Professional Activities and Editorial Activity:
Nominated to the Executive Council Position #3 of the Third World Studies Association (ATWS).
Armstrong Atlantic State University Executive Committee
Member, 2006-Present.
Armstrong
Atlantic State University University Curriculum
Committe Member, 2006-2007.
Armstrong Atlantic State University Academic Appeal Committee Member, 2004-Present.
Armstrong Atlantic State University College/School
Curriculum Committee member, 2004-2005.
Armstrong Atlantic State University Welcome Committee Member, 2004-Present, University Curriculum Committee 2005-Present.
Armstrong
Atlantic State University Faculty Advisor
USG Southeast Model African Unon (SEMAU).
Faculty Advisor AASU Team participating
in the USG’s 10th Southeast
Model African Union (SEMAU) Conference,
Savannah, Ga., November 2-4, 2006.
Association of Third World Studies (ATWS)
Committee Member of
The Toyin Falola Africa Book Award,
in honor of Toyin Falola, one of Africa’s
outstanding historians and intellectuals,
will initially be given for the best book
on Africa published in 2005-2006.
Teaching Learning Community (FLC) World
Politics (POLS 1150) Fall Semester 2006.
Consultant for the European Union Center,
University System of Georgia, Fall 2006,
Course: EU Media and Communication.
Study Abroad in La Serena and Santiago,
Chile, Co-Coordinator, July 7-August 1st,
2006 and July 7th-August 2nd,
2005.
AASU Intramural Moot Court Tournament
Judge, Thursday, October 20th,
2005.
Armstrong
Atlantic State University’s representative
at the Council of the Americas, 2005-Present.
Participant in the 2004 East Africa Faculty
Development Seminar held in Kenya and
Tanzania, May 14th-June 4th, 2004, studying
AIDS in Africa and governments responses
to the pandemic.
Co-Coordinator of Trinidad & Tobago Study Broad Program, March
12th-21st, 2004, where students studied
issues related to culture and identity
in Trinidad including the nationalist,
religious, racial and ethnic politics
of the Island.
Fellow and participant
in the 2003 International Biennial Conference
of hte Inter-University Seminar on Armed
Forces and Society, October 24th-26th,
2003, Chicago, IL.
Proposed revision of the minor in International Studies in conjunction with other colleagues in the History and Economic Departments.
Sponsor of Dr. John P. Feldmeier, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, to speak to students on the 1st Amendment in the 21st Century and also prospective law students.
Mentor in the Early Alert Supporting Environment (EASE). Currently, mentoring three students.
Participant in the first Georgia Middle East Studies Consortium workshop for Georgia University System faculty held at Emory University, October 17th-19th, 2003.
Currently developing World Politics (POLS 1150) Online using WebCT Vista platform to increase the number of core courses offered online to our students. Two courses will be offered Spring 2007.
New Curriculum Proposal: Created Five New Courses to Complement the International Relations and Comparative Politics Areas: Latin American Politics, Global Environmental Politics, Media and Politics in Latin America, Third World National Security, and Comparitive Foreign Policy.
AASU Prep Readiness Sessions Presenter at DeRenne Middle School November 19th, 2003. Topic: "What is Political Science? What Can I do with a Degree in Political Science?'.
Organizer of the September 11th Celebration in conjunction with the Political Science Organization in the University Hall Plaza, September 11th, 2003.
Academic Advisor of the Political Science Organization at Armstrong
Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia
Dept. of Criminal Justice, Social, and
Political Science representative to the
College/School Curriculum Committee, Armstrong
Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia.
Chair of the Instructional Programs Committee at Ozarks Technical Community College, Springfield, Missouri, Self-Study Steering Committee North Central Accreditation (1999-2001).
Lead Instructor for Geography/Anthropology at Ozarks Technical Community
College, Springfield, Missouri
(2000-2003).
Lead Instructor for Political Science, Geography, and Philosophy at Ozarks Technical Community College, Springfield, Missouri (1997-2000).
Student Diversity Association, Faculty Advisor at Ozarks Technical
Community College, Springfield, Missouri
(2001-2003).
Developed Web-Based Course for Introduction to World Regional Geography using Blackboard platform for course enhancement and online courses (2001-2003).
Faculty Academic Advisor at Ozarks Technical Community College, Springfield, Missouri (1997-2003) i.e. class scheduling, course transferability and articulation agreements.
Phi Theta Kappa Advisor, Faculty Advisor at Ozarks Technical Community College, Springfield, Missouri (1997-2000).
Missouri Great Teachers Seminar, Participant, Potosi, Missouri (May 1998).
The Midwest Institute for International/Intercultural Education (MIIIE) Kalamazoo, MI. Participant and Contact Person for the Consortium at Ozarks Technical Community College, Springfield, Missouri.
Michigan Consortium, Faculty Development Institute, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 1994.
Textbook Reviewer for
McGraw-Hill and Prentice Hall in the areas
of Political Science and Geography.