CLASSES TAUGHT

Course Num Course Title GEOG-101 Introduction to Geography POLS-101 American National Government POLS-271 Parties and Interest Groups POLS-317 Introduction to Public Admin POLS-318 Public Budgeting POLS-331 Political Philosophy POLS-371 Pol Parties & Interest Groups POLS-371 Presidential Campgns/Elections POLS-371 S Carolina Legislative Process POLS-371 Planning Local Eco Development POLS-386 State and Local Gov in SC POLS-490 Internship SOCI-398 Methods of Social Research

ARTICLES - REFEREED

• The Political Geography of the South: 2008 Presidential Election in American Review of Politics. (2012)

ARTICLES - NON-REFEREED

• Special Courts in State News. (2004)
• Trends Alert: Health Care Costs Strain Prisons in State Government News. (2003)
• Amber Alerts in State Government News. (2003)
• ...and Justice for All in State Government News. (2003)
• Community-Based Supervision Dilemma in State Government News. (2003)
• Court OKs Sex Offender Registries in State Government News. (2003)

PRESENTATIONS

• The 2012 Presidential Election in South Carolina: A Spatial Analysis. South Carolina Political Science Association Annual Conference, Conway, South Carolina. Rock Hill, South Carolina. (2013)
• "Uncommitted" or Are They? A Spatial Analysis of the Democratic Primary in the Upper South. Southern Political Science Association. Orlando, Florida. (2013)
• Deeper than Red vs. Blue: The Clustering of Politically Like-Minded Individuals in the 2012 Primary. Southern Political Science Association. Orlando, Florida. (2013)
• The Political Geography of the South: 2008 Presidential Election. Symposium on Southern Politics. Charleston, South Carolina. (2012)
• The Political Geography of the 2012 Election. Hiram College (OH) Presidential Election 2012 Conference. Hiram, Ohio. (2012)
• Civil Discourse in the Academy: The Lander University Initiative. The American Democracy Project. San Antonio, Texas. (2012)
• Shades of Red: Identifying Political Regions in South Carolina Using a Hierarchical Cluster Analysis of GOP Presidential and Gubernatorial Primary Votes, 2000-2012. South Carolina Political Science Association. Clinton, South Carolina. (2012)
• Electoral Systems in Divided Societies: An Examination of Electoral Challenges in Iraq and Afghanistan. Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, Illinois. (2011)
• The 2008 Presidential Election in South Carolina: Polarization and the Sorting of Politically Like-Minded People. South Carolina Political Science Association. Greenwood, South Carolina. (2011)
• Are Partisans becoming more Ideologically Constrained? A Case Study of the 2004 Same Sex Marriage Amendment. Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, Illinois. (2011)
• Cognitive Interviewing: What are Respondents Thinking about When They Answer Survey Questions about State Govenment. Kentucky Political Science Association. Bowling Green, Kentucky. (2011)
• Changing of the Guard: Elite Rule in Britain and the Coming of Neoliberal State. Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, Illinois. (2010)
• The Little Sort: A Case Study of Clustering of Like-Minded People within the Cincinnati Metropolitan Statistical Area. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, District of Columbia. (2010)
• Understanding Black Voting Behavior: Examining Theories In At-Large, Nonpartisan Elections. Kentucky Political Science Association. Murray, Kentucky. (2010)
• The Unfunded Mandate Reform Act: A Case Study in Policy Making. Policy History. Columbus, Ohio. (2010)
• Urbanism and Its Increasing Importance to Understanding Voting Behavior. Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research. Chicago, Illinois. (2010)
• Change, Continuity, and Clustering of Politically Like-Minded Individuals: Presidential Voting Behavior of Southwestern Ohio, 1976-2008. Ohio Association of Economics and Political Science. Cleveland, Ohio. (2010)
• Urban Politics: The Key to Understanding Political Behavior?. East Lakes Division Association of American Geographers. Dayton, Ohio. (2009)
• Political Geography of Boone and Kenton Counties. Kentucky Political Science Association. Louisville, Kentucky. (2009)
• Confidence in Congress During Partisan Era. Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research. Chicago, Illinois. (2009)
• Cafeteria Catholics. Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research. Chicago, Illinois. (2008)