I.  Personal Data

               Date of Birth: December 11, 1951

Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio

Marital Status: Married, two children

 II.  Academic Background

A.B.              Kenyon College, May 1973

M.A.P.A.     University of Virginia, May 1975

Ph.D.            University of Virginia, August 1978

Fields of Concentration

Undergraduate:        Political Science

Graduate:                  Public Administration

Public Finance

American National Institutions

History of Economic Thought

Ancient and Medieval Political Theory

Masters Thesis:  "Friedrich Hayek and the Defense of Liberty"

Doctoral Dissertation:  "Welfare Economics and Criminal Justice Policy"

III.  Experience

 Teaching:

 University of Massachusetts, Associate Professor of Political Science, September 1984 - present.

 Smith College, Visiting Associate Professor of Government, spring 1994, spring 1988 and fall 1985.

 University of Massachusetts, Assistant Professor of Political Science, September 1978 - August 1984.

 University of Virginia, Acting Assistant Professor of Political Science, September 1977 - May 1978.

 University of Virginia, Instructor of Political Science, fall 1975.

Administrative:

University

Faculty Senate - 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1998 - 2000.

Committee on Admissions and Records – 1997 – 2000. (Chair, January – May 1999)

Program and Budget Council - 1981-82, 1982-83.

Faculty Senate Services Committee - 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81.

College

Associate Dean and Acting Director, Colleges of Arts and Sciences Information and Advising Center (CASIAC), June 1993 - March 1994.

Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, January 1991 - May 1993.

 College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee - 1979-80, 1980-81 (Chair), 1981-82.

Department

Undergraduate Program Director, 1997 – 2001.

Graduate Program Director, 1987-1990.

Department Personnel Committee - 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90, 2002-03.

Director of the MPA program's Summer Policy Workshop, 1979-1990.

Public Service

Member (by appointment of the President of the United States), Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission.  12 November 2003 – 17 May 2007.

National Board Member (by appointment of the Secretary of Education), Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, United States Department of Education, 26 September 2002 - 31 August 2005.

United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Deputy Director for Data Analysis, January 1984 - January 1985.

IV.  Honors and Fellowships

Alpha Lambda Delta National Academic Honor Society for Freshmen (honorary member), 29 February 2004

Honored Foreign Member, International Center of Legal Problems of Intellectual Property, Kyiv, Ukraine, 10 December 2001

Honored Professor of Uzhhorod State Institute of Information Science, Economics and Law, Uzhhorod, Ukraine, 28 November 2001

Dean's Public Service Award, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 19 May 2000

TEACHnology Fellow, Center for Teaching, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1997-1998.

Golden Key National Honor Society (honorary member), 1990.

Thomas Jefferson Fellowship, University of Virginia, 1973-1974, 1976-1977.

Phi Beta Kappa, Kenyon College (Beta of Ohio), 1973.

A.B. Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Political Science, Kenyon College, 1973.