Date and Place of Birth:
- Plainfield, New Jersey, May 26, 1948
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:
- Senior
Director of Policy Development,
City of Knoxville 2005 -
- Senior Director of Economic Development,
City of Knoxville (2003 - 2005)
- Professor, Department of Political Science,
University of Tennessee, 1983- (on leave)
- 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):
- Faculty Senate, 2001 - 2004
- University of Tennessee Board of Regents
Committee on Public Service, 1990-1994
- Steering Committee, University of Tennessee
Center for Literacy Studies, 1991 - 1995
- University of Tennessee Institutional
Assessment Committee, 1987- 1992
- 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
- Leadership Knoxville, Class of 2003
- Citation for Extraordinary Community Service,
University of Tennessee, 2002
- Accenture Peer Awards, Outstanding Faculty
Mentor, University of Tennessee, 2001
- Chancellor's Citation for Public Service,
University of Tennessee, 1994
- College of Liberal Arts Public Service
Award, University of Tennessee, 1993
Other Professional Activities:
- Editorial Policy Committee, Social
Science Quarterly, 1992- 1994
- 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.