Curriculum Vita
Summer, 2014
R. Bruce Anderson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science & Prelaw Advisor
Florida Southern College
111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive
Lakeland, FL 33801
Contact information:
Office: 863.680.4311
Cell (home phone): 785.727.3309
[email protected]
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., 1997, Political Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas
M.A., 1996, Political Science, Rice University, Houston Texas
Prospectus and Model Defense passed in 1996.
B.A., 1988, Political Science with a minor in American History/European History, Ohio Wesleyan
University, Delaware, Ohio
PROFESSIONAL MILESTONES:
Artinian Award, SPSA, 2005
Granted Tenure: February 2007 – Baker University, College of Arts and Sciences, Baldwin City, Kansas
Kopke Grant Scholar, Baker University, 2008
Kopke Grant: “The Machinery of the Racial State – Nazi Germany’s KZ System in the 1930s”
Faculty Volunteer of the Year: 2011-2012, Florida Southern College
Designated “Miller Distinguished Professor” of Florida Southern College, May, 2012
Granted Tenure: May, 2014 -- Florida Southern College
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Pre-Law Adviser and Associate Professor of Political Science, Florida Southern College. Spring,
2011
Associate Professor of Political Science, Florida Southern College, Fall 2010 – present
Associate Professor of Political Science, Baker University, Fall 2004 – Spring 2010
Associate Visiting Professor of Political Science, The University of the South, Fall 2003 – Summer 2004
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Santa Fe Community College and Nova Southeastern University,
Fall 2002 – Summer 2003
Chair and Director of Departmental Internships, Department of Political Science, Hastings College, Fall
1998 – Summer 2002
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Auburn University, Fall 1997 – June 1998
DISSERTATION:
“Electoral Competition and the Structure of State Legislatures: Organizational Complexity and Party
Building”
This study is concerned with the linkages between electoral competition and party organizational
change in 15 transforming and formerly one-party chambers. The general thesis is that as competition
increases in the electoral realm, changes result in the pattern of committee appointments and the
organization of party caucuses. These changes, in turn, affect the formal organizational and
institutional strategies of both political parties in the chamber. As these transformations unfold,
patterns of roll call voting also change as a result.
EXAMINATION TOPICS:
American Politics/Policy (Major Field)
State and Local Politics (Area of Specialization)
Comparative European Politics (Complementary Field)
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS:
State and Local Politics, Legislative Politics, Electoral Politics and Campaigns, Public Policy and
Policy Analysis, Political Parties in the American Setting, Southern Politics
TEACHING and COURSES TAUGHT:
American Politics: Introduction to American Politics/Government; State and Local Government and
Politics; American National Political Institutions; Legislative Process; US Congress; Seminar in State
Legislative Process and Policy; American Electoral Politics; Campaigns and Elections; Southern
Politics; American Presidency; Political Parties and Interest Groups; Constitutional Law and Supreme
Court; Graduate Quantitative Methodology; Undergraduate Methods (three different
courses/approaches); Political Economy; National and International Political Economy; Senior
Seminar in Political Behavior; Senior Capstone Course (three different courses/approaches).
Comparative Politics: Introduction to Comparative Politics; Europe 191-1945: The Politics of
Totalitarianism; Comparative Public Policy.
Interdisciplinary Courses: Modern Europe; Cold War; History of Post-War Europe (History and
Political Science); Political Economy (Economics and Political Science); International Political
Economy; Macroeconomics in International Perspective; Introduction to International Relations;
European Politics; Science, Technology and Human Values (universal senior capstone at Baker
University).
Inter-term (January Term) classes: Hitler and Nazi Germany; The Racial State: Mechanisms of
the Holocaust; The History, Politics and Culture of the American South; A History of Hell.
Honors courses: The Racial State: Political and Administrative Predicates of NSDAP Germany;
Political Speech: Contrasting Inspiration and “Hate” Rhetoric; Spies: The Development of an
Intelligence “Community”; The West Ascendant? US, USSR, Germany and the Cold War;
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Immigration, Crime and the US.
Learning Communities: Politics and Law (Living/Learning FSC: 2012-2015); Game Theory
(Learning Community, Political Science and Mathematics, FSC, 2011-2013); Media and Politics
(Learning Community, Political Science and Communications, FSC, 2014).
Study Abroad: Germany: the Racial State. Taught in place in Germany several times, most recently in
Ravensbrueck KZ, Furstenburg-Havel, Brandenburg; summer 2015 (the last two years have been
inclusive of Berlin, Brandenburg; Erfurt and Weimar, Thuringia; and Quedlinburg, Saxon-Anhalt).
CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR PROJECTS:
Books
Anderson, Bruce, Zachary Baumann and Carl Pinkele. Southern Politics Is No Longer “Southern”: A
Questionable Past and an Uncertain Future. (Ongoing)
Articles
Sage Reference on Economics and Society: Various (with FSC Students); Summer, 2014.
Sage Reference on Alcohol and Society: Various (with FSC Students); Summer, 2014.
PUBLICATIONS:
Most recent: “Florida: Border State, “South” or Wild Frontier?”. With Zachary Baumann. Analysis
Chapter. The New Politics of the Old South . Fifth Edition. Charles Bullock III, Mark J.
Rozell, Eds. Rowman and Litttlefield. (published December, 2013).
Refereed Journal Publications
Anderson, Bruce. “The Stealthy Creep of Democracy: Is There a Role for the Citizen?” The Civic
Arts Review (Spring 2005).
Anderson, Bruce. “All is Not Fair…: The Effects of Changing Committee Representation on Partisan
Conflict in Transforming Legislatures.” The American Politics Quarterly (July 2000: 328354).
Anderson, Bruce, Keith Hamm, and Nancy Martorano. “A Transforming South: Exploring Patterns of
State House Seat Contestation.” The American Review of Politics (Spring 2000: 201-224).
Anderson, Bruce. “Party Caucus Development and the Insurgent Minority Party in Formerly One-Party
State Legislatures.” The American Review of Politics (Fall 1998: 191-216).
Anderson, Bruce, Keith Hamm, and Andrew Weber. “Impact of Lobbying Laws and Their
Enforcement.” Social Science Quarterly (June 1994: 378-381).
Books, Book Chapters, Reviews (*Indicates undergraduate student collaboration)
Book Chapter: “Florida: Border State, “South” or Wild Frontier?”. With Zachary
Baumann. Analysis Chapter. The New Politics of the Old South . Fifth Edition. Charles
Bullock III, Mark J. Rozell, Eds. Rowman and Litttlefield. ( 2 0 1 3 )
Book Chapters/Entries/Sidebars: Sage Reference on Criminal Justice Ethics, Joseph
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Golson, Editor. 2012.
Chapter case analysis: Daubert vs. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals (1993) (with Kristoph
Marczinkowski*)
Chapter: DREAM Act (with Laura Hackett*).
Chapter legal analysis: Entrapment (with Kira Ramirez*).
Sidebar: Police Robots (with Matthew Geras*)
Full Chapter: Politics (with Rhonda Wrzenski, Indiana University, Southeast)
Full Chapter: Victims’ Bill of Rights (and assistance programs)(with Kassandra Galvez*)
Book Chapters/Entries/Sidebars: Sage Reference Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics.
Lisbeth Rogers, Managing Editor. 2012.
Entry: National Freedom of Information Coalition (with Matthew Geras*)
Chapter: Take the Pledge(with Gage Nicholas*)
Entry: World Can't Wait (with MacKenzie Gailey*)
Entry: RightOnline.com (with Matthew Geras*)
Entry: Social Issues & Augmented Reality (with Hannah Gifford*)
Entry: Fundly
Chapter: Take the Pledge (with Gage Nicholas*)
Entry: Carnivore (FBI) (with Jon Klos*)
Chapter: Voter Privacy (with Gage Nicholas*)
Chapter: Digital Media Law Project
Entry: World without Borders (with Jon Klos*)
Book Chapters/Entries/Sidebars: Sage Reference on White Collar Crime, Susan Moskowitz,
Editor. Forthcoming, 2013.
Book Sidebar: Whitewater Scandal (with Carlene FogleMiller*) Book Chapter: William Clinton (with Carlene FogleMiller*) Book Sidebar: Anheuser-Busch
Book Chapter: Karl Rove
Book Chapter: Tom DeLay
Book Sidebar: Jack
Anderson
Book Chapter: Richard Nixon (with Christina Cota-Robles*)
Book Sidebar: Sen. John Edwards (with Christina CotaRobles*) Book Chapter: Legal Malpractice (with Stephen
Senn)
Book Chapter: George W. Bush (with Charlotte Garraway*)
Major Book Project,
2007/2008
Encyclopedia of Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior. Ed. Kenneth F. Warren. Thousand
Oaks, CA. Sage Publications.
Book Chapter:
Book Chapter:
Book Chapter:
Book Chapter:
Book Chapter:
State Campaigns (with Andrew McGregor*, Baker University)
Campaign Strategies
The Democratic National Committee (with Jaci Kettler*, Baker University)
Louisiana Elections (with Jaci Kettler*, Baker University)
Republican State Party Organizations
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Book Chapter: The Southern Democratic Party
Major Book Project,
2005/2006
Postwar America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Ed. James
Ciment. New York: M.E. Sharpe.
Book Chapter: Liberalism in American Politics (with Carl Pinkele, Ohio Wesleyan University)
Book Chapter: The Democratic Party Since 1945 (with Carl Pinkele, Ohio Wesleyan University)
Book Chapter: Civil Rights Legislation Since 1945 (with Kevin Alonso*, Sewanee: The University
of the South)
Book Chapter: Political Action Committees (with Kevin Alonso*, Sewanee: The University of the
South)
Book Chapter: Reforming Campaign Finance (with Meghann King*, Sewanee: The University of
the South)
Book Chapter: The Referendum and Initiative Revolution: California’s Prop 209 (with Zach
Baumann*, Baker University)
Book Sidebar: The 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention (with Rhonda Wrzenski, Louisiana State
University)
Book Sidebar: OSHA (with Zach Baumann*, Baker University)
Book Sidebar: Caesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers (with Zach Baumann*, Baker
University) Book Sidebar: Americans for Democratic Action (with Rhonda Wrzenski, Louisiana
State University)
Anderson, Bruce. June 2000. “Strom Thurmond.” In The Encyclopedia of Third Parties in the United
States. New York: M.E. Sharpe.
Anderson, Bruce. June 2000. “The Silver Party of Nevada.” In The Encyclopedia of Third Parties in
the United States. New York: M.E. Sharpe.
Anderson, Bruce. 1997. “Electoral Competition and Southern State Legislatures.” In Southern Parties
and Elections: Studies in Regional Political Change, eds. Robert P. Steed, Laurence W. Moreland,
and Tod A. Baker. University of Alabama Press.
Anderson, Bruce, Keith Hamm, and Ronald Hedlund. 1994. “Political Parties in State Legislatures.”
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Encyclopedia of Legislative Organizations, ed. Joel Silbey. New York: Scribners.
Review: State and Local Texts – Addressing and Mis-addressing Undergraduates. H-NET Review of
Virginia Gray and Peter Eisinger’s American States and Cities (second edition) and W.B. Stouffer,
Cynthia Opheim and Susan Bland Day’s State and Local Politics: The Individual and the Governments
(second edition). June, 1997.
Review: Texas Politics Reviewed. H-NET Review of Stefen D. Haag, Rex C. Peebles, and Gary A.
Keith’s Texas Politics and Government: Ideas, Institutions and Policies. December, 1997.
Also short newsletter book reviews, short articles and other publications associated with the field of
legislative politics and American politics in The Legislative Studies Section Newsletter.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE
Conference Paper Presentations and Projects
Forthcoming:
Southern OPolitical Science Asociation, San Juan, PR; 2016:
Organizer, Undergraduate Panels: American Elections; American Public Policy i
Roundtable: Undergraduate Research in Political Science
Panel Chair, Elections, The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, Charleston,
SC; March 2016.
Organizer, Undergraduate Panels, The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics,
Charleston, SC; March 2016.
Recent, 2014-2015:
Southern Political Science Association (New Orleans, 2015):
Panels on undergraduate research: American Politics, International Relations
and Comparative Politics; organizer.
Organizer: Roundtable on 2014 Midterm Elections and State Politics in the
South.
Invited participant: Roundtable on Undergraduate Research in Political Science.
Past (selected):
National Society for Experiential Education, “Learning Communities: Initiation and Assessment”.
Presentation at NSEE Annual Meetings; St. Petersburg, FL., October, 2013.
Organizer and Chair, panel for Southern Political Science Association, January, 2013; Orlando. Panel:
“Florida as National Bellwether in the 2012 Elections”.
Panel Research Presentation, Southern Political Science Association, January, 2013; Orlando.
Gendered Candidacy: Risk Acceptance and Risk Aversion for State House Candidates, 2004-2010.
With Carlene Fogle-Miller
Roundtable Discussion Panel, National Society for Experiential Education: “Instituting Experiential
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Learning Without Breaking the Bank (or Morale)”. Presented at the NSEE Annual Meetings,
October, 2012; Milwaukee.
Primary Attraction: Does the Romance Continue? The Failure of Successful Women Primary
Candidates in General Elections. With Joshua Vaal (Florida Southern College). Paper presented at the
State Politics and Policy Conference, Houston, TX; February 16th and 17th, 2012.
Scandalous Behavior: ACORN, Voter Registration, and the Aging of “Action” Groups. With
Charlotte Garraway (Florida Southern College). Poster presented at the State Politics and Policy
Conference, Houston, TX; February 16th and 17th, 2012.
Primary Attraction: the Dimensions of Candidacy for Women in State Legislative Primary Elections,
co- authored with Rhonda Louise Wrzenski, Ph.D., Indiana University, Southeast, presented at the
State Politics and Policy Conference, (with Joshua Vaal, Florida Southern College) Dartmouth,
Hanover, New Hampshire. June 2011.
Nationalization and Southern Politics presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Political
Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. January 2011.
The Future of the Democratic Party in the South: A Questionable Past and an Uncertain Future,
presented at the Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics (with Carl Pinkele), Charleston, South
Carolina, March 2010.
Conference schedule in 2007/2008 was truncated due to a teaching commitment as visiting Baker faculty in the Baker
University program at the University of Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.
Women as Officeholders: The Black/White Divide in Modern Southern State Legislatures, presented at
the Annual Meetings of The Southern Political Science Association (with Jaclyn Kettler, Baker
University [now Rice University]), New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2008.
Circling the Wagons: Democratic Redistricting, the Open Primary, and Damming the Republican
Flood in Louisiana 1968-2000, presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Political Science
Association (with Zach Baumann, Ole Miss [now Penn State University], and Rhonda Wrzenski,
LSU), Atlanta, Georgia, January 2006.
From Faction to Party: Roll Call Evidence of GOP Development in the Louisiana State House of
Representative, 1980-2003, presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Political Science
Association (with Rhonda Wrzenski, LSU), New Orleans, Louisiana. January 2005.
Institutional Parameters, Party Politics, and Chamber Party Composition in One-party, Two-party
and “No”-party legislatures: the Evidence from Roll Call Analyses, presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Southern Political Science Association (with Rhonda Wrzenski, LSU), New Orleans,
Louisiana. March 2002.
Civic Attachments and Voter Preference, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern
Political Science Association (with Carl Pinkele, OWU), New Orleans, Louisiana. March 200.
Partisan Attachments and Civic Responsibility, presented at the American Political Science
Association Annual Meeting (with Shawn Trier, Stanford, and Carl Pinkele, OWU). 2001.
Minority Courses in Southern State Legislatures, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern
Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia. November 2000.
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A Transforming South: Exploring Patterns of State House Seat Contestation, presented at the Citadel
Symposium on Southern Politics (with Nancy Martorano and Keith Hamm). 2000. Revised as same
title, American Politics Review, V. 21/Spring 2000, pp. 201-224.
The Demise of the Solid (Republican) South, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political
Science Association, Savannah, Georgia. 1999.
Party Voting in State Legislatures: A Re-estimation of Jewell’s 1955 Roll Call Figures in Formerly
One- Party Chamber, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association,
Atlanta, Georgia. October 1998.
Party Organization and Floor Conflict: The Linkage of Party Caucuses to Two Dimensions of
Legislative Party Voting in Newly Competitive Chambers, presented at the Citadel Symposium on
Southern Politics, Charleston, South Carolina. March 1998.
Party Unity in the Transforming Legislatures: The Effect of External and Internal Partisan Activity on
Partisan Roll Call Conflict, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association, Norfolk, Virginia. November 1997.
Party Caucuses in Southern State House Chambers: Party Politics in Formerly One-party Dominant
Chambers, presented at the Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, Charleston, South Carolina.
March 1996.
Party Unity in the Transforming Legislatures: The Effect of External and Internal Partisan Activity on
Internal Legislative Party Loyalty, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association, Atlanta, Georgia. November 1996.
Political Party Electoral Competition and the Proportionality of Party Representation on Committees:
The Case of Transforming One-Party Legislatures, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern
Political Science Association, Tampa, Florida. November 1995.
Party Building and Organizational Consistency: Changing Committee Composition in Seven
Southern House Chambers 1967-1989, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political
Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia. November 1994.
Electoral Competition and the Structure of Legislatures: Party Building and Organizational
Complexity in Southern Legislatures, presented at the Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics,
Charleston, South Carolina. March 1994.
Universalization and Policy: an Examination of Federal Aid to Airports, 1946-1996, presented at the
Midwest Political Science Association Meeting (with LaVonna Blair and Steven MacAleavy), Chicago,
Illinois. 1994.
Lobbying Laws and Interest Organizations: New Findings and Overtime Evaluations in State
Legislative Settings, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association
(with Keith E. Hamm and Andrew Weber), San Antonio, Texas. March 1994.
Middle Man Theoretics and Leadership in the United States Congress, 1879-1991, presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, San Antonio, Texas. March 1994.
The Leaders and the Led: A Critical Analysis and Empirical Assessment of Supports for
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Truman’s Middleman Thesis in the US Congress 1870-1991, presented at the Annual meeting of
the Midwest Political Science Association (with LaVonna Blair and Steven MacAleavy). 1993.
Patterns of Contestation, Competition and Victory in State Legislative Elections, presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association (with Keith E. Hamm), Atlanta,
Georgia.
November 1992.
Is the South Still “Different”? – State Legislative Elections in the American South, 1968-1991,
presented at the Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics (with Keith E. Hamm), Charleston, South
Carolina.
March 1992.
Judicial Election Systems in the American South: The Politics of Race and the Courts, presented at the
Ohio Association of Economist and Political Scientists Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio. 1990.
Professional Conference Service
Forthcoming: Panel Chair; Discussant (several) Southern Political Science Association,
January, 2015.
Learning Communities: Summer workshop at The Washington Center, Evergreen State
University, Olympia Washington. Summer, 2014.
Panel Discussant, The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, January 2014; Charleston,
SC.
Panel Chair, The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, January 2014; Charleston, SC.
National Association of Fellowship Advisors, National Meetings; Atlanta GA., summer,
2013.
Panel Chair, Panel Organizer, Undergraduate Research; SPSA; Orlando, FL, January, 2013.
Panel Chair, State Politics; SPSA; Orlando, FL, January, 2013.
Panel Chair and Discussant, Panel on Redistricting in the 2010s, The Citadel Symposium on Southern
Politics, March, 2012.
Panel Chair: Roundtable: Polarization, Party and the Changing Face(s) of Southern Legislatures and
Legislators. SPSA, 2011.
Panel Chair: State of State Administration, SPSA, 2010.
Panel Chair: Parliamentary Rules and Procedures: Stability in Institutional Settings. SPSA, 2009.
Discussant: Panel on State Legislative Elections.
Invited Chair, Roundtable on the 2006 Election; Southern Political Science Association.
Roundtable: The Future of the Democratic Party in the South; Political Science Association;
New Orleans, Louisiana. January 2005.
Manuscript Reviewer
Journal of Politics; State Politics and Policy Quarterly; PS: Political Science and Politics
UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENT SERVICE
At Florida Southern College:
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Fulbright Adviser, FSC
Jack Kent Cook Adviser, FSC
Goldwater Adviser, FSC
Truman Scholarship Adviser, FSC
Study Abroad: Germany, 2014: The Racial State
(course taught in conjunction with staff at
Ravensbrueck Concentration Camp JH,
Brandenburg; Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt)
Program head: Political Science and Law,
Living/Learning Community, 2012-2015
Learning Communities in Game Theory and Politics
and Media
Honors program: teaching, 2011-present.
Program Chair, Political Communications
Outside Reviewer, Department: Ohio Northern University
Outside Reviewer for Tenure: University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. James King, Chair of Department.
Awarded and Designated “Miller Distinguished Professor”, Florida Southern College, May,
2012. Faculty Volunteer of the Year, 2011-2012.
Program Chair, Political Science. 2010-present.
Internship Coordinator: Political Science; Pre-law. 2010-present.
Pre-Law Adviser. 2010-present.
Pre-Law Program Chair. 2010-present.
Tenure/Promotions Review Committees, 2012-2013.
Committee on the Honors Program, 2011-present.
Provost Search Committee, Nov. 2010-April, 2011.
Tenure Committee Reviewer for two faculty members; 2010-2011.
College Liaison, The Washington Center; 2010-present.
Faculty Adviser, founding member; Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honorary.
At Baker University:
Graduate Faculty, School of Education
Chair, Educational Programming and Curriculum Committee, 2007-2010 (elected member since 2005)
First-year Advising; 2003-2010
Advisor, College Republicans and Young Democrats
Head Coach, Men’s and Women’s Tennis
General Education Team (a committee for the examination of options in the general education program,
summer and fall, 2005)
Instructor in the Liberal Arts Core program
Faculty Adviser, Student Senate; 2007-2010
Service at earlier institutions can be provided upon request
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
American Political Science Association
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Southern Political Science Association
Southwest Social Sciences Association
State Politics and Policy Conference
State Politics Studies Section, APSA
Legislative Studies Section, APSA
Member, Harlaxton Society
Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honorary
Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars
National Association of Fellowship Advisers
National Society for Experiential Education
Community Service:
Contributing columnist: The Lakeland Ledger; 2011-present.
Political Analyst: WLFK Talk Radio, Lakeland. 2011-present.
Board of Directors, The League of Women Voters, Polk County. Presidential appointment, 2013-2014.
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Each year, the Department of Political Science at FSC invites Upper College students to travel to the SPSA to
present their original research. Every two years, we do the same at The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics at
The Citadel, Charleston, SC. We also encourage students in the Lower College to present their original research at
the Florida Political Science Association and Fiat Lux at FSC. This year – 2016 – Florida Southern College will
host the Florida Political Science Association annual meetings, and our students will be the major staff of the
conference, as well as fulfilling their roles as presenters.
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