June 25, 2003

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: September 8, 1947, Muncie, Indiana
Marital Status: married, Glenda; son, John (b. 1978); daughter, Julie (b.1979)

EDUCATION

B.A., Indiana University, Political Science, Sept. 1969
M.A., Indiana University, Political Science, Sept. 1971
Ph.D., Indiana University, Political Science, Aug. 1974

EXPERIENCE

Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, 1994-2002.

Director, Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, 1979-2000.

Director, Programs in Public Administration, 1996-2002.

Professor, University of Oklahoma, 1991-present.

Curator, Carl Albert Congressional Archives, 1986-2000.

Associate Professor (with tenure), University of Oklahoma, 1981-1991.

Instructor, Advanced Programs in Public Administration, University of Oklahoma, 1975-.

Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma, 1976-81.

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma, Jan. 1975 - May 1976.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Wabash College, Fall, 1974.

Associate Instructor, Indiana University, 1970-74.

ADMINISTRATION

Program Development and Implementation

Developed and drafted proposal for establishment of Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, initially funded by the legislature of Oklahoma at $200,000 per year. Voluntarily relinquished directorship of Center in 2000. Current annual budget is $380,000 hard money, $220,000 soft money. Total endowment is $4.5 million.

Developed and coordinated the Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture in Representative Government. First Lecturer, Dr. John Brademas, President, New York University, October, 1983. Second Lecturer, Hon. Barber B. Conable, Jr., President, World Bank. Third Lecturer, James MacGregor Burns. Fourth Lecturer, Samuel P. Huntington. Fifth Lecturer, Theodore Lowi. Sixth Lecturer, Richard Fenno. Seventh Lecturer, Charles O. Jones. Eighth Lecturer Seymour Martin Lipset. Ninth Lecturer, Professor Theda Skocpol. Tenth Lecturer (2001) Professor Matthew Holden. Each Rothbaum Lecture is revised for publication as a book by the University of Oklahoma Press. To date six books in the series have been published. Professor Huntington's The Third Wave was the recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Improving World Order.

Developed Extensions, a journal of research and commentary on the United States Congress published twice yearly by the Carl Albert Center. Currently serve as editor.

Initiated specialized Ph.D. program in Congressional Studies. As of 2001, thirty-three students have matriculated into the program from seventeen states.

Initiated specialized undergraduate area concentration on the Congress and representation and a related undergraduate research fellowship program.

Initiated an ongoing conference and symposia series. The first conference was held in 1982 and resulted in the publication of W. Thomas Wander, F. Ted Hebert, and Gary W. Copeland, eds., Congressional Budgeting: Politics, Process, and Power (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1984). The second conference, in 1985, was organized by Professor Don Maletz and myself and was funded by an NEH Bicentennial Grant and was entitled "The American Constitution and Representative Government." The third conference was held in 1990 and resulted in Allen D. Hertzke and Ronald M. Peters, Jr., The Atomistic Congress: An Interpretation of Congressional Change (Armok, NY: M.E. Sharpe Press, 1992). In 1992 the Center sponsored a symposium for teachers on the Bill of Rights funded by the Bill of Rights Education Collaborative and organized by Center Historian Danney Goble. A major conference, "Women Transforming Congress" was held in April, 2000 and will give rise to a book of the same title published by the University of Oklahoma Press.

Initiated exhibit series that has produced four traveling exhibits to date, one funded by the Oklahoma Foundation for the Humanities. In 1993 this exhibit series was the recipient of the Hamer-Kegan Award of the Society of American Archivists for "Excellence in Increased Public Awareness Through the Use of Archival Materials."

As Chair of Political Science I initiated the Institute for Public Affairs, which provides policy research, public service training, and civic education programs to the State of Oklahoma; current annual external funding exceeds $400,00 per year.

Initiated University of Oklahoma Public Opinion Learning Laboratory (OU POLL), a comprehensive survey research facility staffing twenty work stations with state of the art technology; external funding for FY 2002 exceeds $300,00 per year.

Fund Raising and External Relations

Planned and coordinated endowment drive for the Carl Albert Center. Responsible for drafting legislation and subsequently working with members of the Oklahoma congressional delegation to provide $3 million in direct and matching federal endowment grants to the Center. I have worked extensively with alumni and donors. Worked to establish the Charles S. Hyneman Lecture in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University. This lecture series has included such distinguished persons as Alice Rivlin, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Max Kampelman, Tom Mann, Richard Fenno, and Morris Fiorina.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

The Speaker: Leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives, editor and author of two chapters (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1994; revised paperback edition, 1995).

The Next Generation: Dialogue Between Leaders and Students (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992).

The Atomistic Congress: An Interpretation of Congressional Change, co-editor with Allen D. Hertzke (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe Press, 1992).

The American Speakership: The Office in Historical Perspective (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990; Second Edition, 1997).

The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780: A Social Compact (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1978).

Articles and Book Chapters

"The Demise of Newt Gingrich as a Transformational Leader: Does Organizational Leadership Theory Apply to Legislative Leaders?," Organizational Dynamics, January 2002.

"Southern Party Leaders in the Postreform House," in John Kuzenski, Larry Moreland, and Robert Steed, eds., Eye of the Storm: The American South in the Postreform House (Westport, CONN: Praeger, 2001).

"Institutional Context and Leadership Style: The Case of Newt Gingrich," in Nicol Rae and Colton Campbell, eds., New Majority or Old Minority: The Impact of the Republicans on Congress (Lanham, MD: Roman and Littlefield, 1999).

"Principal-Agent Theories of Party Leadership Under Preference Homogeneity: The Case of Simpson-Mazzoli," with Arturo Vega. Congress & the Presidency, Spring, 1996.

"The Simpson-Mazzoli Immigration Bill: The Roles of the House Leadership and the Hispanic Caucus," with Arturo Vega. Working Paper WP- 06, Hispanic Research Center, University of Texas at San Antonio, June, 1995.

"Geopolitical Change and Congressional Committee Governance: The Case of the U. S. House Armed Services Committee," The Journal of Legislative Studies, vol. 1, no.1 (Spring 1995)136-54.

"The Speaker of the House of Representatives," in Donald C. Bacon, Roger H. Davidson, and Morton Keller, eds., The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994).

"John G. Carlisle," in The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994).

"James B. Clark," in The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994).

"Interpreting the Atomistic Congress," (with Allen D. Hertzke) in Allen D. Hertzke and Ronald M. Peters, Jr., The Atomistic Congress: An Interpretation of Congressional Change (Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1992), 3-48.

"The Speaker of the House," in L. Sandy Maisel, ed., The Encyclopedia of American Political Parties and Elections, vol. 2 of 2 (New York: Garland Publishing Company, 1991), 1033-39.

"Political Theory, Political Science, and the Preface: A Review of Robert A. Dahl, A Preface to Democratic Theory," The Political Science Reviewer, 1977.

"The Written Constitution," in George and Scarlett Graham, eds., Founding Principles of American Government: Two Hundred Years of Democracy on Trial (Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1976), 168-196.

Book Reviews

The Dynamics of Legislation, Charles R. Wise in Public Administration Review, volume 51, 1991, 2639-2652.

Taxing Choices, Timothy J. Conlan, Margaret T. Wrightson, and David R. Beam, in Congress and the Presidency, 17 (1990):76-78.

The Speaker and the Budget, Daniel J. Palazollo in The Journal of Politics, V. 56, #4, November 1994, 1161-64.

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings

"Federal Agency Heads and the Congress: The Case of the FCC." (With Michael Avery). Southwest Political Science Association, March 28-30, 2002, New Orleans, LA.

"Caucus and Conference: Party Organization in the U.S. House of Representatives." Midwest Political Science Association, April 25-28, Chicago, ILL.

"The Evolution of Party Leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives." Woodrow Wilson Center. November 2, 2001.

"Can Speakers Lead?" (with Craig Williams). Midwest Political Science Association, 1999.

"Expanding the Repertoire: Focus Groups and Legislative Research," (with Cindy Rosenthal, Craig Williams, and John Meiers). Midwest Political Science Association, 1999.

"Institutional Context and Leadership Style: The Case of Newt Gingrich," presented to conference on "The Impact of the New Majority: Republican Control of Congress," Florida International University, January 31, 1998.

"Senate Committee Leadership: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee," with Kevin Scott, Southwestern Political Science Association, March 20-23, 1996, Houston, Texas.

"Republican Control of the United States House of Representatives," Second Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians, Wroxton College, Wroxton, England, August 3-4, 1996.

"The Republican Speakership," American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 29-September, 1, 1996.

"Committee Leadership in the U.S. House: The Armed Services and Ways and Meqns Committees," with Nanci J. Lamb, Southwestern Political Science Association annual meeting, March 1995.

"Theoretical Frameworks for Assessing Committee Leadership in the U.S. House," with Nanci J. Lamb, Oklahoma Political Science Association annual meeting, November 1994.

"Turnover and Reform in the U.S. House of Representatives: An Historical and Conceptual Analysis," with Gary W. Copeland and Jonathan D. Mott, Southwest Political Science Association annual meeting, March 1994.

"Turnover and Reform in the U.S. House: An Empirical Assessment, 1899-1992," with Gary W. Copeland and Jonathan D. Mott, Western Political Science Association annual meeting, March 1994.

"Policy Shift and Leadership Coalition: the Revolt Against Speaker Barker in Oklahoma," American Political Science Association annual meeting, August 1990 (with Elizabeth Himmerich).

"The Role of House Democratic Party Leaders on Non-Party Position Legislation with Partisan Consequences: The Immigration Bill," American Political Science Association annual meeting, August 1986 (with Arturo Vega).

"Carl Albert's Style as Speaker of the House," Oklahoma Political Science Association annual meeting, November 1983.

"The Theoretical and Constitutional Foundations of the Speakership of the United States House of Representatives," American Political Science Association annual meeting, September 1982.

"Veto Override Votes in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1971-1976," Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting, April 1981.

"The Speaker Votes," with David Hadley, American Political Science Association annual meeting, August 1980.

Professional Activities

Discussant, Panel on U.S. Senate, Southwest Political Science Association, March, 1994.

Invited Lecture, "The 1992 Elections and the House of Representatives," Alliance of American Insurers, November, 1992.

Panel Chair, The Oklahoma Legislature, Oklahoma Political Science Association, 1991.

Discussant, Panel on Congress, Southwest Political Science Association, 1991.

Section Chair, Legislative Process, Midwest Political Science Association, 1989.

Panel Chair, Panel on Congress and Public Administration, American Political Science Association, September, 1988.

Discussant, Panel on Congress: Politics and Policy, American Political Science Association Convention, September, 1987.

Discussant, Panel on Origins of American Political Thought, Southwest Social Science Convention, March, 1986.

Discussant, Panel on Congressional leadership, American Political Science Association, 1985.

Panel Chair, Workshop on Research Resources on the Congress, American Political Science Association, September 1984.

Panel Chair, "Political Theory and Representation: The Constitutional and Theoretical Foundations of the Congress," Political Theory and Representation Group and Legislative Studies Group, American Political Science Association Convention, September 1982.

Panel Chair and Discussant, "Political Theory and Representation," Foundations of Political Theory Group, American Political Science Association Convention, September, 1981.

Panel Co-Chair, "Liberalism as a Public Philosophy," Southwestern Political Science Association Convention, March, 1981.

Panel Member, Conference on "The President and the Prime Minister" sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Presidency, Ottawa, Canada, October, 1980: "The President and the Speaker."

Referee, American Politics Quarterly.

Panel Chair and Commentator, "Measurements of Leadership: Voting Patterns in the House and Senate." Conference on "Understanding Congressional Leadership - the State of the Art" sponsored by the Dirksen Center and the Sam Rayburn Library, Washington, D.C., June, 1980.

Panel Member, "The Covenental Ideas in the American Political Tradition: the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Crucibles." Conference sponsored by the Center for the Study of Federalism, Philadelphia, February, 1980.

Taft Institute Speaker, 1978, 1979.

Speech, "The Role of the Judiciary in the Political Theory of the Constitution," League of Women Voters Symposium, 1978.

Discussant, Conference on Democratic Theory, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 1979.

Discussant, Alternative '76 Program, American Political Science Association, 1976.

GRANTS

University of Oklahoma Research Council Grant, "The Modern Speaker," $1,132, 1977.

National Endowment for the Humanities, "The Modern Speaker," $73,240, 1979-83.

National Endowment for the Humanities, Bicentennial Conference Grant, "The American Constitution and Representative Government," 1985, $48,000 (with Don Maletz).

TEACHING

Courses Taught

I have taught over forty different courses at the University of Oklahoma. My main area of teaching interest has been in political theory. I have taught extensively in our MPA program, offering courses in public bureaucracy, public policy, and organizational leadership. I have also taught a number of courses in American government.

Thesis Supervision

Directed Eleven Ph.D. theses. Four have been published by University presses (Alabama, Tennessee, Oxford, California). Recipients of Best Dissertation Award, Women and Politics Section, American Political Science Association, 1995 and 1996. Student was Fulbright Fellow in Japan. Another student received an NSF Dissertation Grant..

HONORS, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS

Regents' Professor, University of Oklahoma, 1998-

OPSA Outstanding Oklahoma Political Scientist, 1995

Regents Award for Superior Teaching, 1994.

Phi Kappa Phi, faculty nomination, 1992.

Amoco Foundation Teaching Award, 1979.

Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship, University of Oklahoma, 1979.

Book, The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, one of four Finalists for the University of Massachusetts Press Bicentennial Award, 1976.

Dissertation nominated for E.S. Corwin Award, American Political Science Association, 1975; Leo Strauss Award, 1976.

H. B. Earhardt Fellow, 1973-74.

Outstanding Associate Instructor, 1972-73, Indiana University, Department of Political Science.

SERVICE

Professional Service

Editor, Legislative Studies Section Newsletter, 1997-

Chair, Committee on Departmental Services, American Political Science Association, 1997-2000.

Research, Scholarships, and Academic Relations Committee, Truman Library Institute, 1997-2000.

Designated OU Representative, Truman Institute Library Board, 1990-96

Departmental Service

Ewing Fellowship Committee, 2001- present.

Ewing Fellowship Coordinator, 2002-present

Departmental Personnel Committee, 1992-93

Departmental Self-Study Committee, 1987-88.

Graduate Studies Committee 1980-84, 1985-.

Ewing Fellowship Committee, 1979-81.

Sponsor, Pi Sigma Alpha, 1978-80.

Advisor, Association of Political Science Undergraduates, 1975-79.

Arts and Sciences Day Organizer, 1976-78.

Undergraduate Advisor, 1977-79.

Chair, Assistant Director Search Co0mmittee, 1979-80.

Chair, Legislative Politics Search Committee, 1979.

Chair, Theory Search Committee, 1979.

Chair, Methods Search Committee, 1978.

Chair, Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1975-1979.

University Service

Rhodes Scholar Committee, 2000, 2001

Honors College Dean Search Committee, 1996-97

University Honors and Awards Council, 1995-96

Arts and Sciences, Tenure and Promotion Review Committee, 1992-93; 1993-94 (Chair)

Arts and Sciences, Faculty Appeals Board, 1992-93.

Search Committee, Chair, Department of Communications, 1989.

OU Budget Council, 1989-90.

University Centennial Commission, Academic Affairs Committee, 1987- ; Chair, Subcommittee on Special Events; Chair, Subcommittee on University History. My participation on the Centennial Commission led to my authorship of The Next Generation: A Dialogue Between Leaders and Students, a book that explores contemporary issues from the perspective of OU students.

Faculty Speakers Service, 1985-86.

Chair, Faculty Senate Legislative Liaison Committee, 1985-86.

Chair, Faculty Senate Committee to Review the University Council and Committee Structure, 1979-80.

Faculty Senate, 1979-80.

Social Science Organizer for Arts and Sciences Day, 1979.

Carl Albert Award Committee, 1979-1981, 2001

Arts and Sciences Research Committee, 1978.

Bass Scholarship Committee, 1978, 1979, 2001

Community Service

Vice-president, Sooner Swim Club, 1989-91; President, 1991; Treasurer, 1991-2.

Cub Scout Pack Committee Chairman, 1987-88.

Speaker, Norman Public Schools, 1987.

Host - "Capitol Ideas", a television interview program featuring members of the Oklahoma State Legislature and students from the Norman middle schools sponsored by the Norman Public Schools, 1985-87.

St. Thomas More University Parish, Pre-Cana Leadership Program Coordinator (with wife), 1980-81.

Norman Reapportionment Commission, 1977-80; Chairman, 1977-78.

REFERENCES

Upon Request.