Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Political Science and International Studies | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2018 | Student Research Assistant Grant |
GSU College of Behavioral and Social Sciences | |
2017 | CJSPS, Summer Research Grant |
Armstrong State University | |
2012 | Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program at the University of Florida |
U.S. Department of Education | |
$1,100,000 | |
2010 | Dissertation Research Grant |
University of Florida | |
2010 | Faculty/ Graduate Collaborative Research Grant |
University of Florida | |
2010 | Planning grant to establish an AmeriCorps program |
Volunteer Florida | |
$40,000 | |
2009 | Dissertation Research Grant |
UF Department of Political Science | |
2009 | Grant to establish a Civic Library and case writing grants |
Library of Congress | |
$90,000 | |
2008 | Conference Travel Grant |
UF Department of Political Science | |
2008 | ICPSR Program Grant |
UF Department of Political Science | |
2007 | Conference Travel Grant |
American Political Science Association | |
2007 | Prestage-Cook Travel Grant |
Southern Political Science Association |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2018 - Present | Member, POINTS Assessment Committee | 2017 - Present | Member, Graduate Affairs Committee | 2015 - Present | Chair & Member, Professional Communication and Leadership Faculty Advisory Committee | 2010 - Present | Reviewer, American Politics Research | 2019 | Reviewer, Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership | 2019 | Chair, SPSA V.O. Key Award Committee | 2016 | Member, ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Committee | 2013 - 2015 | Assistant Director, Research for Lottery Scholarship Analysis | 2014 | Roundtable Mentor, “Technology and Higher Education,” University of Florida | 2011 - 2012 | Special Assistant, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs | 2009 - 2011 | Managing Editor, Bob Graham Center Civic Library | 2006 - 2011 | Academic Programs Assistant, Bob Graham Center for Public Service | 2003 - 2005 | Special Assistant, Secretary of Education Governor Mark R. Warner | Member, American Political Science Association | Member, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management | Member, Southern Political Science Association |
Honors and Awards
- UF Department of Political Science, “Best Graduate Student Teacher,” April 2011
- Southern Political Science Association, Artinian Travel Award, January 2019
Courses
- Health Care Policy
- Education Policy
- State and Local Politics
- Policy Analysis & Evaluation
- Introduction to Public Policy
- Public Administration
- Citizenship: Identity, Advocacy, and Collaboration
- Community Organization and Advocacy
- Leadership in the Public Arena
- Government Ethics
- Research Methods
- Introduction to Political Science
- American Federal Government
August 2011 | Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, University of Florida | |
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December 2007 | Master of Arts in Political Science, University of Florida | |
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May 2003 | Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs, Sweet Briar College | |
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May 2003 | Bachelor of Arts in American Government, Sweet Briar College | |
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Contact Information
Department of Political Science & International Studies
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8101
Statesboro, Georgia 30460
912-478-5698
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