeritus, National Humanities Alliance.

Jessica Jones Irons, interim executive director, National Humanities Alliance.

Sheldon D. Pollack, director, legal studies program, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

Ronald Rogowski, associate dean, International Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.

New Appointments

Pamela Blackmon, assistant professor, department of political science, Oklahoma State University.

Katrina Gamble, assistant professor, department of political science, Brown University.

Michael T. Heaney, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Florida.

Guy Martin, adjunct assistant professor, department of political science, WinstonSalem State University

Robert Mensel, associate professor, department of political science, WinstonSalem State University

Mueni Muiu, assistant professor, department of political science, Winston-Salem State University

Kathryn Pearson, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Minnesota.

Patrick S. Roberts, assistant professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech University.

Promotions

Glen Halva-Neubauer, professor, department of political science, Furman University

Donald F. Kettl, Stanley I. Sheerr Endowed Term Professor in the Social Sciences, department of political science, University of Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth Smith, associate professor, department of political science, University of Cincinnati.

David C. Kimball, associate professor with tenure, department of political science, Furman University.

Visiting and Temporary Positions

Lyman A. Kellstedt, visiting dis tin guished professor, department of political science, Furman University.

Robert Watkins, visiting assistant professor, department of political science, Furman University.

Awards

Carolyn Bourdeaux, NASPAA Annual Dissertation Award, Syracuse University.

Eugene Chang, professor, department of political science, Tunghai University, received an award for 35 years of teaching service.

Stacia Haynie, professor and chair, department of political science, Louisiana State University, received the J. W. Annison, Jr., Family Alumni Professorship as well as the LSU Distinguished Faculty Award for 2005.

Karen Hult, professor, Virginia Tech University, was awarded the 2005 Alumni Merit Award from the College of Arts and Sciences from Creighton University.

Eric Jacobson, University of Delaware, ASPAA Leslie A. Whittington Excellence in Teaching Award.

Loch K. Johnson, Regents Professor in the Department of International Affairs, University of Georgia, was named 2005 Fall Term Coca-Cola Visiting Fellow by the Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University.

Rosemary O'Leary, professor, Syracuse University, NASPAA/ASPA 2004–2005 Distinguished Research Award.

Esther M. Skelley, graduate student, department of political science, University of Geor gia, received the 2005 Ex cel lence in Research by Graduate Students Award in Hu man i ties/Social Sciences.

Jeffrey Straussman and Caroline Tong, Syracuse University, received the Outstanding Article Award from the Journal of Public Affairs and Education.

FOR THE RECORD

Paula D. McClain, professor, department of political science, Duke University, succeeded James C. Garand as president of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) at their annual meeting in January. This post continues her outstanding engagement in the profession. She has served as vice president of the APSA, president of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, program co-chair for the 1993 APSA Annual meeting, program chair for the 1999 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, as program co-chair (along with James Gibson) of the 2003 International Political Science Association meeting in Durban, South Africa, and is on the Advisory Committee of the Directorate of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation.

McClain's primary research interests are in racial minority group politics, particularly inter-minority political and social competition, and urban politics, especially public policy and urban crime. Her most recent articles have appeared in the Journal of Politics, American Political Science Review, and American Politics Quarterly. Westview Press published the second edition update of her most recent book (initially published in 1995, second edition 1998, second edition update 1999), “Can We All Get Along?”: Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics, coauthored with Joseph Stewart, Jr., which won the 1996 Gustavus Myers Center Award for one of the best books on intolerance in North America. The third edition is due in early 2001.

Carole Pateman, Distinguished Professor, department of political science, University of California, Los Angeles, was presented with the 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award from the UK Political Studies Association at a luncheon at the Director's Institute in London. The award was fiven for "the breadth and depth of her contribution to the intellectual development of political studies … a long, hugely impressive list of publications, which have influenced theoretical and practical debates in politics and are widely cited throughout the academic field, allied to a longstanding commitment to the collective good of the profession, reflected by distinguished service on a wide variety of collective bodies."

Gerald Miller, Professor of Public Administration, Rutgers University, Campus in Newark, received the 2004 Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of the New Jersey School of Public Health-Rutgers University-New Jersey Institute of Technology-Public Health Research Institute Student Government Association. Miller has published 19 books, including Government Financial Management Theory and is the editor of the Handbook of Debt Management.

José Angel Gutiérrez was promoted to professor, department of political science, University of Texas, Arlington. Gutierrez is the founder of the La Raza Unida political party and of the Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS). He is the author of several books, including A Gringo Manual on How to Handle Mexicans, The Making of a Chicano Militant: Lessons from Cristal, and, most recently, My Struggle for the Land: Autobiography of Reies López Tijerina. Gutiérrez was named one of the “100 Outstanding Latino Texans of the 20th Century” by Latino Monthly, and “Distinguished Texas Hispanic" by Texas Hispanic Magazine.

TESS Announces Winners of Third Special Competition

Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS) is a National Science Foundation-supported project that provides social scientists with new opportunities to conduct in novative experiments on large, diverse subject populations. TESS runs these experiments free of charge for the scholars who propose them. The winning proposals in the political science or related fields are:

Political Scientists State Professors of the Year

Four political scientists were named 2004 Professors of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

John Ishiyama, professor, department of political science, Truman State University (Missouri). Ishiyama's teaching interests include comparative political development, democratization and political parties, and political methodology. His current research focuses on democratization and political party development in the former USSR and Eastern Europe. He currently divides his time between teaching classes and serving as the research coordinator for the McNair Program at Truman State University.

Thomas Kolsky, professor, departments of history and political science, Montgomery County Community College (Pennsylvania). Kolsky has developed courses in modern Jewish history and modern Middle East history as well as on topics such as the Cold War, the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and the 2000 elections. He also teaches international relations and has participated in an honors seminar on terrorism. He has been named to “Who's Who Among America's Teachers” numerous times. In 2004, he received the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Award, and in 2003, the College recognized him with the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award.

John A. Maltese, associate professor, department of political science, University of Georgia. Maltese teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in Constitutional Law and freshman Introduction to American Government. He is the recipient of the “Josiah Meigs Excellence in Teaching Award,” the University of Georgia's highest teaching award, and directs “SPIA at Oxford,” a study abroad program at the University of Oxford for which he was named “Study Abroad Director of the Year” by the University of Georgia's Office of International Education in 2003.

Elizabeth T. Smith, assistant professor, department of political science and W. O. Farber Center for Civic Leadership, University of South Dakota. Smith offers classes in the areas of public administration and campaign management. She has also run acclaimed leadership development programs in local communities and successfully mentored several Truman Scholars.

In the News …

Walter Dean Burnham, University of Texas, Austin, Boston Globe, on the rising cost of health insurance and the growing burden of Medicaid on states.

Gary Bass, Princeton University, Sudan Tribune, on the Darfur, Sudan, war criminal trials.

David P. Rebovich, Rider University, The Times, on the New Jersey legislative primary to fill an open legislative seat.

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, University of Chicago, Kansas City Star, on the reaching out of health educators to African-American men in unconventional ways.

Takashi Inoguchi, University of Tokyo, Miami Herald, on the open hostility toward Japan among Chinese.

Philip Zelikow, University of Virginia, TurkishPress.com, on his role as part of a team of advisors sent to Iraq by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to discuss future cooperation with the country's new government.

Ali Carkoglu, Sabanci University, Christian Science Monitor, on the increase of anti-American feelings following publication of an anti-U.S. book.

Stephen Skowronek, Yale University, Los Angeles Times, on Democrats outmaneuvering Republicans by looking to GOP leaders for cues.

Kellee Tsai, Johns Hopkins University, Inc., on the rise of the Chinese entrepreneurial class and its effect on U.S.-China business competition.

R. Scott Crichlow, West Virginia University, Newswise, on the con tin ued insurgency after the Iraq elections.

Tim Chambless, University of Utah, Desertet News, on blogging as a new tool for political junkies or those with passionate views on an issue.

Peter Andreas, Brown University, Business Week, on the porous border between U.S. and Mexico and the need to coordinate security efforts with Mexico without hindering trade with that country.

Daniel Hofrenning, St. Olaf College, Minneapolis Star Tribune, on Senator Mark Dayton (R-MN) deciding not to run for a second term.

Neal Thigpen, Francis Marion University, Charlotte Observer, on Rudolph Giuliani, former New York City Mayor, possibly running for Republican presidential nominee in 2008.

Sherry B. Jeffe, University of Southern California, Sacramento Bee, on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's replacement of Secretary of State Kevin Shelley with Bruce McPherson.

Andy Hernandez, St. Mary's University, San Antonio Express, on Howard Dean as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Charles Franklin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, San Jose Mercury News, on an Associated Press poll indicating that seniors are the key to Bush's drop in approval ratings, possibly due to proposed changes in Social Security.

Samuel Huntington, Harvard University, The Economist, on George W. Bush urging Vladimir Putin to end his authoritarian ways.

Karl-Heinz Nassmacher, Oldenburg University, Washington Times, on German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer's possible resignation over lax immigration controls.

James Riddlesperger, Texas Christian University, Dallas Morning News, on U.S. Senator Kay Hutchinson (R-TX) possibly running for governor of Texas.

Daniel A. Smith, University of Florida, Herald Tribune, on amending the Florida Constitution.

Doug Muzzio, Baruch College, New York Daily News, on President Bush reacting to secret tape recordings of Doug Wead.

Larry Hufford, St. Mary's University, San Antonio Express, on Bexar County Democratic Party Chair Rudy Casias disappointing local Democrats by not living up to his vow to energize and mobilize local democratic efforts.

Bruce E. Cain, University of California, Berkeley, Kansas City Star, on whether California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will run for a second term in 2006.

Thomas Schaller, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Times Picayune, on trying to regain Democratic support in Southern states using different electoral strategies.