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ABBREVIATED VITA
P.S. Ruckman, Jr. * * *
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Political Science, The Florida State University. Spring, 1991. Dissertation Title: "The Confirmation of Supreme Court Justices as a Dynamic Process: Constructing a Multivariate Model." M.S. Political Science, The Florida State University. April 1988. B.A. (Cum Laude) Political Science, University of West Florida. May 1986. B.A. (Cum Laude) Philosophy, University of West Florida. May 1986.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1998 - present Associate Professor, Division of Social Sciences and Humanities. Rock Valley College. 1991-1998 Assistant Professor (Public Law), Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University. 1990-1991 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Memphis State University. 1988-1990 Research Assistant to Burton M. Atkins: National Science Foundation funded project (SES-86-7878). 1986-1990 Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, Florida State University.
PUBLICATION ACTIVITY
Author: Pardon Me, Mr. President: Adventures in Crime, Politics and Mercy. Forthcoming. Agent: Sam Fleishman, Literary Artists Representatives, New York. Monograph: Pardons and Remissions. 1793-1893. National Archives and Records Service: Washington D.C. Forthcoming. Article (invited): "Pardon Me." National Review Online, July 6, 2007. Article (invited): "Respite for Scooter." National Review Online. June 14, 2007. Editorial: “Memorial Day.” Rockford Register Star, May 25, 2007. Editorial: “For Judge: Legal Qualifications v. Personal Distractions.” Rockford Register Star, November 5, 2006. Editor. Test Bank for The Challenge of Democracy. 8th Edition. Kenneth Janda, Jeffrey M. Berry and Jerry Goldman. 2006. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY. Editor: Test Bank for American Government - Brief Edition. 8th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr., 2006. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY. Editor: Student Handbook for American Government. 10th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr., 2006. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY. Editor: Test Bank for American Government. 10th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr., 2006. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY. Editorial: "Stewart May Try Pardon Route." Rockford Register Star, April 4, 2004. Editor: Student Handbook for American Government. 9th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr. 2004. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY. Editor: Test Bank for American Government. 9th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr. 2004. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY. Editorial: "Keys to Clemency Reform: Knowledge, Transparency." Jurist. March 7, 2001. Editorial: "Voters Still Base Choice on More than Pocketbook." Rockford Register Star, January 14, 2001. Letter: "The Supreme Court and Politics." Christian Science Monitor, December 12, 2000. Editorial: "Releasing FALN Members Presidential Prerogative." Rockford Register Star, September 26, 1999. Editorial Board. Annual Editions: Juvenile Delinquency. 2000-6. Dushkin / McGraw Hill: Guilford, Connecticut. Article (refereed): "Inside Lincoln's Clemency Decision Making." (with David Kincaid), 29 Presidential Studies Quarterly 84-99 (Winter 1999). Contributor: Crime and the Justice System in America: An Encyclopedia (Frank Schmalleger and Gordon M. Armstrong, eds). 1997. Greenwood Publishing: Westport, Connecticut. Article (refereed): "Executive Clemency in the United States: Origins, Development, and Analysis (1900-1993)." 27 Presidential Studies Quarterly 251-71 (Spring 1997). Article (editor's discretion): "The Forgotten Side of Lincoln's Clemency Policy." (with David Kincaid), 1 Journal of the Illinois Political Science Association, 28-32 (1995). Research Note (refereed): "Presidential Character and Executive Clemency: A Reexamination." 76 Social Science Quarterly 213-221 (1995). Book Review: "Making Law: The State, the Law, and Structural Contradictions." 4 Legal Studies Forum, 527-530 (1995). Research Note (refereed): "The Supreme Court, Critical Nominations and the Senate Confirmation Process." 55 Journal of Politics 793- 805 (1993).
PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
"John Wilson Ruckman: Scholar, Soldier and Public Figure. Presented at the Annual Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, IL (October 2007) "Last Minute Pardon Scandals: Fact and Fiction." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association: Chicago, IL (April 2004). "The Pardoning Power: The Other Civics Lesson." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (November 2001). "President-centered and Presidency centered Explanations of Federal Executive Clemency Policy." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (October 1998). "Federal Executive Clemency in the United States, 1934-1994: An Empirical Analysis." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (November 1996). "Qualifications as 'Universal' Factors in the Outcomes of Supreme Court Nominations." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Illinois Political Science Association: Rockford, Illinois (November 1995). "Executive Clemency 1789-1993, A Preliminary Report." Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Tampa, Florida (November 1995). "The Forgotten Side of Lincoln's Clemency Policy." (co-authored with David Kincaid). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Illinois Political Science Association: Chicago, Illinois (November 1994). "Policy as an Indicator of Original Understanding: Executive Clemency in the Early Republic (1789-1817)." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (November 1994). "Executive Clemency in the United States, 1900-1993: an Empirical Analysis." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association: New York, New York (September 1994). "The Supreme Court, Critical Nominations and the Senate Confirmation Process." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association: San Francisco, California (March 1992). "The Confirmation of Supreme Court Justices: Gauging the Effects of Overlooked Variables in a Dynamic Process." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association: Madison, Wisconsin (June 1989).
OTHER CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Participant, Congress in the Classroom, The Dirksen Congressional Center. Peoria, Illinois (August 1999). Chair, Panel 3302, "Towards a Cultural Legal History," Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association: Chicago, Illinois (May 1999). Chair, Panel 3209, "Community, Interpretations and Legal Action," Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association: Chicago, Illinois (May 1999). Chair, Panel R-5, "Bringing Innovation to the Classroom," Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (October 1998). Chair, Panel 18-11, "Judging the Judges: Individual Models of Judicial Decision Making," Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association: Chicago, Illinois (April 1997). Discussant, Panel "The Selection of Judges," Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (November 1996). Chair, Panel 12-3 "Counting the Bodies: Judicial Interpretations of Civil Rights," Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association: San Francisco, California (August 1996). Chair, Panel 17-7 "Supreme Court Recruitment and Decision-Making: Individual Level of Analysis," Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association: Chicago, Illinois (April 1996). Chair, Panel 2 "Judicial Politics/Public Law" Annual Meeting of the Illinois Political Science Association: Rockford, Illinois (November 1995). Chair, Panel 17-1 "Multiple Perspectives on Supreme Court Decision-Making," Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association: Chicago, Illinois (April 1995). Participant: American Bar Association / Law and Society Association Workshop for Graduate Students, at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association.
RECENT CITATIONS - BOOKS / MONOGRAPHS
Cheney, Lynne. 2005. A Time for Freedom. Simon and Schuster: New York. Cole, Richard. 1996. Introduction to Political Science and Policy Research, St. Martin's Press: New York. Ducat, Craig R. 1996. Constitutional Interpretation, West Publishing Company: St. Paul, MN. 6th Edition. vi. Edwards, George C. III and Stephen J. Wayne. 1997. Presidential Leadership: Politics and Policy Making (5th Edition) St. Martin's Press: New York. George Washington: Foundation of Presidential Leadership and Character. 2001 Prager / Greenwood Press. Ethan Fishman, Mark J. Rozell, and William D. Pedersen, Editors. Harrigan, John J. 1996. Politics and the American Future. McGraw-Hill (4th Edition). Judicial Independence at the Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Approach. 2002. Stephen B. Burbank and Barry Friedman (Eds.) Sage Publications. Keefe, William J. and Morris S. Ogul. 2001. The American Legislative Process: Congress and the States (10th Edition). Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Krent, Harold J. 2005. Presidential Powers. New York University Press. Maltese, John Anthony. 1995. The Selling of Supreme Court Nominees. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. Morris, Mark. 1998. "The Overlooked Relevance of the Pardon Power." in Presidential Frontiers Unexplored Issues in White House Politics (Ryan J. Barrilleaux, ed.) Praeger: Westport, Connecticut. Neubauer, David W. 1999. America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System. West / Wadsworth: Belmont, California. Neubauer, David W. 1997. Judicial Process: Law Courts and Politics in the United States (4th Edition). Harcourt Brace: Fort Worth. Peretti, Terri Jennings. 2001. In Defense of a Political Court. Princeton University Press. Sarat, Austin and Nasser Hussain. 2007. Forgiveness, Mercy and Clemency. Stanford University Press: Palo Alto, California. Savage, David. 2004. Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court. Congressional Quarterly Press: Washington D.C. (4th Edition). Shover, Neal and Andrew Hochstetler. 2006. Choosing White Collar Crime. Cambridge University Press: New York. The Pioneers of Judicial Behavior. 2002. Maveety, Nancy (Ed). University of Michigan Press. Ward, Artemus. 2003. Deciding to Leave: The Politics of Retirement from the United States Supreme Court. State University of New York Press: New York. Whitman, James Q. 2003. Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide Between America and Europe. Oxford University Press.
RECENT CITATIONS - SELECTED PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS
Ainsworth, Scott H. and John Anthony Maltese. 1996. "National Grange Influence on the Supreme Court Confirmation of Stanely Matthews." 20 Social Science History 273-285. Atkins, Burton. 1993. "Alternative Models of Appeal Mobilization in Judicial Hierarchies." 37 American Journal of Political Science 780. Atkins, Burton. 1992. Selective Reporting and the Communication of Legal Rights in England." 76 Judicature 58. Atkins, Burton. 1992. “Data Collection in Comparative Judicial Research: A Note on the Effects of Case Publication Upon Theory Building and Hypothesis Testing.” 45 Western Political Quarterly 783 Atkins, Burton. 1991. "Party Capability Theory as an Explanation for Intervention Behavior in the English Court of Appeal." 35 American Journal of Political Science 881. Atkins, Burton. 1990. "Communication of Appellate Decisions: A Multivariate Model For Understanding the Selection of Cases for Publication." 24 Law and Society Review 1171. Binder, Sarah A. and Forrest Maltzman. 2002. "Senatorial Delay in Confirming Federal Judges, 1947 to 1998." 46 American Journal of Political Science 190-99. Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M. and Christopher J.W. Zorn. 2003. "Duration Models and Proportional Hazards in Political Science." 45 American Journal of Political Science 951-67. Bratton, Kathleen A. and Rorie L Spill. 2004. "Moving up the Judicial Ladder: The Nomination of State+ Supreme Court Justices to Federal Courts." 32 American Politics Research 198-218. Crowe, Justic and Christopher F. Karpowitz. 2007. "Where Have You Gone Sherman Minton? The Decline of the Short Term Supreme Court Justice." 5 Perspectives on Politics 425-445. Dinan, John. 2003. "The Pardon Power and the American State Constitutional Tradition." 35 Polity 389-418. Erler, H. Abbie. 2007. "Executive Clemency or Bureaucratic Discretion? Two Models of the Pardons Process." 37 Presidential Studies Quarterly 427-448. Giles, Michael W., Virginia A. Hettinger and Todd Peppers. 2001. "Picking Federal Judges: A Note on Policy and Partisan Selection Agendas" 54 Political Research Quarterly 623-41. Holmes, Lisa M. 2007. "Presidential Strategy in the Judicial Appointment Process." 35 American Politics Research 567-94. Howell, William and Kenneth R. Meyer. 2005 "The Last 100 Days." 35 Presidential Studies Quarterly 533-553. Johnson, Thomas and Jason M. Roberts. 2004. "Presidential Capital and the Supreme Court Confirmation Process." 66 Journal of Politics 663-83. King, James D. 1996. "Senate Confirmation of Cabinet Nominations: Institutional Politics and Nominee Qualifications." 33 Social Science Journal 273-85. Krutz, Glenn S., Richard Fleisher, and Jon R. Bond. 1998. "From Abe Fortas to Zoe Baird: Why Some Presidential Nominations Fail in the Senate." 92 American Political Science Review 871-81. Law, David S. and Solum, Lawrence B. 2006 "Judicial Selection, Appointments Gridlock, and the Nuclear Option." 15 Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 51. Martinek, Wendy L., Mark Kemper and Steven R. Van Winkle. 2002. "To Advise and Consent: The Senate and Lower Federal Court Nominations, 1977-1998." 64 Journal of Politics 337-61. McMahon, Kevin J. 2007. Presidents, Political Regimes, and Contentious Supreme Court Nominations: A Historical Institutional Model. 32 Law & Social Inquiry 919-54. Moraski, Bryon T. and Charles R. Shipan. 1999. "The Politics of Supreme Court Nominations: A Theory of Institutional Constraints and Choices." 43 American Journal of Political Science 1069-95. Nixon, David C. 2001. "Appointment Delay for Vacancies on the Federal Communications Commission." 61 Public Administration Review 483-92. Nixon, David and Roisin M. Bentley. 2005. "Appointment Delay and the Policy Environment of the National Transportation Safety Board. Administration and Society. Ogundele, Oyu and Linda Camp Keith. 1999. "Reexaming the Impact of the Bork Nomination to the Supreme Court." 52 Political Research Quarterly 403-20. Routh, Stephen R 2004. “The Contingency of Senate Consent: A Study of the Determinants of Roll Call Confirmation Voting on Executive Branch Appointments, 1945-1996,” 41 The Social Science Journal 67-82. Schaller, Thomas F. and Thomas W. Williams. 2003. "The Contemporary Presidency: Post Presidential Influence in the Postmodern Era." 33 Presidential Studies Quarterly 188-200 Scherer, Nancy. 2001. "Who Drives the Ideological Make-Up of the Lower Federal Courts in a Divided Government?" 35 Law and Society Review 191. Schraufnagel, Scot. 2005. Testing the Implications of Incivility in the U.S. Congress, 1977-2000: The Case of Confirmation Delay." 11 Journal of Legislative Studies 216-234. Shipan, Charles and Megan Shannon. 2003. "Delaying Justice(s): A Duration Model of Supreme Court Confirmations." 47 American Journal of Political Science 654-68. Szmer, John and Donald Songer. 2005. "The Effects of Information on the Accuracy of Presidential Assessments of Supreme Court Nominees Preferences." 58 Political Research Quarterly 151-60. Ward, Artemus. 2001. "The Nominations Presidents Make: Appointing Supreme Court Justices." 28 Congress and the Presidency 63 -84. Whitford, Andrew and Holoma Ochs. 2006 “The Political Roots of Executive Clemency.” 34 American Politics Research. 825-46. Zorn, Christopher and Steven R. Van Winkle. 2000. "A Competing Rick Model of Supreme Court Vacancies, 1789-1922." 22 Political Behavior 145-66.
RECENT CITATIONS - LAW REVIEWS / REPORTS
Brundy, James J. 2003. "Recalibrating Federal Judicial Independence." 64 Ohio State University Law Review 149. Robert B. Chapman, Robert B. 2002. "Missing Persons: Social Science and Accounting for Race, Gender, Class, and Marriage in Bankruptcy" 76 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 347. Krent, Harold J. 2001. "Conditioning the President's Conditional Pardon Power." 89 California Law Review (No. 6) 1665-1720. Law, David S. 2005. “Appointing Federal Judges: The President, the Senate and the Prisoner’s Dilemma.” 26 Cardozo Law Review 479. Love, Margaret Colgate. 2001. "Fear of Forgiving: Rule and Discretion in the Theory and Practice of Pardoning." 13 Federal Sentencing Reporter 125. Love, Margaret Colgate. 2007. "Reinventing the President's Pardon Power." 20 Federal Sentencing Reporter 6. Love, Margaret Colgate. 2003. "The Pardon Paradox: Lessons of Clinton's Last Pardons." 31 Capital University Law Review (No. 2) 185-218. Millemann, Michael. 2006. “Collateral Remedies in Criminal Cases in Maryland: An Assessment.” 64 Maryland Law Review 967.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Manuscript Referee: White House Studies: Summer 2006 American Politics Research: Spring 2004, Spring 2006 Political Psychology: Spring 2006 Political Research Quarterly: Summer 2003 Journal of Politics: Spring 2002 Political Research Quarterly: Spring 1994, Spring 1995, Spring 1999, Summer 1999
Book Reviews: Congressional Quarterly Press, Spring 2005 Wadsworth, Fall 2002 Houghton-Mifflin, Summer 2002 McGraw-Hill, Spring 2002 W.W. Norton and Company, Fall 1999
MEDIA - RECOGNITION
Radio (National and International)
Voice of America. China Office. (7/4/07) - "Presidents, Pardons and Scooter Libby." Voice of America. Western Europe Office. (7/2/07) - "The President's Pardon Power." Bloomberg Radio (6/28/07) - "President Bush, the Pardon Power and Scooter Libby." Family News in Focus (6/21/04) - with Terry Phillips Family News in Focus (11/7/03) - with Terry Phillips National Public Radio, Guest, Talk of the Nation, with Juan Williams (3/1/01)
Newspapers (National)
Los Angeles Times, "Clemency Bids Backing Up for Bush." (11/22/07) New York Times. "Bush Rationale on Libby Stirs Debate." (7/4/07) Bloomberg News. "Bush Face 'No Win' Pressures to Pardon Convicted Cheney Aide." (6/29/07) New York Times. "When Pardons Turn Political." (6/7/07) N. Y. Times Wire Service. "Controversial Presidential Pardons Fit Historical Pattern" (3/12/01) USA Today. "Process Intended to Keep Tranquility" (3/2/01) Washington Post. "Pardons With A Precedent" (2/26/01) Christian Science Monitor. "Clinton's Suspect Pardons" (2/23/01) Los Angeles Times. "Clinton Pardons" (1/28/01) United Press International. "Clemency: Nothing New Under the Sun." (9/21/99)
Newspapers (Regional)
Cincinnati Post. "Calls for Clemency Unanswered." (11/24/07) Boston Globe. "Clemency Bids Create Backlog in Federal System." (11/24/07) Winston-Salem Journal. "Presidential Pardon Backlog Growing at the White House." (11/24/07) San Francisco Chronicle. "Record Backlog of Clemency Cases Takes Toll on Federal Prisoners." (11/24/07) Houston Chronicle. "Applications for Pardons Swamp Clemency System." (11/23/07) Houston Chronicle. "Libby Commutation Confounds Experts." (7/4/07) The Star (Phoenix, AZ) "U.S. President in Tough Spot if He Pardons Aide Libby." (6/29/07) Star Tribune (Casper, WY). "Controversial Presidential Pardons Fit Historical Pattern" (3/12/01) San Antonio Express-News. "Did You Know?" (3/6/2001) Dallas Morning News. "Clinton Not the First to Use Unpopular Pardon" (3/4/01) Austin American Statesman (Austin, TX) "Pardons Have Odd Difficult History" (3/4/01) Morning News (Springdale, AR). "Presidents Make Pardons of Dubious Value" (3/1/01) Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN). "Rich Drama is latest in Long Line" (2/27/01) Cape Cod Times (Cape Cod, MA). "This Just In: Pardons Often Cause Rancor" (2/27/01) Waco Tribune-Herald (Waco, TX) "Pardon Us, Pardons Can Flat Stink" (2/23/01) Birmingham News (AL) "Power to Pardon is Potent" (2/18/01) New York Daily News. "Bill's Bumpy Road from White House" (2/10/01) Ft. Worth Star-Telegram. "The Power to Pardon" (1/7/01)
Newspapers (International)
International Herald Tribune (France). "Bush's Reasoning on Libby" (7/5/07) The Star (Canada). "Bush Leaves Door Open For Pardon" (7/04/07). Globe and Mail (Canada) "Bush in a Bind Over Political Pardon" (6/15/07) International Herald and Tribune. (France) "Dilemma For Bush on Libby Pardon" (6/8/07)
Magazines / Periodicals
The Hill. "Bush Can Give Libby Respite." (6/12/07) National Journal. "Pardon Libby? Maybe, But Note Alone" (3/30/07) The Hill. "Since Late 20th Century Presidents Not as Forgiving" (3/8/07) Texas Lawyer. "Bush's Mercy." (3/21/05) Harper's Index (7/1/03) Rolling Stone Magazine. "A Note About Pardons." (4/12/01) Congressional Quarterly. Presidential Pardons Chart. Vol. 59, No.8 (2/24/01)
MEDIA - NATIONAL CONSULTING
Television
PBS, History Detectives, Unusual Pardon of an American Indian (1/23/08) - Shervin Hess CBS Evening News, History of Executive Clemency (12/13/01) - Josh Holbreich CBS Evening News, Presidential Pardons (2/22/01) - Toby Wertheim
Radio Broadcasting
National Public Radio, Washington D.C. (1/01) - Barbara Bradley WAMC 90.3 Northeast Public Radio (12/00) Albany, NY
Print Media (National)
Los Angeles Times - Pardon data and the Bush Administrations (9/24/07) - Rick Schmitt Los Angeles Times - Clemency in the Bush Administration (9/6/07)- Tom Reinken New York Times - For Libby, Bush Seemed to Alter his Texas Policy (7/7/07) - Adam Liptak New York Times - "Bush Spares Libby From Prison Term." (7/2/07) - Scott Shane Los Angeles Times - "Bush Spares Libby From Prison." (7/2/07) - Rick Schmitt Washington Post - (7/3/07) - Rachel Dry Bloomberg News/Washington (4/12/04) - Larry Arnold Washington Post, Historical use of Pardoning Power - (1/2704) - George Lardner Bloomberg News/Washington (12/23/04) - Larry Arnold New York Times, Clemency and DNA (7/30/03) - Adam Liptak USA Today, Clemency Statistics (3/5/01, 3/7/01) - Sandra Torry Washington Post, Washington's Pardons (2/27/01) - George Lardner Christian Science Monitor, Executive Clemency (2/23/01) - Dante Chinni Congressional Quarterly, Presidential Pardons (2/22/01) - Victoria Allred Newsweek, Presidential Pardons (2/15/01) - Karen Yourish USA Today. Clinton's Pardons (2/15/01) - Judy Keen Los Angeles Times. Executive Clemency and Pardons (2/01) - Stephen Braun
Print Media (Regional)
New York Sun - "Bush Spares Libby From Prison." (7/2/07) - Joshua Gerstein Register and Bee (Danville, VA), Bush and the Pardon Power (6/17/07) - Becky Blanton New York Sun (11/9/06), A School for Senators – Sarah Garland American Enterprise Institute (7/5/05) - Elisabeth Irwin (on behalf of Lynn Cheney) Boston Globe, Clemency and African-Americans (3/16/01) - Shirley Jobe Hartford Current, Gerald Chapman Pardon (2/26/01) - Dick Ahles
Print Media (International)
Sydney Morning Herald, Pardon Reform (2/27/01) - consulted (Gay Alcorn) Melbourne Herald Sun, Pardon Reform (2/27/01) - consulted (Gay Alcorn)
AWARDS, HONORS AND RECOGNITION
Teaching
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2006-7. Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2000-1. Who's Who in American Education, 1996-7. Faculty of the Year, Nominee. Rock Valley College, 2001-2002. Faculty of the Year, Nominee. Rock Valley College, 2000-2001 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, sole Department Nominee (Political Science). College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Northern Illinois University,1997. Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, sole Department Nominee (Political Science). College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Northern Illinois University,1996. Outstanding Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Pan-Hellenic Council. Nominee. Northern Illinois University. 1993. Outstanding Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Pan-Hellenic Council. Winner. Northern Illinois University. 1992. Sabbatical Leave, Fall 2005. Rock Valley College. Excellence Award. National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. 2001. Best New Advisor, Rock Valley College, 1998-9. Golden Key National Honor Society, Honorary Membership, 1996, for outstanding service as faculty advisor. Certificate of Appreciation from University and Programming and Activities, 1995 for outstanding service as faculty advisor.
Academic
Nomination, International Man of the Year (1998-99), (1999-2000) International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England. Dictionary of International Biography (27th Edition) Who's Who in the Midwest, 1993-4. Winner: 1990 Florida Political Science Association Graduate Student Paper Competition. Winner: 1989 George W. Pruet Jr. Award for Best Graduate Seminar Paper in Political Science, Florida State University. Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, 1985-86. National Dean's List 1984-85. National Dean's List 1985-86.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: UNDERGRADUATE
Rock Valley College (1998-present) The American Presidency State and Local Politics Introduction to the Legal System International Relations Introduction to Political Philosophy American National Government (online) American National Government
Northern Illinois University (1991-1998) The Legal System Constitutional Law I - National Powers The Criminal Justice System Constitutional Law II - Civil Rights Judicial Politics Constitutional Law III - Civil Liberties
Memphis State University (1990-1991) Judicial Process American National Government Constitutional Law III
Florida State University (1987-1990) Judicial Politics Supreme Court in American Politics Law and Society Introduction to Political Science American National Government
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: GRADUATE
Northern Illinois University (1991-1998) Judicial Politics Advanced Analysis of Political Data: logistic regression module Topics in American Politics Graduate Student Pro Seminar: literature reviews
Memphis State University (1990-1991) Judicial Process Constitutional Law III - Civil Liberties
PUBLIC SPEECHES / DEBATES
The Politics of Music and Education (with Scott Aniol), First Tuesday Lecture, Rock Valley College. Public lecture sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. May 2007. Search Me? Search You! Speech before the Rockford Area Libertarians. Villa Di Roma Restaurant, December 7, 2006. Pardon Me, Mr. President. First Tuesday Lecture, Rock Valley College. Public lecture sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. February 2003. Clinton's Pardons. Speech before a private gathering in the home of Roger and Carolyn Greenlaw. Rockford, IL. April, 2001. Studying Presidential Pardons. Speech sponsored by the Rock Valley College Foundation before a private gathering at "Cafe Patou," Rockford, IL. March 2001. The Past as Prologue: Politics in the 21st Century. Speech given as a panel member for the "First Tuesday Lecture" series. Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL. December 1999 Some Common Misperceptions about Student Organizations. Speech given at three panels of the Annual Leadership Conference sponsored by the Student Commission of Rock Valley College. Holiday Inn. Rockford, IL. Why Service Should (but Doesn't) Count in Universities. Speech given before 700 students and parents at the Annual Induction Ceremony of Golden Key National Honor Society. Northern Illinois University. DeKalb, IL. October 27, 1996. President Lincoln's Pardons. Speech given to Northern Illinois University's 15th Annual "New Ideas in History and English" conference for teachers. DeKalb, IL. October 6, 1995. The Death Penalty. Debate participant. Sponsored by the students of Northern Illinois University. DeKalb, IL. 1991.
LOCAL MEDIA WORK
Radio Broadcasting (20 appearances)
WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL, "The Supreme Court's Term Begins." - live with Doug McDuff. WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "The Attorney General Resigns." - live with Doug McDuff. WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "Congressional Investigation of Libby Commutation." - live with Doug McDuff AM 1290, Phoenix, AZ, "Pardon Me, Mr. President." (7/3/07) - live with Mike Rapp and Chuck Meyer WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "Libby is Denied Bail." (6/24/07) – live with Mark Mayhew WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "Presidential Pardon for Scooter Libby?" (4/9/07) - live with Doug McDuff WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "Supreme Court Nominations" (9/29/05) - Live with Doug McDuff WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "Supreme Court Nominations" (8/1/05) - Live with Doug McDuff WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "Presidential Election" (11/3/04) - Live with Doug McDuff WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "War in Iraq." (3/28/03) - Live with Doug McDuff WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "Governor Ryan's Pardons." (1/17/03) - Live with Doug McDuff WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "Anthrax Scare." (10/18/01) - Live at Oscar's with Chris Bowman WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "War on Terrorism." (10/10/01) - Live with Doug McDuff WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "World Trade / Washington Terror." (9/11/01) - Live with Doug McDuff WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "Rockford Mayoral Race." (4/3/01) - Live with Doug Mcduff WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "Presidential Pardons." (2/12/01) - Live with Chris Bowman WROK 1440, Rockford, IL., "The Bush Presidency." (12/19/00) Rockford, IL - Live WNTA 1330, Rockford, IL., "Presidential Election ." (11/27/00) Rockford, IL - Live with Doug McDuff WROK 1440, Rockford, IL., "Mideast Conflict / Presidential Election." (10/17/00) Rockford, IL - Live WROK 1440 , Rockford, IL., "Electoral College / Presidential Election." (11/1/00) Rockford, IL – Live
Print Media
Register Star (Rockford, IL) “Churches’ State: Religious Leaders’ Roles” (11/5/06) Register Star (Rockford, IL), "Election Season: 30 Days to Run." (10/8/06) Register Star (Rockford, IL), "Election Season: It's Standard Stuff." (10/7/06) Register Star (Rockford, IL) "Voting Early Legalized" (2/2/06) |
