Major Option:    Public Affairs

Minor:                Religious Studies

Director of Leadership Studies, UCO Leadership Central, 2006-Present

Associate Professor, University of Central Oklahoma, 2005-Present

Associate Director, Oklahoma Policy Research Center, 2001-2005

Assistant Professor, University of Central Oklahoma, 2000-2005

Co-Director, Oklahoma Policy Research Center, 2000-2001

Adjunct Professor, Oklahoma Christian University, 1998-2002

Adjunct Professor, University of Phoenix, 2000-2001

Adjunct Instructor, University of Central Oklahoma, 1997-1998

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma, Fall 1996

Research Assistant, Oklahoma State University, 1982-1983

Faculty & Staff Campus Leader of the Week, UCO Leadership Central, April 14-18, 2008

Nominated for College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Service Award, UCO, January 2008

Faculty Advisor for Omicron Delta Kappa chapter at UCO, winner of national Circle of Distinction Award, 2007

Inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, April 30, 2007

Leadership Certificate of Excellence, Students of Leadership: Act the Part, December 6, 2006

Co-Advisor for Best Chapter (Schools >15,000 Enrollment), Pi Sigma Alpha National Honorary Society, 2006

Oklahoma Political Science Scholar of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, 2005

Vanderford Engagement Award for Leadership, University of Central Oklahoma, 2005

Nominated for The Neely Annual Excellence in Teaching Award, UCO, April 2005

Faculty Member of the Year, University of Central Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts, 2005

Faculty Merit-Credit Award for Excellence in Scholarship, University of Central Oklahoma, 2005

Faculty Merit-Credit Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Central Oklahoma, 2004

Oklahoma Political Science Teacher of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, 2003

Outstanding Junior Faculty Member by UCO College of Liberal Arts, 2003

Faculty Merit-Credit Award for Excellence in Service, University of Central Oklahoma, 2003

Honorary Member of Golden Key International Honour Society, 2003

Selected as one of UCO's Favorite 10 Professors, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, 2003

Nominated for Dordick Outstanding Mentor Award, 2003

Certificate of Recognition for Service & Dedication in the Classroom, University of Phoenix, 2001

Certificate for Dedication and Service to the Personnel Department, City of Oklahoma City, August 15, 2000

City’s Best Award from the City of Oklahoma City, October 12, 1998

Selected as an Outstanding Young Man of America, 1992

Inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha, public administration honorary society, 1991

Completed Wal-Mart Management Training Program in top 3% company-wide, 1986

Inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha, political science honorary society, 1986

Oklahoma State University Senior Scholastic Scholarship for 1985-1986

Society of Collegiate Journalists' 10th Annual Press Day Award for Feature Writing, 1981

Oklahoma YMCA Youth and Government Award, April 11, 1981

"Creating a Leadership Minor:  A Personal Reflection on Academic Collaboration."  New Plains Review, 8.1 (Spring 2008):  57-69.

"Budget Reorganization in the Urbanopolis Human Resources Department" (case study and teaching note).  The Electronic Hallway:  Case Teaching Resources from the Evans School of Public Affairs (January 28, 2008).

"Ghosts in the Bureaucratic Machine:  Resurrecting the Principles of Administration in the Oklahoma Health Department," with Steve Housel.  The American Review of Public Administration, 34.1 (March 2004):  20-35.

"The Search for the Holy Grail in Oklahoma:  Partnering with Faith-based Organizations to Deliver Social Services."  Oklahoma Politics, 12, (November 2003).

"Oklahoma League of Political Scientists Spring 2002 Policy Survey:  Term Limits for State Legislators - Congressional Redistricting - Fair Ballot Access."  Oklahoma Policy Studies Review, 4.1 (Spring/Summer 2003): 26-28.

"Oklahoma League of Political Scientists Spring 2001 Policy Survey:  Reforming the Electoral College - Divided State Government."  Oklahoma Policy Studies Review, 3.1 (Spring/Summer 2002): 26-28.

"Oklahoma League of Political Scientists Spring 2000 Survey: Governor’s Agenda, Sales Tax, Tobacco Settlement Funds, Oklahoma Constitution," with Stephen Jenks and Michael R. Metzger. Oklahoma Policy Studies Review, 2.1 (Spring/Summer 2001): 17-21.

"The Old Employee Suggestion Box:  An Undervalued Force for Productivity Improvement," with David G. Carnevale.  Review of Public Personnel Administration, 13.2 (Spring 1993):  82-92.

Test Bank for American Government:  Power and Purpose (Brief 10th Edition).  New York:  W. W. Norton & Company (2008).

Test Bank for American Government:  Power and Purpose (10th Edition).  New York:  W. W. Norton & Company (2008).

Oklahoma Government & Politics:  An Introduction (4th Ed.) co-edited with Christopher L. Markwood.  Dubuque, IA:  Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company (2007).

Test-Item File for American Government:  Power and Purpose (9th Edition).  New York:  W. W. Norton & Company (2006).

Test Bank for American Government:  Brief 2006 Edition.  New York:  W. W.Norton & Company (2006).

Oklahoma Government & Politics:  An Introduction (3rd Ed.) co-edited with Christopher L. Markwood.  Dubuque, IA:  Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company (2005).

"All the World's a Stage:  Influencing American Foreign Policy Through Popular Music" in Homer Simpson Goes to Washington:  American Politics Through Popular Culture edited by Joseph Foy.  Lexington, KY:  University Press of Kentucky (2008).

Thomas, Elmer (Richard Lowitt & Carolyn G. Hanneman, Eds.), Forty Years a Legislator (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press). In Oklahoma Politics, 16, November 2007.

Deborah L. Rhode (Ed.), Moral Leadership: The Theory and Practice of Power, Judgment, and Policy (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2006). In Public Integrity, 9.2, Spring 2007.

Rosemary O’Leary, The Ethics of Dissent: Managing Guerrilla Government (Washington, DC: CQ Press). In Administrative Theory & Praxis, 28.4, December 2006.

Chris Willman, Rednecks and Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music (New York: The New Press). In Oklahoma Politics, 15, November 2006.

Patricia Loughlin, Hidden Treasures of the American West: Muriel H. Wright, Angie Debo, and Alice Marriott (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press). In Oklahoma Politics, 15, November 2006.

Linda Gravett, HRM Ethics:  Perspectives for a New Millennium.  (Cincinnati, OH:  Atomic Dog Publishing, 2003).  In Review of Public Personnel Administration, 24.1, March 2004.

Richard Lowitt, Fred Harris:  His Journey from Liberalism to Populism, Lanham, MD:  Rowman & Littlefield, 2002). In Oklahoma Politics, 12, November 2003.

W. Dale Mason, Indian Gaming:  Tribal Sovereignty and American Politics, (Norman, OK:  University of Oklahoma Press, 2000). In Oklahoma Politics, 11, November 2002.

Elisabeth R. Gerber, Arthur Lupia, Mathew D. McCubbins, and D. Roderick Kiewiet, Stealing the Initiative:  How State Government Responds to Direct Democracy (Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Prentice Hall, 2001).  In Oklahoma Policy Studies Review, 2.1, Spring 2001.

William R. Burkett & James Edwin Alexander, The Fall of David Hall, (Oklahoma City: Macedon Publishing Company, 2000). In Oklahoma Politics, 9, October 2000.

Joseph Rosse & Robert Levin, High Impact Hiring: A Comprehensive Guide to Performance-Based Hiring (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997). In Review of Public Personnel Administration, 19.4, Fall 1999.

Norton Testmaker Microtest III: Test Item File for American Government 8th Edition [CD-ROM]. New York: W. W. Norton (8th Ed.).  New York:  W. W. Norton & Company (2004).

Great Expectations and Recent Frustrations:  Oklahoma's Continuing Quest to Partner with Faith-Based Organizations, Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy, October 2003.

Contributing editor, Choices:  An American Government Reader, Pearson Custom Publishing, 2001.

"Reaction to Terrorist Attack," PA Times, 24.10 (October 2001) 18.

"My Turn," The Vista, (September 25, 2001).

"Using Popular Songs to Promote Student Interest in Politics" (Presentation on panel, Increasing Student Civic Engagement Through Film & Music at the American Democracy Project conference, Democracy and Civic Engagement:  A Call to Action  at the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, March 11, 2008)

"Progressive Politics:  Leadership Initiatives Through the Non-Profit Sector and Its Impact on a Changing Society" with Cyndi Munson (Presentation on panel, Milennials Talk Politics at the American Democracy Project conference, Democracy and Civic Engagement:  A Call to Action, at the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, March 10, 2008)

Chair and Discussant for Philosophical and Normative Perspectives on Social Policy (Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, January 5, 2007)

"Hard Time for Women:  Female Incarceration Policies in the Southern States" with Kim McCoy (Paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference (New Orleans, LA, January 5, 2007)

"Supporting Public Administration as a Profession in Oklahoma" (Presentation at the Oklahoma Political Science Association Conference, Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, OK, November 17, 2006)

"Why do Political Science Professors Test Students so Badly?" (Presentation at the Oklahoma Political Science Association Conference, Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, OK, November 16, 2006)

"The Power of Stories to Lead the Public Service During Bureaucratic Reform" (Paper presented at the American Society for Public Administration's 67th Annual Conference, The Sky's the Limit:  Innovation and Idealism in Public Service, Denver, CO, April 1-4, 2006)

"Faculty Learning and Innovation:  What?  Me Teach Ethics?" (Panel participation at the Southwestern Academy of Management' Symposium for the Federation of Business Discipline's Annual Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, March 3, 2006)

"Teaching with the iPod:  Engaging Students Through Analysis of Political Content in Popular Music" (Paper presented at the American Political Science Association 2006 Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, Washington, DC, February 18-20, 2006)

"Music as a Pedagogical Tool for Teaching American Politics" (Presentation at the Oklahoma Political Science Association Annual Conference, Rogers State University, November 4, 2005)

Chair for "Contemporary Politics" (Panel at the Oklahoma Political Science Association Annual Conference, Rogers State University, November 3, 2005)

Discussant for "Public Administration" (Panel at the Oklahoma Political Science Association Annual Conference, Rogers State University, November 3, 2005)

"Developing and Validating Standardized Tests for Assessment” (Presentation at the UCO Assessment Seminar, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, February 24, 2005)

Discussant for “Public Administration: Examining Issues Related to Ethics, Annexation, and Human Resources” (Panel at the Oklahoma Political Science Association Annual Conference, Northeastern Oklahoma State University, Tahlequah, November 5, 2004)

"Ethics in City Management" (Presentation at the 48th Annual Winter Conference for Professional City Administrators; sponsored by the City Management Association of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Municipal League, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, January 14, 2004).

 "Charitable Choice and Faith-Based Social Services:  A View From the States" (panel participant for plenary session at the Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy Annual Research Conference:  The Public Benefit of Private Faith:  Religious Organizations and the Delivery of Social Services, Washington, DC, November 13, 2003).

"Retooling the Much Maligned Multiple Choice Test to Promote Public Affairs Learning" (paper presented at the 26th Annual Teaching Public Administration Conference, Dayton, OH, February 7, 2003).

Discussant for "Producing Results:  Recent Lessons in Public Sector Organizing, Collaborating, and Financing" (Panel at the Oklahoma Political Science Association Annual Conference, University of Central Oklahoma, November 6, 2003)

"State of the State's Freedom:  Impact of 9-11 in Oklahoma" (panel participant at the 4th Annual First Amendment Congress, University of Central Oklahoma, November 8, 2002).

Chair for "Building Trust in Government" panel including presentation of paper, "Restoring Public Trust by Resurrecting the Principles of Administration" with Steve Housel (American Society for Public Administration  Conference, Phoenix, AZ, March 24, 2002).

"Ghosts in the Bureaucratic Machine: Public Administrators Respond to the Oklahoma Health Department Scandal" with Steve Housel (Paper presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association Conference, Fort Worth, TX, March 14-18, 2001).

Discussant and acting chair for the Show Me the Money public finance panel (Southwestern Political Science Association Conference, Fort Worth, TX, March 14-18, 2001).

Discussant for Comparative Public Policy panel including presentation of paper, "Why the Voter Has Vanished in the U.S.A.:  Comparative Reflection on Political Participation" by Meshack M. Sagini, Langston University (Southwestern Political Science Association Conference, Fort Worth, TX, March 14-18, 2001).

Chair for Visions of the Future: State and Local Reforms in Oklahoma (panel at the Oklahoma Political Science Association annual conference, Oklahoma City University, November 16, 2000).

"Semiotic Foundations for Research Paradigms: Implications for Administrative Theory" (paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association Conference, Savannah, Georgia, November 4, 1999).

"Communicating the Principles of Reinvention: Stories in the Gore Report" (paper presented at the Oklahoma Political Science Association Conference, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK, November 6, 1998).

Workshop on Careers in Public Service (participated in panel sponsored by the University of Oklahoma Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, November 5, 1997).

"Changing Values in Bureaucratic Reform" (Paper presented at the Oklahoma Political Science Association Conference, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, November 17, 1995).

"The Bureaucratic Congress: Influence of Progressive Rationality on Democratic Deliberation" (Paper presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association Conference, Dallas, TX, March 25, 1995).

Discussant for Ethnicity, Ideology, and Human Rights panel (Southwestern Political Science Association Conference, Dallas, TX, March 25, 1995).

"Employee Selection in the New Political Environment: Strategies to Promote Diversity and Productivity" (Paper presented at the American Society for Public Administration National Conference, Kansas City, MO, July 23-27, 1994).

"The Many Faces of Racial Equality: The Clash Between Law and Pluralistic Politics" with Eric Spooner (Paper presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 1, 1994).

Chair for Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict panel including paper, "Religious Mythmaking and the Rise of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka" (presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association Conference, San Antonio, March 30, 1994).

Discussant for Best Political Science Undergraduate Paper panel including presentation of paper, "El Salvador and Guatemala: An Evaluation of Democracy" by Michael Fields (Oklahoma Political Science Association Conference, Tahlequah, OK, November 12, 1993).

"Protestant Church Growth in Latin America: Sociopolitical Consequences of Evangelical Growth" (Paper presented at the Sesquicentennial Celebration Series Conference, Church, State, & Society in Latin America: Sociopolitical & Economic Restructuring Since 1960 at Villanova University, PA, March 18, 1993).

"Participation—Key to Quality in the Public Sector" (Paper prepared for the National Association of Suggestion Systems (Employee Involvement Association) 49th Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, September 11, 1991: Winner in the 1991 International Papers Competition; Presented at the Mid-America Chapter of the Employee Involvement Association, Francis Tuttle Technology Center, Oklahoma City, December 9, 1991).

Faculty Development Funds, University of Central Oklahoma, December 7, 2007