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CURRICULUM VITAE
Gordon B. Smith retired)
Founding Director, Rule of Law Collaborative (retired June,2015)
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
Phone: (803) 465-0555
email: [email protected]
I. EDUCATION
B.S. Iowa State University, Journalism and International Relations,
1971 (with Distinction and Honors)
M.A. Indiana University, Political Science, 1974
Ph.D. Indiana University, Political Science, 1976
II.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science, 2012- present
Distinguished Professor of Political Science, 2011-2012
Director, Walker Institute of International and Area Studies, 2004-2012
Director, Rule of Law Collaborative, 2009-2014
Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, University of South Carolina, May
2001 – August 2004
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Faculty Development, College of Liberal Arts,
University of South Carolina, 1997 to 2001
Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts, University of South Carolina, 1998-1999
Professor, Department of Political Science, University of South Carolina, 1987-2011
Associate Professor, Department of Government and International Studies, University
of South Carolina, 1981-1987
Assistant Professor, Department of Government and International Studies, University
of South Carolina, 1979-1981
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Texas Christian University,
1975-1979
Associate Instructor, Department of Political Science, Indiana University, 1972-1975
III.
ACADEMIC AWARDS, GRANTS AND CONSULTANTSHIPS
Nikolai Kaladjan Award for Innovation in International Education, given to the Walker
Institute of International and Area Studies by the American Association of
University Administrators, June 29, 2007
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Professor of the Year, Sigma Iota Rho, International Studies Honorary Society, Bet
Chapter, University of South Carolina Spring 2007
Workshop participant, “Indian Political and Business Development,” Management
Development Institute, New Delhi, Dec. 30, 2004-Jan. 12, 2005 (funded by
a grant from the Centre for International Business Education and Research-CIBER)
Briefings, “Putin’s Russia: Implications for U.S. National Security,” Western
Management Development Center, U.S. Office of Personnel and Management,
Denver, numerous occasions, 2000 - 2004
Briefings, “Putin’s Russia: Democratization or Recentralization?” Federal Executive
Institute, Charlottesville, VA, numerous occasions, 1999 – 2012
Workshops, “Promotion Democracy and Rule of Law in a Turbulent World: The
Interagency Challenge,” Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, VA, numerous
occasions, 2012-present.
Citation for Outstanding Teaching in Political Science, presented by the American
Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha, 2002
Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 2002, Department of Government and International
Studies, College of Liberal Arts, University of South Carolina
Member, Executive Committee, Council of Southern Graduate Schools, 2002-2004
Chair, Selection Committee, UMI Outstanding Dissertation in the Social Sciences,
Council of Graduate Schools, 2002
Certificate of Appreciation, African-American Professors Program, University of
South Carolina, April 1999
Briefings, “Russia’s Future: The Turmoil of Transition,” Federal Executive Institute,
Charlottesville, Virginia, numerous occasions, 1995-1999
Briefings, “After the Fall: Transitions to Democracy in Formerly Communist
Countries” Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, VA, numerous occasions
1994-1995
Address, Third Annual Laura Blance Jackson Lecture in World Issues, Baylor
University, April 1, 1996
Consultant and Trainer, “Young Russian Entrepreneurs Internship Program,” funded by
United States Information Agency, 1995-1997
Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award, 1994
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Project participant, "Reforming Justice in Russia: 1864-1994," University of Toronto,
funded by Mellon Foundation, 1995-1996
Member, National Advisory Board, Rule of Law Project in Russia and the CIS, funded
by the U.S. Agency for International Development, 1994-1998
Consultant, Central and East European Law Initiative, American Bar Association,
1993-1995
Principal Investigator, "Perestroika and the Procuracy: A Study of Resistance and
Adaptation to Change," funded by the National Council for Soviet and East
European Research, 1992-1993
Briefings, “Transitions to Democracy and the Market in the Former Soviet
Union”, Western Management Development Center, U.S. Office of Personnel and
Management, Denver, numerous occasions, 1993 - 1995
Fellowship Review Panel, Woodrow Wilson Center, Smithsonian Institution, 1989-1999
Briefings, “The Breakup of the Former Soviet Union and U.S. National Security,”
Western Executive Seminar Center, U.S. Office of Personnel and Management,
Denver, February 7, 1992, and April 2, 1992
Co-Director, U.S. Information Agency grant for the development of an exchange
program between the University of South Carolina and Kazan State University,
USSR, 1988-1991
Project participant, "Legal Dimensions of East-West Trade," Hiroshi Oda, Tokyo
University School of Law, principal researcher, funded by the Toyota
Foundation, 1987-1988
Visiting Scholar, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of
Birmingham, England, 1986
Earhart Foundation Fellow, 1986
Foreign Visiting Research Fellow, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University,
Sapporo, Japan, 1985-1986
Research and Productive Scholarship grants, University of South Carolina, 1985-1986,
1980-1981
Russell Award for Outstanding Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences,
University of South Carolina, 1983
Consultant, Delphic Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1982-1985
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Consultant, Soviet Energy Project, Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State,
1980-1981
Consultant for several Fortune 500 corporations on trading with the former USSR.
Principal Researcher and Project Director, National Council for Soviet and East
European Research grant, “Soviet and East European Law and the
Scientific-Technological Revolution,” 1979-1981
Visiting Scholar, Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, Wilson Center,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Summer 1980
Fellow, Russian Research Center, Harvard University, Summer 1980
The Innovative Teaching Award, Texas Christian University, 1979
Travel Grant, Ford Foundation, to participate in a conference “Soviet Law since Stalin,”
University of Leiden, The Netherlands, Summer 1978
Visiting Associate, Russian Research Center, Harvard University, Summer 1977
Participant, ten-member research project, “Soviet Law since Stalin,” funded by the
Ford Foundation, 1976-1978
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Abroad Fellow, 1975-1976, Leningrad State
University
IV.
EDITORSHIPS
Editorial Board, PRAVO: Russian Law Past and Present, 2004 - 2006
Editor, Bulletin on Current Research on Soviet and East European Law, published by the
University of Illinois Law School, 1977-1981
V.
PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS
Russia and its Constitution: Promise and Political Reality, Gordon B. Smith and Robert
Sharlet, eds., (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2008).
Chatper 1. Gordon B. Smith, “Introduction: The Promise of the Russian
Constitution”
Chapter 5. Gordon B. Smith, “The Procuracy: Constitutional Questions
Deferred.”
Chapter 9. Gordon B. Smith, “Russia’s Constitutional Project and Prospects for
the Future.”
State-Building in Russia: The Yeltsin Legacy and the Challenge of the Future,
Gordon B. Smith ed., Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1999.
Chapter 1. Gordon B. Smith, “State-Building in the New Russia.”
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Chapter 5. Gordon B. Smith, “The Disjuncture Between Legal Reform and Law
Enforcement.”
Chapter 11. Gordon B. Smith, “State-Building after Yeltsin.”
Reforming the Russian Legal System, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Soviet Politics: Struggling with Change, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
Soviet Politics: Continuity and Contradiction, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.
The Politics of East-West Trade, Gordon B. Smith, ed., Boulder: Westview Press, 1984.
Chapter 1. Gordon B. Smith, “The Politics of East-West Trade.”
Chapter 14. Gordon B. Smith, “The Future of East-West Trade.”
Law and Soviet Economic Development, Peter B. Maggs, Gordon B. Smith, and
George Ginsburgs, eds., Boulder: Westview Press, 1982.
Chapter 5. Gordon B. Smith, “Interbranch and Interregional Coordination
Problems in the Soviet Economy.”
The Scientific-Technical Revolution and Soviet and East European Law, Gordon B.
Smith, Peter B. Maggs and George Ginsburgs, eds., Oxford and New York:
Pergamon Press, 1981.
Chapter 1. Gordon B. Smith, “Socialist Law and the Scientific and Technical
Revolution.”
Chapter 9. Gordon B. Smith, “Organizational and Legal Problems in the
Implementation of Technology in the USSR.”
Public Policy and Administration in the Soviet Union, Gordon B. Smith, ed., New
York: Praeger Publishers, 1980. Published in cooperation with the American
Society for Public Administration.
Chapter 1. Gordon B. Smith, “Bureaucratic Politics and Public Policy in the
Soviet Union.”
Chapter 5. Gordon B. Smith, “Socialist Legality and Legal Policy in the Soviet
Union.”
Chapter 8. Gordon B. Smith, “Prognosis for Soviet Administration.”
The Soviet Procuracy and Supervision of Administration, Leiden: Sijthoff/
University of Leiden, 1978.
VI.
PUBLICATIONS: CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
“Modernization and Legal Reform: The Dilemma of the State in Russia,” in David
Linnan, ed. Legitimacy, Legal Development and Change (London: Ashgate, 2012).
“Russian Constitution,” in Graeme Gill, ed. Handbook of Russian Politics and Society,
(New York: Routledge, 2012).
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“Legal Reform and the Rule of Law,” in Stephen White, ed., Developments in
Russian Politics (Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave, 2009), pp. 135-151.
“The Procuracy, Putin, and the Rule of Law in Russia,” in F.J.M. Feldbrugge, ed.,
Russia, Europe, and the Rule of Law, Leiden: The Netherlands: Brill, 2007, pp.
1-14.
“Putin, the Procuracy, and the New Criminal Procedure Code,” in Robert Sharlet and
F.J.M. Feldbrugge, eds., Public Policy and Law in Russia. Leiden, The
Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2005, pp. 169-187.
“Is There Rule of Law in Russia Today?” in Stephen White, ed., Developments in
Russian Politics, 5th edition. Durham: Duke University Press, 2001, pp. 108127.
“The Psychological Dimension of Transition: A Stage Model,” in Betty Glad and Eric
Shiraev, eds., The Russian Transformation. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999,
pp. 135-154.
“The Struggle over the Procuracy,” in Peter H. Solomon, ed., Reforming Justice in
Russia, 1864-1994. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1997, pp. 348-373.
“Trade Blocs and the Prospects for Japan's Relations with the Soviet Union,” in
T. David Mason and Abdul M. Turay, eds., Japan, NAFTA, and Europe:
Trilateral Cooperation or Confrontation? London: Macmillan, 1994, pp.141-163.
“When Trust Breaks Down: Nationalism in the Former Soviet Union,” in Nicholas J.
Meyerhofer, ed., Germany and the United States Facing the Post-Communist
World. Flagstaff, Arizona: Northern Arizona University Press, 1993, pp. 59-64.
“The Politics of East-West Trade: An Analysis of Cyclical Trends,” in Hiroshi Oda, ed.,
Legal Problems of East-West Technology Transfer. Amsterdam: KluwerNijhoff, 1991, pp. 43-65.
“Soviet Politics: Continuity and Contradiction,” reprinted in Global Politics. London:
The Open University, 1989, pp. 79-85.
“Controlling East-West Trade in Japan,” in Gary K. Bertsch, ed., Controlling East-West
Trade and Technology Transfer . Durham: Duke University Press, 1988, pp.
137-158.
“East-West Trade: Changing Policies and Continuing Dilemmas,” in Yu Nam Kim,
ed., The United States and the Soviet Union in the Asian Third World. Seoul,
South Korea: Center for American and Soviet Studies, Dankook University,
Seoul, South Korea, 1985, pp. 97-134.
“The Impact of Western Technology Transfer on the Soviet Union,” in John R. McIntyre
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and Daniel S. Papp, eds., The Political Economy of International Technology
Transfer. New York: Quorum Books, 1986, pp. 221-239.
“The Soviet 'Ombudsman',” in Gerald Caiden, ed., International Handbook of the
Ombudsman. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983, pp. 165-177.
“Development of ‘Socialist Legality’ in the Soviet Union,” Perspectives on Soviet Law
for the 1980s, F.J.M. Feldbrugge and William Simons, eds., Amsterdam:
Martinus Nijhoff, 1982, pp. 77-98. Translated to German in George
Brunner, ed., Grundrecht und Rechtssicherheit im sowjetischen Machtbereich,
Berlin: Berlin-Verlag, 1982, pp. 47-71.
“Procuratorial Campaigns against Crime in the USSR,” in Donald Barry, George
Ginsburgs, and Peter Maggs, eds., Soviet Law Since Stalin (Vol. III), Leiden:
University of Leiden, 1979, pp. 143-167.
“Procuratorial Supervision of Economic Violations in the USSR,” in Donald Barry,
George Ginsburgs and Peter Maggs, eds., Soviet Law Since Stalin (Vol. II),
Leiden: Sijthoff/University of Leiden, 1978, pp. 271-290.
VII.
PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
“Legal Reform under Putin: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back,” The Soviet and PostSoviet Review, Vol. 34, No. 1 (2007), 69-89.
“The Legal System under Gorbachev: Law in Service of Perestroika,” Law and Policy
Studies, Vol. 3 (1995), 287-301.
“The New Law on the Russian Procuracy,” Survey of East European Law, Vol. 2,
No. 12 (1992).
“The Procuracy, Citizens' Rights and Legal Reform,” Columbia Journal of Transnational
Law, Vol. 28 (1990), No. 1, 77-93.
“Gorbachev and the Council of Ministers: Leadership Consolidation and Its Policy
Implications,” Soviet Union/Union Sovietique, Vol. 14, No. 3 (1989), 343-363.
“Recent Trends in Japanese-Soviet Trade,” Acta Slavica Iaponica, 5 (1987), 111-123.
“Recent Trends in Japanese-Soviet Trade,” Problems of Communism, (January- February
1987), 56-64.
“Guidance by the Communist Party of State Administrative Agencies in the USSR,”
Law in Eastern Europe, (Fall 1986), 175-184.
“The Impact of Socialism on Soviet Legal Institutions and Procedures,” Columbia
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Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 23, No. 2 (1985), 315-330.
“East-West Technology Transfer,” Problems of Communism, (May-June 1983), 70-73.
“Soviet Energy: Prospects, Problems and Policies,” Review essay, The Journal of
Energy and Development, (Spring 1982), 307-315.
“The Soviet Procurator: Ombudsman or Monitor?” Soviet Union/Union Sovietique, 6
(1979), 186-202.
“Judicial Review of Administrative Activity in the Soviet Union,” Ost Europa Recht,
4 (October 1978), 296-307.
“Popular Participation in the Administration of Justice in the Soviet Union: Comrades’
Courts and the Brezhnev Regime,” Indiana Law Journal, 49 (Winter 1974),
238-252.
VIII. PUBLICATIONS: OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Five entries on topics in Russian law in Encyclopedia of Russian History, New York:
Macmillan, 2003.
“Jury Trials in Russia,” Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, Vol. 27,
No. 1 (Winter 2000), 68-71.
“Changes in the Law on the Russian Procuracy,” Rule of Law Consortium Newsletter,
No. 7 (Summer 1996), pp.10-12.
“Perestroika and the Procuracy: The Changing Role of the Prosecutor’s Office in the
Former USSR,” Bureau of Justice Statistics Discussion Paper, U.S. Department of
Justice, Washington D.C., 1992.
“Soviet Theory of Administration,” in Modern Encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet
Union. Gulf Breeze, Florida: Academic International Press, 1991.
“The Procuracy, Citizens’ Rights and Legal Reform,” abstract of my article appears
in International Political Science Abstracts, 1990.
“Road Trip to Moscow,” Southern Theatre, Summer 1990, pp. 16-21.
“Reform Prospects Bleak as Moscow Skies,” The State, February 8, 1990, p. 1.
“Memos from Moscow,” The State, February 12, 1990, p. B4.
“Summit is above all a Media Event,” The State, December 6, 1987.
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“Experimental Production in Soviet R&D,” Occasional Paper of the Kennan Institute for
Advanced Russian Studies, Wilson Center, Smithsonian Institution, 1986.
“Gorbachev's Rise to Power Signals Changes in the USSR,” (op-ed article with William
Clark), The State, February 10, 1985.
“Foreword,” Development of Microelectronics in the USSR, by Henry Firdman,
Washington: Delphic Associates Monograph Series, August 1984.
“Foreword,” The Economics of the Soviet Gas Industry, by Esfir Raykher, Washington:
Delphic Associates Monograph Series, June 1984.
“Foreword,” Natural Gas Transport in the USSR, by Esfir Raykher, Washington:
Delphic Associates Monograph Series, August 1983.
Eleven entries for the Encyclopedia of Soviet Law (second edition), Amsterdam:
Martinus Nijhoff, 1982.
“CIA Views on Soviet Oil: Risky,” New York Times, July 13, 1981, op-ed page.
Also reprinted as, “Predicting Russia's Oil,” International Herald-Tribune, July
15, 1981, 4; and “CIA Slips on Russian Oil Forecasts,” The Straits Times,
August 4, 1981.
“Soviet Energy Prospects and Their Foreign Policy Implications”, consulting report
compiled for the Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State, June 1,
1981.
IX. PUBLICATIONS: REVIEWS
Review note of Archie Brown and Jack Gray, eds., Political Change in Communist
States in the Journal of Politics, 40 (August 1978), 843.
Review of Robert Sharlet, The New Soviet Constitution of 1977 in Slavic Review, 38
(June 1979), 313.
Review note of Peter Solomon, Jr., Soviet Criminologists and Criminal Policy in Journal
of Politics, 41 (August 1979), 1020.
Review of Leon Boim and Glenn G. Morgan, The Soviet Procuracy Protests: 1937-1973
in Review of Socialist Law, 5 (1979), 368-369.
Review note of Morton Schwartz, Soviet Perceptions of the United States in Journal
of Politics, 42 (February 1980), 367.
Review of Jerry Hough, The Soviet Union and Social Science Theory in Soviet
Union/Union Sovietique, 9 (1981), 126-127.
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Review of Leon Zurawicki, Multinational Enterprises in the West and East in Review
of Socialist Law (December 1981), 463-465.
Review note of Raymond W. Duncan, ed., Soviet Policy in the Third World in Journal of
Politics (February 1982), 296-297.
Review of Terez Szabo, The Unification and Differentiation in Socialist Criminal
Justice in Canadian/American Slavic Studies, 1982.
Review of Thane Gustafson, Reform in Soviet Politics: Lessons of Recent Policies on
Land and Water in The American Political Science Review, 1982.
Review note of Michael Urban, The Ideology of Administration: American and Soviet
Cases in Journal of Politics, 1982.
Review of Alexander Shtromas, Political Change and Social Development: The Case
of the Soviet Union in Soviet Union/Union Sovietique, Vol. 10, Part I., 101.
Review of Christel Lane, The Rights of Rulers: Ritual in Industrial Society--The Soviet
Case in American Political Science Review, Vol. 77, No. 3 (Sept. 1983), 282-283.
Review of William Taubman, Stalin's American Policy: From Entente to Detente to
Cold War in Political Science Quarterly, (Spring 1983), 165-166.
Review of Adeed Dawisha and Karen Dawisha, eds., The Soviet Union in the Middle
East in Political Science Quarterly.
Review of Thomas T. Hammond, Red Flag over Afghanistan: The Communist Coup,
the Soviet Invasion and the Consequences in Political Science Quarterly, (Winter
1984-1985), 765-766.
Review of Thomas W. Hoya, East-West Trade Comecon Law: American-Soviet Trade
in Soviet Union/Union Sovietique, (Winter 1984-1985), 332.
Review of John N. Hazard, Managing Change in the USSR: The Politico-Legal Role
of the Soviet Jurist in Canadian/American Slavic Studies, (Winter 1985), 87-88.
Review of Robert O. Freedman, ed., Soviet Jewry in the Decisive Decade, 1971-1980
in American Political Science Review, (June 1985), Vol. 79, No. 2, 557.
Review of Morris Bornstein, East-West Technology Transfer in The Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science, Fall 1986.
Review of Jan Maciejewicz, Technology Export from the Social Countries in The Annals
of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Fall 1986.
Review of George M. Armstrong, Jr., The Soviet Law of Property in Canadian/
American Slavic Studies, Winter 1986.
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Review of Paul Dibb, The Soviet Union: The Incomplete Superpower in Political
Science Quarterly, Spring 1987.
Review of Donna Bahry, Outside Moscow: Power, Politics, and Budgetary Policy in
the Soviet Republics in Slavic Review, Vol. 48, No. 1 (Spring 1989).
Review of Graeme Gill, The Rules of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in
Slavic Review, Vol. 48, No. 4 (Winter 1989).
Review of Ellen Mickiewicz, Split Signals: Television and Politics in the Soviet Union
in American Political Science Review, (September 1989), 1063-1064.
Review of Amy W. Knight, The KBG: Police and Politics in the Soviet Union in Soviet
Union/Union Sovietique, 1991.
Review of Peter J. Potichnyj, The Soviet Union, Party, and Society in CanadianAmerican Slavic Studies, 1991, 495-496.
Review of Kinya Niiseki, ed., The Soviet Union in Transition in Canadian-American
Slavic Studies, 1990, 348-350.
Review of George W. Breslauer, ed., Dilemmas of Transition in the Soviet Union and
Eastern Europe in Slavic Review, Vol. 51, No. 4 (Winter 1992), 858-859.
Review of Oksana Dmitrieva, Regional Development: The USSR and After in Russian
Review, October 1997, 621.
Review of Jeffrey D. Sachs and Katharina Pistor, eds. The Rule of Law and Economic
Reform in Russia in Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 50, No. 6 (1998), 1083-1084.
Review of Robert B. Ahdieh, Russia’s Constitutional Revolution in Slavic Review,
Vol. 59, No.1 (Spring 2000), 232-233.
Review of Herbert Kitschelt, Zdenka Mansfeldova, Radoslaw Markowski, and Gábor
Tóka, Post-Communist Party Systems in Political Studies, 2001.
X. SELECTED GUEST LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PAPERS
Paper, “Russian Exceptionalism: Putin’s Assertion of Sovereignty at Home and Abroad,”
Conference “Sovereignty and the New Executive Authority,” Center for Ethics
and the Rule of Law, University of Pennsylvania, April 19-20, 2013
Paper, “The Civilizing Force of Hypocrisy: Acculturation, Legal Reform, and the
Problem of Non-Compliance in Russia,” University of Helsinki Faculty of Law,
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October 17-19, 2012
Paper, “Diffusion, Rule of Law, and Democratization: The Impact of European Law on
Legal Reform in Russia.” 6th International conference on Politics, Athens
Institute for Education and Research, June 23-26, 2008, Athens, Greece
Paper, “European ‘Soft Power’: The Impact of European Law on Legal Reform
in the Russian Federation,” International Congress on Central and East
European Studies, Berlin, Aug. 2-4, 2007
Lecture, “U.S.-Russian Relations: A Problem of Shifting Paradigms,” Centre for the
Study of the USA, Belgrade University, Serbia, Oct. 3, 2005
Paper, “Rule of Law and the Construction of the National Security State in Russia?”
First Global International Studies Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, August 27, 2005
Paper, “The Procuracy, Putin, and Rule of Law in Russia,” VII World Congress of
The International Council for Central and East European Studies, Berlin,
Germany, July 25-30, 2005
Keynote lecture, “Bringing Law Back In: A Neoinstitutional Approach to StateBuilding, Conference on “The Constitution and Terrorism,” Hamilton College,
Clinton, NY, November 12-14, 2004
Lecture, “Russia, Europe and the New World Order, College Endowment Association
Subscription Lecture Series, Milwaukee, October 20, 2004
Keynote lecture, “Russia after Putin’s Fist Year,” Institute of World Affairs, University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, September 25, 2001
Keynote lecture, “Innocents Abroad: Crime in Russia and its Impact on Tourism,”
American Tourism Association, Washington, D.C., October 13, 2000
Paper, “Of Politicians, Puppets, Prostitutes, and Prosecutors: Political Influences on the
Procuracy,” ICCEES VI World Congress, Tampere, Finland, July-August, 2000
Paper, (with William Mishler and John P. Willerton), “A Legacy of Distrust: Russian
Attitudes toward Civil and Political Institutions,” Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 1998
Paper (with William Mishler and John P. Willerton) “The Politics of ‘Ukazocracy:’ The
Dynamics of Presidential Decree-Making in the Russian Federation,” presented
at the annual convention of the American Association for the Advancement of
Slavic Studies, Seattle, November 20-23, 1997
Paper, “The Psychological Dimension of Transition: Roots of Public Alienation,”
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presented to the annual convention of the American Political Science Association,
Washington, D.C., August 28-31, 1997
Paper, “The New Russian Presidency,” presented to the annual convention of the
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston, November
14-17, 1996
Paper, “The Evolving Russian Presidency: The Interaction of the Institutional Choice
and Rule-Governed Behavior,” presented at a conference “Russia in Transition,”
Indiana University, September 21, 1996
Lecture, “Russia’s Tortuous Transition,” 3rd Annual Laura Blanche Jackson Lecture in
World Issues, presented at Baylor University, April 1, 1996
Paper, “Legal Reform in Russia: Problems and Prospects,” to be presented at an
international conference on “Past, Present and Future of Russia,” Paris, March
21-23, 1996
Paper, “The Courts versus the Procuracy: The Debate over Citizens’ Rights in Russia,”
presented to a conference on “Legal Reform in Russia: 1864-1994," University of
Toronto, April 1-2, 1995
Paper, “The Struggle over the Russian Legal System,” presented to the national
convention of the American Political Science Association, New York, September
3, 1994
Paper, “When Trust Breaks Down: Nationalism in the Former Soviet Union,”
Conference of European Problems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,
September 25, 1992
Paper, “Perestroika and the Procuracy: The Changing Role of the Prosecutor's Office,”
presented at the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, Woodrow
Wilson Center, Washington, D.C., December 9, 1991
Paper, “Lawyers and Legal Reform: The Case of Leningrad,” presented to the national
convention of the AAASS, Miami, November 22, 1991
Paper, “The Soviet Union and the New Europe: An Uninvited Guest in the Common
European Home,” presented to a conference, “The Collapse of Communism and
the New Europe,” sponsored by the Studiengesellschaft fur Fragen Mittel- und
Osteuropaischer Partnerschaft, Heidelberg, Germany, May 30-June 2, 1991
Lecture, “New Thinking and Gorbachev's Foreign Policy,” The University of the South,
Sewanee, Tennessee, October 4, 1990
Paper, “Legal Reform under Gorbachev,” presented to the World Congress on Soviet
and East European Studies, Harrogate, England, July 21-26, 1990
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Lecture, “Reforms in the Soviet Union and Their Impact on Eastern Europe,” presented
to a conference, “Eastern Europe: A Region in Transition,” Georgia Southern
University, Statesboro, Georgia, May 22, 1990
Lecture, “Gorbachev's Reforms: Causes, Consequences and Prospects,” presented to
National Security Workshop, Federal Executive Seminar Training Center,
Denver, May 8, 1990
Lecture, “Technology Transfer, Export Controls and National Security,” presented to
National Security Workshop, Federal Executive Seminar Training Center,
Denver, May 9, 1990
Paper, “Gorbachev and the Process of Legal Reform in the USSR,” presented at a
colloquium at the Russian Research Center, Harvard University, April 23, 1990
Paper, “Trade Blocs and the Prospects of Japan's Relations with the Soviet Union,”
presented to a symposium, “Japan-North America-Europe: Trilateral Cooperation
or Confrontation?” Center for International Security and Strategic Studies,
Mississippi State University, Jackson, November 30-December 1, 1989
Lecture, “Technology Transfer, Export Controls and National Security," presented to
National Security Workshop, Federal Executive Seminar Training Center,
Denver, May 3, 1989
Paper, “Soviet Exports to Japan: An Overview,” presented to American Associate for
the Advancement of Slavic Studies annual convention, Honolulu, November 1821, 1988
Paper, “The Destabilizing Effects of Gorbachev's Economic Reforms,” presented to
Southern Political Science Association convention, Atlanta, November 4, 1988
Paper, “The Politics of East-West Trade: An Analysis of Cyclical Trends,” presented to
a symposium “Legal Problem of East-West Trade,” Tokyo University Law
School, October 23-28, 1988
Lecture, “U.S. National Security and Export Control Policy,” presented to National
Security Workshop, Federal Executive Seminar Center, Denver, May 14, 1988
Paper, “Legal Reforms and Gorbachev,” presented to Midwest Political Science
Association annual convention, Chicago, April 13-15, 1988
Paper, “The Politics of Soviet-Japanese Foreign Economic Relations,” presented to
Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, Chapel Hill, October 22-24, 1987
Lecture, “International Technology Transfer and U.S. National Security,” presented
to National Security Workshop, Federal Executive Seminar Training Center,
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Denver, May 14, 1987
Paper, “Controlling East-West Trade in Japan: Power, Politics, and Policy,” presented to
the International Studies Association national convention, Washington, D.C.
April 16, 1987
Lecture, “Trade, Technology Transfer and Superpower Relations,” presented to the
World Affairs Institute, Iowa State University, November 9-14. 1986
Paper, “Japanese Policy on Technology Transfer to the USSR: Changing Institutional
Interests,” presented to the International Studies Association-South convention,
Atlanta, November 6-8, 1986
Paper, “Gorbachev's Purge: Elite Changes in the USSR,” presented to the annual
symposium of the Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan,
January 29-31, 1986
Lecture, “The New Export Administration Act Amendments of 1985,” School of Law,
Tokyo University, February 27, 1986
Lecture, “U.S. National Security and Technology Transfer to the East,” Department
of Politics and Law, Kita-Kyushu University, February 26, 1986
Paper, “Recent Trends in Japanese-Soviet Trade,” Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido
University, Sapporo, Japan, November 14, 1985
Lecture, “Japanese-Soviet Relations and Siberian Development,” presented to a visiting
delegation from the Smithsonian Institution, Tokyo, September 6, 1985
Paper, “East-West Trade: Changing Policies and Continuing Dilemmas,” presented
to a conference “Changing U.S.-Soviet Relations and the Emerging New Order in
Asia,” Dankook University, Seoul, South Korea, August 21-24, 1985
Lecture, “Gorbachev's Succession and Soviet Foreign Policy in Asia,” Institute of
Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul, South Korea, August 26,
1985
Paper, “Experimental Production in the USSR,” presented at the Kennan Institute for
Advanced Russian Studies, Washington, D.C., March 6, 1985
Paper, “Western Technology in the Soviet Economy: Scope and Impact,” presented
to the National Convention of the American Political Science Association,
Washington, September 2, 1984
Paper, “The Impact of Western Technology Transfer on the Soviet Union,” presented
to a conference on “Technology Transfer in the Modern World,” Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, April 26-27, 1984
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Lecture, “U.S. National Security and East-West Trade Policy,” presented to Foreign
Area Officer course, Fort Bragg, N.C., March 8, 1984
Lecture, “East-West Trade and U.S. National Security,” presented to a Symposium
on National Security Policy, Executive Seminar Center, U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, Oak Ridge, TN, January 27, 1984
Participant and Commentator, Conference on “Observations on Computers, Technology
and Computer Education in the USSR,” MIT/Harvard Seminar on Soviet Science
and Technology, November 17-19, 1983
Workshop Leader, “Soviet Regional Policy,” Foreign Area Officer symposium, Fort
Bragg, N.C., November 30-December 2, 1983
Paper, “Western Technology in the USSR,” presented to a conference on “International
Technology Transfer: Concepts, Measures, and Comparisons,” sponsored by the
Social Science Research Council, New York, June 2-3, 1983
Paper, “The Political Economy of the Soviet and East European Debt,” presented to
the International Studies Association, Mexico City, April 5-9, 1983
Conference Organizer, “East-West Trade, Technology Transfer and U.S. Export Control
Policy,” University of South Carolina, March 1-3, 1983
Guest Lecture, “The Politics of Technology Transfer and Consequences for the
Multinational Corporation,” presented to the Vice-Presidents and Board of
Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, October 19, 1982
Paper, “Soviet Subsidization of Eastern Europe: Changing Policies and Priorities,”
Conference on European Problems, Tegernsee/Kreuth, West Germany, May 2023, 1982
Guest Lecture, “U.S.-Soviet Relations: A Return to the Cold War?,” Georgia Southern
University, November 3, 1981
Paper and Panel Chairman, “Technology Transfer and the Development of Soviet
Energy Resources,” American Association for the Advancement of Slavic
Studies, Monterey, California, September 20-23, 1981
Guest Lecture, “Soviet Energy Prospects and Their Policy Implications,” Foreign Service
Institute, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., June and August, 1981
Paper, “Interbranch and Interregional Coordination Problems in Soviet Science and
Technology,” Conference on Soviet and East European Law and the ScientificTechnological Revolution, Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, New
Jersey, February 26-28, 1981
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Paper, “Law and Administrative Reforms under Khrushchev,” American Association
for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Philadelphia, November 6-8, 1980
Paper, “Developed Socialism and the Dilemma of Party Growth,” Conference on
European Problems, Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, October 16-18, 1980
Solicited Paper, “Socialist Legality and the Rationalization of Soviet Administration,”
Second World Congress on Soviet and East European Studies, GarmischPartenkirchen, West Germany, September 30-October 4, 1980
Paper and Panel Chairman, “Technology Transfer and the Soviet Union: Economic
and Administrative Dimensions,” Rocky Mountain and Southwest Slavic
Associations, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 24-26, 1980
Paper and Conference Organizer, “Organizational and Legal Problems in Coordinating
the Implementation of Technology in the USSR,” Conference on Soviet and East
European Law and the Scientific-Technological Revolution, Rutgers University
School of Law, Camden, New Jersey, February 29-March 2, 1980
Paper, “The Soviet Procuracy Since Stalin: From Coercion to Socialist Legality,”
Conference on the Trotsky-Stalin Centenary, Oklahoma City, October 26-27,
1979
Paper, “The Soviet Bureaucracy and the Scientific-Technical Revolution,” Midwest
Slavic Association, Minneapolis, May 4-6, 1979
Paper, “Juvenile Crime and Crime Prevention in the Soviet Union,” Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences convention, Cincinnati, March 14-16, 1979
Guest Lecture, “Recent Trends in Research on the Soviet Union,” Department of Political
Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, November 17, 1978
Paper, “Soviet Bureaucracy and Policy-Making: Degeneration Reconsidered,” Southern
Political Science Association, Atlanta, November 9-11, 1978
Paper, “Campaigns Against Crime in the Soviet Union,” Conference on Soviet Law
Since Stalin, University of Leiden, The Netherlands, August 14-18, 1978,
Funded by the Ford Foundation
Paper and Panel Chairman, “Socialist Legality and Soviet Reality: Prosecution of
Criminal and Administrative Cases in the Soviet Union,” Southwest and Rocky
Mountain Slavic Associations, Houston, April 1978
Paper and Panel Chairman, “The Procuracy and Judicial Administration in the Soviet
Union,” Region VII American Society for Public Administration Convention,
Forth Worth, February 2-4, 1978
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Paper, “General Supervision and the Prosecution of Economic Violations in the Soviet
Union,” Conference on Organizations and the State in Soviet Law, New York,
October 1977, Funded by the Ford Foundation
Paper, “Judicial Review of Administrative Activity in the Soviet Union,” American
Society for Public Administration, Atlanta, April 1977
Paper, “The Soviet Ombudsman,” American Association for the Advancement of
Slavic Studies, Saint Louis, October 1976
Lectures series, Juridical Faculty, Leningrad State University, presented a series of
lectures (in Russian) to the faculty and students on the American Judicial System,
Legal Education in the U.S., American Administrative Law, and American and
European Experience with the Institution of Ombudsmen, 1975-1976.
Paper, “The Soviet Procuracy and the Rights of the Individual Against the State,”
Symposium on Institutional Responses to Rapid Social Change in the USSR and
East Europe, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, December 1974
Paper, “Congressional Oversight of the United States Information Agency,” Research
project, School of Government and Public Administration, The American
University, Washington, D.C., 1970
XI.
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES
Lecturer, Smithsonian Institution Study/Tours, Russia and the CIS, 1984 - present (30
trips to date)
Presented a series of four lectures on “National Security and Technology Transfer:
Competing Interests in U.S. Foreign Policy,” sponsored by U.S. Information
Service, Okinawa, Fukuoka, Nagoya, and Tokyo, February 24-March 3, 1986
Lecturer, National Conference of State Legislatures, Study/Tour of the USSR, Leningrad,
Tallinn, Moscow, November 24-December 9, 1978
Lecturer, National Association of Counties, Study/Tour of the USSR, Leningrad, Tallinn,
Moscow, October 10-25, 1977
XII. COURSES TAUGHT
Rule of Law Promotion in American Foreign Policy
Politics and Government of Russia
Russian Foreign Policy
Russian Law & Legal Reform
Comparative Politics
Transitions to Democracy
Comparative Legal Systems
Comparative Public Policy
U.S.-Russian Relations
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Introduction to Politics
XIII. RESEARCH SKILLS
Russian:
able to read, write and speak well
German:
reading knowledge
French:
reading knowledge
Japanese:
limited speaking ability
Basic statistics
XIV. UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Author of consulting report, “International Programs at the University of South Carolina:
Inventory and Recommendations.” Presented to Provost, May 2006
Member, Advisory Committee on Academic Programs of the South Carolina
Commission on Higher Education, 2001-2004
Chair, Provost’s Committee on Salary Equity, 2001-2004
Board Member, University Center of Greenville, 2001-2004
Chair, Marshall Scholarship Committee, 1997-2000; member, 2000-2001
Member, Graduate School Policies and Practices Committee, 1999-2004
Member, Provost’s Committee on Women’s Issues, 1999-2001
Member, Provost’s Committee on Graduate Assistantships, 1999-2000
Board Member, TRIO Programs, 1998-2001
Member, Associate Dean’s Research Advisory Council, 1997 - 2001
Member, Faculty Executive Committee for the Masters in International Business (MIBS)
Program, 1997 - 2001
Faculty Associate, Preston College, 1996-1998
Member, President’s Committee to Evaluate Tenure and Promotion Process, 1996-1997
Mentoring Program to New Faculty, 1994-1996
Teaching Circle, College of Liberal Arts, 1994-1995
Co-Chair, Ad-hoc University Committee on Sexual Orientation Discrimination Issues,
1992-1998
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, M.P.A. Program, 1995-1996
Member, Undergraduate International Studies Committee, 1994-1995
Member, Faculty Legislative Liaison Task Force, 1994- 2001
Chair, University Committee on Promotions and Tenure, 1991-1992
Provost's Advisory Committee to Evaluate the Byrnes International Center, 1991-1992
Provost's Advisory Committee on the Undergraduate Core Curriculum, 1991-1992
Strategic Planning Committee, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1987-1989,
1991-1993
Panel member, "Teaching and Diversity," Provost's Teaching Seminar series, April
22-23, 1992
Member, University Committee on Tenure and Promotion, 1989-1992
Member, Department of Government and International Studies Advisory Committee,
1990-1992
Director, USC-Kazan State University Exchange Program, 1991-1993
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Member, Advisory Board, Contemporary European Studies Program, 1986-1992
Director, Graduate Program in International Studies, University of South Carolina,
Department of Government and International Studies, 1982 -1985 and
1986-1989
Member, Graduate School Curriculum Committee, 1982-1984
Graduate Committee, International Studies, University of South Carolina, 1980-1989
Special Advisory Committee to the President on Research and Productive
Scholarship, University of South Carolina, 1980 to 1982
XV.
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
American Political Science Association
International Studies Association
Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honorary Society)
Southern Slavic Association
XVI.
EXTRACURRICULAR INTERESTS
Sailing, Hiking, Skiing, Cello
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