Vita

James C. Clinger

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Department of Political Science and Sociology

Murray State University

Murray, KY 42071

Education:

PhD Washington University, St. Louis (1988) Political Science

MA University of Kansas (1981) Political Science

BA University of Kansas (1979) History and Political Science

Courses Taught at Murray State University

CIV 202-Western Civilization II

POL 140 American National Government

POL 240 State and Local Politics

POL 476 Law in Public Administration

POL 686 Law in Public Administration

POL 441 The Legislative Process

POL 467 Regulatory Policy and Politics

POL 667 Regulatory Policy and Politics

POL 673 Public Budgeting & Finance

POL 473 Public Budgeting and Finance

POL 642 Government and Business

POL 442 Government and Business

POL 674 Public Organizations

POL 671 Public Policy Analysis

POL 672 Public Planning and Evaluation

POL 659 Intergovernmental Relations

POL 343 Kentucky Government and Politics

POL 470 Foundations of Public Administration

POL 670 Foundations of Public Administration

POL 677 Local Government Administration

POL/SOC 359 Writing/Inquiry in Social Sciences

POL 341 Local Governments in Rural Areas and Small Communities

POL 471 Contemporary Public Policy Issues

POL 683 Comparative Public Policy

POL 252 Introduction to Comparative Politics

POL 660 Research Methods

POL 360 Research Methods

POL 100T Transitions

POL 680 Topical Seminar in Public Administration

POL 688 Capstone in Public Administration I

POL 689 Capstone in Public Administration II

POL 685 Public Administration Capstone

POL 695 Special Problems

POL 690 Administrative Internship

POL 488 Cooperative Education/Internship

POL 489 Cooperative Education/Internship

Courses Taught at Northern Kentucky University, the University of Texas at El Paso, and Texas A&M University

Courses included many of those listed at Murray State, but I also taught courses in ethics in public administration, criminal justice ethics, urban administration, bureaucratic politics, state administration, organization theory and behavior, and political leadership.

Professional Affiliations

American Political Science Association

Section on Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations

Section on State Politics and Policy

Southern Political Science Association

Kentucky Political Science Association

American Society for Public Administration

ASPA Section on Intergovernmental Administration

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

Agency Design and State Administrators: Political Insulation and Managers’ Views of Their Workplace, International Journal of Public Administration (2020). Co-authored with Jennifer Symonds Morrison.

“Holding School Leaders Accountable: Estimating the Effects of Retrospective Evaluations of Kentucky School District Superintendents,” The Commonwealth Review of Political Science 4:1 (2017): 39-51. Co-authored with Martin Battle. Even though the publication date says 2017, the journal did not come out until March of 2019.

“The First Amendment and the Off-Duty Conduct of Public Employees: Tradeoffs Among Civil Liberties, Agency Mission, and Public Trust” in Public Integrity (2017). Co-authored with Paul Foote

“The Kantian Publicity Principle and the Transparency Presumption in Public Affairs: When Private Citizens' Participation Becomes Public Knowledge” in Public Integrity (2016).

“Informal Executive Actions and Agency Guidance: Legal and Political Implications for Immigration and Other Policy Areas,” The Commonwealth Review of Political Science. (co-authored with Ihsan Alkhatib).

“School Resources and Student Outcomes in Kentucky Public High Schools,” The Commonwealth Review of Political Science 2:1 (2014): (co-authored with Martin Battle).

“Turnover among City Administrators: The Role of Political and Economic Change,” Public Administration Review 68:2 (March/April 2008): 380-386. (Co-authored with Barbara McCabe, Richard Feiock, and Christopher Stream).

“Turnover, Transaction Costs and Time Horizons: An Examination of Municipal Debt Financing,” American Review of Public Administration 38 (2008): 167-179. (Co-authored with Barbara McCabe, Richard Feiock and Hyung-Jun Park).

"Contracting and Sector Choice Across Different Types of Municipal Services,” State and Local Government Review 39:2 (2007): 72-83. (Co-authored with Manoj Shresthra, Carl Dasse, and Richard Feiock).

“Asset Forfeiture and Police Priorities: The Impact of Program Design upon Law Enforcement Activities,” Criminal Justice Policy Review. 16:3 (September 2005): 319-335. (Co-authored with Jason Hecker and Sue Madsen).

“Heresthetics and Happenstance: Intentional and Unintentional Impacts of the Zoning Decision Making Process,” Urban Studies 41:2 (February, 2004): 377-388.

“Turnover, Trust, and Transfers: An Examination of Local Government Budget Execution,” International Journal of Public Administration 27:8-9 (2004): 557-576. (Co-authored with Carolyn Cain and Enamul Choudhury).

“Community Response to Sex Offenders,” Journal of Psychiatry and Law 32 (Summer, 2004): 141-168. (Co-authored with Victoria Beck, Robert Ramsey, and Lawrence Travis).

“An Analysis of Institutional and Political Factors Affecting State Capital Expenditure,” International Journal of Public Administration 26:4 (April 2003): 373-398). (Co-authored with Carl Dasse and Enamul Choudhury).

“Sector Choices for Public Service Delivery,” Public Management Review 5:2 (June 2003): 163-175. (Co-authored with Richard Feiock and Carl Dasse).

“Governmental Uncertainty and Leadership Turnover: Influences upon Contracting and Sector Choice for Local Services,” State and Local Government Review 35:3 (Fall, 2003): 150-160. (Co-authored with Richard C. Feiock and Christopher Stream).

“Political Conflict, Fiscal Stress, and Administrative Turnover in American Cities,” State and Local Government Review 33:2 (Spring 2001): 101-108. (Co-authored with Shamima Ahmed, Richard C. Feiock, Barbara McCabe, and Chris Stream)

“Leadership Turnover, Transaction Costs, and External Service Delivery,” Public Administration Review 57 (May/June 1997): 231-239. (with Richard C. Feiock).

“Quasi-Judicial Decisionmaking and Exclusionary Zoning,” Urban Affairs Review, [formally Urban Affairs Quarterly] 31:4 (March 1996): 544-553.

“Disentangling Patterns of State Debt Financing,” American Political Science Review 89:1 (March 1995): 108-120. (with B. Dan Wood)

“Council Views Toward Targeting of Development Policy Benefits,” Journal of Politics 57:2 (May 1995): 508-520. (with Richard C. Feiock)

“Campaigns, Careerism, and Constituencies: Contacting Council Members about Economic Development Policy,” American Politics Quarterly 22:4 (October 1994): 453-468. (with Richard C. Feiock)

“Electoral representation, Zoning Politics, and the Exclusion of Group Homes,” Political Research Quarterly 47:4 (December 1994): 969-984.

“Constituencies, Campaign Support, and Council Member Intervention in City Development Policy,” Social Science Quarterly 74:1 (March 1993): 199-215. (with Richard C. Feiock)

“Imposing Procedural Constraints on State Administrative Agencies: An Empirical Investigation of Competing Explanations,” Policy Studies Review 11:2 (Summer 1992): 37-56. (with William F. West)

“Distributive Politics, Ward Representation, and the Spread of Zoning,” Public Choice 77 (1993): 725-738.

“Development Policy Choice: Four Explanations for City Implementation of Economic Development Policies,” American Review of Public Administration 22:1 (March 1992): 49-63. (with Richard C. Feiock)

“Administrative Innovations as Instruments of State Legislative Control,” Western Political Quarterly 44:2 (June 1991): 389-403.

“An Intergenerational Transfer Model of State Debt Financing,” Public Choice 72 (1991): 13-21.

“The Adoption of Economic Development Policies by Large Cities: A Test of Economic, Interest Group, and Institutional Explanations,” Policy Studies Journal 18:3 (Spring 1990): 539-552. (with Richard C. Feiock). To be printed in George Frederickson (ed.), Ideal and Practice in Council-Manager Government. Washington DC: ICMA.

“Municipal Representation, Executive Power, and Economic Development Policy Activity,” Policy Studies Journal (December 1986). (with Richard C. Feiock)

“Choice in Constituency and Representation in Urban Politics,” Mid-American Journal of Politics 2:1 (Spring 1985): 100-114.

BOOKS

Institutional Constraints and Policy Choice: An Exploration of Local Governance. Co-authored with Richard C. Feiock. SUNY Press, 2001.

Kentucky Government, Politics, and Public Policy. Co-edited with Michael Hail. University Press of Kentucky. 2013.

BOOK PROJECTS IN PROGRESS

Kentucky Government, Politics, and Public Policy. (second edition) Co-edited with Scott Lasley and Joel Turner. University Press of Kentucky. Under contract. 2023 expected publication date

Local Government Administration in Small Town America. (co-edited with Donna Handley and Wendy Eaton). Routledge, Taylor & Francis. Under contract. 2023 expected publication date.

Book Chapters

“Kantian Ethics.” 2016. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Edited by Carole Jurkiewicz.

“Turnover at the Top: Causes and Consequences of Leadership Change in Public Agencies.” 2016. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Edited by Ali Farazmand.

“Institutional Power and the Art of the Deal: An Analysis of Municipal Development Policy Adoptions,” co-authored with Richard C. Feiock, in Economic Development Strategies for State and Local Governments, edited by Robert McGowan and Edward Ottensmeyer, published by Nelson-Hall.

Articles Submitted Upon Invitation

“Crafting Constitutions in the Commonwealth of Kentucky” https://constitutingamerica.org/crafting-constitutions-in-the-commonwealth-of-kentucky-guest-essayists-james-c-clinger-and-michael-w-hail/ (with Michael W. Hail)

“How State Legislatures Work in American Government (Part 1)” https://constitutingamerica.org/how-state-legislatures-work-in-american-government-part-1-guest-essayists-james-c-clinger-and-j-drew-seib/ (with J. Drew Seib)

“How State Legislatures Work in American Government (Part 2)” https://constitutingamerica.org/how-state-legislatures-work-in-american-government-part-2-guest-essayists-james-c-clinger-and-j-drew-seib/ (with J. Drew Seib)

“May 24, 1844: Samuel Morse Sends the First Telegraph Message” https://constitutingamerica.org/may-24-1844-morse-sends-first-telegraph-message-guest-essayist-james-c-clinger/ A video internet broadcast associated with this essay can be found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZCoeuvz5Gg

“May 14, 1804: Lewis and Clark Begin Exploration of the Missouri River” https://constitutingamerica.org/may-14-1804-lewis-and-clark-begin-exploration-of-the-missouri-river-guest-essayist-james-c-clinger/

“September 5, 1867: The First Texas Cattle Shipped From Abilene” https://constitutingamerica.org/september-5-1867-the-first-texas-cattle-shipped-from-abilene-guest-essayist-james-c-clinger/

“September 3, 1928: Philo Farnsworth Transmits the First Electronic Television Broadcast” https://constitutingamerica.org/september-3-1928-philo-farnsworth-transmits-the-first-electronic-television-broadcast-guest-essayist-james-c-clinger/

“John Hart: Farmer, Second Continental Congress Delegate, First Speaker of the New Jersey State Legislature, and Declaration of Independence Signer” https://constitutingamerica.org/90day-dcin-john-hart-farmer-second-continental-congress-delegate-first-speaker-new-jersey-state-legislature-declaration-of-independence-signer-guest-essayist-james-c-clinger/

“Button Gwinnett of Georgia: Merchant, Planter, Second Continental Congress Delegate, Council of Safety Member, and Declaration of Independence” Signerhttps://constitutingamerica.org/90day-dcin-button-gwinnett-of-georgia-merchant-planter-second-continental-congress-delegate-council-of-safety-member-declaration-of-independence-signer-guest-essayist-james-c-clinger/

“Lyman Hall of Georgia: Clergyman, Physician, Second Continental Congress Delegate, Governor, and Declaration of Independence” Signerhttps://constitutingamerica.org/90day-dcin-lyman-hall-of-georgia-clergyman-physician-second-continental-congress-delegate-governor-declaration-of-independence-signer-guest-essayist-james-c-clinger/

“George Walton of Georgia: Lawyer, Second Continental Congress Delegate, Council of Safety Member, State Supreme Court Chief Justice, Governor, and Declaration of Independence Signer” https://constitutingamerica.org/90day-dcin-george-walton-georgia-lawyer-continental-congress-council-safety-member-state-supreme-court-chief-justice-governor-declaration-independence-signer-guest-essayist-james-c-clinger/

“Framing Early State Constitutions and Developing a Republican Form of Government, Under Threat of Battle” https://constitutingamerica.org/90day-aer-framing-early-state-constitutions-and-developing-a-republican-form-of-government-under-threat-of-battle-guest-essayist-james-c-clinger/

“Napoleon Bonaparte, the French Revolution, and America’s Protection of the Newly Formed United States Against Tyranny.” https://constitutingamerica.org/90day-aer-napoleon-bonaparte-the-french-revolution-and-americas-protection-of-the-newly-formed-united-states-against-tyranny-guest-essayist-james-c-clinger/

“Folly of a Dictatorship Led by a Single Tyrant: The Undoing of Napoleon Bonaparte vs America’s Constitutionally Constrained Executive.” https://constitutingamerica.org/90day-aer-folly-of-a-dictatorship-led-by-a-single-tyrant-the-undoing-of-napoleon-bonaparte-vs-americas-constitutionally-constrained-executive-guest-essayist-james-c-clinger/

“The Consequences of Turnover among Local Government Executives,” Journal of the Korean Institute of Public Administration 11 (1995): 175-186. (with Richard C. Feiock)

Review Articles

Review of Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design: Political Insulation in the United States Government Bureaucracy, 1946-1997 by David E. Lewis, in Perspectives on Politics (2004).

“Dollars and Decisions: Fiscal Policy and Administration in the American States,” Public Administration Review 62:6 (November/December 2002): 671-674.

Review of Debt Wish: Entrepreneurial Cities, U.S. Federalism, and Economic Development, by Alberta Sbragia, in the American Political Science Review.

Review of Working, Shirking, and Sabotage: Bureaucratic Response to a Democratic Public, by John Brehm and Scott Gates, in the Journal of Politics.

Review of The American County, edited by Donald Menzel in Social Science Quarterly.

Review of Preferences, Institutions and Rational Choice, edited by Keith Dowding and Desmond King, in Public Choice.

“Different Countries, Different Cities, Different Answers to the Same Policy Questions,” review essay in Policy Studies Journal (1993).

Review of Claude Kirk and the Politics of Confrontation, by Edmund F. Kallina, Jr. Published in the American Review of Politics (1993).

Review of the Mayors and Money: Fiscal Policy in New York and Chicago, by Ester Fuchs, published in Social Science Quarterly (1993).

Review of Administrative Argument, by Christopher Hood and Michael Jackson, Published in the American Political Science Review (1992).

Newsletter Contributions

“Policy Implications of Leadership Turnover,” Policy Currents (February 1995): 5-9.

“Confusion and Clarity in Urban Theory,” Urban Politics and Urban Policy Section Newsletter 3:2 (Summer 1989): 10-12.

Grants Received

University Research Institute grant, 1994-95

Center for Environmental Research Management (UTEP)-US Environmental Protection Agency grant, 1997

Faculty Development Grant, 1995

CERM-EPA grant, 1995

CERM-EPA grant, 1997

Several CISR grants, various years

Conference Papers Presented Since 2002

“Divided Government, Legislative Rule Review, and Control of State Administrative Rulemaking.” Co-authored with Martin Battle. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. April 2022

“Divided Government, Monitoring Mechanisms, and Perceptions of Political Control of State Administration.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration. October, 2021.

“Opportunism or Necessity? Gubernatorial Use and Legislative Reform of Executive Orders in Kentucky.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Political Science Association, March, 2021, in Lexington, KY.

“The Significance of Insignificant Results: What Does and Does Not Explain School Teachers’ Satisfaction With Their Jobs.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Political Science Association, March, 2021, in Lexington, KY.

“Dollars and Diplomas: Degree Production, Funding Sources, and the Co-Production of Higher Education.” Co-authored with Martin Battle. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. January, 2021.

“Dollars and Diplomas: Degree Production, Public Funding, and the Co-Production of Higher Education.” Co-authored with Sarah Leach and Martin Battle. Presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Political Science Association, March, 2020.

“Dollars and Diplomas: Degree Production, State Funding, and Program Design.” Co-authored with Martin Battle and Sarah Leach. Presented at the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Baton Rouge, LA, October, 2019.

“Fiscal Federalism, Subsidiarity, and the Scope of Municipal Bankruptcy Law,” paper presented at the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Birmingham, AL, October 2018.

“Agency Design and the Volume of Red Tape: Political Insulation and State Managers’ Perceptions.” Co-authored with Jennifer Symonds Morrison. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August, 2017.

Dividing the Debt: State Government Allocation of Bond Issues Under Private Activity Volume Caps.” Co-authored with Andrew Morelock. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the State Politics and Policy Section, St. Louis, June, 2017. Presented in revised form at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Political Science Association, Murray, KY, March, 2018.

“Agency Design and State Administrators: Political Insulation and Managers’ Views of Their Workplace.” Co-authored with Jennifer Symonds Morrison. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Political Science Association, Danville, KY, 2017.

“From Diplomas to Dollars: Testing the Impact of College Degree Production on State Economic Development.” Co-authored with Jisun Youm. Paper presented at the annual Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Raleigh, NC, 2016.

“Judicial Federalism, School Finance Decisions, and Policy Learning.” Co-authored with Martin Battle. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association meeting in Philadelphia, 2016.

“Holding School Leaders Accountable: Estimating the Effects of Retrospective Evaluations of Kentucky School District Superintendents and Board Members.” Co-authored with Martin Battle. Paper presented at the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina.

“The First Amendment and the Off-Duty Conduct of Public Employees: Tradeoffs between Civil Liberties, Agency Mission, and Public Trust.” Co-authored with Paul Foote. Paper presented at the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina.

“Executive Discretion and Intergovernmental Waivers: The Case of No Child Left Behind.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, 2015, in San Francisco.

“Trouble, Turmoil, and Turnover: Estimating the Effects of Retrospective Evaluations of Kentucky School District Leaders.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Political Science Association, 2014. Co-authored with Martin Battle.

“Trouble, Turmoil, and Turnover: Estimating the Effects of Retrospective Evaluations of Kentucky School District Leaders.” Paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association, 2014, in New Orleans. Co-authored with Martin Battle.

“The Limits of Lucre: Permissible Conditions of Federal Aid after NFIB v. Sebelius.” Paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association, 2014, in New Orleans.

“The Kantian Publicity Principle and the Transparency Presumption in Public Affairs.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Political Science Association, Lexington, KY, 2013.

“From Diplomas to Dollars: Testing the Impact of College Degree Production on State Economic Development.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Charlotte, NC, 2013. Co-authored with Jisun Youm.

“Politics and Public Pensions: An Examination of Strategic Decisions in Funding Employee Retirement Systems.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Charlotte, NC, 2013. Co-authored with David Matkin.

"Political Parties, Pivotal Politics, and Public Pensions: Determinants of Public Pension Funding Ratios in State Defined-Benefit Plans." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Coral Springs, Florida, October, 2012. Co-authored with David Matkin and Richard C. Feiock.

"Turnover, Time Horizons, and Transaction Costs: Political Determinants of State Public Employee Pension Fund Contributions," presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Political Science Association, in Campbellsville, in March, 2012. Co-authored with Hongtao Yi and Richard C. Feiock

"Turnover at the Top: Retrospective Evaluations of Kentucky School District Leaders," Presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Political Science Association, in Campbellsville, in March, 2012. Co-authored with Martin Battle.

"Political Determinants of Public Pension Funding Ratios: An Examination of State Employee Retirement Systems,” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 22-24, 2011.

“Intermittent Attention: Political Oversight of Kentucky Regulatory Agencies,” presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Political Science Association, Bowling Green, March, 2011.

“Opportunism and Desperation? The Use of Gubernatorial Executive Orders in Kentucky and the Nation.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Political Science Association meeting, Murray, KY, March, 2010.

“Legislative Rule Review, Partisan Control, and the Costs of Regulation: The Case of Pollution Control in the American States.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, April, 2009. Co-authored with Martin Battle and Tom Glover.

“Intermittent Attention: Political Oversight of Kentucky Regulatory Agencies.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Political Science Association meeting, Louisville, KY, March, 2009.

“School Characteristics and Student Outcomes in Kentucky Public High Schools.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Political Science Association meeting, Louisville, KY, March, 2009. Co-authored with Martin Battle.

“Examining Educational Outcomes: A Study of Kentucky Public Schools.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration in Orlando, Florida, September, 2008.

“Divided Government, Rule Review, and Regulatory Stringency: The Case of Pollution Control.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans, January 2008. Co-authored with Martin Battle and Tim Nolcox (now Vance).

“Explaining Student Dropout Rates in Public Schools: The Impact of Equity, Expenditures, and Exit Exams.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration in Nashville, September, 2007. Co-authored with Martin Battle and Jennifer Thomas.

“Explaining Prison Privatization: A Transaction Cost Approach,” co-authored with Victoria Beck. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration in Athens, Georgia, October, 2006.

“Divided Government, Rule Review, and Regulatory Stringency: The Case of Pollution Control,” co-authored with Timothy Nolcox (now Vance). Presented at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Political Science Association, March, 2006.

“Uncertainty, Turnover and Outsourcing of Public Works Services,” co-authored with Richard C. Feiock and Manoj Shresthra. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in Atlanta, Georgia, January, 2006.

“City Managers as Residual Claimants on Local Government Performance,” co-authored with Richard C. Feiock, Melanie Hicks-Kopp, and Wenjue Lu. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration in Charlotte, North Carolina, October, 2004.

“Turmoil, Trouble, and Turnover Among City Administrators,” co-authored with Richard C. Feiock, Christopher Stream, and Myungjun Kwon. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans, January, 2004.

“Sex Offender Notification and the Protective Behavior of Potential Victims:An Analysis of the Administration of the Hamilton County Program,” co-authored with Victoria Simpson Beck and Lawrence Travis, III. Presented at the SECoPA meeting in Savannah, Georgia, October, 2003.

"Asset Forfeiture and Police Priorities: The Impact of Program Design upon Law Enforcement Activities," coauthored by Sue Madsen and Jason Hecker. Presented at the Public Choice Society meeting in Nashville, March, 2003.

“Contractor and Sector Choice in Municipal Services Production: A Transaction Cost Approach,” co-authored with Carl Dasse and Richard C. Feiock. Presented at a special conference on privatization of state and local government infrastructure, sponsored by the University of Michigan’s Office of Tax Policy Research (OTPR) and the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), November, 2002.

“Asset Forfeiture and Police Priorities: The Impact of Program Design upon Law Enforcement Activities,” co-authored with Sue Madsen and Jason Hecker. Presented at the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration (SECoPA) in Columbia, South Carolina, in October, 2002.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Manuscript referee for the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Policy Studies Journal, Urban Affairs Quarterly, Urban Affairs Review, Policy Studies Review, State and Local Government Review, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management, Social Science Quarterly, Western Political Quarterly, Government and Policy, Southeastern Political Review, Cities, American Politics Quarterly, Journal of Urban Affairs, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Economics of Governance, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Asia Pacific Management Review, Journal of Business and Management Landscapes, Journal of Business Ethics, African Journal of Business Management, Politics and Policy, and the American Journal of Political Science.

Committee to select the winner of the Martha Derthick Book Award conferred for the best book on federalism and intergovernmental relations published at least 10 years ago that has made a lasting contribution to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations. 2014.

CHFA Intensive Review Subcommittee for Writing and Technology Intensive Courses, 2014

External peer evaluator of the Department of Political Science at Indiana State University and Austin Peay State University

CHFA Budget Review Team, 2012

President, Kentucky Political Science Association 2009-2010, 2017-2018

Executive Council, Section on Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations, American Political Science Association, 2014-2018.

Editorial Board, Commonwealth Review of Politics, 2012-Present

Executive Council Member, Kentucky Political Science Association 2009-Present

Member of College of Humanities and Fine Arts Graduate Studies Task Force, 2009-2010

Local Arrangements Committee, Southeastern Conference on Public Administration 2009

Member of University Committee on Plagiarism, 2007

Member of College and Humanities Technology Policy Committee, 2006-07

Member of University CISR Committee, 2006-07, 2007-08

Moderator, Kappa Alpha Psi Presidential Debate, October 25, 2004, Murray State University

Member of College of Humanities and Fine Arts Mentoring Committee, 2004

Member of College of Humanities and Fine Arts Curriculum Committee, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-2015, and 2015-2016.

Member of various departmental faculty search committees at Texas A&M, the University of Texas at El Paso, Northern Kentucky University, and Murray State University

Presentation of reports to Forward Quest, Fall 2000 and Spring 2001

Chair and or discussant on panels at the annual meetings of the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, the Public Choice Society, Kentucky Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Southwestern Social Science Association, American Political Science Association

Presentation on budgeting and public finance to visitors from the Republic of Georgia, May 2000. The visit was hosted by the International Programs office,

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