CURRICULUM VITAE

Current Appointment

Chair, Department of Political Science
Fort Hays State University, 2017-present

Director, Political Science Graduate Program
Fort Hays State University, 2016-present

Professor of Political Science
Fort Hays State University,  2013-present

Administrative Appointments (Academic)

• Provost/Chief Academic Officer
  Fort Hays State University, 1998-2013
  (Reporting Units: Four academic colleges/29 departments/300 faculty/Graduate
  School/Center for Teaching Excellence/Office of Strategic Partnerships/Virtual
  College/Library/Kansas Small Business Development Center Network)

• Interim Dean (served concurrently with Provost appointment)
  College of Business and Leadership
  Fort Hays State University, 2002-04
  (Four departments/32 faculty)

• Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
  Fort Hays State University, 1991-98
  (15 departments/135 faculty)

• Executive Assistant to the President
  Fort Hays State University, 1989-91

• Founder and Director, The Docking Institute of Public Affairs
  Fort Hays State University, 1984-91

Leadership Appointment (Non-academic)

• Nine years service in the Massachusetts, New Mexico and Indiana National Guard, 1969-78, Resigned 1978 as Captain, Chief Survey Officer, Indiana Division Artillery

Key Administrative Accomplishments Completed During Tenure as Provost, 1998-2013

• 25 years experience working with the Kansas Board of Regents as a faculty senate president, executive assistant to the president of FHSU, dean of Arts and Sciences and the last 15 years in the role of provost as a member and chair of the Council of Chief Academic Officers (COCAO) and System Council of Chief Academic Officers (SCOCAO). Served as an effective advocate for FHSU and led the development and implementation of several Regents’ initiatives including concurrent enrollment and the system’s performance agreement arrangements

• Facilitated the development and creation of the university’s Center for Civic Leadership/director reports to Office of the Provost

• Initiated new Provost’s Service-Learning Fellows Program

• Initiated and coordinated institution’s successful acquisition of Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement

• The Office of the Provost and AASCU Senior Leadership partnered in a new Global Challenges course at the national level coordinated through FHSU. This “disruptive innovation” holds the potential to become the counter-MOOC in terms of being a national blended course with high faculty collaboration, reduced cost and successful learning outcomes achieved by more students than in a MOOC (contact George Mehaffy at AASCU for additional information)

• Enhanced the Division of Academic Affairs’ role as a “steward of place” by extending community and business/industry outreach efforts through the support of various community forums, collaborative student leadership projects and participation in local and regional government and business initiatives

• Expanded the institution’s public affairs role in the American Democracy Project and other nationwide civic engagement initiatives

• Created an International Education Programming Team in 2003 to develop a strategic plan for the university. The Internationalization Team was established as a campus standing committee in 2007

• Created an International Education Management Group (IEMG) in 2007 to coordinate, manage and assure quality in all FHSU global strategic partnerships (FHSU has several partnerships enrolling 3,500 cross-border students in China)

• Developed year-long New Faculty Orientation for Division of Academic Affairs

• Established new Academic Affairs Marketing Specialist position for Division of Academic Affairs in 2003

• Established Academy of Academic Leadership for new chair/dean/directors’ orientation and professional development programming

• Established new university Office of Strategic Partnerships in 2004 to develop and negotiate institutional academic, corporate and governmental alliances

• Established and developed campus Vision Team in 2004 to coordinate and lead the institution’s role and participation in the American Association of State Colleges and University’s (AASCU) “American Democracy Project”

• Conceptualized and facilitated new Strategic Engagement and Advising Center (SEAC) with Dennis King to provide coordinated advising and engagement activities through college academic advisors for 5,400 domestic Virtual College (distance education) students

• Initiated development and secured approval of new academic programs in Global Business English, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Masters of Professional Studies and Professional Science Masters

• Facilitated new academic proposals for an Associate of General Studies (for undecided students), a Bachelor of Athletic Training and initiated new Bachelor of Technology Leadership for students with associate of applied science degrees

• Led the university initiative in 2003 to become a member of North Central Association’s new alternative accreditation track known as the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP)

• Authored the university’s policy guidelines for endowed faculty positions

• Developed and facilitated a chair appointment policy entitled First Principles for Chair Appointments at FHSU

• Established new policies with the FHSU Faculty Research Association and Research Environment Committee to include the sharing of indirect monies and creation of an Undergraduate Research fund of $60,000

• Developed, wrote and acquired approval of a proposal to adjust adjunct instructor salaries to support the Provost’s Council “One Faculty Equity Model” (April, 2006)

• Facilitated and approved the establishment of a set of semester and annual “Faculty Awards in Teaching, Research, Service and Advising” supported by local banks and administered by the Provost’s Council in partnership with the Faculty Senate

• Led the initiation of the College of Business and Leadership’s (now College of Business and Entrepreneurship) new strategic planning process in 2003 and on-line Master of Business Administration

• Developed and maintained active relationships with community and technical colleges in Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and various other states across the country through memoranda of understanding and transfer/articulation agreements (many are associated with the university’s military partnership initiative)

• Conceived and funded the establishment of a new Minority Scholars Program to enhance diversity and the recruitment of ABD faculty for teaching during the FHSU summer session

• Facilitated the national visibility and profile of the university by initiating various marketing and publicity efforts through the Office of the Academic Affairs Marketing Specialist

• Approved the establishment of a “gainsharing” incentive program with departments generating student credit hours and tuition revenues through the university’s Virtual College. Departments earn revenue proportionate to generated SCH

• Worked with the Faculty Senate on action plans to increase the university’s Faculty Development Fund to $100,000

• Wrote the university’s mobile learning charter and scope statement entitled, “Learning Anywhere, Anytime: The Wireless First, Faculty First, Student Choice Two-Year Mobile Computing Initiative at Fort Hays State University”

• Created new institutional multi-year distance education strategic plan entitled “Taking Charge of Change: Using Distance Education as an Institutional Strategic Asset” in response to Regents systemwide request

• Initiated institutional adoption of AASCU’s “Red Balloon Project”

• intended to re-imagine undergraduate education and take advantage of the current “evolution of learning” with technology, open educational resources and collaborative knowledge creation

• Promoted/hired nine new women chairs as part of value added leadership initiative

• Established two BGS Academic Advising Coordinator positions to facilitate advising for domestic Virtual College majors

Key Administrative Accomplishments Completed During Tenure as Dean of Arts & Sciences, 1991-1998

• Led development and completed written proposals for approved new academic programs in    Leadership Studies, Ethnic Studies, Social Work, Justice Studies, Information Networking and Telecommunications, Geographic Information Studies and a Masters of Liberal Studies (all within the College of Arts and Sciences)

• Established a steering committee in 1993 to develop an implementation plan for the College of Arts and Sciences electronic off-campus Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) Program (now enrolls over 1,200 students)

• Developed the university’s new off-campus pre-transfer advising agreement for community colleges and BGS students (Fast Track Program)

• Established and chaired committee responsible for development of new Honor’s Program proposal

• Developed, wrote and secured $25,000 grant from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to enhance campus cultural diversity initiatives and establish a new general education course entitled: “Diversity in the U.S.: Moral and Civic Competencies for 21st Century Democracy”

• Established a new university Cultural Diversity Curriculum and Grant Steering Committee to coordinate FHSU diversity grant development activities and initiatives

• Established a new Department of Information Networking and Telecommunications within the College of Arts and Sciences

• Developed and administered university’s Telepower Conference (applications of telecommunications to education and the workplace) in 1992 with corporate and state support

• Developed format and facilitated use of College of Arts and Sciences Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation and Development Handbook for each department and faculty member

• Developed and wrote FHSU’s original Academic Advising Plan (1993)/led the effort to establish a university Director of Academic Advising

• Introduced use of new College of Arts and Sciences strategic management system based on Kansas Board of Regents Vision 2020 planning rubric

• Participated in the construction of Tomanek Hall (new physical sciences building) with Director of Facilities Planning during tenure as Executive Assistant to the President/ Dean of Arts and Sciences

Professional Membership

• American Society for Quality

• American Marketing Association

• Network for Change and Continuous Innovation

•         Ingram’s Icons of Education, 2015

Awarded by the Kansas City business magazine Ingram’s for the contributions of highly qualified administrators, researchers and classroom instructors made over the course of their education careers in the Kansas-Missouri region.

•         Brent D. Ruben Award, 2013

For contribution to quality management in higher education and service to the Network for Change and Continuous Innovation (NCCI)

•         The William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement, 2008

Awarded by the American Association for State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the American Democracy Project (ADP). AASCU is a Washington, DC-based association of 430 state comprehensive universities and affiliated organizations. The Plater Award is one of only two national awards for provosts in the United States.

•         National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Pacesetter Award, 2000

•         Hall of Fame Award for Long-Term Community Service, 1997

•         Most Valuable Citizen Award, 1990

•          Fort Hays State University Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching (Pilot Award), 1988

Awarded by the Fort Hays State University Alumni Association for exceptional teaching. Faculty
must be nominated by students

•         National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 1985

•         Research Fellowship, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, 1978-79

•         David Ross Fellowship, Purdue Research Foundation, 1976-78

Appointments

Academic/Research Appointments

Simulation

Research Grants, Contracts and Fund-Raising Documents

• Facilitated the development of the “STEM Online Consortium” with Ivy Tech Community College of  Indiana and Edmonds   Community College, Washington.  This federally-supported Trade Adjustment  Assistance  Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant proposal was a $21 million “technology-enabled” partnership among three states and multiple two- and four-year institutions.

• Authored case statement for the university’s $30 million capital campaign entitled,   “Centennial Campaign: Building on  the Past/Investing in the Future, 1998-2002”/span>

• Member, Centennial Campaign Steering Committee, 1998-2002

• Association of American Colleges and Universities, “Cultural Diversity and American  Democracy: Implications for Moral and Civic Competencies,” 1994-96 — Funded $25,000

• GTE Lectureship Program in Technology and Ethics, “Innovations in Rural Healthcare: The Ethical Challenges of Telemedicine,” 1992–Funded $4,040

• Kansas Department of Commerce, “Reinventing Rural Kansas Communities: Getting Value from Strategic Planning,” 1991 and 1992–Funded $150,000 contract per year for two years (with Ronald Fundis and Don Hoy)

• Kansas Department of Commerce, “Reinventing Rural Kansas Communities: Getting Value from Strategic Planning,” 1991 and 1992–Funded $150,000 contract per year for two years (with Ronald Fundis and Don Hoy)

• United States Department of Labor, “Applications and Entrepreneurship in the Electronic Heartland: Training the Western Kansas Workforce to use Information Age Technology”–Technology Fair and Conference, 1991–Funded $7,700

• Wisconsin Undergraduate Teaching Council, Madison, WI, “The Global Negotiation” (Interactive Teaching Exercise), 1981–Funded $3,914

• OPTIONS: A University Outreach Program on International Security, “The Docking Institute International Security Speakers Bureau,” 1990 — Funded $5,250 (with Curt Brungardt)

• United States Department of Labor, “Creating a ‘High-Flex’ Rural Labor Force,” 1989–Funded Conference Grant $5,800Consulting

• Member, Board of Directors, Golden Belt Bank, Hays, KS, 2004-present

• Telecommunications and Computing Task Force, Committee on Science, Technology and the Future, 1997-98, appointed by Senator Pat Roberts and Associate Vice Chancellor James A. Roberts, University of Kansas

• “Looking Beyond the Accessible and Affordable Liberal Arts Education: A Vision to Meet the Challenge of the New Academic Frontier,” A Proposal to Name and Endow the Fort Hays State University College of Arts and Sciences, $3 Million Case Statement

• Editor (Social Trends), “On the Horizon: The Environmental Scanning Publication for Educational Leaders,” Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997-02

• Chair and Member, Governor’s Telecommunications Task Force (appointed by Governor Joan Finney), 1991-93 (Principal Author: Information Networking for Global Competition, Report to the Governor and the Citizens of Kansas, 1993 (270 pages)

• Strategic Planning Consultant, Kansas Department of Commerce, 1990-92

• Research and Telecommunications Consultant, Economic Development, Various Western Kansas Counties and Communities

• Research Consultant, Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development, 1988-present

• Manuscript Referee, Dorsey Publishing, 1986-87

• Editorial Committee Member, University Press of Kansas, 1984-86

• Manuscript Referee, Longman Publishing, 1981-82

• Member, FHSU Integrated Marketing Committee, February 1998-2007

• Member, Search and Screening Committee for Director of University Relations, 1997

• Member, FHSU Integrated Marketing Committee, February 1998-2007

• Member, Search and Screening Committee for Director of University Relations, 1997

• Member, Search and Screening Committee for Dean of the College of Health and Life Sciences, 1996-97

• FHSU Representative, Kansas Board of Regents Program Review Committee, 1996

• FHSU Representative, Kansas Board of Regents Committee on Academic Reports, 1995-96

• Chair, University General Education Committee, 1992-98

• Chair, University Academic Advising Committee, 1992-98

• Chair, University Assessment Steering Committee, 1992-98

• Member, President’s Advisory Committee on Recycling, 1990-91

• Member, President’s Advisory Committee on Water Conservation, 1990-91

• Member, International Studies Task Force, 1990-94

• Adviser, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, 1989-92

• College Studies for the Gifted Committee, 1988-89

• Chair, Faculty Senate External Affairs Committee, 1988-89

• President, FHSU Faculty Senate, 1987-88

• Member, President’s Transition Planning Committee, 1987

• Chair, FHSU Presidential Search and Screen Committee, 1986-87

• President, FHSU Faculty Association, 1986-87

• Chair, University Affairs Committee, Faculty Senate, 1985-86

• Chair, FHSU Director of Admission Search and Screen Committee, 1984-85

• Member and Committee Chair, Graduate School, 1983-86

• Member, University Library Committee, 1983-87

• Director, Regional University Model United Nations Program, 1981-89

• Summary: Approximately 100 presentations to various community organizations across the state over the last 33 years.

• Presenter, Leadership Hays Program, 1993-2005

• Presenter: “The Kansas Telecommunications Future,” Leadership Kansas Program, Liberal, KS, September 26, 1991

• “U.S. Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf,” Garden City Community College International Cultural Conference, February 24, 1991

• Academic Associate, The Atlantic Council of the United States (FHSU Representative), 1991-97

• “The Role of Strategic Planning in Rural Kansas,” Chamber of Commerce presentation, Plainville and Syracuse, Kansas, 1991

• Member, The Docking Institute of Public Affairs International Security Speaker’s Bureau (OPTIONS), 1990-91

• FHSU Representative, Planning Committee for Governor’s Task Force on International Affairs, 1989-90

• FHSU Representative, Wichita’s Mid-America World Trade Center, 1987-91

• Moderator, KOOD Public Television, The Kansas Legislature, 1988-90, 2004, 2012

• McDonalds Grants for Classroom Teachers Committee, 1988-2011

• United School District 489/Community Public Relations Committee, 1987-89

• “Voter’s Choice” Forum, 1986 Gubernatorial Debate (Docking-Hayden), Sponsored by the Department of Political Science and Hays Area Chamber of Commerce, October 11, 1986

• Moderator, “National Defense in a Nuclear Age – Must We Live with Nuclear Weapons?” Sponsored by KANZ/FH Radio and High Plains Humanities Council, June 1984

• Lecture, “International Arms Control,” Hays League of Women Voters,        May 5, 1983

• Participant, WITI-TV6 (Milwaukee) “Public Conference: The United Nations at Thirty-Five,” February 1980

• Lecture, “Six Fallacious Ideas about the UN and the US/UN Relationship”, Milwaukee Kiwanis Club, Milwaukee County War Memorial and Arts Center, February 20, 1980

• Great Decisions ’80 Lecture/Discussion Series, “The United Nations at Thirty-Five: Illusions and Realities”, Foreign Policy Association, Marian College, Marian, Indiana, 1980

• Wrote the “inclusive community” section of the 2013 Hays Comprehensive Plan

• Hall of Fame Award for Long-Term Service to the Hays Community, 1997 (Hays Area Chamber of Commerce)

• Chair, Hays Community Center Task Force, 1995-97

• Coordinator, Development of 1994 Hays-Ellis County Comprehensive Land Use Plan, 1992-94

• Member, Hays Rotary Club, 1991-93

• President, Ellis County United Way Board of Directors, 1989

• Chair, Hays Area Planning Commission, 1986-present

• Vice-President, Ellis County United Way Board of Directors, 1988

• Chair, University Division, Ellis County United Way, 1988

• Chair and Member, Legislative Affairs Committee, Hays Area Chamber of Commerce, 1988-present

• Hays City Commission/FHSU Liaison Committee, 1987-88

• Hays Little League and Babe Ruth Coach, 1984-1987

• Summary: Approximately 50 presentations made to various communities, non-profit organizations and state agencies during the last 25 years on education, telecommunications, political issues, economic development and leadership.