DAVID L. NIXON, PhD
EDUCATION
1991
NEH Fellowship
Center for International Studies
Duke University
Durham, NC
1982-1987
PhD--Department of Political Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
1978-1982
BA--Department of Political Science
Indiana University
South Bend, IN
EXPERIENCE
2010-2012
Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs
Mount Mary College
Milwaukee, WI
2005-2010
Chief Executive Officer/Dean
University of Wisconsin-Washington County
West Bend, WI
2001-2005
Department Head, Political Science
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
1990-2001
Associate Professor of Political Science
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
1987-1990
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Ohio University
Athens, OH
1986-1987
Lecturer, Political Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
Additional Academic Experience
2006-2008
Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science
Al-Farabi University
Almaty, Kazakhstan
2001-2005
Member, National Homeland Security Training Center Advisory Council
2001-2003
Visiting Professor, Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul, Republic of Turkey
1995
USIA Exchange Fellow
National University of Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan
1989
Election Observer-Nicaragua, Operation California/USA
1985-1986
Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
PUBLICATIONS
“Factor Price Adjustments and Kazakhstani Economic Policy”, New State of Socio-Economic and
Political Modernization of Kazakhstan, Special Edition: Kazakh National University Journal of
International Scientific Issues, November 2006
“Modern War and America’s New Enemies”, with M. William Parle, Journal of Public Policy, (Korea),
Volume 14, June 2004
"Is There Life After Congress? Patterns and Determinants of Post-congressional Careers",
with Rebekah Herrick, Legislative Studies Quarterly, November 1996
“Women and Special Elections," with R. Darcy, Women and Politics, Volume 16, 1996
"Women in the 1946 and 1993 Japanese House of Representatives Elections: The Role of the Electoral
System," with R. Darcy, Journal of Northeast Asian Studies, Spring 1996
"Export Promotion in the State of Oklahoma," with M. William Parle and Harold E. Sare, Oklahoma
Journal of Politics, October 1994
“The President's Party," with James A. Davis, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Spring 1994
"Four Generations and Senate Defense Voting," with Rebekah Herrick, Journal of Political and Military
Sociology, Spring 1994
Books and Book Chapters
"Balanced Development and the Theory of Positive Sum Consolidation of Government: Applications to
Kazakhstan," in The Evolution of Statehood in Kazakhstan, Joint Publication of Almaty National
College of the Federal Government; Institute for the Development of Kazakhstan; Academy of
Natural Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, (Almaty, Kazakhstan, 1996) 324-328.
CONFERENCE PAPERS PRESENTED
“The Future of the Humanities—Continuing the Conversation”
Panel chair
Annual Institute for Chief Academic Officers and Chief Advancement Officers
The Council on Independent Colleges
St. Petersburg Beach, FL, November 2011
“Transatlantic Regulatory Conflict and the Problems of Deeper Integration:
The Case of Consumer Protection”
with Jeffrey Lewis
Annual Conference, International Studies Association,
Chicago, IL, February 2001.
"The Post-Congressional Career: Is There Life After Congress?"
with Rebekah Herrick
Annual Meeting, American Political Science Association
New York, NY, August 1994.
"Women in the 1946 and 1993 Japanese House of Representatives Elections:
The Role of the Electoral System"
with R. Darcy
Annual Meeting, American Political Science Association,
New York, NY, August 1994.
"The Rise and Fall of Policy Attitudes: Generational Affects, Human Rights and Congressional Voting"
with Rebekah Herrick
Annual Meeting, International Society of Political
Psychology, Cambridge, MA, July 1993
"Governors as New Actors in International Trade Politics"
with M. William Parle
Annual Meeting, Southwest Political Science Association
New Orleans, LO, March 1993
“Boom and Bust: Four Generations of Congressional Trade Voting"
with Rebekah Herrick
Annual Meeting, Southwest Political Science Association
New Orleans, LO, March 1993
"Four Generations and Congressional Defense Voting"
with Rebekah Herrick
Annual Meeting, Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL, April 9-11, 1992
“Vanguard of Post-Polarity? U.S. National Trade Efforts and the COMECON States”
Annual Meeting, Southwest Political Science Association
San Antonio, TX, March 27-30, 1991
“Systemic Effects of Change in US Foreign Policy”
Annual Conference, International Studies Association
Washington, DC, April 10-14, 1990
“The USA and Change in the International Political Economy”
Joint Annual Meeting, International Studies Association and British International Studies Association
London, England, March 29-April 1, 1989
"Congressional - Executive Relations: Organizational
Imperatives and the American `Demand Engine',"
Annual Meeting, Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL, April 14-16, 1988
"Patterns of Political Demand: Geographic and Organized
Constituencies in U.S. Trade Policy Making,"
Annual Meeting, Northeast Political Science Association,
Philadelphia, PA, November 12-14, 1987
Additional Professional Activities
Book Reviews for The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Brazilian Industrialists and Democratic Change
by Leigh A. Payne, 1994
Orpheus and Power: the moviemento negro of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Palo 1945-1988
by Michael George Hanchard, 1994
Politics Within the State: elite bureaucrats and industrial policy in authoritarian Brazil
by Ben Ross Schneider, 1991
Authoritarianism and the Crisis of the Argentine Political Economy
by William C. Smith, 1990
Peer Review Panelist, 1991 and 1992:
"NEH University Study Grants"
National Endowment For The Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20506
Editorial Service:
Manuscript Reviewer: Comparative Politics
Women & Politics
Legislative Studies Quarterly
Dushkin Publishers
Harper-Collins
St. Martins Press
Wadsworth-Thompson
Academic Honor Societies:
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Beta Delta
Phi Theta Kappa
Community Activities:
West Bend Economic Development Corporation:
Executive Committee
Secretary
Board of Directors
Washington County Economic Development Board:
Executive Committee
Secretary
Board of Directors
Chairman – Work Force Development Committee
Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
Advisory Committee
Disputes Resolution Panel
State of Wisconsin:
Wisconsin Museum of Art - Board of Directors
University of Wisconsin System:
Advantage Wisconsin – UW System Strategic Planning Committee on Enrollment and Access
UW Colleges Faculty Senate
UW Colleges Steering Committee
Wide Variety of Ad Hoc/Functional Committees
Presentations/Testimony:
Wisconsin State Senate, Committee on Economic Development 2007
Wisconsin State Assembly, Committee on Jobs and the Economy 2007
Wisconsin Counties Association, Legislative Exchange 2007
Wisconsin Counties Association, Annual Conference 2007
International:
Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Advisor, Project Balaschok