Faculty Credentials

Robin M Bittick (F) - Vita

• 0008/1984 through 01/1995. Worked for the U S Civil Service, U S Air Force in Acquisition and Procurement and Management Analysis. 1985-1989. Completed seven (7) Department of Defense courses in Defense Acquisition & Procurement.Pertains to U S National Security/Defense Policy and Public Administration.
• June 1994. Completed qualification course to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (personality type instrument). Pertains to Public Administration/Organizational Behavior.
• Published peer reviewed and non- peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters, encycolpedia entries, and newsletters. Publications addressed topics relevant to public administration, pedagogical tools, and ethics.
• 2003 and 2004 Best Newsletter Award2003 Inaugural Best PA Times Article Award, American Society for Public Administration
• April 2000 to August 2004.Consultant, Sense and Intuition, consulting firm on team building and leadership to public service organizations using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator & other instruments.
• Ethics Today: Editor, March 2002 ' March 2004 - Member, Editorial Board, 2000-2002. Pertains to Public Administration.
• Have developed and taught Masters degree level courses online in Quantitative Methods, Ethics, and Institutional Analysis.
• Organizer, panelist, and discussant for several symposiums addressing national security and American foreign policy.
• American Society for Public Administration, Los Angeles Metro. Chapter Executive Committee, 2003-2005.

Jonathan Nathan Brown (F) - Vita

• Doctoral dissertation addressing international relations and multiple conference papers and peer-reviewed publications in the area of international relations theory.

Kelley Sadler Brown (P) - Vita

William E. Carroll (F) - Vita

• Published peer and non-peer reviewed articles, book chapters, and reviews. Panel participant/presenter,and chair at national and regional political science conferences. Publications and professional papers address topics relevant to International Relations and Comparative Politics, including but not confined to such topics as European governance, Sino-japanese relations, comparative political parties, and religion and politics.

Victoria Ann Cordova (P) - Vita

Fatih Demiroz (F) - Vita

• My areas of expertise are collaborative public management networks and disaster management. My dissertation topic was "CROSS-SECTOR AND INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL COLLABORATIVE CAPACITY IN COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY: EVIDENCE FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNTIES" I also published several peer reviewed scholarly articles such as "Measuring Performance for Collaborative Public Management Using Network Analysis Methods and Tools", "Collaborative_emergency Management and National Emergency Management Networks", and "Interorganizational Networks in Disaster Management".
• I have a Ph.D. in public affairs with public administration concentration. My areas of expertise are public management and disaster management. I published several articles on these topics. I teach public management and human resources management (a subfield of public management) at the graduate level. Both courses are in my area of expertise.

John C Domino (F) - Vita

• Author of Civil Rights and Liberties: Toward the 21st Century, now in its 3rd edition ( Fourth edition forthcoming in 2018). Sexual Harassment and the Courts - Affirmative Action and the Federal Courts, and published articles on judicial recusal in Texas, Texas Supreme Court Bob Gammage, non-attorney judges and the adoption of computer technology by the Texas trial courts. Has completed post doctoral training in court administration and works as a consultant with the state courts. Worked as Director of Programs for the American Judicature Society in Chicago, IL, where he initiated and managed a variety of grant-funded court education.

Jason S Enia (F) - Vita

• Multiple publications, conference presentations, and ongoing research on the politics of disasters. See CV.
• Director, Center for the Study of Disasters & Emergency Management (CDEM) at SHSU

Heather Kristen Evans (F) - Vita

• Multiple publications, conference presentations, and ongoing research on political communication, elections, Congress, and political behavior. See CV.

Thomas W Haase (F) - Vita

• 1. Dissertation addressing disaster management, the evaluation of resilience, network analysis, and public administration. 2. Multiple publications, invited talks, and conference presentations on disaster management, disaster resilience, network analysis, public administration, and comparative public administration. 3. Conducted program evaluations and performance monitoring assessments of course and learning outcomes at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and conducted assessment evaluations of undergraduate and graduate programs in the United States and Lebanon.

Masoud Kazemzadeh (F) - Vita

• Has published two books on the Middle East and has one in preparation, over 11 articles and 5 op-ed pieces published with multiple conference presentations and invited lectures. Has received five awards for teaching and research.

Chang-Gyu Kwak (F) - Vita

Mitzi Mahoney (F) - Vita

Kenneth Bruce McIntyre (F) - Vita

• *I have published two books on political and moral philosophy and historiography, and have a book contract for a third book on moral pluralism and liberty. I have published over a dozen articles on ideologies, ancient and modern political philosophy, social contract theory, the philosophy of law, ordinary language philosophy, moral pluralism, etc.
• *I have been teaching graduate level courses in political theory for over a decade.

Eric P Svensen (F) - Vita

• Dissertation, extensive research, and conference presentations in the areas of the presidency, Congress, political parties, the separation of powers, and economic and foreign policy. See CV.

Robert Blake Tritico (F) - Vita

Stacy Gwenn Ulbig (F) - Vita

• (1) Dissertation on public opinion of subnational government. (2) Published peer reviewed articles on political behavior,political participation, race and gender in politics, public opinion, media in politics, subnational government, and political parties, in numerous peer-reviewed journals. (3) Presented conference papers and served as chair/discussant at numerous national and regional conferences for these professional associations. (4) Authored three peer-reviewed books on public opinion, political participation, and media in politics published at academic presses. (5) Published numerous peer reviewed journal articles and several books that all employed quantitative research methods.
• Served two years as Survey Research Coordinator for Rice University Behavioral Research Lab. (July 2000-May 2002)

Tamara A. Waggener (F) - Vita

Wen Jiun Wang (F) - Vita

• My doctoral dissertation focuses on the inter-organizational coordination and decision making in the context of emergency management.
• Conducted several analytical reports on the topic of public management with quantitative methods.
• Worked in the Research Center of Public Opinion and Election Studies, National Taipei University.
• Have earned several graduate hours on the topics of public budgeting and financing, emergency management, quantitative and qualitative research methods.
• Multiple publications on the topic of disaster management and ongoing projects on the decision making in emergency management contexts.

Penny Lea Watson (P) - Vita

Lu-Chung Weng (F) - Vita

• Co-PI for Taiwan Personality Traits Project, "Do Personality Traits Matter?" Taiwan Election and Democratization Studies (TEDS), 2016 -
• Multiple publications and conference presentations in the areas of comparative politics (political behavior, and political psychology in particular).
• Time Series Analysis, 2010, University of Essex, Essex, UK
• Econometrics and Demographic Data Analysis, 2013, University of Texas at Dallas
• SUNY Cortland 2017 Steven J. Barnes Outstanding Faculty Member Award - Award to excellent teaching

Richard Michael Yawn (F) - Vita

• (1) Education: Expected 2008 (ABD, 33 hours in political science) Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, Department of Political Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona - 1994 M.A. in Political Science (30 hours in political science), Department of Political Science, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas - 1992 B.S. in Political Science (37 hours in political science), Department of Political Science, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas (2) Professional Experience: 2000 ' Present Reviewer for American Review of Politics - 2000 ' 2001 Consulting for Arizona Legislative Research Council 2000-2001 - 2000 Methodological consultant for Astria Wong's campaign for city council, Scottsdale, AZ - 1999 ' 2001 Methodologist Auditor General, State of Arizona - 1995 ' 2001 Instructor, Department of Political Science Arizona State University
• Peer Reviewed publications and presentations - Six peer reviewed articles in tier 1 and tier 2 political science journals and 2 book reviews in regional political science journals. Discussant and presenter at regional and national political science conferences
• Honors and awards - Veterans of Foreign Wars Congressional Award. 1998-1999 and ASASU Graduate Research Award. 1999-2000
• Community and Civic Service -Member, Krista Cosman Foundation Board of Directors 2006-2007, Main Street Huntsville 2004-2007, Rita B. Huff Humane Society 2004-2007, Various campaigns from local to presidential 2000-2007, HEARTS Veterans Museum 2006-2007, Occasional Contributor to The Huntsville Item 2004-2007, SHSU mentor program 2003-2006, SHSU Leadership Lecture Series 2003
• Teaching evaluation scores at or above the national average for the discipline of political science as calculated by Individual Development and Educational Assessment (IDEA) Center