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Online & traditional instructional experience in political science, economics, geography, sociology, computers, education and business & personnel management
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Private sector experience in marketing, personnel training & management
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Active leadership and participation in academic, community & political organizations
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Frequent community speaker
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Political consultant for a variety of news media
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Published author of articles encompassing a wide range of topics
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Experience with computers, technology & an extensive variety of software
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| Return to Top | 2006-2010 Northeast Lakeview College, San Antonio TX Chair, Division of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Economics, Geography, Sociology 2005-2006 The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler TX Online Professor of Economics (1 year appointment) 2004-2009 Angelina College, Lufkin TX Online Adjunct Professor of Economics 2004-2006 KTPB-FM 88.7, Kilgore TX News Reporter 2003-pres Jacksonville College, Jacksonville TX Online Adjunct Professor of Geography, Economics, Political Science 2000-pres Lon Morris College, Jacksonville TX Online Adjunct Professor of Economics, Geography, Political Science, Sociology 1998-2008 Aims Community College, Greeley CO Online Adjunct Professor of Economics, Geography, Political Science 1992-pres Amy Glenn & Associates, Flint TX Business & Political Consulting 1995 Assisted Living Concepts, Portland OR State Operations Manager 1994 Lutheran Health Systems, Fargo ND Network Operations / Business Development 1992-1994 Neurodevelopmental Institutes of North America, Vienna VA Director of Communications Freelance Writer (published) - fiction, nonfiction, newsletter, columnist 1991-2003 KTBB-AM 600, Tyler TX Radio Commentator & Host of daily "The Amy Glenn Show" 1984-2006 Tyler Junior College, Tyler TX Chair, Department of Education
Director, Accelerated Certification for Educators (ACE)
Professor of Political Science, Economics, Geography, Education 1984-1985 The Ohio State University, Mansfield OH Department Chair & Lecturer, Political Science (1 year appointment) 1984 Tropical Renewable Resources Program, Costa Rica Public Policy Researcher & Consultant 1983-1992 The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler TX Senior Lecturer, Political Science 1981-1983 The Ohio State University, Columbus OH Director of Alumnae Fund Phone Bank 1977-1978 US Post Office, Tyler TX City Route Mail Carrier 1972-1976 United States Marine Corps Honorable Discharge at rank of Sergeant (E5) 1969-2006 Certified Lifeguard & Water Safety Instructor Certified lifeguard / Head Guard / Pool Manager at several facilities
| Return to Top | 2011 The Ohio State University Ph.D. in Political Science & Latin American Studies
successfully passed General Examinations Dissertation: A Study of the Role of Foreign Aid in Deforestation Policies in Costa Rica dissertation defense not yet scheduled Areas of Specialization: methods & techniques, policy design & management, foreign policy, development policy, Latin American studies 2001 Texas A&M University at Commerce Ed.D. in Supervision, Curriculum & Instruction - Higher Education Dissertation: A Comparison of Distance Learning & Traditional Learning Environments Areas of Specialization: technology, online education, student engagement, administration 1980 The University of Texas at Tyler Bachelor of Science in Political Science and English 1977 Tyler Junior College Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts Copies of unofficial transcripts are available on request.
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Educational Technology
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Faculty On Line
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GIS Software
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Microsoft Front Page
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Top Class, Examiner, Questionmark Perception & EduTech Testing Software
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Incorporating Active Learning Strategies in the College Classroom
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From Good Teaching to Student Learning
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Framework for Student Mental Health & Violence Prevention
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Coping with Classroom Incivilities
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Internet-Based Course Certification
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Curriculum Redesign
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Student Motivation
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Learning Styles Academy
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Intel's Teach to the Future Faculty Trainer
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TCCTA's Leading From the Middle (multiple sessions)
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Supervisor & Manager Training: Progressive Discipline
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Creating an Active Learning Environment
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Achieving the Dream
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Pedagogy for Distance Learning
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Curriculum Redesign
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Plagiarism Pitfalls & Prevention Strategies
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Teaching Intellectual Honesty
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Unbundling Faculty Duties in Distance Courses
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Healing Wounds as a College Administrator
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Retaining Gen X & Millennial Generation Students
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Damage Control: Communication in Difficult Situations
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Using Emotional Intelligence to Navigate Critical Administrator Skills
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Ethical Leadership & Social Responsibility
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Leadership Challenges for Community Colleges
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Service Learning 101
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Service Learning & Civic Responsibility
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Surviving an Active Shooter in the Workplace
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Focus PDCA
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Protecting Human Research Subjects: Institutional Review Board Guidelines (NIH)
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Teaching & Assessing for Critical Thinking & Deep Learning
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Service Learning: Why & How
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Streaming Video
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The Family Factor: Family Involvement for Student Retention & Success in College
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Best Practices for Hybrid Courses
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Safe & Secure in the Academic Environment
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Hiring Processes & Procedures
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Ethical Decision Making
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Annual TCEA Conference (workshops & classes focusing on specific technologies in the classroom)
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Certified Lifeguard & Water Safety Instructor
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Certified First Aid & Automatic External Defibrillator
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OS COBOL Programming
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Recruiting Personnel
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Professional Selling Skills
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Advanced Grant Writing
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Researching Your Market
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Community Small Business Program
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Microsoft Office Professional
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Motivational Concepts: Tuning In
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Helping Clients Deal With Death
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Myers Briggs Testing
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Personal Assistance Services - Standards & Funding Sources
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Training Unlicensed Personnel
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Dealing With Angry Customers
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Political Campaign Management School
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American Politics & Government
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American & State Government
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Texas Politics & Government
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Introduction to Political Science
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Global/World Problems
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Introduction to Comparative Governments
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Central American Politics
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Western European Politics
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Third World Politics
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Politics in Contemporary Societies
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International Relations
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Introduction to International Politics
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Interpreting International Politics
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Theories of Development
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American Foreign Policy
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International Conflict
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Latin American Politics
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Southeast Asian Politics
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African Politics
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Environmental Politics
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Political Ideologies
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Introduction to Politics
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The American Constitution
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Introduction to Public Administration
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Introduction to Macroeconomics, Principles of Economics I
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Introduction to Microeconomics, Principles of Economics II
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Money & Banking
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Introduction to Sociology
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Social Problems
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Marriage & Family
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Contemporary Social Issues
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Statistics in Social Sciences
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World Geography, World Regional Geography, Human Geography
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Physical Geography
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Latin American Geography
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Introduction to Education
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School & Society
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Family & the Community
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Nutrition, Health & Safety
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Child Growth & Development
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Introduction to Early Childhood Education
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Principles & Practices of Multicultural Education
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Introduction to Special Populations
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Travel study courses in Political Science
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Televised & interactive television courses in Economics, Political Science
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Hybrid courses in Economics, Geography, Political Science, Sociology
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Internet courses in Economics, Education, Geography, Political Science, Sociology
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Sample courses may be found at www.amyglenn.com/courses.htm Copies of sample syllabi & assignments are available on request. Copies of Classroom Observations & Student Evaluations are available on request.
| Return to Top | "The Political Economy of Deforestation in Costa Rica," (with John Dryzek), A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Renewable Energy Resources in Developing Countries, Columbus, Ohio: Publishing Horizons, 1986, pages 203-216. "Texas Politics & Government," United States Government: Democracy in Action, Westerville, Ohio: Glencoe, 1991, supplement. "For Democracy’s Sake," E-Guide, Volume 4, Issue 4, page 31. "The House on the Hill," Touchstone, 1998, pages 15-18. "E-Politics," biweekly electronic publication, 1998-2003. TeleCourse Guide for Texas Politics & You, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Instructor’s Manual & Test Item File for the Politics of American Government, New York: St. Martin’s, 1999. "Confessions of a Country Church Pianist," small paper weekly column 2000-2003. "Using the Internet to Enhance the Relevance of Government Courses at Tyler Junior College," Teaching & Learning, Washington, D.C.: ITC, 2000, pages 51-58. "Student Opinion on Community College Baccalaureate Degrees," (with Frank Glenn), The Community College Enterprise, Volume 9, Number 1 (Spring 2003), pages 49-57. Student Learning Outcomes In Three Easy Steps for NLC Faculty, 2007. Physical Geography Field Manual for Alamo Community College District students, 2008.
| Return to Top | "Haitian Politics: From Dechoukaj to Democracy," (with Terri Davis), Southwestern Social Sciences Association, 1988 "The Effects of Single-Member vs. At-Large Elections on School Board Responsiveness," (with Jacqueline Maxfield), Southwestern Social Sciences Association, 1988 "Rethinking Modernization Theory: Development in Haiti," Southwestern Social Sciences Association, 1989 "Ethnicity & Politics: The Haitian Dilemma," (with Allen Martin), Caribbean Studies Association, 1989 "Modernization & Deforestation in Costa Rica," Caribbean Studies Association, 1990 "The Twilight of Costa Rica: A Sustainable Earth Scenario," Caribbean Studies Association, 1992 "Using Web-Based Instruction in Political Science," Teaching Politics Virtual Conference, 1999 "Staying in Touch with your Distance Students," (with Gay Howard, Noamie Byrum, Chris Stewart), TeleLearning Conference, 1999 "Designing a Distance Learning Course that has the Potential to Do it All," Distance Education Conference, 2000 "Doing it All at a Distance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Instructional Technology for Institutions & Faculty," (with Shirley Waterhouse), Innovations Conference (League for Innovation), 2000 "Using the Web to make Political Science Relevant," Southwestern Political Science Association, 2000 "Using the Web to make Economics Relevant," Southwestern Economics Association, 2000 "Designing a Distance Learning Course that Can Do it All," NISOD, 2000 "Using the Web to make Political Science Relevant," American Political Science Association, 2000 "Computers in the Classroom: A How-To for Higher Education Classes," Southwestern Social Sciences Association, 2001 & 2002 "Computers in the Classroom: A How-To for Higher Education Classes," North Texas Community College Consortium Spring Conference, 2001 "Critical Surfing," NISOD, 2001 "The Retention of Black Male Students in Texas Public Community Colleges," (with Frank S. Glenn), Transfer: The Forgotten Function of Community Colleges Conference, 2001
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Student Learning Outcomes in Three Easy Steps
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Brown Bag Workshops for New & Adjunct Faculty
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Teaching 101
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Getting Students to Prep Before Class
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Student Writing: Research & Papers & Formats, Oh My!
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The Community College Student: What Can I Expect of My Students?
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Engaging All Your Students
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Dealing with Difficult Students
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Leading Meaningful Discussions
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Assignments with Bling
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Student Evaluation: When Is an A Really an A?
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Teaching Students How to Learn
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Time-Saving Techniques: Grading, Record-Keeping, Communicating & Other Mechanics
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Successfully Teaching with Technology
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Computers in the Classroom
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The Nature of Distance Learning
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Teaching by Internet: A Three-Part Workshop
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Using the Internet to Make Learning Relevant
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Teaching via Two-way Television
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Skills Required for Success in Distance Learning
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Evaluating the Extended Classroom
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Online Testing
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Creating a Web Page Structure
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Critical Surfing: Information v. Knowledge
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Teaching Adult Learners
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What do We Gain from Diversity?
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Using Short Reports to Teach Writing across Disciplines
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Grading by Portfolio
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Making Learning Relevant
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Engaging the Learner
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Dealing with Disasters in the Classroom
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The Rule of Three
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Classroom Management: Discipline without Distress
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Successful Parent-Teacher Communication
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Indicators of High Quality Preschool Education
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Indicators of High Quality Primary Grades Education
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What Exactly is No Child Left Behind?
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Getting Published in Academic Journals
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Conducting Social Science Research on the Internet
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How to Land a Job in Higher Education
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The Supreme Court
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How Does the Supreme Court Work?
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Current Cases before the Supreme Court
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The Making of a New Justice
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Understanding the Declaration of Independence
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Understanding the US Constitution
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The Political Views of the Mayflower Pilgrims
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Beyond the Compact: The Politics of the Mayflower Colony
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The Revolution of Ideas: Social Contract Theory
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1215: The Year of Change
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Is the Magna Carta Relevant in the 21st Century?
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George Washington: America's First Actor-President
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Understanding Property Taxes
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The Texas Constitutional Amendment Election (in odd numbered years)
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Various topics of interest to local communities
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Vote Smart
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Critical Voting: How to Make Your Vote Count
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Understanding Polls
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Understanding Campaign Fund Raising
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Understanding Political Debates
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National Elections (in relevant years)
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The Presidential Election (in relevant years)
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Texas Elections (in relevant years)
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Critical Election Issues (in relevant years)
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Nuclear Weapons
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Has North Korea Gone Nuclear?
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Has Iran Gone Nuclear?
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India vs. Pakistan
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Terrorism
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What is a WMD?
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The Terrorism Cast of Characters
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A Comparison of Past & Present Terrorism
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Developing Nations
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Defensive Alliances: NATO, SEATO & Others
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Political Alliances: the UN
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Education
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What Exactly is No Child Left Behind?
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The Case For Vouchers
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Energy & the Environment
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Central American Politics
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South American Politics
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Caribbean Politics
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African Politics (Topics cover specific regions as well as current issues.)
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European Politics (Topics cover individual countries as well as regional topics.)
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The EEC
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Eastern European Politics
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Russian Politics
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Southeast Asian Politics
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Chinese Politics (Topics cover current domestic & international issues.)
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Middle Eastern Politics
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OPEC
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The State of the Economy – annual
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Understanding the Federal Reserve
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The Federal Reserve & Interest Rates
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Unemployment & The Economy
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The US National Debt
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International Trade
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The World Trade Organization
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Flattery in the Workplace
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How to Write a Good Speech
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Common Mistakes for New Managers
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| Return to Top | ACADEMIC Consulting Political & economic consultant for electronic media in northeast Texas since 1984 & in south Texas since 2006
Media political commentator since 1991
Textbook, video & software reviews for various publishing houses, since 1994*
Textbook & test bank editing for various publishing houses, since 1995*
American Government Instructor Manual & Test Item File for St. Martin’s Press, 1998
City Development Guide for City of Longview, Texas, 1999
Textbook website development for various publishing houses, since 2003* (*including St. Martin, Pearson, Prentice Hall, Houghton Mifflin & McGraw-Hill)
| Return to Top | Border Readings: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to the US-Mexican Border, (with Frank S. Glenn) The Role of Foreign Aid in Deforestation Policies in Costa Rica Pre-service teachers' attitudes and beliefs about diversity in the classroom (with Frank S. Glenn)
| Return to Top | Professional & COMMUNITY Activities
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Convention Director, Southwestern Social Sciences Association
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Program Committee, Teaching Politics Virtual Conference
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Panel Chair & Discussant, American Political Science Association
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Panel Chair & Discussant, Southwestern Social Science Association
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Academic Decathlon
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NEA's Big Read
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Expanding Your Horizons
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League of Women Voters Local Studies Chair
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County Party Vice Chair
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Precinct Party Chair
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Election Judge
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Annual United Way Steering Committee
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Membership Chair & Newsletter Chair, local neighborhood association
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Parliamentarian & Chair of By-Laws Committee for Texas SOMD
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Frequently-requested speaker for community groups & organizations
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| Return to Top | Professional Organizations & Honors
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Southwestern Social Sciences Association
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Western Social Sciences Association
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American Political Science Association
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American Association of University Professors
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Texas Community College Teachers Association
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American Association of University Women
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Texas Computer Education Association
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ICADIS
Crisis and Options in Central America International Group
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Pi Sigma Alpha
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Kappa Delta Pi
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Alpha Chi Honor Society
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Amoco Foundation Chancellor's Council Teaching Award
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Who's Who among Students in American Universities & Colleges
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Outstanding Young Women of America
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Who's Who among American Teachers
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Faculty Senate President
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Faculty Senate President-Elect
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Faculty Senate Secretary
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SACS Self-Study Committee Chair
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Institutional Review Board Chair & Member
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New Faculty Mentor
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Department Chair
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Division Chair
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Faculty Advisor
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Continuous service on a variety of department, college, university & district committees
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Copies of Peer Reviews & Faculty Evaluations of Chair are available on request.
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