UTSA,  San Antonio, Texas n 2005
 PhD Student
Applied Demography and Statistics Public Policy Track

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas n  2000-2003
Post Grad
12 additional hours in American Government

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas n  1996
MA in Political Science
Areas of Concentration: American Politics,  Public Administration, and Political Theory
Thesis: “Women of the 103^rd Congress:  Out of the Shadows?”

McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisianan  1996
18 hours of Education Curriculum toward Teaching Certificate

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas n  1993
B.Sc. in Political Science 
Areas of Concentration: American Government: Congress and Constitutional Law
Minor: European History

·      President’s List, 1991
·      Pro Bono Legal Services Award, East Texas Legal Services Clinic 1992
·      Graduate Teaching Assistantship 1993-95
·     Title VI “Globalizing the Curriculum” grantee 2002
·       NISOD Excellence in Teaching Award 2004
·      Title V  "Problem Based Learning" Curriculum grantee 2005

At Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas:

Assistant Instructor – “American Government,” “Constitutional Law “ n  1993-95
Assisted in creating and delivering lecture topics, organized tutorials and administered all grades.  Also functioned as a research assistant for three members of the faculty.

At San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas:

Adjunct Instructor –  “American and Texas Politics” “Public Policy and Problems“ n  1997-99
Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades

At the University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas:

Adjunct Instructor –  “American Government”  “Texas Politics” and “Evaluation of Public Policy”  n1999-00
Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades

At San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas:

Instructor (Faculty) “American and Texas Government”  “Public Policy and Problems” n  1999-2003
Developed syllabus and overall course structure, including four courses through the internet, and administered all grades.  Serves as the Department webmaster (1999-present)

Assistant Professor (Faculty) – 2004-2008

Associate Professor (Faculty)- 2008-

·    “Women in the 103^rd Congress” Paper presented at the SWPSA meeting,  Dallas, Texas n 1995

·    “Agencies and Influence:  A Special Case in the Texas State Board of Education” in  Maxwell and Crain, Texas Politics
     Today 10^th ed. Wadsworthn 2000

·        “Women in Politics” Paper presented at the request of the Women’s History Committee for Women’s History Week
  n  2001

·      “DOMA:  A Federal Incursion into a Private Decision” Paper presented at SAC  Women’s History Week n   2002

·      “Agencies and Influence:  A Special Case:  The PUC and Deregulation in Texas” in Maxwell and Crain, Texas Politics
      Today, 11th ed.  Wadsworth  n 2002

·        “You are the Governor” for Prentice Hall Online n 2002 (not publicly available on the web)

·        “You are a Bureaucrat” for Wadsworth Online.  You Are There!     Computer simulations June n 2002

·      “Congress in the Classroom”  Paper  presented at the Dirksen Congressional Center   “Best Practices” meeting, Pekin,
       Illinois. n  July 2002

·        We the People:  An Introduction to American Politics Texas ed., 5th., Lowi, Ginzberg, and Weir. Complete set of
      interactive computer simulations for Texas politics n 2003-05   http://www.wwnorton.com/college/titles/polisci/weir4/emedia.htm 

·        Debate! Citizenship   with Amy Jasperson.  Interactive Cd-rom for Thomas Patterson's "We the People"  6th-7th ed. McGraw-Hill n 2003-04

·      “Texas Executive” and “Public Policy in Texas” in Barbour and Wright, Keeping the Republic.  3^rd ed. Houghton Mifflin,
       NY.   n 2003

·        “Redistricting” for Wadsworth Online.  You Are There!      Computer simulations.  September n  2003

·        “Agencies and Influence:  A Special Case:  ERCOT ” in  Maxwell and Crain, Texas Politics Today, 12th ed.,   Wadsworth  n 2005

·        “Race and Equity in Education.”  Panel discussant for Black History Month.  San Antonio College n 2004

·        “Agencies and Influence:  A Special Case: ERCOT, What a Tangled Web in Redux ” in  Maxwell and Crain, Texas
 Politics Today, 12th ed.,   Wadsworth  n 2005

·        “Stereotypes and International Students" Moderator, International Education Week, San Antonio College n 2005

·    The Texas Executive in Janda, Berrry and Goldman, The Challenge of Democracy,  (Texas ed.)  9^th ed. n 2007

·  “Migrants Bearing Economic Gifts:  Measuring Remittance Use in Developing Countries” Poster Session 2007 Applied Demography Conference, San Antonio, Texas January 9-12, 2007

·   Comment:  "Higher Ed Plan will do little In Grand Scheme of Reform." Special to the San Antonio Express News. February 10, 2007.     

·    Measuring Remittance Use in Developing Countries”  Paper presented at the Immigration Roundtable at The American Sociological Association Conference, New York, New York, August 11-14, 2007.

·        “The Case against Vanishing Marginals” for presentation at  SWPSA   Conference.  n in progress
 

Women’s History Committee 2000-2002
Internationalizing the Curriculum Committee 2002-
Multicultural Committee 2007-
Departmental Program Review, 2000- Chair, 2007
Departmental Hiring Committee 2002-
ACCD Human Resource Committee 2007
SAC Mass-Email Committee 2008
SAC Academic Issues Committee 2007
San Antonio Faculty Senate 2007, Policy & Governance Sub~Committee
SAC Arts and Sciences Core Curriculum Committee 2004-
Departmental Internet Committee, Chair 2006-
Departmental Webmaster 2000-2006
Academic Decathlon Proctor 2000-