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Dr.
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz

UNEP,
Nairobi,
Kenya.
Associate
Professor of Political Science/Comparative Politics
Model African Union Advisor
Department
of Criminal Justice,
Social & Political Science
Armstrong Atlantic State University
11935 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA 31419-1997
Office Phone: (912) 344-2679
Email: jose.dacruz@armstrong.edu

Treetops
Hotel, Kenya.
Tentative
Course Plan
2008-2010:
SUMMER 2008
WORLD POLITICS POLS 1150 WebCt Vista
FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS POLS 2290
FALL 2008
WORLD POLITICS POLS 1150 WebCT Vista
AFRICAN FOREIGN POLICY POLS 3990 SPECIAL TOPICS
FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
POLS 2290 WebCt Vista
SPRING 2009
WORLD POLITICS POLS 1150 WebCt Vista
LATIN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY POLS 3990 SPECIAL TOPICS
3RD WORLD NATIONAL SECURITY POLS 5510U/G
SUMMER 2009
WORLD POLITICS POLS 1150 WebCt Vista
MEDIA AND POLITICS IN LATIN AMERICA POLS 4250
FALL 2009
WORLD POLITICS
POLS 1150 WebCt Vista
FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 2290 WebCt Vista
LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS POLS 5440U/G
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS POLS
5530U/G
SPRING 2010
WORLD POLITICS
POLS 1150 WebCt Vista
FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 2290 WebCt Vista
AFRICAN POLITICS POLS 5430 U/G
THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS POLS
5220U/G
SUMMER 2010
FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
2290 WebCt Vista
MEDIA AND POLITICS IN LATIN AMERICA POLS
4250

Education:
- Ph.D. Miami University http://www.miami.muohio.edu/,
Oxford, Ohio, (Political Science)
Dissertation: "The Roots of Brazil's Armament Industry, 1964-1980:
National Security Doctrine, Corporatism, and Responsible Developmental
Pragmatism"
Dissertation Director: Dr. Jeanne A. K. Hey
- M.A. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (Political
Science/Political Philosophy)
- B. A. Wright State University http://www.wright.edu/, Dayton,
Ohio (Philosophy)
Academic
Teaching Experience:
- 2007-Present,
Associate Professor of Political Science/Comparative Politics,
Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia http://www.armstrong.edu
-World
Politics, Environmental Politics, Latin American Politics,
Theories of International Relations, African Politics, Third World
National Security, Comparative Foreign Policy, Media and Politics in
Latin America, Foundations of International Relations, Ethical Theories
& Moral Issues in Government, Latin American Foreign Policy,
African Foreign Policy, G-8 and the World.
- 2003-2007, Assistant Professor of
Political
Science/Comparative Politics, Armstrong Atlantic State University,
Savannah, Georgia http://www.armstrong.edu/
-World
Politics, Environmental Politics, Latin American Politics,
Theories of International Relations, Governments of Africa, Third World
National Security, Comparative Foreign Policy, Media and Politics in
Latin America, Foundations of International Relations, Ethical Theories
& Moral Issues in Government.
- 1997-2003, Lead Instructor of Political
Science/Geography, Ozarks Technical Community College, Springfield,
Missouri http://www.otc.edu/
-
Introduction to American Government, Missouri Constitution,
International Relations, Environmental Politics, Introduction to World
Regional Geography, and World Economic Geography
- 2002-2003, Adjunct Instructor of
Geography, Southwest
Missouri State University-West Plains, West Plains, Missouri http://www.missouristate.edu/
-Introduction
to World Regional Geography, and World Economic Geography
- 2000-2002, Adjunct Instructor of
Political Science,
Drury University, Springfield, Missouri.
-
Introduction to American Government, International Relations,
Environmental Politics, Global Futures, Culture Diversity &
Society, Environmental Ethics http://www.drury.edu/home/
- 1994-1995, Instructor of Social
Sciences, Edison State
Community College, Piqua, Ohio.
- 1993-1994, Adjunct Instructor of
Political Science,
Edison State Community College, Piqua, Ohio
- Introduction to American Government, Constitutional Law, Introduction
to Ethics
- 1993-1994, Graduate Assistant, Miami
University, Oxford,
Ohio http://www.miami.muohio.edu/
- American
Government, Soviet Foreign Policy, and Russian Politics in
Post-Soviet Union
Other
Professional Activities
Teaching
Fields:
International
Relations:
American Foreign Policy
Comparative Foreign Policy
Comparative National Security (Latin America & Africa)
International Politics
International Relations Theory
Comparative
Politics:
American Political System
Comparative Political Analysis
Latin American and African
Foreign Policy
Mass Media and Politics in
the United States, Latin America & Africa
Political Systems of Latin
America and Africa
Transition to Democratization
in Latin America and Africa
Research
Skills:
Languages:
Portuguese, Spanish & English
Research
Interests:
Human
Rights in
Latin America & Africa
International
Relations Theory
Latin
American and African
Foreign Policy
Latin
American and African
National Security
Latin
American Media and
Politics
North-South
Relations: Trade,
Debt, Environmental Issues, and Drug
Trafficking
Women and
Politics in Latin
America & Africa
Civil-Military
Relations in
Latin America & Africa
Professional
Organization Membership:
American Political Science
Association (APSA)
International Studies Association (ISA)
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
The Academy of Political Science
National Social Science Association (NSSA)
Fellow, Inter-University
Seminar
on Armed Forces and Society
Southeastern Council of Latin
American Studies (SECOLAS)
Georgia Sociological
Association
(GSA)
Georgia Political Science
Association (GPSA)
Research in Progress:
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz, “Brazil-African
Foreign Policy Relations Under the Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s
Administration”
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz, Book
Review of Sonia Ospina and Michael Penfold (editors) Gerenciando
las
Relaciones Intergubernamentales: Experiencias en América Latina
Intellectual
Contributions:
Publication-->Journal
Articles,
Book Reviews & Review Essay
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz and Becky K. da Cruz, “Age-Graded Attachment
Theory: Conduct Disorder
and Juvenile Delinquency,” Vol. 29, Issue 2 National Social
Science
Review 20008: 23-33
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz,
Book Review, The Unpast:
Elite Violence and Social Control in Brazil, 1954-2000 by R. S.
Rose The Latin Americanist
Vol. 51, No. 1 (Fall 2007): 117-119
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz and Becky K. da Cruz, "Brazil: Restorative Justice in a
Democracy without Citizenship," International
Journal of Restorative Justice Vol. 3, No. 2 (September 2007):
26-39
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz,
Book Review of Frank D. McCann “Soldiers of the Patria. A History of
the Brazilian Army, 1889-1937” Studies
Revue Canadienne des
Etudes Latino-Americaines et Caraibe Vol. 32, No. 63 (2007):
264-266
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz and Becky K. da Cruz, "Treatment of Drug Offenders in
the Criminal Justice System: Analyzing Correlations of Gender," Law Enforcement Executive Forum
Vol. 7, Issue 5 (Fall 2007): 169-182
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, Book Review of Michele Zebich-Knos and
Heather N. Nicol’s Foreign
Policy
Toward Cuba: Isolation or Engagement? The
Latin Americanist Vol. 50, No. 2 (Spring 2007): 146-148
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz, Becky K. da Cruz and Corie Hammers,
"HIV/AIDS: The Pandemic Hits the Sleepign Giant," the International
Social
Science Review Volume 82, Vol. 1 & 2 (Spring 2007): 55-67.
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz and
Becky K. da cruz, "An
Unusual Choice: Michelle Bachelet, President, in Conservative South
America" National Social
Science Journal Vol. 29,
Issue 1
(2007): 50-56
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz, Armstrong Atlantic State University
and Margaret
Keiley-Listermann, Georgia Perimeter College’s Dunwoody Campus “Incorporating
an African
Perspective In A
Traditional Political Science Introductory Course,” National Social
Science Journal Vol. 26, Issue 1 (2006): 14-22.
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz, Book
Review, The Politics of the Internet in Third World Development:
Challenges
in Contrasting Regimes with Case Studies of Costa Rica and Cuba by
Bert
Hoffmann The Latin Americanist
Volume 49, No. 1 (Fall 2005): 170-172.
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz, Book
Review, Diploma of Whiteness: Race and Social Policy in Brazil,
1917-1945 by
Jerry Dávila The Latin
Americanist Volume 48, No. 2 (Spring
2005): 105-108.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz,
"Brazil's International Relations at the Dawn of the 21st Century," Latin
American Politics and Society Vol. 47, No. 1 (Spring 2005) : 115-122.
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, "Brazil's Foreign
Policy under Luis Inacio "Lula" da Silva: An Early Assessment of a
Leftist President" Politics &
Policy Vol. 33, No. 1 (March
2005): 13-35.
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, Review Essay, "The
HIV/AIDS Pandemic Hits Latin America," Journal of Third World Studies Vol. 22, No. 2 (Fall, 2005): 294-299.
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz and Becky K. da Cruz," The "UnRule" of Law, Violence,
and
Society in Brazil:
Challenges to Brazil's Fragile Democratic Consolidation" National
Social Science Journal Volume 23, Issue 2 (2005): 37-44.
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz and Becky K. da Cruz, Review
Essay, "Brazil's
Foreign Policy Behavior in the Post-Cold War International System," Journal
of Third World Studies Vol. XXI, No. 2 (2004): 267-276.
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, "Brazil's
International Relations at the Dawn of the 21st Century," Latin
American Politics and Society,
Vol. 47, No.1 (Spring 2005): 115-122.
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, "The Politics of AIDS: The
Brazilian Case in Perspective," National
Social Science
Journal Vol. 21, Issue 2 (Spring 2004): 16-20.
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, "Rhetoric vs. Reality: U.S.
Foreign Policy Toward Latin America from the Carter Administration to
the Clinton Administration," National
Social Science Journal
Vol. 14, No.3 (Fall 1999): 38-58.
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, "Democratic Consolidation and the
Military in Brazil," National
Social
Science Journal Vol.
11, No. 1 (Spring 1999).
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, "Democratic Consolidation and the
Socio-Economic Crisis of Latin America," Journal of
Interamerican Studies and World Affairs Vol. 35, No. 1 (Spring
1993).
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, "Brazil: The Challenges
of
the 1990s," Journal
of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs Vol. 36, No. 4
(Winter
1994).
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, "Dilemmas of Democratic
Consolidation," Journal of
Interamerican Studies and World
Affairs Vol. 35, Vol. 4 (Winter 1993).
Publication-->Books
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz and Eduardo R. Gomes (eds.) Latin America in the New
International System: Challenges and Opportunities. Pearson Custom
Publishing, 2005.
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, Becky K. da Cruz and Andrew J. Dowdle, American
Politics: Transformation and Change. Boston: Pearson Publishing, 2004.
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, Becky
K. da Cruz and Andrew J. Dowdle, Politics in Action: A Reader
in American Government 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
2001.
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, Geography: A World Regional Reader. Boston: Pearson
Publshing, 2002.
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz and Mark A. Phelps, World Geography: An
Interdisciplinary Approach. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 1999.
Publication-->
Book Chapters and
Encyclopedia Articles
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, "Brazil's Rainbow Coalition Foreign Policy Under Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva," in
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz and Eduaro R. Gomes (eds.) Latin America in the New International
System: Challenges and Opportunities. Pearson Custom Publishing,
2005.
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, "East African Development Bank (EADB), Lake Chad Basin
Commission (LCBC), Central African Monetary Fund, Fernando Henrique
Cardoso, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva," articles in Encyclopedia of the Developing World. New
York: Taylor & Francis Books, Inc. 2005.
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz and Becky K. da Cruz, "Politics,
Politicians, and the Media in the 21st century," in
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, Becky K. da Cruz and Andrew J. Dowdle, American Politics: Transformation and Change.
Boston: Pearson Publishing, 2004.
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz and Becky K. da Cruz, "Judicial
Independence or Political Gridlock? The Courts in the American
Political System," in
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, Becky K. da Cruz and Andrew J. Dowdle, American Politics: Transformation and Change.
Boston: Pearson Publishing, 2004.
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz and Anna Hazen, "Brazil's AIDS Pandemic," in
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz Geography: A World Regional Reader.
Boston: Pearson Publshing, 2002.
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz and Becky K. da Cruz, "The Politics of
the Judiciary," in
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, Becky K. da Cruz and Andrew J. Dowdle, Politics in Action: A Reader in American
Government 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2001.
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz and Becky K. da Cruz, "The Media and
Politics in the Electronic Republic," in
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, Becky K. da Cruz and Andrew J. Dowdle, Politics in Action: A Reader in American
Government 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2001.
José
de
Arimatéia
da Cruz, "Brazil: The Sleeping Giant of South America," in
José de
Arimatéia
da Cruz and Mark A. Phelps, World
Geography: An Interdisciplinary Approach. New York: McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc. 1999.
Professional
Conference Presentations:
Armstrong Atlantic
State University's (AASU) Associate
Professor of
Political Science, José de Arimatéia da Cruz, Armstrong
Atlantic State University's (AASU) 2007-2008 Robert I. Strozier Faculty
Lecture
Series presenter March 7th, 2008 Topic: “The Japanese in
Brazil:
1908-2008," will discuss the Japanese
influence on the Brazilian landscape during a faculty lecture at 12:10
p.m.,
Friday, March 7 in University Hall 156, on the AASU campus, 11935
Abercorn Street.
The event is free and open to the public. "The Japanese in Brazil:
1908-2008" is part of the 2007-2008 AASU Robert I. Strozier Faculty
Lecture Series.
José de Arimatéia da Cruz,
Political Science, & Laura K. Stephens, Law & Society,
Armstrong Atlantic
State University11th
Conference of
the Americas, sponsored by The
Americas Council & University System of
Georgia Office of International Education, hosted
byGeorgia
Perimeter College &
Center for International Education & Depts of Science
and Business/Social
Science, February
8-9, 2008: “Gender
and HIV/AIDS in Post-Authoritarian Brazil”
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz, Chair Session VI, Panel 4: Countries in
Transition, at
the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Association of Third World Studies,
November 18-20, 2007, "Development Strategies: Struggle for Peace,
Justice, and Democracy," Lima, Peru.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, "The Japanese in Brazil: 1908-2008,"
paper presented at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Association of Third
World Studies, November 18-20, 2007, "Development Strategies: Struggle
for Peace, Justice, and Democracy," Lima, Peru.
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz, Chair Panel 3-B, Issues in and Affecting
Latin American Politics, at the
Georgia Political Science Association Annual Meeting, November 15-17,
2007, Savannah, Georgia.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, "Still Attempting to Consolidate its
democracy: Brazil in the 21st century," paper presented at the Georgia
Political Science Association Annual Meeting, November 15-17, 2007,
Savannah, Georgia.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, "The Japanese Economical, Social, and
Cultural Influenceon the Brazilian Landscape," paper presented at the 2007 SECOLAS Conference, San Jose, Costa
Rica, April 19-21, 2007.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, Panel Chair, "Contesting Images of Latin
America," at the 2007
SECOLAS Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica, April 19-21, 2007.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz and Becky K. da Cruz, "One Lat
Change to Undue the Unrule of Law in Brazil: The Forca Nacional
Brasileira," paper presented at the 10th Annual Conference of the
America, AASU, Savannah, Georgia, February 9-10, 2007.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, "The U.S. elections of November 7th and
its foreign policy ramifications," Invited Lecture at the Universidade
Federal Fluminense Centro Estudos Socias Aplicados e Centro Estudo
Gerais, Programa Pos-Graduacao em Relacoes Internacionais, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, November 22nd, 2006
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz and
Corie J. Hammers, “HIV/AIDS
in Brazil: How Power and Gender Inequality Perpetuate the Pandemic,” paper presented at Gender and Women’s Studies
Program
Fourth
Annual Conference, Savannah, GA., March 2-4, 2006.
José de Arimatéia da Cruz and
Becky K. da Cruz, “An
Unusual Choice: Michelle Bachelet, President, in Conservative South
America,”
paper presented at Gender and Women’s Studies Program Fourth
Annual Conference, Savannah, GA., March 2-4, 2006.
José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Evie
Daughtrey, Graduate Student, Southwest Missouri State UniversityConference,
Savannah, Ga., March 2-4, 2006, 9th
Annual Conference of the America Sponsored by The America Council and
the
University System of Georgia Office of International Education,
Armstrong
Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA., February 101-11, 2006,
Session I:
Latin American in the Age of Economic Neoliberalism, papers presented
“The
Neoliberal Foreign Policy of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva” and “CAFTA: An
Early
Assessment of its Political, Economic, and Social Impact."
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz and
Corie J. Hammers, 9th
Annual Conference of the America Sponsored by The America Council and
the
University System of Georgia Office of International Education,
Armstrong
Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA., February 101-11, 2006,
Session VI:
Social, Political, and Health Issues, paper presented “Gender, Power
&
HIV/AIDS”."
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz, Chair
and discussant Panel 2 “Latin America in Historical Perspective” at the
Twenty-Third Annual Meeting Association of Third World Studies,
November 20-22,
2005 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz, “Neoliberalism
in Brazil,” paper presented at the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting
Association of
Third World Studies, November 20-22, 2005 in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic.
José de Arimatéia
da Cruz, “Violence
and Society in Democratizing Brazil,” Guest Speaker at the P.E.O.
Chapter 5 of
Savannah, November 9th, 2005, The Landings.
José de Arimatéia
da Cruz, “Brazil”s
Politics of AIDS: Addressing the Pandemic in the “Sleeping Giant” of South America,” paper presented at the
Georgia Sociological Association conference on “Sociological
Accessibility:
Making Connections with Local and Global Communities,” St. Simons
Island,
October 20-22, 2005.
José de Arimatéia da Cruz, “The
Administration of Luiz
Inacio
Lula da Silva: Is Brazil Still Afraid of Neoliberalism?” Paper
delivered at the
SECOLAS 2005, 52nd Annual Meeting in Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tennessee, April 7-9, 2005.
José de Arimatéia
da Cruz, Chair
& Discussant, Panel:
Corruption & Perceptions of Democracy at the SECOLAS 2005, 52nd
Annual Meeting in Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, April
7-9, 2005.
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz and Margaret Keiley-Listermann,
“Incorporating
East
African into the Political Science Curriculum,” Fourth
Annual Into the Classroom:
Incorporating Faculty Seminars and Teaching Abroad into the Curriculum,
Sponsored by the Georgia Consortium for International Studies and the
University System of Georgia Office of International Education, March
18-19,
2005, Session
5: Incorporating Different Areas into the Classroom
from Study Abroad: China, Belize, and East Africa.
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz, “Violence,
Society, and the
Future
of Brazil’s Democratic Consolidation,” Guest Speaker at the Huntingdon
Women’s
Guild, February 16, 2005, Savannah, GA.
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz, 8th
Annual Conference on the
Americas (An Interdisciplinary and Inter-cultural Conference) February
4-5,
2005 Savannah, Georgia. Session II: Sickness, Violence, and Attitudes
(SC1405)
Paper Delivered, “Brazil’s Politics of AIDS: Addressing the HIV/AIDS
Pandemic
in the “Sleeping Giant” of South America."
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz, 8th
Annual Conference on the
Americas (An Interdisciplinary and Inter-cultural Conference) February
4-5,
2005 Savannah, Georgia. Session II: Sickness, Violence, and Attitudes
(SC1405)
Paper Delivered “The UnRule of Law, Violence, and Society in Brazil:
Challenges
to Brazil’s Fragile Democratic Consolidation,” co-authored with Becky
K. da
Cruz.
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz, 8th
Annual Conference on the
Americas (An Interdisciplinary and Inter-cultural Conference) February
4-5,
2005 Savannah, Georgia. Session VI: Latin American Foreign Policy,
Moderator:
Armstrong Atlantic State University Student Panel on papers addressing
the
foreign policy of several Latin American nations during the Cold War
and in the
post-Cold War international system.
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz, Southern
Political
Science Association, Inter-Continental
Hotel New Orleans, Jan. 6-8, 2005. Paper Delivered, “Brazil’s Rainbow
Coalition
Foreign Policy Under Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva."
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz and Margaret Keiley-Listermann,Georgia
Political Science
Association 2004 Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, November 11-13,
2004. Paper
Delivered, “Incorporating An African Perspectives in Political
Science."
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz,
Twenty-Second
Annual Meeting,
Association of Third World Studies, October 7-9, 2004, Paper Delivered,
“General Ernesto Geisel: From Dictator to Savior of Brazil’s Fragile
Democracy,” as part of the panel Third World Authoritarianism chaired
by Dr.
Michael Hall.
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz, Lecture
Delivered to the Rotary Club of Savannah, Georgia, October 18th,
2004. “U.S.--Cuba Relations in the Post-Cold War International System."
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz, 8th Annual
Conference on the Americas (An Interdisciplinary
and Inter-cultural Conference) February 5-6, 2005 Savannah, Georgia.
José
de Arimatéia da Cruz, Sponsored by
José de Arimatéia da Cruz. Professor John Kirton, G8
Research Group at University of Toronto, "Prospects for the G8 Sea
Island Summit," April 26, 2004.
http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/scholar/kirton2004/
kirton_seaisland_040426.html
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz,
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Leadership Initiative G-8 Community Forums, Panelist in the forum "What
is Globalization?" AASU faculty members discussed some of the pros and
cons of globalization, March 29th, 2004.
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz,
Invited Guest Speaker The University
of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad & Tobago, March
17th, 2004. Lecture Topic: "The Economic and Social Impact of the AIDS
Pandemic in Latin America."
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz,
Interview National Public Radio: "G8
and Savannah and Globalization's Impact," January 30th, 2004.
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz,
Invited Guest Speaker, HOLA
Organization March 8th, 2004, Armstrong Atlantic State University,
Savannah, Ga. Presentation titled: "The AIDS Pandemic hits Latin
America."
José
de
Arimatéia da Cruz & Becky K. da Cruz, "Brazil's
Programa
Zone Zero [Zero Hunger Program]" Paper Presented at the 7th annual
conference on the Americas sponsoered by the Americas council and the
University system of Georgia Office of International Education,
Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Ga., February 20-21,
2004.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz and Alejandra Garcia, "Bolivia's
Poverty
Reduction Strategy," Paper presented at the 7th annual conference on
the Americas sponsored by the Americas council and the University
system of Georgia Office of International Education, Armstrong Atlantic
State University, Savannah, Ga., February 20-21, 2004.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, Armstrong Atlantic State University,
Presider
Session II: Latin American Social and Political Problems in the 21st
century at the 7th annual conference on the Americas sponsored by the
Americas Council and the University System of Georgia Office of
International Education, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah,
Ga., February 20-21, 2004.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, Becky K. da Cruz, "Society and
Violence in Democratic Brazil at the Dawn of the 21st Century," Paper
Delivered at the Georgia Sociological Association, 2003 Annual Meeting,
November 13th-15th, 2003, Jekyll Island, GA.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, Becky K. da Cruz, John Gambon and Nick
Spangerburg, "The Do's and Dont's of Cyberteaching: Delivering
the Best
Quality Education Online," Paper Delivered at the Missouri Community
College Association Annual Meeting, Lake of the Ozark, Missouri, 2002.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz and Becky K. da Cruz, "Critical
Thinkers, Critical Thoughts: Student/Faculty Challenges of Critical
Thinking in the Classroom," Paper Delivered at the Missouri Community
College Association Annual Meeting, Lake of the Ozark, Missouri, 2000.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz and Patricia Boyd, "Global Education:
Where Does It Fit Within the Curriculum?" Paper Delivered at the
Missouri Community College Association Annual Meeting, Lake of the
Ozark, Missouri, 2000.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, "Rhetoric vs. Reality: U.S. Foreign
Policy Toward Latin America from the Carter Administration to the
Clinton Administration," Paper Delivered at the National Social Science
Association Fall Meeting, New Orleans, 1999.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, James Gardner, John Hess, and John
Gambon, "The Consumer Model of Education: Fact or Fiction,"
Paper
Delivered at the Missouri Community College Association Annual Meeting,
Lake of the Ozark, Missouri, 1998.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz and Patricia Boyd,
"Multiculturalism-Diversity: Is Anybody Talking? Listening? Doing It?,"
Paper Delivered at the Missouri Community College Association Annual
Meeting, Lake of the Ozark, Missouri, 1998.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, "The Interplay of Politics and
Economics: An Application of the Bargaining Model to Brazil's Foreign
Debt Rescheduling," Paper Delivered at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio,
1994.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, "Media and Politics in Latin America:
A Case Study of Brazil's Presidential Election of 1989," Paper
Delivered at the 44th International Communication Association
Conference, Sidney, Australia, July 10-15, 1994.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, "Democratic Consolidation and Human
Rights: The Brazilian Case in Perspectives," Paper Delivered at the
Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Savannah,
Georgia, November, 3-6, 1993.
José de
Arimatéia da Cruz, "The Foreign Policy of Human Rights:
Rhetoric and Reality," Paper Delivered at the 28th Annual Meeting of
the Wisconsin Political Science Association, University of Wisconsin at
Oshkosh, October 3, 1993.
Professional
Activities
and Editorial Activity:
Interview with NPR 91.1
with
Hamilton de Holanda, the brilliant bandolim (a.k.a. mandolin) player,
Hamilton
de Holanda, who performed here at SMF in duo with Mike Marshall in
2006. This
time (2008), de Holanda returns with his stunningly original quintet
featuring
four of Brazil’s finest virtuosos in their only U.S. appearance.
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 Committee on Minority Affairs 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.

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