Humanities 2319
American Minorities: Political Culture in A Global Environment
About Your Professor
Greetings!
I am Christy Woodward Kaupert. I am an Associate Professor of Political Science in the Political Science Department.
As a brief introduction, I have a B.Sc. and an M.A. in Political Science from Sam Houston State University at Huntsville, Texas. At present, I am pursuing my Ph.D. in Applied Demography & Statistics, with an application in Public Policy at UTSA. You may read my current vitae here.
My Master's work concerned American Politics
and I concentrated in Constitutional Law, Political Theory and
minored in Public Administration. My research focused on
Congress and the behavior of its members. My thesis,
Women in the 103rd Congress: Out of the
Shadows, concerned the success the
women in the 103rd Congressional class had in enacting women's,
children's and families' legislation. While finishing my MA
degree, I lived in Belfast, Northern Ireland and worked for
Betty Williams
who won the Nobel Peace Prize
for Human Rights work in Northern Ireland in 1976. I was able
to meet during this period of my life some of the most profound
activists in the Human Rights movement today, including
Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu,
His Holiness, the
Dalai Lama
(whom I found especially
endearing),
Rigoberta Menchu Tum
and
Oscar Arias Sanchez.
I taught at
Sam Houston State
University as a graduate
student, graduate courses in Public Administration at
UTSA
as an adjunct, and have
been teaching at San Antonio College since 1997. I became a
member of the SAC faculty in 1999. I have taught a variety of
courses in American and Texas Politics, Constitutional Law and
Judicial Policy as well as courses in the field of Public
Administration.
I am a contributing author to Texas Politics Today, a joint author in the Texas version of Keeping the Republic and the Texas version of The Challenge of Democracy as well as having completed a variety of computer simulations for several other publishers on American and Texas politics.
My research interests in the discipline are primarily focused on elections, electoral law and procedures and I specialize in the bureaucracy and rulemaking as well as public policy (domestic policy). My doctoral research, however, focused on immigration and economic development issues.
I teach Government 2301 and developed Government 2302 for the internet in 1999, presently teaching 2-5 sections each semester. I am also the course developer and sole instructor for Humanities 2319 for the Political Science Department. I also serve as the departmental advisor for our Political Science majors and coordinate the internship. I am one of twenty-four members that serve on this college's Faculty Senate.
If you need to contact me, my office is in the Chance Academic Bldg, Room 217C and my phone is 210.486.1008. Our fax number is 210.486.1756
Email: profkaupert@gmail.com