Paul E. Parker

Professor of Political Science and prelaw advisor

Social Science Division

Truman State University

Kirksville, MO 63501

660.785.4505

parker@truman.edu

www2.Truman.edu/parker

Education: PhD University of Maryland, 1989 (government and politics; exams “with distinction”)

MA University of Maryland, 1986 (government and politics)

BA Pacific Lutheran University, 1983 (legal studies, philosophy; cum laude)

Position: professor of political science, 2001-

associate professor of political science, 1993-2001

assistant professor of political science, 1988-1993

instructor of government and politics, UMCP, 1986-88

Couses taught: (3-4 per semester; average 85 students)

American Government; Extended Truman Week American Government

Law and the Judicial Process

Constitutional Law

Senior Seminar (team taught)

Political Thought

Political Science Methodology

Economic Politics (with Dr. David Gillette)

Political Science Topics: Civil Rights

Political Science Topics: Political Communication (Spring 2006; Team Taught)

Seminar in Law and Politics

Seminar in Political Economy

Freshmen Week

Institutional Service: Committee Appointments / Selections

· University Sabbatical Review Committee, two years.

· Discipline representative, Social Science Division Sabbatical Review Committee, 2005

· Higher Learning Commission Subcommittee IV: component 4b, 2003-04 (gathered data on student involvement and learning at Truman, wrote draft report for this component)

· Committee on NSSE / CSEQ, 2003 (reviewed appropriateness of using both National Survey of Student Engagement and College Student Experience Questionnaire at Truman)

· Faculty Development Committee, Fall 2002

· Computer Literacy Committee, 2000 (consider whether to require laptops of all students)

· Website Committee, 1999 (consider campus policies for websites)

· Committee on Tenure, 1997-98; 1999-2000

· Undergraduate Council: SS Division Representative, 1995-97 (LSP revision)

· President’s Task Force on Computing, 1995 (advisory committee on direction of computing services at Truman, prior to hiring of Collegis)

· Faculty Research Grant Committee, 1994, 1995 (review proposals / award summer research grants)

· Social Science Lecture Series Committee, 1990-96 (select / fund external speakers)

· Periodicals Review Committee, 1990-91 (review Pickler Memorial Library holdings)

· Liberal Arts and Sciences Task Force, 1990-91

· Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (chartering member and secretary, 1990-91)

Institutional Service: Other

· Interview Project (several years; most recently 2005; paired with student, and interview students on experiences at Truman; results reported in the Assessment Almanac)

· External Examiner, Philosophy and Religion Senior Seminar, Spring 2004

· January Conference (annual; co-presenter, 2003; Group Discussion Leader, 2004)

· Portfolio Reader, 1997-1999; 2005 (“group leader” in 1999)

· University Master Plan Workshop (several years; participant)

· Reviewer, Competitive Scholarships, 1991-94; 1997; 2002 (review written work; mock interviews)

· Pershing Scholar Reviewer, 1990-1992

· Residential Colleges (Faculty Associate, 1989-97; Training Day Advisor, 1999; search committee for Head Academic Advisor, 2000; Great Conversations participant, 2005)

· College Bowl Facilitator (several years; most recently 2005)

· History Day Judge, 1991-1993 (evaluated high school presentations and papers)

· Proposition “B” Committee, 1991 (co-chaired voter registration drive at President’s request)

· numerous visits to classes and organizations and participation in residence hall programming

· radio and television source, several times

Institutional Service: Student Advising

· PreLaw Advisor (advised hundreds of students about law school: selection, application, preparation, cost; written dozens of letters of recommendation; developed /maintain webpage for prelaw advising)

· Faculty Advisor, Prelaw Club: 1989-

· Faculty Advisor, Truman Habitat for Humanity, 2006-

· Faculty Advisor, Amnesty International, 1988-94

· Advisor to approximately 20 political science majors

Institutional Service: Mentoring and Research

· Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Program mentor

o Lindsay Sims, 2001 (Summer Research Scholar; research published in McNair Review)

o Anthony Butler, 1994-95

o Vincent Potts, 1992-93 (Summer Research Scholar)

· Mentor to students presenting at Truman’s Student Research Conference

o Ann Ware, 1989 Major Determinants? Prelaw Students and Majors

o C. Scott Peters, 1992 Madison, Locke, and Civil Forfeiture (also presented at Midwest Political Science Student’s Conference)

o Jeff C. Weiland, 1995 Crime and Punishment

o Jennifer Lunsford, 1996 Harry Truman and the United States Supreme Court

o Kimberly Bechtel, 1998 The United Methodist Church: Pretending Equality? (related presentation made at Women’s Studies Conference)

o Thomas Hayde, 1999 The NEA: Debate and Controversy

o Wayne A. Yocum, 2001 Partners in Crime: Public Opinion, Legislators, and the Death Penalty

o John E. Redden, 2005 Environmental Influences of Civil Law: A Comparison of Adair County and the City of Saint Louis

o Ryan Lewis, 2005 A Change in Rhetoric: A Shift in Purpose for the American Mission in Iraq

· Summer Student Research Grant mentor, C. Scott Peters, 1992

· Master’s Thesis Committee Outside Reader

o Sean O’Brien, English, 2004

o Marcia Ball, English, 1998

o Aaron Fetrow, History, 1997

· Mentor to Pershing Scholarship Students

o Ryan Conway (’07)

o Luke Carpenter (’02)

o Lisa Eaton (’00)

Service to the Political Science Discipline:

· Taught a broad array of courses to meet student and program needs

· Major Author, Five Year Review of Political Science 1995, 2000

· Contributor, Discipline Action Plans

· Author of Web resources for Truman Students: Research Design in Political Science (booklet for student use in three required political science classes); Prelaw Page; The Poli Sci Homepage)

· Major-Minors Fair Participant (regular)

· Student Recruitment: visit day presentations, phone calls, meeting with campus visitors (regular)

Grants and Awards Received:

· Summer Research Grants, 1989, 1991, 1998 (one aided completion of dissertation; two supported research that resulted in publication, and both involved student research)

· Summer Grants to Improve Instruction, 1992, 1999 (developed new courses; developed lessons for courses; purchased equipment used in courses)

· Recipient, Teaching Assistant Award, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, UMCP, 1987

· Nominee, William O’Donnell Lee Advising Award, 1998

· Nominee, Educator of the Year, 1992, 1993, 1994

· Nominee, Doris and Walker Allen Fellowship, 2004

Community Service:

· Kirksville Area Habitat for Humanity 1998- (work with community members and students on construction of three houses; serve on committees to select homeowner/partners)

· Kirksville Noon Lions 2002-03 (community fundraising for projects related to sight)

· Foster Parent 2000-01

Professional Activity:

Book

· A Portrait of Missouri: FSA Photographs, 1935-43. University of Missouri Press (2002).

Articles

· “A Time to Delay Killing: Evidence for a Death Penalty Moratorium in Missouri,” with Wayne A. Yocum. UMKC Law Review 70(4): 983-999 (2002).

· "The Last Laugh: Skill Building through a Liberal Arts Political Science Curriculum," with Marijke Breuning and John Ishiyama, PS: Political Science and Politics 34 (3): 657-661 (2001).

· “Is a Lower Caseload the Same as a Lower Workload? Opinion Characteristics of the Burger and Rehnquist Courts,” The Justice System Journal 20 (3): 299-316 (1999).

· “Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto: Gambling, Taxes, the Court, and Citizens Amendments in Missouri;” Albany Law Review 59(5): 1675-1683 (1996).

· “Economic Politics,” an essay in a study guide for Thomas Patterson’s The American Democracy, (3e), McGraw-Hill. (1996).

· “It’s in the Mail: A Discussion of the Present Use and Future Prospects of Mail Ballot Elections,” with James Przybylski. State and Local Government Review 25(2): 97-106 (1993).

· “Reexamining the Role and Functions of State Judges: A Statutory Perspective” in State Constitutional Commentaries and Notes 3(1): 8-12 (1991).

· “The Mail Ballot Election Act of 1988” in Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science 25: 51-59 (1991).

· “A Moot Court for Constitutional Issues,” with Richard P. Claude, News for Teachers of Political Science 43: 7-12 (1984).

Work in Progress

· Legal Partisans: Democratic and Republican Evaluations of Courts and Judges in Party Platforms, 1960-2004 (under revision for resubmission to professional journal)

· How Now Harriet? (a working paper on the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court).

Other publications:

· “Victim Impact Evidence in Death Penalty Cases,” and “Sentencing, the Eighth Amendment and.” Entries for Encyclopedia of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, John Scheb II and Otis Stephens, ed. Greenwood Press (forthcoming, 2006).

· Review Essay, Judicial Process Texts and Readers for The Journal of the Political Science Educator (forthcoming, 2006).

· Review of Karen J. Greenberg and Joshua S. Dratel, The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Graihb (Cambridge University Press). Law and Politics Book Review 15 (8): 753-58 (2005).

· Review of Katherine Beckett and Theodore Sasson, The Politics of Injustice (2e) (Sage). The Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture 12 (1): 71-76 (2005).

· Review of George Wright and Maria Stalzer Wyant Cuzzo, The Legal Studies Reader (Peter Lang). Law and Politics Book Review 14(9): 735-38 (2004).

· Review of Kristin A. Kelly, Domestic Violence and the Politics of Privacy (Cornell University Press). Law and Politics Book Review 13(7):(np) (2003).

· Review of Roger E. Hartley, Alternative Dispute Resolution in Civil Justice Systems (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC). Law and Politics Book Review 13(1): (np) (2003).

· Review of Francine Sanders Romero, Civil Rights Policymaking in the United States: An Institutional Perspective (Praeger). Law and Politics Book Review 12(8): 468-70 (2002).

· Review of Jack Balkin, ed., What “Brown v. Board of Education” Should Have Said (New York University Press). Law and Politics Book Review 11(9): 449-52 (2001).

· Review of Daniel A. Farber’s The First Amendment (Foundation Press). Law and Politics Book Review 9(10): 434-435 (1999).

· Review of Stuart Scheingold’s, Politics, Crime Control and Culture (Oxford University Press). Law and Politics Book Review; 9(6): 259-62 (1999).

· Review of Austin Sarat and Stuart Scheingold’s Cause Lawyering (Oxford University Press). Law and Politics Review; 8(6): 283-286 (1998).

· Review of Kevin W. Saunders’ Violence as Obscenity (Duke University Press). Law and Politics Book Review; 7(6): 272-275 (1997).

· Review of David Rosenberg, The Hidden Holmes: His Theory of Torts in History (Harvard University Press). Law and Politics Book Review; 6(5): 84-87 (1996).

· Review: Epstein, Lee, Segal, Jeffrey A., Spaeth, Harold J., and Walker, Thomas G., The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions, and Developments (CQ Press) and Jost, Kenneth, The Supreme Court Yearbook 1992-1993 (CQ Press). Southeastern Political Review 23(2): 99-101 (1995).

· Review of Dimensions of Tolerance: What Americans Believe About Civil Liberties, by Herbert McClosky and Alida Brill (Russell Sage). The Human Rights Internet 10(1,2): 251-52 (1984).

Selected Lectures and Conference Participation

Local

· "The Constitution and the Power of the President After 9/11: Has Everything Changed?" (co-presenter, with Dr. Dan Mandell), Constitution Day 2005, Truman State University.

· “National Survey of Student Engagement Assessment,” co-presented with Dr. Douglas Davenport at the 2003 Janurary Conference.

· “Advising for Law School,” Professional School Advising Session, under FIPSE Grant, Northeast Missouri State University, September 1991.

· “Courting Revolution,” Lecture presented as part of the Liberal Arts & Sciences Lecture Series, Northeast Missouri State University, September 1990.

· Panel chair for Truman Student Research Conference (several years, most recently 2005)

State, Regional, and National

· “Courting Partisans,” Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 2005.

· “Culture Trumps Correlation: Understanding the Confounding Persistence of Law Myths,” Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2004.

· “A Portrait of Missouri,” Midwest Folklore Association, Kirksville, MO, November, 2003.

· Invited Guest, Southeast Association of Prelaw Advisors, Duke Law School, Durham, NC, October 2003.

· “PreLaw Advising Using the Internet.” Midwest Association of Prelaw Advisors, Chicago, IL, September 2001.

· Roundtable Participant, on “The State of the American Political Science Association” at the Missouri Political Science Association meeting, Springfield, MO, November 1992.

· Selected Participant, “Litigation, Justice, and the Public Good,” sponsored by the American Bar Association, San Diego, CA, April 1991.

· “What Kind of Conduct Do Citizens Have a Right to Expect of Their Public Officials?” Missouri Political Science Association, Columbia, MO, November 1990.

· “Arbitration Panels, Creeping Formalism, and Other Obstructions to Suit,” Southwestern Political Science Association Meeting, Fort Worth, TX, March 1990.

· Selected Participant, “Seminar in Civil Rights,” sponsored by the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, August 1989.

· “Decision Making, Legislatures, and Capacity,” Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 1989.

· “The Insurance Liability Crisis: Private Pressure on the Public Order,” American Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, IL, September 1987.

· “Crisis? What Crisis: Liability Insurance and Tort Reform,” Law and Society Association Meeting, Washington, DC, June 1987.

· “Amicus Curiae in Circuit Courts of Appeals,” with Wayne V. McIntosh. Law and Society Association Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 1986.

Other Scholarly Activity

· Chair and / or Discussant for eight panels at national meetings.

· Editorial Advisory Board, Focus On Law Studies, American Bar Association Commission on College and University Legal Studies, 1994-95, 1995-96.

· Reviewer for professional journals (McNair Scholarly Review, American Political Research, Journal of Political Science Education; Justice System Journal; American Political Review).

· Reviewer for several textbook proposals and revisions, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 (Oxford University Press, McGraw-Hill, Roxbury, St. Martin’s, Scribner, Little Brown, Houghton Mifflin).

· External examiner, University of Missouri undergraduate political science program, 1992-93.

· External reviewer, two faculty eligible for promotion.

Professional Associations and Memberships

· American Political Science Association

· Midwest Political Science Association

· Southern Political Science Association

· Midwest Association of PreLaw Advisors

· Phi Kappa Phi

· Pi Sigma Alpha