2021 Faculty Notes

Awards

Faculty Mentor: Williams, Taylor. Director’s Parliamentary Award (1st Place Overall). 25th Annual Eugene Scassa Mock Organization of American States. St. Mary’s University, San Antonio. Nov. 7, 2021.

Faculty Mentor: Williams, Taylor. Outstanding White Paper (1st Place – Secretariat for Political Affairs). 25th Annual Eugene Scassa Mock Organization of American States. St. Mary’s University, San Antonio. Nov. 7, 2021.

Faculty Mentor: Williams, Taylor. Distinguished Delegate (2nd Place – Secretariate for Political Affairs). 25th Annual Eugene Scassa Mock Organization of American States. St. Mary’s University, San Antonio. Nov. 7, 2021.

Faculty Mentor: Moncada, David. Outstanding Orator (1st Place – Inter-American Court on Human Rights Moot Court Competition). 25th Annual Eugene Scassa Mock Organization of American States. St. Mary’s University, San Antonio. Nov. 7, 2021.

Faculty Mentor: Gonzalez, Priscilla; Melead, Mason. Distinguished Delegate (2nd Place in Committee – Secretariat for Multidimensional Security). 25th Annual Eugene Scassa Mock Organization of American States. St. Mary’s University, San Antonio. Nov. 7, 2021.

Faculty Mentor: Acevedo, Aaron; Frere, Marie; Garcia Rodriguez, Andrea; Moncada, David. Outstanding Delegation (1st Place Overall). Southern Regional Model United Nations. Atlanta, GA. Nov 20, 2021.

Faculty Mentor: Acevedo, Aaron; Frere, Marie. Outstanding Delegate (1st Place in Committee – United Nations Environmental Committee). Southern Regional Model United Nations. Atlanta, GA. Nov 20, 2021.

Faculty Mentor: Thompson, Kaela; Valentinis-Dee, Catching; Bahr, Joseph; Garcia Rodriguez, Andrea. Outstanding Delegation (1st Place Overall). Southern Regional Model UN. Charlotte, NC (Virtual). March 28, 2021.

Faculty Mentor: Powell, Dalton; Moreno, Ana; Rodriguez, Kaitlyn; Amoo, Daniel; Acevedo, Aaron; Negrete, Bridget; Frere, Marie; Truesdale, Samuel; Williams, Taylor; Moncada, David. Distinguished Delegation (2nd Place Overall). Southern Regional Model UN. Charlotte, NC (Virtual). March 28, 2021.

Faculty Mentor: Moncada, David. Best Delegate (1st Place – Security Council). Southern Regional Model UN. Charlotte, NC (Virtual). March 28, 2021.

Faculty Mentor: Acevedo, Aaron; Negrete, Bridgette. Best Delegate (1st Place – World Food Program: Executive Board Committee). Southern Regional Model UN. Charlotte, NC (Virtual). March 28, 2021.

Faculty Mentor: Thompson, Kaela. Best Delegate (1st Place, General Assembly Plenary). Southern Regional Model UN. Charlotte, NC (Virtual). March 28, 2021.

Faculty Mentor: Valentinis-Dee, Catching; Bahr, Joseph; Rodriguez, Kaitlyn; Amoo, Daniel. Co-Best Delegate (Tied for 1st Place – General Assembly Four). Southern Regional Model UN. Charlotte, NC (Virtual). March 28, 2021.

Faculty Mentor: Garcia Rodriguez, Andrea; Frere, Marie; Truesdale, Samuel. Co-Best Delegate (Tied for 1st Place – Commission on Narcotics and Drugs). Southern Regional Model UN. Charlotte, NC (Virtual). March 28, 2021.

Presentations

“The Centrality of Progress in On Liberty.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Virtual, April 17, 2021.

Presentations

“Social Media Coping Strategies for Public & Not-for-Profit Organizations,” American Society for Public Administration, Virtual, April 10, 2021.

Awards

Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration. Nov 2012-Present.

Alpha Chi National Honor Society, Favorite Professor, November 2021.

Articles

Review of Genocide Never Sleeps: Living Law at the International Tribunal for Rwanda. Human Rights Quarterly, (May 1, 2021).

“Germany Acknowledged Colonial Atrocities in Namibia as Genocide. Victims’ Groups Want More.” Washington Post, (June 9, 2021). 

Presentations

“Silent Support and Public Displays of Resistance: The Limits of Backlash Diffusion.” International Studies Annual Convention, Virtual, April 6, 2021.

“Wanting a War Out: Threats and Exits from the International Criminal Court.” International Studies Annual Convention, Virtual, April 6, 2021.

Articles

“Ethical Challenges in the Attorney-Paralegal Relationship.” Texas Bar Journal, (October 2021): 804-806.

Presentations

“The Paralegal Profession,” Criminal Justice Professions Panel, Department of Criminal Justice, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, June 2021.

Awards

Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. August 2021.

Articles

“Whose Social Contract? Hobbes versus Hooker and the Realist Social Contract Tradition.” The Catholic Social Science Review 26 (2021):  3-21.

Presentations

“Reformed Theology and Natural Law,” James Wilson Instituted Interactive Webinar, James Wilson Institute, Virtual, April 12, 2021.

Articles

With Hassan Tajalli. “A Comparison between Australian and US Population on Attitudes to Criminal Behaviors.” Psychology, Crime, and Law, (2021).

With Cleber Lopes da Silva, Ednaldo Ribeiro, & Julio Gonzalez. “Public Opinion on the Death Penalty in Latin America: Exploring the Individual Determinants in Eleven Jurisdictions.” International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, (2021): 1-14.

With Ruth Brookman, Karl Wiener, & Hassan Tajalli.  “Racial Animus and Its Associations with Punitive Sentencing and Crime Types: Do Australian Community Attitudes Reflect the United States’?” Journal of Criminology, (2021). 

Awards

Alpha Chi National Honor Society, Favorite Professor, April 2021.

Presentations

“The 2021 Capitol Riot in Historical Context.” Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Virtual, January 15, 2022.

The Anti-Federalists and the Right to Bear Arms.” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Virtual, April 13, 2021.

“The Original First Amendment: Representation in the Early Republic,” Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Virtual, January 7, 2021.

“Redistricting Texas,” Discourse in Democracy, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX., October 21, 2021.

Presentations

With Hyun Jung Yun, Monica Ancu, Jae Hee Park, & Spiro Kiousis. “The Spiral of Political Youth Voice: An Application of the Spiral of Silence Theory to Opinion Expression Among New American Voters.” The International Academy of Business Disciplines 32nd Annual Conference, Virtual, March 25, 2021.

Book Chapters

With Jacob Wagner & Jeffrey Thomas. “Living with Water in the Era of Climate Change: Innovation and Limitation in the Planning and Rebuilding of New Orleans.” In Dialogue in Urban and Regional Planning 7: Transformative Planning Smarter, Greener, and More Inclusive Practices, edited by Christopher Silver & Andrea I. Frank, 195-215. Milton Park: Routledge, 2021.

Presentations

“Bouncing Back is Not Enough: Urban Resilience and the Changing City,” Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities, Florida Atlantic University and Texas State Public Administration, Virtual, May 2021.

“Bouncing Back is Not Enough: Urban Resilience and the Changing City,” Transportation Research Board’s Economic and Development and Land Use Committee, Virtual, May 2021.

“Bouncing Back is Not Enough: Urban Resilience and the Changing City,” National Disaster Preparedness Training Center 3rd Thursday Series, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, Virtual, May 21, 2021.

“Rolling into Resilience with Professor Billy Fields,” Active Towns Podcast, Episode 74, Season 2, May 2021.

“Rethinking Streets in Response to the Pandemic: Learning from Bogota, London, and Rome,” C40 COVID Response Webinar, Virtual, February 17, 2021.

Articles

“The Verdict on the Founding: Good or Good Enough?" Catholic Social Science Review 26 (2021): 23-38.

Presentations

“Is Civility Enough? David French’s Divided We Fall and the Problem of Pluralism in Contemporary America.” Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH, October 29, 2021

“The Question of Election Integrity and Its Implications for the Future." Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH, October 30, 2021.

“Conservatives and the American Founding,” Modern Attacks on the American Founding, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Houston, TX, April 20, 2021.

“Religious Roots of Religious Freedom,” Shaftesbury Fellows Seminar, Center for Religion Culture & Dallas, TX, June 17, 2021.

Awards

Alpha Chi National Honor Society, Favorite Professor, November 2021.

Alpha Chi National Honor Society, Favorite Professor, May 2021.

Awards

Alpha Chi National Honor Society, Favorite Professor, May 2021.

Presentations

“Elite Coalitions and Power-Sharing in Africa in the Wake of the Cold War,” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Virtual, April 14, 2021.

“Cabinet Reshuffles in Africa’s Electoral Autocracies: The Role of Electoral Competition and Gender,” University of Nebraska-Lincoln International Relations and Comparative Politics Brownbag, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, Virtual, March 10, 2021.

Articles

With Milford, John. “Explaining Borderland’s Local Government Administrators’ Perceived Responsibility to Aid Asylum-Seeking Migrants.” Journal of Borderland Studies, (2021).

Awards

Alpha Chi National Honor Society, Favorite Professor, November 2021.

Edited Books

With Boleslaw Kabala & Nathan Pinkoski. Augustine in a Time of Crisis: Politics and Religion Contested. London, England: Palgrave Macmillan. (2021).

Chapters

“Rome and the Education of Mercy in Augustine’s City of God.” In Augustine in a Time of Crisis: Politics and Religion Contested, edited by Kabala, Menchaca-Bagnulo, Pinkoski, 17-36.  London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

Presentations, Panels, and Podcasts

“Augustine on Sexual Assault and Human Dignity.” Notre Dame Ethics and Culture Conference, Notre Dame, IN., November 11, 2021.

“Labor, Culture, and Integration: Towards an Account of America’s Multi-Ethnic Identity.” American Political Science Association, Seattle, WA., October 23, 2021.

“The Real America? Labor, Race, and Integration.” The Future of Conservatism, Public Discourse at UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC., March 23, 2021.

“Rethinking the Working Class: Dr. Ashleen Bagnulo on Nations and Conservatism.” Austin Institute, What We Can’t Not Talk About, February 7, 2021.

Book

With Thomas F.X. Varacalli. Invitation to Political Science (First Edition). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt. (2021).

Awards

College Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University, August 2021.

Articles

“Seeds of Stability: Land Reform and US Foreign Policy.” Perspectives on Politics 19, 2 (June 2021): 686-687.

Presentations

“The Process of Strategy.” Clements Center, Portfolio in Security Studies Program, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, October 18, 2021.

“U.S., China, and Offensive Realism: Grand Strategy in the Era of Great Power Competition.” Pi Sigma Alpha Lecture Series, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, September 22, 2021.

“Qualitative Research in Political Science.” International Studies Graduate Program, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, September 22, 2021.

“The Longer Telegram: US-China Grand Strategic Competition.” Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, United States, March 31, 2021.

Presentations

“The Study of Environmental Policy.” Supporting Women in Political Science, Texas State University, September 14, 2021.

“Global Warming to Climate Crisis: Framing the Policy Debate.” Sustainability Seminar, Texas State University Sustainability Program, September 9, 2021.

“US Environmental Policy.” DePaul University, Chicago, IL, June 6, 2021.

“Biden Administration and the Climate Crisis.” Democratic Women of Comal County, Virtual, March 16, 2021.

Chapters

With Mark Lottman. “Trends in International Scholarship on Gender and Public Personnel Administration (2008 – 2019).” In Handbook on Gender and Public Administration, edited by Patricia Shields and Nicole Elias, 149-164. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2022.

Articles

With Mark Lottman & James R. Earp. “Enhancing Professional and Practical Experience for MPA Students: Lessons from a Manager-in-Residence Program.” Journal of Public Affairs Education. (2021): 117-137.

With Jesse Ancira & Patricia M. Shields. “Bridging the Academic-Practitioner Divide: Findings from a Survey of Public Administration Faculty and Practitioners." Journal of Public Affairs Education. (2021): 35-55.

With Mattia Casula & Patricia M. Shields. “The Potential of Working Hypotheses for Deductive Exploratory Research.” Quality and Quantity, 55, 5 (2021): 1703-1725.

Presentations

“Gauging Good Governance: A Practical Tool for Normative Evaluation Research.” American Society for Public Administration, Virtual, April 14, 2021.

Edited Book

With Nicole Elias. Handbook on Gender and Public Administration. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2022.

Chapters

“Jane Addams and Public Administration: Clarifying Industrial Citizenship.” In The Oxford Handbook of Jane Addams, edited by Pat Shields, Maurice Hamington, and Joseph Soeters. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. 

With Joseph Soeters. “Jane Addams and the Nobel Art of Peaceweaving.” In The Oxford Handbook of Jane Addams, edited by Pat Shields, Maurice Hamington, and Joseph Soeters. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. 

With Nicole Elias. “Introduction to Gender and Public Administration." In Handbook on Gender and Public Administration, edited by Patricia Shields & Nicole Elias, 1-20. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2022.

Articles

With Karen Klocker, Manikam Pillay, & Katherine Ames. “Pragmatism as a Teaching Philosophy in the Safety Science: A Higher Education Pedagogy Perspective.” Safety Sciences 138, (2021): 1-7.

With Jesse Ancira & Nandhini Rangarajan. “Bridging the Academic-Practitioner Divide: Findings from a Survey of Public Administration Faculty and Practitioners.” Journal of Public Affairs Education, (2021): 35-55.

With Mattia Casula & Nandhini Rangarajan. “The Potential of Working Hypotheses for Deductive Exploratory Research.” Quality and Quantity, 55 5 (2021): 1703-1725.

Presentations

“Gauging Good Governance: A Practical Tool for Normative Evaluation Research.” American Society for Public Administration, Virtual, April 14, 2021.

“Using Social Media as a Tool to Advance Your Professional Agenda.” Texas State Faculty Focus Workshop, Virtual, November 5, 2021.

Awards

Third Place, Landpower and Contemporary Strategy Award, US Army War College, January 2020-May 2021.

Articles

With William DeSoto. “A Comparison between Australian and US Population on Attitudes to Criminal Behaviors.” Psychology, Crime, and Law, (2021): 115-131.

With Ruth Brookman, Karl Wiener, & William H. DeSoto. “Racial Animus and Its Associations with Punitive Sentencing and Crime Types: Do Australian Community Attitudes Reflect the United States’?” Journal of Criminology, (2021): 23-46.

Book

With Sherri Mora.  Mora, Invitation to Political Science (First Edition). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt. (2021).

Articles

“The Legacy of Trump’s Judicial Appointments.” Catholic Social Science Review 26, (2021): 117-123.

Presentations

“Thomism and the Administrative State,” Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Steubenville, OH, October 30, 2021.

“Integralisms,” American Political Science Association, Seattle, WA, October 1, 2021.

Awards

Alpha Chi National Honor Society, Favorite Professor, April 2021.

Namesake for the Class of 2025, Bobcat Preview, August 2021.

Presidential Achievement Award for Excellence in Service, Texas State University, August 2021.

Honorary Membership of Pi Sigma Alpha National Honor society, December 2021.

Articles

“Challenges and Rewards of Developing and Advanced Legal Research and Writing Course for a Post-Graduate Legal Studies Program.” The Legal Educator 35, 2 (2021): 42-55.

“Los Mediadores y los Medios Sociales: ¿Constructores o Destructores de la Paz?” El Acuerdo 100 (August 2021): 20.

Presentations

 “El Efecto de la Tecnologia sobre la Mediacion en los Estados Unidos: Retos y Respuestas Durante la Pandemia,” IV Jornadas Interuniversitarias de Mediacion, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina, Cordoba, Argentina, November 11, 2021.

“Modelos de Mediacon en los Estados Unidos,” Diplomado para la Capacitation de Facilitadores Judiciales en Mecanismos Alternativos de Solucion de Contrroversias en Materia Penal y de Justicia para Juveniles, Comision Nacional de Tribunales Superiores de Justicia de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Virtual, October 6, 2021.

 “Incertidubre sobre el future de la justicia en una era de abundantes vacunas y abundantes funetes de desinformacion en los Estados Unidos.” Caminos Mediterraneos de Mediacion por la Paz, Universita degli studi di Caliari, Virtual, Sardinia, Italy, September 30, 2021.

“Modalidades: Presencial, Semipresencial, y Virtual: Ejemplos Practicos y Usuales.” Mecanismos Alternativos de Solucion de Controversias: Mediacion-Conciliacion, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Texas State University, Virtual, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, July 27, 2021.

 “Panorama Actual de la Mediacion,” Celebracion del Cuarto Aniversario de AJUPAZ, AJUPAZ, Virtual, Tlaxcala, Mexico, July 12, 2021.

 “La mediacion virtual/a distancia en Estados Unidos,” La evolcion de los Sistema ADR/ODR: entre crisis pandemica y reformas estructurales, Universista degli Estudi di Cagliari and Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distencia, Virtual, Cagliari, Italy, May 14, 2021.

 “La mediacion en los Estados Unidos durante la pandemia.” Los Desafios de los MARC y la Mediacion Durante Tiempos de Crisis, Fundacion Insituto de Mediacion and Todo Sobre Mediacion, Virtual, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 5, 2021.

“How to Build a Reputation as an Author in our Field,” TAM Talk, Texas Association of Mediators, Virtual, Austin, TX, September 23, 2021.

 “You Say Mediation and I say Mediacion: Mediating with Spanish-Speaking Parties.” Continuing Education Program, Texas Association of Mediators and Dallas Hispanic Bar Association, Virtual, Dallas, TX, July 20, 2021.

“Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector.” Certified Public Manager Program, Texas State University, Virtual, Round Rock, TX, July 16, 2021.

 “Update on Ethics Opinion 675 and Best Practices for Drafting a Mediated Settlement Agreement.” Annual Professional Conference of Texas Association of Mediators, Virtual, Austin, TX, United States, March 19, 2021.

 “Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector.” Certified Public Manager Program, Texas State University, Virtual, Arlington, TX, United States, January 21, 2021.

“Getting Past Impasse.” Continuing Education Program, Central Texas Dispute Resolution Center, Virtual, San Marcos, TX, United States, November 18, 2021.

Articles

“Beyond Political Capital: Do Social and Economic Capital Matter?” Presidential Studies Quarterly, 51, 2 (2021): 404-425.

Chapters

“My Professor is Losing Her Mind and So Am I!” In Teach Political Science with a Sense of Humor: Why (and How to) Be a Funnier and More Effective Political Science Teacher and Laugh All the Way to Your Classroom, edited by Kishor Vaidya. Canberra, Australia: The Curious Academic Publishing.

Presentations

With Blake Farrar, Monica Ancu, Jae Hee Park, & Spiro Kiousis. “The Spiral of Political Youth Voice: An Application of the Spiral of Silence Theory to Opinion Expression Among New American Voters.” The International Academy of Business Disciplines 32^nd Annual Conference, Virtual, March 25, 2021.

 “Political Communication and Media.” Supporting Women in Political Science, Department of Political Science, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, October 26, 2021.

“The New Biden Administration’s Approach and Citizen Diplomats’ Roles towards Peace on the Korean Peninsula.” The 8^th Unification Lecture Series, National Unification Advisory Council, Houston, TX, February 27, 2021.