Personal

Date and Place of Birth:

Education:

Ph.D University of Oklahoma 1974 (Political Science)
M.A. University of Oklahoma, 1972 (Political Science)
B.A. (with distinction) Rhodes College 1970 (Political Science)
....... attended Memphis City Schools and graduated : Memphis Central High Sch, June, 1966

Teaching Fields:

Campaigns and Elections, Urban Politics and Policy, Public Administration, Research Design and Data Analysis

Special Training and Skills:

Statistics, Research Design, Multivariate Methods, Questionnaire Design and Survey Analysis, Computer Programming (FORTRAN and Basic), Microcomputer Applications (Spreadsheets, Simulations, Database Mgt.)

Professional Experience:

Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Tennessee, 1983-
Head, Department of Political Science, University of Tennessee, 1995-1996
Director, Social Science Research Institute , University of Tennessee, 1991- 1995
Director of Survey Research, Social Science Research Institute & Center for Assessment Research and Development, University of Tennessee, 1988-1990
Fellow, Social Science Research Institute, University of Tennessee, 1988-1991
Associate Director, Office of Institutional Research, University of Tennessee, 1987-1989
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Tennessee, 1978-1983
Associate Director, Bureau of Public Administration, University of Tennessee, 1977-1981
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Tennessee, 1975-1978
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Oklahoma State University, 1974-75
(Joint Appointment with Statistics Department)
Instructor (Social Statistics), Department of Sociology, University of Oklahoma, 1972
Research Assistant, Bureau of Government Research, University of Oklahoma, 1971-1974
Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, 1970 -1971

Administration and University Committee Service (University of Tennessee):

University of Tennessee Board of Regents Committee on Public Service, 1990-1994
Steering Committee, University of Tennessee Center for Literacy Studies, 1991 -
University of Tennessee Institutional Assessment Committee, 1987-
Graduate Council, 1987-1990 (Appeals Committee)
Council, American Association of University Professors, 1987-1989
Committee to consider Social Science Research Institute, 1986
Core Team Member, Chancellor's Project to Develop "American Trivia Challenge" (Tennessee Edition) for Tennessee Homecoming - 1986
University Software Acquisition Committee, 1985 -1989
Urban Studies Committee, 1977-82

Awards and Honors

Other Professional Activities:

Editorial Policy Committee, Social Science Quarterly, 1992-
Panel Chair, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1984, 1982, 1981.
Discussant, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Assoc., 1979.
Manuscript Reviewer: American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, American Politics Quarterly, American Journal of Political Science, Political Methodology, Social Science Quarterly, State and Local Government Review, Social Science Journal, National Science Foundation, Public Productivity Review, Policy Studies Journal.