2015 Faculty Notes
This page highlights some of the 2015 activities of our Political Science, Public Administration and Legal Studies faculty members in the areas of publications, presentations, public lectures, as well as selected recent awards and honors.
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Political Science
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Public Administration
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Legal Studies
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Howard Balanoff
Presentations
The National Certified Public Manager (CPM) Program: A model for Public & Non-profit & Leaders and Managers around the World in Paris, France.
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Christopher Brown
Journal Articles
Co-authored “Exploring the Demand for PhDs in Public Affairs and Administration” published in the Journal of Public Affairs Education (Winter 2015)
"A Litigious Proposal: A Citizen's Duty to Challenge Climate Change in the Courts". Environmental Justice, and Climate Change, 385-457. Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Cecilia Castillo
Presentations
“Family Life in a World Defined by Economic Well Being” at the Society of Catholic Social Scientists Annual Conference in Steubenville, Ohio
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Lynn Crossett
Book Chapters
"Legal Studies as an Alternative to Law School" in Legal Studies for the Curious: Why Study Legal Studies
Presentations
"How to Prepare for an ABA Site Visit" at the National Conference for the American Association for Paralegal Education in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
AwardsAlpha Chi Favorite Professor Award for Fall 2015
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Julz Decker
Awards
Alpha Chi Favorite Professor Award for Spring 2015
Chi Omega Favorite Professor Award for Fall 2015
Alpha Delta Pi Favorite Professor Award for Fall 2015
Presentations
"Marriage on the Move: An Examination of Same-Sex Marriage Travel Patterns in the Wake of the Supreme Court Ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act" at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL
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Paul DeHart
Presentations
"Reframing the Founding: Covenant and Natural Law rather than Covenant versus Natural Law" at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in San Fransisco, CA
"Christian Thought and the American Founders" at the James Wilson Institute in Washington D.C.
"The U. S. Constitution and Natural Law: Concord or Conflict?” at Pembroke College of Oxford University’s Constitutional Thought and History Seminar
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Bill DeSoto
Book Chapters
Co-authored "Promoting the Benefits of Legal Studies for University Students" in Innovative Development of Higher Education as National and Global Dimensions Change (Institute of Pedagogy of Ukraine)
Journal Articles
Co-Authored "Do International Studies Students have a Broader Global Awareness than Other College Students?" in the Journal of Political Science Education
Awards
Alpha Chi Favorite Professor Award for Spring 2015
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Thomas Doyle
Awards
International Studies Program Professor of the Year
Books
The Ethics of Nuclear Weapons Dissemination: Moral Dilemmas of Aspiration, Avoidance, and Prevention (Routledge)
Book Chapters
"Defense and Military Policy: Nuclear War and Deterrence Policy" in Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Policy
"Defense and Military Policy: Nuclear Warfare Ethics" in Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (Taylor and Francis)
"Global Nuclear Power and International Security" in The Ethics of Nuclear Power: Risk, Justice, and Democracy in the Post-Fukushima Era (Cambridge University Press)
Journal Articles
"Hiroshima and Two Pradoxes of Japanese Nuclear Perplexity" in Critical Military Studies
"Moral and Political Necessities for Nuclear Disarmament: An Applied Ethical Analysis" in Strategic Studies Quarterly
“When Liberal Peoples Turn into Outlaw States: John Rawls’s Law of Peoples and Liberal Nuclearism” in the Journal of International Political Theory
Presentations
"Morally (Ir)responsible Approaches to Nuclear Disarmament" at the Annual Conference of the British International Studies Association in London
Newspaper“The Iranian nuclear controversy is also about saving face” in the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage Blog.
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Michelle Evans
Refereed Reports
"Review of the Trade Secret Case Law from the Fifth Circuit"
Presentations
"Trade Secret Status for Business Customer Lists" at the Annual Conference of the Southern Academy of Legal Studies in Business in San Antonio
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Michael Faber
Journal Articles
"The Union Paradigm of 1788: Three Anti-Federalists that Changed Their Minds" in American Political Thought
Presentations
"Congressional Realignment: The Critical Election of 1994" at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL
Newspaper
"The U.S. Constitution isn’t just for politicians and lawyers" an op-ed piece in the Austin American Statesman
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Billy Fields
Book Chapters
Co-authored "Age-Friendly Community Policy Innovation: Complete Streets Implementation in Louisiana, United States" in International Perspectives on Age Friendly Cities (Routelage)
Journal Articles
Co-authored "Transportation Impacts of Fracking in the Eagle Ford Shale Development in the Rural South Texas: Perceptions of Local government Officials" in Journal of Rural and Community Development
“Placemaking and Disaster Recovery: Targeting Place Recovery in Post-Katrina New Orleans”. Journal of Urbanism, 8, 38-56.
Presentations
"Evaluations of Complete Streets policy Implementation by Metropolitan Planning organizations: From policy Adoption to Implementation" at the Active Living research Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA
"Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas: Fiscal and Transportation Policy Impacts" at the 3rd International Symposium on Energy Challenges & Mechanics in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
"Teaching the Innovative DOT" as part of the State Smart Transportation Institute National Webinar
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Charles Garofalo
Journal Articles
“From One Utopia to Another: Kant, Spicer, and Moral Agency” in Administrative Theory and Praxis (May 2015)
“Where Should We Draw the Line?: Governance, Public Values, and Outsourcing National Security” in Public Integrity (March 2015)
Co-authored “Exploring the Demand for PhDs in Public Affairs and Administration” in the Journal of Public Affairs Education
Presentations
"Identity and Integrity in American Public Administration" at the International Academy of Law and Mental Health Conference
"Public Good/Private Gain: The Case for Bottled Water" at the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration in Paris France
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Robert Gorman
Honors
Named Honorary Professor of International Studies
Journal Articles
"Revisiting karl Jasper's Axial Age Hypothesis: Natural Law as a Missing Link" in Catholic Social Science Review
"Advent Preparation through the Daily Office of Readings" in Homiletic and Pastoral Review
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Kenneth Grasso
Awards
Named Administrator of the Year for 2015 by the International Studies Program
Book Chapters
“From Articles of Peace to Kulturkampf: The HHS Mandate and the Problem of Religious Pluralism in America” in The Crisis of Religious Liberty edited by Stephen Krason (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
Presentations
“The New Politics of the American Public Orthodoxy” at the 2015 Meeting of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Steubenville, OH
“The New Pluralism, the Sovereign Self, and the Politics of the American Public Orthodoxy” at “Diversity, Conformity and Conscience in Contemporary America,” a conference sponsored by The Center for Political and Economic Thought at St. Vincent’s College in Latrobe, PA
“Alexis de Tocqueville: Prophet of Our Times” at “Acton University,” a conference sponsored by the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, MI
“Communitarianism: Theory and Practice” at “Acton University,” a conference sponsored by the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, MI
“The Principle of Subsidiarity.” at “Limited Government and the Rule of Law,” a conference sponsored The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty and Liberty Fund, Inc. in Grand Rapids, MI
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Emily Hanks
Book Chapters
“Nonprofit Organizations: Communication” in Encyclopedia of Public administration and Public Policy edited by M. Dubnick and D. Bearfield (Taylor & Francis)
Journal Articles
"From Technological Autonomy to Technological Bluff: Jacques Ellul and Diagnosing our Technological Condition" in Human Affairs
"More Than Rules: On some Uses and Limits of a Compliance Approach to Ethics" in Good Governance Worldwide
"Rules, Compliance, and Ethics: Oh my" in The Public Manager
“Same Industry, Same Rules? When Ridesharing Comes to Town” found in the Cases and Simulations Portal for Public and Nonprofit Sectors by Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration
Co-authored “From the ground up: How an Innovative Public/Private Sector Partnership Built the San Marcos Convention Center” in Texas Town & City (March 2015)
Presentations
"Can Technology Fill the Hollow State?: Using Jacques Ellul to Decode the Civic Technology Movement" for the Association fro Research in Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations in Chicago, IL
"Discourses of Volunteerism in American Popular Media" for the Public Administration Theory Network in San Fransisco, CA
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Rodolfo Hernandez
Presentations
Professors Rodolfo Hernandez and Bill DeSoto presented “Hellfire Nation and President Lincoln: Helping Students Understand Lincoln’s Religious Rhetoric” at the Conference on Religious Studies, the Liberal Arts, and the Public University at Texas State University
"Never Let Them Go: Education, Love and Rage in Kazo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go" at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA
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Ted Hindson
Awards
Alpha Chi Favorite Professor Award for Spring 2015
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Don Inbody
Books
"The Soldier Vote: War, Politics, and the Ballot in America" (PalgraveMacMillan)
Journal Articles“Voting by Overseas Citizens and Military Personnel” in the Election Law Journal (March 2015)
Newspaper
"Should soldiers' votes get counted? That's not as easy as you'd think" in the Monkey Cage Blog part of the Washington Post
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Paul Kens
Journal Articles
"Revision of the Progressive Era Continues" in the Tulsa Law Review
Television AppearancesDr. Paul Kens was interviewed on CSPAN’s Landmark Cases. The episode focused on the Supreme Court’s decision in Lochner v. New York. Dr. Kens is one of the foremost experts on the case and has authored "Lochner v. New York: Economic Regulation on Trial".
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Thomas Longoria
Journal Articles
"Measuring Public Manager Cultural Competence: the Influence of Public Sector Values" in Journal of Public Management and Social Policy 21, 24-41.
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Sherri Mora
Awards
Alpha Chi Favorite Professor Award
Alpha Delta Pi Favorite Professor Award
Chi Omega Favorite Professor Award
Delta Zeta Favorite Professor Award
Books
Political Science: Institutions and Public Policy (Kendall Hunt)
Presentations
"Faculty Roles and Responsibilities in Student Learning Outcome"s for the Department of Political Science Faculty Meeting at Blinn College in Bryan, TX
"Government's Role in Education and How Educators (like You) Can Make a Difference" for the Kappa Delta Pi Webinar, Indianapolis, IN
“Civil Rights in Texas”, the Keynote presentation, at the San Jacinto Day celebration at San Jacinto Central in Pasadena
"Using Learn Smart in Political Science Education" for the Division of Liberal Arts and Social Science Faculty at South Texas College in McAllen, TX
"Using Adaptive Learning to Engage Students in Political Science" for the Department of Political Science Faculty Meeting at San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
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Dianne Rahm
Book Chapters
"US Law and Policy in Environmental Management" in editors D. Sarkar, R. Datta, A. Mukherlee, and R. Hannigan's An Integrated Approach to Environmental Management (Wiley)
Journal Articles
"Transportation Impacts of Fracking in the Eagle Ford Shale Development in Rural South Texas: Perceptions of Local Government Officials" in Journal of Rural and Community Development
Co-authored “Exploring the Demand for PhDs in Public Affairs and Administration” in the Journal of Public Affairs Education
Presentations
"Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas: Fiscal and Transportation Policy Impacts" at the 3rd International Symposium on Energy Challenges & Mechanics in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Newspaper
All for the Herald-Zeitung in New Braunfels, TX:
"Paris Climate conference will have key differences from Kyoto Protocol"
"Pesticides and genetically modified organisms transform agriculture"
"Food production and consumption is changing the environment"
"New goals set stage to protect planet"
"Net benefit to recycling"
"Time to let the sunshine in with big solar changes in Lone Star State"
"Markets can be better fit to go green"
"The origin story of our nation's green holiday"
"Do we need a new, green GOP?"
"The idea of sustainability has roots that run deep into our history"
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Nandhini Rangarajan
Journal Articles
"Measuring Public Manager Cultural Competence: the Influence of Public Sector Values" in Journal of Public Management and Social Policy
"Exploring the Demand for PhDs in Public Affairs and Administration” in the Journal of Public Affairs Education
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Patricia Shields
Awards
The Marcy Crowley Award for Service to the Section for Women and Public Administration presented by the Section for Women and Public Administration at the American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference in Chicago
Journal Articles
Co-authored “The Dynamics of Positivism in the Study of Public Administration: A Brief Intellectual History and Reappraisal” in Administration & Society (May 2015)
Co-authored “Exploring the Demand for PhDs in Public Affairs and Administration” in the Journal of Public Affairs Education (Winter 2015)
"Civil Military Relations." In D.A. Bearfield and M.J. Dubnick (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. New York: Taylor & Francis.
Presentations
"Peaceweaving: Applying Jane Addams Feminist Pragmatist Ideas of Positive Peace to Multinational Peace Operations" for the Annual Conference of the Inter-University Seminar for Armed Forces & Society in Chicago, IL
“The Contested Idea of Peace: A Path for Public Administration through Jane Addams.” at the American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference in Chicago
“Tools for Writing Excellent Research Papers” at the American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference (student summit) in Chicago
“Getting Published in the Middle of the JCI List.” at the American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference (doctoral student summit) in Chicago
“Jane Addams: Democratic Theorist and PeaceWeaver.” at the Women and Gender Collaborative Annual Conference, Texas State University, San Marcos
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Hassan Tajalli
Awards
Alpha Chi Favorite Professor Award for Spring 2015
Journal Articles
Co-Authored "Do International Studies Students have a Broader Global Awareness than Other College Students?" in the Journal of Political Science Education
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Jeremy Wells
Journal Articles
"Imperium et Sacerdotium: Universalism, Fragmentation, and New Medievalism" in Commonwealth Review of Political Science
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Walter Wright
Awards
Alpha Chi Favorite Professor Award
Presentations
“Rule 11 Agreements and Mediated Agreements—Part I: Differences and Enforceability in Civil Cases,” Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Austin Bar Association, Austin, TX.
“Rule 11 Agreements and Mediated Agreements—Part II: Differences and Enforceability in Family Cases,” Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and Civil Litigation Section of the Austin Bar Association
“Texas-Tamaulipas Cross-Border Mediation Project,” Annual Conference of the Texas Association of Mediators, San Antonio, TX.
“Neuroscience Research and its Possible Uses in Negotiation and Mediation,” Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable, Austin, TX.
“Cultural Differences and their Effects on Negotiation and Mediation,” Texas Mediator Credentialing Association, Austin, TX.
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Hyun Yun
Book Chapters
Co-authored, “Blue Governors in Red States and Red Governors in Blue States” in Communication and Midterm Elections: Media, Message, and Mobilization edited by John Hendricks and Dan Schill (PalgraveMcMillan)
"Political Science is to Do Beyond Political Science" in Political Science for the Curious: Why Study Political Science by editor, K. Vaidya
Journal Articles
“Exploring the Demand for PhDs in Public Affairs and Administration” in the Journal of Public Affairs Education
Presentations
Presented “Blue Governors in Red States and Red Governors in Blue States” with Jae Hee Park at the 73rd Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference in Chicago