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Matthew C. Moen University of South Dakota

Dean, College of Arts & Sciences Lohre Distinguished Professor

414 E. Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069

Work: Matthew.Moen@usd.edu / 605-677-5221

________________________________________________________________________________ CAREER IN BRIEF University of South Dakota Dean, College of Arts & Sciences 2002-present (Doctoral University, Higher Lohre Distinguished Professor Research, 10,000 students) Professor of Political Science University of Maine Chair, Department of Political Science 1994-2002 (Doctoral University, Higher University of Maine Trustee Professor 2000-2001 Research, 12,000 students) Special Assistant to the President 1997-1999 Assistant, Associate, Full Professor 1986-1996 Academic Associations American Political Science Development Committee 2013-2016 Association (APSA) Task Force on Interdisciplinarity 2006-2007 (15,000+ members) Chair, Professional Ethics Committee 1998-2000 Chair, Religion and Politics Div. (elected twice) 1994/1997 Council of Colleges of Arts & President 2007-2008 Sciences (CCAS) Program Chair / Incoming President 2006-2007 (500+ member institutions, Board of Directors (elected by deans) 2005-2009 1500+ deans / assoc. deans) Chair / Member, Research Universities Comm. 2003-2005 New England Political Science President 2003-2004 Association (NEPSA) President-Elect 2002-2003 (250 members in 6 states) Vice President 2001-2002 Non-Profit Associations South Dakota Humanities Chair 2015-present Council (SDHC) Board of Directors 2011-present Appointed by SD Governor Dennis Daugaard Al Neuharth Media Center Advisory Board 2005-2014 U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Fellowship Washington, D.C., office of the Honorable 1983-1984 Philip R. Sharp (D., Indiana)

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I. EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Oklahoma, Political Science & The Carl Albert Congressional 1986 Research and Studies Center The New Christian Right and the Legislative Agenda: The Politics of Agenda

Setting in the 97th and 98th Congresses (Advisor: Ronald M. Peters, Jr.) Winner of the June & Oliver Benson Best Dissertation Award

Doctoral exams passed With Distinction (highest pass given) B.A. Augustana College (SD), Political Science / History 1980 Educational Programs Bridges: Building a Supportive Community, online Title IX certificate training 2015 She Makes Change, a three-part workshop on women and philanthropy, Lilly School 2012 of Philanthropy, IUPUI U.S. Army, Leadership Development and Assessment, for higher ed administrators 2012 with ROTC programs, Fort Lewis-McChord, WA Dartmouth College, APSA/Spoor Dialogues on Political Leadership, Hanover NH 1988 U.S. / Canada Legislative Exchange Program, Ottawa, Canada 1984 Public Policy Institute, Congressional Research Service, Washington, D.C. 1983 University of Michigan, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, 1982 linear and causal models, Ann Arbor, MI II. HONORS & AWARDS Named professorships at the two universities where I’ve spent my entire career (Lohre Distinguished Professor, USD; University of Maine System Trustee Professor, UMaine) Augustana College Alumni Achievement Award, 2005 Honorary Societies Phi Beta Kappa Honorary, Alpha of South Dakota, 2006 Golden Key Honorary, inducted at request of UMaine students, 2000 Pi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honor Society, 1978 Awards “The Art of Detection,” a team-taught, multidisciplinary hybrid distance course that received Honorable Mention, Philip E. Frandson Award, National University Continuing Education Association, 1995 Outstanding Book, The Transformation of the Christian Right, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights, 1992 Carl Albert Fellow, 1980-1985 B.A., Honors, senior thesis on Senate elections, 1980

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III. TEACHING Political Science Courses American Government Congress American Political Thought Congress & State Legislatures American Public Life Congress & the Presidency Equality and Democracy Political Parties Political Leadership Electoral Behavior Politics of Concealment Thesis, Independent Study, Internship etc. Team-Taught Interdisciplinary Courses Ideas in History Bodies of Power: Legitimacy & the State The Art of Detection The U.S. in the Post-Cold War Era

§ This course was the beginning of a long-standing relationship between the University of Maine and the prestigious Camden Conference on foreign policy.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (pro bono classes taught to senior citizens) USD Academic Showcase in a Ted-Talk Format Nine Trends in Higher Education An Evening of Conversation about Higher Education in the United States John Calhoun v Abraham Lincoln: Contending Visions of the Founding The European Enlightenment and the U.S. Declaration of Independence Other Teaching Experience Early experimentation with distance delivery, including hybrid (1994), interactive television (1996, 1998), and online courses (1999, 2001, 2002). Recognized as a distance education pioneer by the UM Division of Continuing Education. Supervised many student internships, independent studies, Honors theses, and served on many Honors and graduate thesis committees. Served on committees on effective teaching and large class instruction. Participated in University of Maine System conferences on assessment (1991), effective teaching (1988), and student aspirations (1987). Teaching Evaluations Received a score ranging between 1.0 and 1.27 on the summary evaluation question about the instructor for every course taught over sixteen years at the University of Maine, where 1.0 is the highest and 5.0 is the lowest possible score. Scored in the top 10% for Arts and Sciences faculty at USD on the summary measures of teaching excellence for American Political Thought.

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IV. RESEARCH Early research focused on the impact of the Christian Right in American politics, resulting in two books, an edited book on transnational religion and the nation-state, and several dozen articles, book chapters, and reviews. This scholarship was supported by competitive intramural grants at the University of Maine and garnered widespread attention from the national media. Other research streams included Congress, federalism, state politics, the presidency, and interdisciplinarity in the academy. Currently writing on the transformation of higher education. Lecturing on dysfunction in democracy. Books Interdisciplinarity: Its Role in a Discipline-Based Academy, John Aldrich (lead contributor and editor), along with APSA Interdisciplinary Task Force members Lisa Anderson, Robert Axelrod, Karen Beckwith, Michael Brintnall, Matthew C. Moen, Kristin Monroe, and Kenneth Prewitt, Oxford University Press, 2014. Examined best interdisciplinary practices in the academy. The Transformation of the Christian Right in the 1980s, University of Alabama Press, 2008 Book reissued in paperback under a new title sixteen years after its initial publication. Changing Members: The Maine Legislature in the Era of Term Limits (with Kenneth Palmer and Richard Powell), Lexington Books, 2005. Examined term limits in the first state legislature where they took effect in both chambers. The Contemporary Congress: A Bicameral Approach (with Gary Copeland), Wadsworth / International Thomson Publishing, 1999 Examined Congress through a prism of House and Senate similarities and differences. The Transformation of the Christian Right, University of Alabama Press, 1992 (reissued in 2008) Explained how political engagement created strategic shifts in the Christian Right over time. Reviewed in leading political science and religion and politics journals, including the APSR. Chosen an Outstanding Book by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States. The Religious Challenge to the State (co-edited with Lowell Gustafson), Temple University Press, 1992 Eleven contributors examined the interaction of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism with the nation- state on five continents. Served as senior editor and contributor. Reviewed in the APSR. The Christian Right and Congress, University of Alabama Press, 1989 (cloth), 1992 (paper) Examined the agenda-setting influence of the Christian Right in Congress during the Reagan presidency. Nominated for the New England Historical Association Book Award. Reviewed in leading political science and religion and politics journals, including the APSR.

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Articles / Chapters / Reviews “Higher Education at the Crossroads” (with Bob Sutton), Argus Leader, June 19, 2016. This article was a gateway for three sequential co-authored essays totaling 8000 words and published online by the Argus. The three essays were respectively titled, The Changing Terrain of Higher Education, Liberal Arts Education in Decline, and Reforming the American University. “Arts and Sciences on Campus,” in Deans and Development, edited by Anne-Marie McCartan and Carl Strikwerda (Williamsburg, VA: CCAS, 2014), pp. 29-46. “Softly Fading: The Liberal Arts and Sciences in Higher Education,” Extensions (Summer 2010), 19-21. “Interdisciplinarity: Its Role in a Discipline-Based Academy,” Task Force Report of the American Political Science Association (with John Aldrich, et. al.), Washington, D.C.: APSA, 2009, 48 pp. “Testing and Education,” Watertown Public Opinion, December 28, 2008. "Maine: The Cutting Edge of Term Limits" (with Kenneth Palmer) in The Test of Time: The Effect of Legislative Term Limits, ed. by Rick Farmer, Dave Rausch, and John Green. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books (2003): 47-59. "Citizen Initiative in Maine” (with Kenneth Palmer) in Marching Toward the Millennium: The Christian Right in the States, 1980-2000," ed. by John Green, Mark Rozell, and Clyde Wilcox, Georgetown University Press (2003): 255-276. "Term Limits, the Standing Committees, and Institutional Response" (with Kenneth Palmer), Maine Policy Review, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring 2002): 12-24. "Symbolic Politics: Public Funding and the Arts," in Art and the Religious Impulse, ed. by Eric Mazur, Bucknell University Press (2002): 139-153. "Point of Order," Kennebec Journal, February 18, 2001. "Congress Catches on to the Web" (with Barbara Greening), Boston Globe, May 30, 2000. "Maine: Which Way Should Life Be?" (with Kenneth T. Palmer) in Prayers and Precincts: The Christian Right in the 1998 Elections, edited by John Green, Mark Rozell, and Clyde Wilcox (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2000), 271-286. "In Defense of the Maine Legislature" (with Kenneth Palmer), Bangor Daily News, April 24, 1999. "Congress Gets Graded on Impeachment," Maine Sunday Telegram, March 7, 1999. "The Christian Right in the 21st Century," in Religion, Mobilization and Social Action, edited by Anson Shupe and Bronislaw Misztal (Praeger, 1998): 183-196. book review, Second Coming: The New Christian Right in Virginia Politics, by Mark Rozell and Clyde Wilcox, for the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1998. Encyclopedia of Religion and Society, several entries, edited by William Swatos, AltaMira Press, 1997.

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"Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts: Institutional Patterns and Arts Funding, 1965-1994," Social Science Journal 34 (1997): 185-200. "Maine: Slow Growth in the Pine Tree State," (with Kenneth Palmer), in God at the Grassroots 1996, ed. by Mark Rozell and Clyde Wilcox (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997), 223-237. "The Changing Nature of Christian Right Activism: 1970s-1990s," in Sojourners in the Wilderness: The Christian Right in Comparative Perspective, ed. by James Penning and Corwin Smidt (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997), 21-37. book review, The Right and the Righteous: The Christian Right Confronts the Republican Party, by Duane M. Oldfield, for the American Political Science Review (September 1997), 752-753. "The Evolving Politics of the Christian Right," PS: Political Science and Politics (September 1996): 11-14. Published in conjunction with Public Broadcasting System (PBS) series on American elections called Vote for Me: Politics in America. "The House Freshmen of the 104th Congress," Extensions (Fall 1995): 3-6. "The Fourth Wave of the Evangelical Tide: The Christian Right in the Aftermath of the 1994 Elections," Contention (Fall 1995): 19-37. book review, Rediscovering the Religious Factor in American Politics, for the Journal of Politics (February 1995): 265-267. "Team Teaching Over an Interactive Network," DEOSNEWS, 1995. "Political and Theological Adjustment in the U.S. Christian Right," Contention (Winter 1994): 75-90. book review, Redeeming America: Piety and Politics in the Christian Right, by Michael Lienesch, American Political Science Review (June 1994): 479-480. "The 1994 Elections: The Maine Vote in National Perspective," Maine Policy Review (December 1994): 47-50. "From Revolution to Evolution: The Changing Nature of the Christian Right," Sociology of Religion 55 (1994): 345-357. Reprinted in The Politics of Rapture: The Christian Right as the United States Approaches the Year 2000, ed. by William Swatos and Steve Bruce (New York: Transaction, 1994): 123-135. book review, The Political Mobilization of Religious Belief, by Ted Jelen, for the Journal of Church and State (1993): 612-613. "The Preacher Versus the Teacher: The Christian Right's Challenge to Public Education in the 1990s," Thought & Action (Fall 1993): 125-143. book review, Echoes of Discontent, by Allen D. Hertzke, for the Journal of Oklahoma Politics (November 1993): 1-2.

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"Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in the 1980s," (with Kenneth T. Palmer) Journal of Public Budgeting and Financial Management (Fall 1992): 529-550. "Poppy and His Conservative Passengers," (with Kenneth T. Palmer), in Leadership in the Bush Presidency, edited by Ryan Barrilleaux and Mary Stuckey (New York: Praeger, 1992): 133-146. "Challenge and Accommodation in Religion and Politics" (with Lowell S. Gustafson), in The Religious Challenge to the State (Temple University Press, 1992): 3-15. "Ronald Reagan and the Social Issues," Social Science Journal 27 (April 1990): 199-207. Reprinted in Social Science Research: A Cross Section of Journal Articles for Discussion and Evaluation, edited by Robert Szafron (Los Angeles: Pyrczak Publishing, 1994): 1-9. book review, Federalism: The Legacy of George Mason, for Publius: The Journal of Federalism (Fall 1990): 168-170. "The Resurrection of the Christian Right," Church & State (February 1990): 19-20. Distributed to the California Association of Counseling and Development conference and the American Association of School Administrators conference. "Status Politics and the Political Agenda of the Christian Right," Sociological Quarterly 29 (September 1988): 429-437. "The Political Agenda of Ronald Reagan," Presidential Studies Quarterly (Fall 1988): 775-785. "School Prayer and the Politics of Life Style Concern," Social Science Quarterly 65 (December 1984): 1065-1071. Conferences Participant, "Restoring Civility in Democracy," panel of the Board of Directors, SD Humanities Council, at the annual Festival of Books, 2016 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2010 Participant, roundtable on interdisciplinary research, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2007 Chair, "Religion and American Elections," Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2005 "South Dakota: Term Limits in a Citizen Legislature" (with Michael Card), paper delivered at the Great Plains Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Kearney, Nebraska, 2005 Panel moderator, NEPSA Past Presidents Roundtable entitled, “Are We Teaching Good Political Science, But Bad Citizenship?” New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portsmouth, 2004 Participant, Great Plains Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Vermillion, SD, 2004

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Participant, roundtable on the congressional elections of 2004, New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portsmouth, NH, 2004 "Term Limits and Institutional Response: The Maine Experience" (with Kenneth Palmer & Richard Powell), paper delivered at the New England Political Science Association Meeting, Providence, 2003 Participant, roundtable on the 108th Congress, New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Providence, 2003 Participant, roundtable on New England Politics, New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portland, 2002 Chair, "Congressional Papers Preservation and Access," New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portland, 2002 "Term Limits and Institutional Maintenance in the Maine Legislature," paper delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2001 "Maine: Citizen Initiative in Northern New England" (with Kenneth Palmer), paper delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2001 Participant, roundtable on the 107th Congress, New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portsmouth, 2001 "Norms in a Term-Limited Legislature," paper delivered at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portsmouth, 2001 "Term Limits and the Maine Legislature," paper delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2000 "Congress and Cyberspace," paper delivered at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Hartford, CT, 2000 "Maine: The Cutting Edge of Term Limits" (with Kenneth Palmer), paper delivered by invitation at the Ray C. Bliss Institute for Applied Politics Conference on Term Limits, Columbus, OH, 2000 Chair, "The Christian Right in Contemporary American Politics," American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 1999 "The Christian Right in Maine Politics," (with Kenneth Palmer), paper delivered at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Providence, 1999

Participant, roundtable on the 1998 congressional elections, Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 1998 Chair, "Parties and Leadership in Congress," Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 1998 "World-Wide-Web Use Among the New England Congressional Delegation," paper delivered at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Worcester, MA, 1998

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Chair, "Congress: Policy and Politics," Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 1996 Participant, roundtable on religious activism in the 1996 elections, Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 1996 "The First Generation of Christian Right Activism," paper given by invitation at the Calvin College Conference, "The Christian Right in Comparative Perspective," Grand Rapids, 1996 "The House Freshman Class of 104th Congress," paper delivered at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portland, 1995 "The Devolutionary Era," paper delivered at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portland, 1995 "The Christian Right in the 21st Century," paper delivered at the Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Newark, 1995 "Congressional Subsidy of the Arts: The Struggle Over Funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, 1965-1994," paper delivered at the Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 1994 Chair, "Clergy and Religious Activism," panel at the Social Science History Association, Atlanta, 1994 Chair, "Religious Revivalism, Clashing Faiths, and Nation States," panel at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, New York, 1994 "Political Change and Accommodation in the Christian Right," paper delivered by invitation at the International Conference on Comparative Religious Fundamentalism, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1994 Conference brought scholars from Israel, Egypt, India, and the United States to present papers on religious fundamentalism in a comparative context. Keynote by Martin Marty. Chair, "The Politics of the Culture War," American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1993 Participant, panel on the Clinton presidency, Maine Political Science Association, Bangor, 1993 Participant, roundtable of authors in political science and history with books on religion and politics, Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, 1993 Chair, "Religion as a Source of Political Mobilization," American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1992 "Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts," (with Mary Alice Johnson), paper delivered at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Providence, 1992 Chair, "Evangelical Interest Groups," American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1991

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"The Political Transformation of the Christian Right," paper delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 1990 "The Transmutation of the Christian Right," paper delivered at conference entitled The Religious Challenge to Secular Authority in the Contemporary World, Orono, 1989 Chair and Discussant, "Religious Interest Groups," American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 1989 Chair, "The U.S. Presidential Election," Maine Political Science Association, Portland, 1989 "Presidential Priorities in the 1980s," paper delivered at the Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Providence, 1988 "Status Politics, the Moral Agenda, and the Character of the Christian Right," paper delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1988 Discussant, "Presidential Communication," Center for the Study of the Presidency Leadership Conference, Boston, 1988 Participant, roundtable on the Iran-Contra affair, New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Cambridge, 1988 Chair, "The 1988 Elections," Maine Political Science Association Meeting, Brunswick, 1988 "Fundamentalists Enter Politics: The Genesis of the New Christian Right," paper delivered at the Southwest Social Science Meeting, Dallas, 1987 Participant, roundtable on the rise of global religious fundamentalism in the 1980s, Northeastern Political Science Association, 1987 "In Pursuit of God's Agenda," paper delivered at the Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 1986 "The Christian Right and the Legislative Agenda," paper delivered at the Southwest Social Science Meeting, Houston, 1985 "School Prayer as a Status Politics Issue," paper delivered at the Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 1983 "Factors Increasing Member and Constituent Interaction," paper delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, New York, 1980

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V. SELECT SERVICE University of South Dakota Ongoing Provost’s Council Dean’s Council University Budget Committee Arts & Sciences Dean’s Council, SD Board of Regents Previous University Budget Committee, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009 (as dean’s rep) & 2012-2014 (RCM position) Neuharth Scholars Selection Committee, 2005-2013 Common Core/Career Readiness Conference, Sioux Falls, 2013 Moderator, noon forum on “The Heart of the Matter: The Report of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences,” 2013 Table host, Honors program book project on big data, 2013 Planned / hosted campus visit of futurist Gary Marx, 2012 Planned / hosted campus visit of climate change scientist Dr. George Jacobson, 2012 Participant, Bush Grant to reform teacher education, 2011-2012 Presentation, “Becoming a Successful Scholar,” Center for Teaching and Learning, 2011 Planned / hosted visit of James Leach, Chairman of the NEH, as part of his fifty-state Civility Tour, 2010 President’s Executive Committee, 2007-2008 Academic Management Committee, 2007-2008 Academic Affairs Council, SD Board of Regents, 2007-2008 Policy Advisory Council, 2006-2008 Presentation to Presidential Alumni/Mickelson Scholars, 2007 University Strategic Planning Committee, 2005 Student Opinion Survey Committee, SD Board of Regents, 2003-2005 Institutional Agreement Management Committee, 2003-2005 University Planning Committee, 2003-2005 Vermillion Advisory Committee on K-12 budget cuts, 2004 Planned / hosted “An Evening of Poetry at USD,” 2004

§ English faculty and students read poetry with Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate of the U.S. Information Technology Programming Budget Council, 2003-2004 University Senate, 2002-2005 Commencement Committee, 2002-2004 Taught American Government in Honors courses in five SD high schools, 2002-2003 Prepared remarks delivered at many campus events, such as New Student Orientation, the Harrington Lecture, the Sigma Tau Delta induction, a campus dialogue on Interdisciplinarity, the Political Science banquet, the James Doyle room dedication, IdeaFest, and the USD Foundation Inman luncheon.

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University of Maine (1986-2002) University of Maine Trustee Professorship Review Committee, 2002 William S. Cohen Distinguished Lecture Series, delivered by the Hon. John Glenn, 2001 Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1997-2001 Editorial Board, UMaine research magazine, 2000-2001 Mentoring Junior Faculty, 1999 Orientation for new department chairs, sponsored by the Provost, 1999 Co-Director, Congress to Campus, 1998

§ Hosted a three-day visit by Romano Mazzoli (D., KY) and Dick Schulze (R., PA) as part of program connecting former members of Congress to universities.

Maine Code of Ethics with the Margaret Chase Smith Center, 1998 Participant, Governor's Economic Development Conference, 1997 Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 1994-1997 "Successful Transitions," conference of UMaine officials/high-school principals, 1997 Honorary Degree nomination, the Honorable George Mitchell, awarded in 1997 Faculty Representative, James Madison Scholarship, 1994-1996 Chair, Margaret Chase Smith Distinguished Lectures in Public Affairs Committee, 1994-1995

§ Organized campus visits of the Hon. Michael Dukakis, Hon. Ed Muskie, and Dr. Larry Sabato Faculty Adviser, Truman Scholarship Program, 1990-1992 UM/Sofia University Student Exchange Committee, 1991-1992 College Human Subjects Review Committee, 1991 Presidential Search Advisory Committee, College of Social/Behavioral Science, 1991 Distinguished Guest Lecture Series, 1989-1990 Graduate Faculty, 1986-2002 Director / Committee Member, Congressional Internship Program, responsible for placing four students into paid internships in Washington, D.C. offices of the Maine congressional delegation during the spring semester, 1986-2002. Campus Lectures: Maine Scholars' Days; University Showcase Days; Alumni Reunion Days; Controversy Luncheon Series; Political Science Honor Society induction; Dunn Dormitory Guest Lecture Series; Model U.N. program; College of Education teacher preparation conference; UM / University of New Brunswick Exchange Program. Political Science Department: chaired Policy Advisory Committee, Research and Public Service Committee, Congressional Internship Committee, Introductory Courses Committee, Curriculum Committee, Colloquium Committee; served as a member of the Peer Committee, M.A. Committee, External Review Committee, and the State Legislative Internship Committee. State of Maine: political commentator for newspapers, radio, and television (especially the NBC affiliate), with dozens of appearances; testified before the Legal Affairs Committee of the 120th Maine Legislature on term limits; invited by House Speaker Steve Rowe House to participate in an executive session on effective operation of the Maine Legislature.

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Profession Journal Referee: Book Reviewer: American Journal of Political Science Houghton-Mifflin American Politics Quarterly Longman Publishing Group American Review of Politics Palgrave-Macmillan British Journal of Political Science Prentice Hall Journal of Politics Temple University Press National Science Foundation University of Alabama Press Political Research Quarterly University of Tennessee Press Presidential Studies Quarterly Wadsworth Religion and Politics West/International Thompson Social Science Journal Social Science Quarterly APSA Task Force on Religion and Politics Division bylaws, 2006 Editorial Board, New England Journal of Political Science, 2003-2005 National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, 2001

§ Participant in special project examining the impact of term limits across the United States. State Politics & Policy Division, workshop on state data resources, APSA annual meeting, 2001 First Research, a web tool for undergraduates studying Congress, 2000 Program Chair, responsible for organizing the panels, "Presidency, Congress & Courts” Section, Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 1998 Chair, responsible for organizing the panels, “Religion and Politics” Section, Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 1994 VI. NATIONAL ENGAGEMENT Higher Education Conferences Chair, “Marketing the Liberal Arts: Challenges and Strategies,” Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2016 Chair, “CCAS Presidents Reflect on the Challenges Facing Liberal Education,” Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2015 Panelist, “Inclusive Excellence in a Liberal Arts Curriculum,” Association of American Colleges and Universities, Conference on Diversity, Learning, and Student Success, San Diego, 2015 Session Leader, “A Speedy Fix for the Humanities,” Association of American Colleges and Universities

Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2015 Panelist, “College Completion – The Academic Picture,” USD two-day conference on student completion,

Vermillion, 2015 Global Learning in College Conference, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Minneapolis, 2014 Panelist, “Deaning Seen Through a Gender Lens,” Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 2014 Session Leader, “What Must (Not) Change in the Liberal Arts and Sciences?” Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2014 Aspen Institute Short Course, “Liberal Education, Citizenship, and the Global Polity,” Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 2013. Association of Governing Boards Annual Meeting, Foundation Leadership Forum, Naples, 2013

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Bentz Whaley Flessner fundraising consultants on capital campaigns, Minneapolis, 2013 Co-chair, “The Heart of the Matter: The Report of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,” Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, 2013 Panelist, “Great Idea? But is it Sustainable?” World Future Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2013 College and Career Readiness Partnership, as part of a five-member SD delegation discussing “Common Core K-12” issues, supported by AASCU, SHEEO & CCSSO, Phoenix, 2013 Association of American Colleges and Universities & American Conference of Academic Deans Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 2013 Panelist, “Ask the Prez: Former CCAS Presidents Reflect on the Dean’s Job in the Contemporary Academy,” Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, Seattle, 2012 Co-convener, “Deans and Development: Best Practices for Donor Relations,” Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, Seattle, 2012 Association of American Colleges and Universities & American Conference of Academic Deans Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2012 Educating for Personal and Social Responsibility Conference, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Long Beach, 2011 Webinar, Taking the Liberal Arts Online, Inside Higher Ed, 2011 Mississippi Valley Dean’s Conference, University of Missouri, Columbia, 2011 Association of American Colleges and Universities & American Conference of Academic Deans Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2011 Academic administrators session, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2010 Session organizer, “Fundraising Using Social Networks,” Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2010 Webinar, Social Media Trends & Challenges, Inside Higher Ed, 2010 Mississippi Valley Dean’s Conference, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2010 Webinar, Deans and the Law, Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, 2009 Educating for Personal and Social Responsibility, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Minneapolis, 2009 Webinar, Academic Assessment, Inside Higher Ed, 2009 Panelist, Serving the Academy in Higher Ed Administration, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 2009 Webinar, Liberal Education, Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2008 American Association of State Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, Tempe, AZ, 2008 Panelist, “Best Interdisciplinary Practices in Teaching and Research,” Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2007 Academic administrators session, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2007 Mississippi Valley Dean’s Conference, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, 2006 Session Leader, “The Place of Aristotle in the World of Donald Trump,” Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Boston 2006. Chair, “Research Funding in (Less) Plentiful Times,” Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, Boston, 2006 Rocky Mountain Dean's Conference, Jackson, WY, 2006 Academic administrators session, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 2006 Chair, “Deans and the Law: The Patriot Act and the American University,” Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, Vancouver, 2005 Mississippi Valley Dean’s Conference, University of Wyoming, Laramie, 2005 Academic administrators session, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2004 Panelist, “Winning Back a Disaffected Public: Conveying the A&S Research Mission,” Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 2004

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Panelist, “Balancing Liberal Arts and Professional Programs,” Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, Orlando, 2003 Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2002 Diversity and Learning Conference: Education for a World Lived in Common, Association of American Colleges and Universities, St. Louis, 2002 Kellogg Commission on the Future of State & Land-Grant Universities, as an aide to Kellogg Commission member President Peter Hoff of the University of Maine, Washington, D.C., 1999 American Association for Higher Education Annual Meeting, Orlando, 1998 Speaker, on the work of the APSA Professional Ethics Committee, Department Chair’s Conference, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 1998 Department Chair’s Conference, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, on promotion and tenure, Washington, D.C., 1997 Speaker, “The Impact of the Religious Right in American Politics,” Council on Governmental Affairs, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, Ogunquit, ME, 1996 Department Chair’s Conference, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, on harassment, New York, 1994 Featured Roles Featured Speaker, “The Dean as Fundraiser: Securing Money, Winning Converts,” 4th Annual Dean's Institute, American Conference of Academic Deans, Washington, D.C., 2015

§ Delivered 90-minute presentation on fundraising strategies to approximately 130 deans. Featured Speaker, "Eleven Things to Think About When Raising Money for Arts & Sciences," Deans and Development Conference, Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Phoenix, 2014

§ Also led seminar sessions on “College Advisory Boards and Their Role in Fundraising” and on “Having Fun Raising Funds.”

Co-Director, Washington Seminar, Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Washington, D.C., 2010

§ Two-day workshop of thirty deans from around the nation, meeting with representatives from the major funding agencies to discuss agency funding interests and research compliance issues.

§ Agencies represented: National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the U.S. Department of Education.

Featured Speaker, “Before it Slip Slides Away: Restoring the Voice of the Liberal Arts and Sciences,” Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, Baltimore, 2009

§ Approximately 100 deans participated in a special follow-up session held the year following my CCAS presidential address.

§ Session written up by Inside Higher Ed. Higher Education Workshops Using Disruption to Stay on Course, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, D.C., 2014 The Personalization of Higher Education, World Future Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2013 Cost Modeling for Deans, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Atlanta, 2013 Long-Term Planning: The Integration of Finances and Programs, American Conference of Academic Deans, Washington, D.C., 2012

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Civic Reflection, South Dakota Humanities Council, Chamberlain, SD, 2011 Fiscal Management, Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg, 2009 Deans and Development, Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg, 2009 Acting Provosts session, American Association of State Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, Tempe, AZ, 2008 Washington Seminar, Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Washington, D.C., 2008 Marketing and the Media, Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Williamsburg, VA, 2007 Academic Leadership, Creighton University, 2004 Seminar for New Deans, Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Minneapolis, 2003 Invited Speeches “American Universities at the Brink,” Sioux Falls Downtown Rotary, 2016 “Short Shrift: The Liberal Arts and Sciences in Higher Education Reform,” Symposium on Higher Education in the Brave New World, California State University-Northridge, 2013 “What in the World is Happening with Higher Education?” Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 2013 “Putting the Squeeze on Public Universities,” University of Maine, 2012 “The Philosopher and the American Undergraduate,” PBK Initiation, Delta of Maine, 2012 “Are the Arts and Sciences Too Big to Fail?” Creighton University, 2011 “Blending Tradition and Change in the Next Generation of American Universities,” Rotary, 2011 “Leading a College of Arts and Sciences in Hard Times,” University of Kansas, 2010 “Aristotle in an Era of Accountability,” CCAS Presidential Address, Portland, Oregon, 2008 “Liberal Education,” Alumni Achievement Award banquet, Augustana College, 2005 “Beginning the World Anew,” Vermillion High School Commencement Address, 2005 “Aristotle in the World of Donald Trump,” Rotary, 2004 Media Gained experience with the national media by being a leading commentator on the role of the Christian Right in American politics, highlighted by an interview on ABC World News Tonight. Over several years, I did background interviews with ABC Nightline, 60 Minutes, NBC News, the Brokaw Report, ABC News Radio, United Press International, Associated Press, Religious News Service, Gannett News Service, Pacific News Network, States News Service, the Knight-Ridder News Service, Newhouse Newspapers, Copley News Service, Scripps-Howard News Service, Hearst Newspapers, the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, U.S. News & World Report, Wall Street Journal, Congressional Quarterly, The Hill, Village Voice, Campaigns and Elections, National Journal, Newsweek, The Tennessean, The Oregonian, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Tribune, Portland Press-Herald, Cincinnati Inquirer, Toledo Blade, Sojourners, Whig & Courier, Virginia Pilot, Oakland Tribune, Loveland-Daily Reporter, Concord Monitor, and Akron-Beacon Journal. International interviews included The Asahi (Japan), Le Nouvel Observateur (France), and the Canadian Broadcasting System.

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