2022 Faculty Notes

Presentations

"The Structural Case for an Unlimited Article V Convention," Southern Political Science Association, San Antonio, TX. January 13, 2022.

Awards

Awards

Runner-up for 2022 Award for Excellence in Online Teaching, Texas State University. November-January, 2022-2023.  

Awards

National Academy of Public Administration, November 2012 - present.

Presentations

"Roundtable: National Conservatism," Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA. October 2022.

Publications

State Behaviors and the International Criminal Court: Between Cooperation and Resistance. Milton Park: Routledge, 2022.  

"Normative Expectations and the Colonial Past: Apologies and Art Restitution Former Colonies in France and Germany." Global Studies Quarterly 2, no. 4 (October 2022): 1-12.  

Presentations

"Colonial History is Still a Touchy Subject in This Country: Apologies and Artifact Restitution by Former Colonial Powers," International Studies Association, Nashville, TN, April 1, 2022.  

"Genealogy of Apartheid as an International Crime," International Studies Association, Nashville, TN, March 30, 2022.  

"Genealogy of Apartheid as an International Crime." International Studies Association, November 1, 2022.  

"Genealogy of Apartheid as an International Crime," University of Nebraska-Lincoln, September 30, 2022. 

"German and Namibian Reconciliation," Department of State, November 2022.  

"The Structure and Work of the United Nations," Student-led UN Association of Texas State University, October 6, 2022.  

"Land Occupation, Justice, and the International Criminal Court," Worcester State University, Worcester, MA, March 23, 2022.  

"Author Meets Critics - Saving the International Justice Regime: Beyond Backlash Politics," Nashville, TN, April 2, 2022.  

"International Institutions and Covid-19: From Shock to Resilience (or not)," Nashville, TN, April 2, 2022.  

Presentations

"Ethical Challenges in the Attorney-Paralegal Relationship," The University of Texas School of Law, June 3, 2022.  

Publications

With Ronald J. Oakerson. "Are Local Governments Mere Creatures of the States?" National Affairs 51 (2022): 51-64. 

Presentations

"The Poverty of Positivism: The Self-Referential Incoherence of Legal Positivism," Southwestern Social Science Association, San Antonio, TX, April 22, 2022.  

"God and Revolution: The Christian Revolution, the Modern Turn, and The American Founding," Southern Political Science Association, San Antonio, TX, April 13, 2022.  

Awards

Favorite Professor Award, Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, Texas State University. November 2022.

Publications

With Karl Kilian Konrad Wiener, Hassan Tajalli, Ruth Brookman. “A Comparison Between Australian and U.S. Populations on Attitudes to Criminal Behavior.” Psychology, Crime, & Law 28, no. 2 (2022): 115-131

Publications

"Preserving the Nuclear Taboo after a Nuclear First-Use Event: A Nuclear Ethical Analysis," The Nonproliferation Review 28, no. 1-3 (2022): 131-148.  

Presentations

"The Possibilities and Limits of Virtue Ethics for Nuclear Ethics," International Studies Association, Nashville, TN, April 2, 2022.  

"Reducing Distrust among NPT States-Parties on the Disarmament Issue," International Studies Association, Nashville, TN, March 31, 2022.  

"The International Ethics Section Book Award—Yvonne Chiu's Conspiring with the Enemy: The Ethic of Cooperation in Warfare," International Studies Association, Nashville, TN, March 30, 2022.  

Publications

With Kurt M. Saunders. "Practical and Writing Exercises Workbook.” In Intellectual Property Law 2d With Instructors Notes," Eagan, MN: West Academic, 2022.

Cause of Action for Seller’s Breach of Sales Contract in Which Defense of Commercial Impracticability under UCC §2-615 is Asserted, Causes of Action 2d 102. 231-355. (2022).

Litigation Arising from Use of “Section Viii” Carve-Out in Patent Labels, American Jurisprudence Trials 175. 103-199. (2022). 

"Dispute Over Reverted Copyright Sales Proceeds is for State Court," Intellectual Property Practitioner Insights Commentaries, September 2, 2022.  

Publications

"If Biden Decides not to Run for Reelection, he Faces a Big Threat: Being a Lame Duck," The Conversation, (August 2022)

Presentations

"John Hancock and the Conflicted Federalists of Massachusetts," Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 8, 2022.

Publications

With Yun, H. J., Ancu, M., Park, J. H., and Kiousis, S. "The Spiral of Political Youth Voice: An Application of the Spiral of Silence Theory to Opinion Expression among New American Voters," Quarterly Review of Business Disciplines, (2022): 49-75.

Publications

With Koglin, T., and Alvandides, S. "Urban cycling: Sustainable mobility, transport and planning," Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, (August 28, 2022). 

With Angie L. Cradock, Jessica L. Barrett, Tony Hull, and Steven J. Melly. "Active Transportation Pilot Program Evaluation: A Longitudinal Assessment of Bicycle Facility Density Changes on Use in Minneapolis," Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 14 (June 2022): 1-8.

Publications

“Review Essay: David French’s Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore our Nation,” Catholic Social Science Review 27 (2022): 124-132. 

Presentations

“America on Dover Beach: Tocquevillian Reflections on the Passing of American Christendom," Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH, October 29, 2022. 

“Roundtable: The Slide of the Left Towards Authoritarianism,” Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH, October 29, 2022. 

Publications

With Alice J. Kang. "The Appointment of Women to Authoritarian Cabinets in Africa," Government & Opposition (2022): 1-24.

Publications

Mihalkanin, E. (2022). “Russia, Georgia, and Abkhazia.” In Reflections on Abkhazia. 167-216. Ankara, Turkey: Koyusiyah Publishing.  

Presentations

"The 'Feminine' Mind?: Prudence and Female Exemplars of Virtue in the City of God," Villanova University, June 2022. 

Awards

Golden Apple for Excellence in Service, College of Liberal Arts. March 2022 - September 2022 

Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service, College of Liberal Arts. March 2022 - September 2022 

Favorite Professor Award, Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, Texas State University. March 2022.  

Publications

Review of Grand Strategy from Truman to Trump, by Benjamin Miller, H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review 13-11 (May 27, 2022): 17-20.

"Only Offensive Realism Can Contain China." The National Interest, (December 7, 2022)

Publications

With Aroon P. Manoharan. "Administrative Education, Training and Capacity Building: The Role of the Indian Institute of Public Administration.” In Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Public Administration and Management, edited by Karin Bottom, John Diamond, Pamela Dunning, and Ian Elliott, 117-126. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, June 2022. 

With Mark Lottman. "Trends in International Scholarship on Gender and Public Personnel Administration (2008-2019)". In Handbook of Gender and Public Administration, edited by Patricia M. Shields and Nicole M. Elias, 149-164. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, February 2022. 

With Stephanie Dailey and Briana Gilmore. "The Visualization of Public Information: Describing the Use of Narrative Infographics by U. S. Municipal Governments," Public Policy and Administration, (2022): 1-24.

"Communication Pedagogy in Public Affairs Programs: Insights from a Study of MPA and MPP Curricula.” Teaching Public Administration 41, no. 2 (2022): 221-242. 

"Pedagogical Approaches to Comparative Public Administration and Policy: A Study of NASPAA Programs with a Specialization in Global/Comparative Administration.” Journal of Public Affairs Education 28, no. 4 (2022): 358-372.

With Aroon P. Manoharan. "Public administrators as storytellers: Nurturing narrative competence to enrich their professional identity.” Administrative Theory and Praxis 45, no. 2 (2022): 158-169. 

With Mark Lottman and James Earp. "Enhancing professional and practical experiences for MPA students: Lessons from a manager-in-residence program." Journal of Public Affairs Education 28, no. 2 (2022): 117-137. 

Jesse Ancira and Patricia Shields. "Bridging the academic-practitioner divide: Findings from a survey of public administration faculty and practitioners." Journal of Public Affairs Education 28, no. 1 (2022): 35-55.  

Presentations

"Institutionalizing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility: Preparing Public Service Professionals to Function in a Multifaceted World," NASPAA, Chicago, IL, October 21, 2022.

"Exploring the Academic-Practice Boundary in Public Affairs Scholarship: Findings from a Bibliometric and Network Analysis of Multidisciplinary Publications," Jacksonville, FL, March 21, 2022.  

"Teaching Public Administration from an International and Comparative Perspective," Jacksonville, FL, March 21, 2022.

Publications

With Nicole M. Elias. “Introduction to the Handbook on Gender and Public Administration.” In Handbook on Gender and Public Administration, edited by Patricia M. Shields and Nicole M. Elias. 1-20. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2022.  

“The origins of the settlement model of public administration: stories of women pioneers.” In Handbook on Gender and Public Administration, edited by Patricia M. Shields and Nicole M. Elias. 35-52. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2022. 

With Ashley Wayman and Samantha Alexander. “Women in Texas local government: the road to city manager.” In Handbook on Gender and Public Administration, edited by Patricia M. Shields and Nicole M. Elias. 302-316. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2022. 

"Jane Addams and Public Administration: Clarifying Industrial Citizenship." Oxford Handbook of Jane Addams, edited by Patricia M. Shields, Maurice Hamington, and Joseph Soeters. 305-326. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2022.

"Jane Addams and the Nobel Art of Peaceweaving." Oxford Handbook of Jane Addams, edited by Patricia M. Shields, Maurice Hamington, and Joseph Soeters. 441-458. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2022.  

"How Afghanistan Influenced the Content of Armed Forces & Society: An Editor's Reflection." Armed Forces & Society 49, no. 4 (2022): 893-912. 

With Jesse Ancira and Nandhini Rangarajan. "Bridging the Academic-Practitioner Divide: Findings from a Survey of Public Administration Faculty and Practitioners." Journal of Public Affairs Education 28, no. 1 (2022): 35-55.

With Donald Stuart Travis. "Introduction to the Symposium on National Security and Social Science." Armed Forces & Society 49, no. 1 (2022): 3-6.

Presentations

"Scholarly Publishing in Military Sciences: Insights from an Experienced Editor," Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society, Ottawa, Canada, October 21-23, 2022.  

"The Afghanistan War through the Pages of Armed Forces & Society: An Editor's Perspective," Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society, Ottawa, Canada, October 21-23, 2022.

"Women Scholars and Wellness Challenges," Academic Women in Public Administration, April 19, 2022.  

"Democracy and Jane Addams Social Ethics through the Lenses of Pragmatism and Hickman's Technology," Department of Philosophy, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, March 24, 2022.  

"Pragmatism as a Teaching Philosophy in the Safety Sciences: A Higher Education Pedagogy Perspective," The Art and State of Safety Journal Club, CT, March 10, 2022.  

Publications

"Carl Schmitt's Early Legal-Theoretical Writings: Statute and Judgement and the Value of the State and the Significance of the Individual." Contemporary Political Theory 22 (February 2022): 34-37.  

Presentations

"Eric Voegelin's Race and State and Latin American Political Thought," Eric Voegelin Gesellschaft, Universitat Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, December 17, 2022.

"What is Political Theology: The Meaning and Legitimacy of a Political Concept," APSA, Montreal, Canada, September 15, 2022.

"The Chicago Averroists: A Methodological Critique of Leo Strauss Based on the Medieval Encounter between Reason and Revelation and Philosophy of the So-Called Latin Averroists," MPSA, Chicago, IL, April 10, 2022.

"Race Ideas and Political Thought: Gilberto Freyre and Oliveira Vianna," UW-Madison, Madison, WI, September 2022.

"On the Tension Between Reason and Revelation: The Philosophy of Siger of Brabant, The Latin Averroism, and Leo Strauss' Methodological Limitations," UW-Madison, Madison, WI, April 2022.

"The Conquest of the New World, the Spanish Contributions to the International Public Law: Juan Gines de Sepulveda, Bartolome de Las Casa, and Francisco de Vitoria," St Paul's Center at UW-Madison, February 10th, 2022.

Honors

Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy. August 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022.  

Publications

Democracy without Parties in Peru: The Politics of Uncertainty and Decay. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan, 2022.

Presentations

"The Guatemalan Right's Hegemony: State and Non-State Strategies," San Francisco, CA, May 10th, 2022.  

Awards

Favorite Professor Award, Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, Texas State University. March 2022.  

Publications

With Karl Kilian Konrad Wiener, William DeSoto, Ruth Brookman. “A Comparison Between Australian and U.S. Populations on Attitudes to Criminal Behavior.” Psychology, Crime, & Law 28, no. 2 (2022): 115-131.  

Presentations

"National Conservatism: Catholic Perspectives," Society of Catholic Social Scientists Annual Meeting, October 2022.

"How to Teach 20^th Century American History," University of Dallas, March 12, 2022.

"Praetorians: The National Security State Against the People," University of Dallas, March 12, 2022.  

Publications

"Incertidumbre sobre el futuro de la justicia en los Estados Unidos Durante una era de abundantes vacunas, abundantes fuentes de desinformacion, y divisiones politicas graves," Cuaderni Di Conciliazione, (2022): 163-174.  

Presentations

"El Derecho Colaborativo y su Impacto en la Justicia Alternativa," Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, December 7, 2022.

"Desarrollo Virtual de la Mediacion Virtual en Texas y Estados Unidos," Organo Judicial de la Republica de Panama and Instituto Superior de la Judicatura de Panama, Panama City, Panama, November 22, 2022.  

"El Futuro de los MASC y su Applicacion en los Estados Unidos," Universidad nacional Autonoma de Mexico and Coffee Law, S.C., Mexico City, Mexico, November 3, 2022.  

"El Derecho Colaborativo," Equipo I.M.C.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 27, 2022.

"Mediazione, Giustizia sostenibile e Agenda 2030 ONU," Universita degli studi de Cagliari, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, September 29, 2022.  

"Posibles funciones de los mediadores para lograr los diecisiete objetivos de sostenibilidad de la agenda 2030 de las Naciones Unidas," ODR Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, September 23, 2022.  

"La Mediacion Comunitaria en Texas," Direccion Nacional De Bediacion y Metodos Participativos de Resolucion de Conflictos, Buenos Aires and San Juan, Argentina, July 7, 2022.  

"Modificaciones al Proceso del Derecho olaborativo Durante la Pandemia en los Estados Unidos: Temporales o Permanentes?," ODR Latinoamerica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 26, 2022.  

"Los MARC y sus Adaptaciones predicciones," Todo Sobre Mediacion and Fundacion Instituto de Mediacion, Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina, April 4, 2022.

"El Derecho Colaborativo y los MASC,” Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, February 24, 2022. 

"Primer Encuentro Internacional de la Cultura Empresarial," Club de los Estrategas, Mexico City, Mexico, February 8, 2022.

"Basic 40-Hour Mediation Course," Dispute Resolution Center of Montgomery County, Inc, Conroe, TX, October 2022.  

"Basic 40-Hour Mediation Course," Austin Dispute Resolution Center, Austin, TX, September 23, 2022.  

"Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector," Texas State University, Arlington, TX, February 25th, 2022. 

Awards

Favorite Professor Award, Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, Texas State University. November 2022.  

Special Recognition of Service, Mediacion en Columbia. December 26th, 2022.

Publications

"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. 76-86. Victoria: Australia: The Curious Academic Publishing, 2022.

With Ancu, M., Park, J. H., Farrar, B., & Kiousis, S. "The Spiral of Political Youth Voice: An Application of the Spiral of Silence Theory to Opinion Expression among New American Voters," Quarterly Review of Business Disciplines (2022): 49-75.