Course
Preparations
American National Government
Introduction to Public Administration
Public Personnel Management
Introduction to Public Policy
Women and Public Policy
Public Financial Administration
Political Images of Women (special topics course)
American Political Theory*
Gender Politics and Theory
Introduction to Political Theory*
Constitutional Law*
Judicial Politics
Gender and the Law
*Course preparations not taught since 2005 – now part of
colleague’s rotation
Professional
Memberships
American Society for Public Administration
American Political Science Association
South Carolina
Political Science Association
Selected
Scholarly Presentations
Voting Among College Students Revisited: The 2006 Election and USC Aiken
College Students.
Presentation at the South Carolina Political Science Association Meeting,
Clinton, South Carolina, February 24, 2007 (with Dr. Robert E. Botsch).
New Southerners and the Changing South. Presentation at the Popular
Culture/American Culture Association in the South Conference, Savannah, Georgia,
October 6, 2006 (with Dr. Robert E. Botsch).
Trends in Trust Among South
Carolina College
Students. Presentation at the South Carolina Political Science Association
Meeting, Beaufort, South Carolina, February 25, 2006 (with Dr. Robert E. Botsch).
News for and by the Technologically Competent: Blogging and College
Students. Presentation at the Popular Culture/American Culture Association
in the South Conference, Atlantic
Beach, Florida,
October 7, 2005 (with Dr. Robert E. Botsch).
Voting Among College
Students. Presentation at the South Carolina Political Science Association
Meeting, Florence, South Carolina, February 26, 2005 (with Dr. Robert E.
Botsch).
Penetrating the Vale of Ignorance: Voting Among College
Students. Presentation at the Popular Culture/American Culture Association
in the South Conference, New Orleans,
Louisiana, September 23, 2004
(with Dr. Robert E. Botsch).
The S.C. Education Lottery: Voter Hopes, Fears,
Perceptions, and Reality. Presentation at the Popular Culture/American
Culture Association in the South Conference, Jacksonville, Florida,
October 2, 2003 (with Dr. Robert E. Botsch).
Explaining Political Ignorance: A Five Year Study of
American Government Students.
Presentation at the South Carolina Political Science
Association Conference, Rock Hill, South Carolina, February 15, 2003 (with Dr.
Robert E. Botsch).
Explaining Political Ignorance: A Five Year Study of
American Government Students. Presentation at a symposium hosted by USC
Aiken for USC Aiken and Augusta State University, February 7, 2003 (with Dr.
Robert E. Botsch).
Improving the General Knowledge and Changing Basic
Political Attitudes of American Government Students. Presentation at the
Southern Political Science Association Meeting, Savannah, Georgia,
November 8, 2002 (with Dr. Robert E. Botsch).
Political Culture, Gambling and the Lottery in South Carolina.
Presentation at the South Carolina Political
Science Association Conference, Clinton,
South Carolina, February 9, 2002.
You Bet Your Bible: Political Culture and the 2000
Lottery Vote in South Carolina.
Presentation at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association in
the South Conference, Jacksonville,
Florida, October 5, 2001 (with
Dr. Robert E. Botsch).
Lessons Learned From Three Years on the Web. Presentation at the Georgia
Distance
Learning Association
Meeting, September 28, 2000 (with Dr. Robert E. Botsch)
The Botsch List: Ten Reasons to Teach (or Not to Teach) American
Government
on the Web. Presentation at the South Carolina Political Science Association
Meeting,
February 26, 2000 (with Dr.
Robert E. Botsch)
Audiences, Outcomes and Issues in Distance and Traditional Classes: A
Comparative
Two Year Case Study. Presentation at the Distance 99 Conference,
October 14, 1999
(with Dr. Robert E. Botsch)
Web Teaching Versus
the Traditional Lecture-Discussion: An Initial Assessment
of Outcomes.
Presentation at the South Carolina
Political Science Association Meeting,
February 27, 1999
The Culture of Virtual
Discussion Groups in Web Classes. Presentation at the Popular
Culture/American Culture Association of the South, October 8, 1998
(with Dr. Robert E. Botsch)
Adapting and
Evaluating American Government for Web Instruction. Presentation at
Alliance 2020 Distance Education Conference, March 25, 1998
(with Dr. Robert E.
Botsch)
Information for the
Masses: Issues and Experiences in the Web-Publishing of an
Encyclopedia on
African-Americans and South Carolina.
Presentation at the Popular Culture/American Culture Association of the South,
October 16, 1997
Creating a
Content-Based Web Page: African-Americans in South Carolina,
Presentation at South
Carolina Political Science Association Meeting, March
1997
(with Dr. Robert E. Botsch)
African‑Americans
in South Carolina Politics, Presentation
at South Carolina
South Carolina Political Science Association
Meeting, February 1996
Professionalism and
Human Services Integration: Implications of Dispelling a Myth,
South Carolina
Political Science Association Meeting, April 1989
Publications
“Mary Gordon Ellis.” In South Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times. Joan
Marie Johnson, Marjorie Spruill, and Valinda Littlefield (editors), Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press,
forthcoming, 2009.
“Women’s Rights, 1900-1945.” ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia (forthcoming), 2006.
“Changing Roles for Women in the Workforce, 1900-1945.” ABC-CLIO World History Encyclopedia
(forthcoming), 2006.
“Dori Sanders.” Article written for African Americans and South Carolina, a web-based encyclopedia,
during the summer and fall of 2006. This article is posted at http://www.usca.edu/aasc/dorisanders.htm
“The Jeanes Supervisors,” in South Carolina Encyclopedia,
Walter Edgar (editor), Columbia, SC: University
of SC Press, 2006.
“Women in South Carolina,” in South Carolina Encyclopedia,
Walter Edgar (editor), Columbia, SC: University
of SC Press, 2006.
“Harriet Frazier Johnson,” in South Carolina Encyclopedia,
Walter Edgar (editor), Columbia, SC: University
of SC Press, 2006.
“The 2000 S.C. Lottery Vote: Shadows of the Past and
Projections of the Future” (with Dr. Robert E. Botsch). Journal of Political
Science 32 (2005).
“Althea Gibson.” Article written for African Americans and South Carolina, a web-based encyclopedia,
during the summer of 2004. This article is posted at http://www.usca.edu/aasc/AltheaGibson.htm
“Chubby Checker.” Article written for African Americans and South Carolina, a web-based encyclopedia,
during the summer of 2004. This article is posted at http://www.usca.edu/aasc/chubbychecker.htm
“Women in South
Carolina Politics and Government.” In South
Carolina Government: A Policy Perspective, Charlie B. Tyer (editor). Columbia,
SC: Institute for Public Service
and Policy, 2003.
“Minorities in South
Carolina Politics and Government.” In South
Carolina Government: A Policy Perspective, Charlie B. Tyer (editor). Columbia,
SC: Institute for Public Service
and Policy, 2003.
“E-government,”Encyclopedia
of American Business, W. Davis Folsom (editor), New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2004.
“Public Administration,” Encyclopedia
of American Business, W. Davis Folsom (editor), New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2004.
“The Confederate Flag.” Article written for African Americans and South Carolina, a
web-based encyclopedia, during the summer of 2002. The article is posted at http://www.usca.edu/aasc/Flag.htm.
“The African-American
Monument.” Article
written for African Americans and South
Carolina, a web-based encyclopedia, during the summer of 2002. The article
is posted at http://www.usca.edu/aasc/African-AmericanMonument.htm.
“Audiences and Outcomes in
Online and Traditional American Government Classes”
PS (March 2001). (with Dr. Robert E. Botsch).
“Gaining Peer Acceptance for
Online Courses at a Traditional College” The
Technology Source July-August 2000 (with Dr. Robert E. Botsch).
"Septima Poinsette Clark." Article written for African Americans and South Carolina, a
web-based encyclopedia, during the summer of 2000. The article is posted at http://www.usca.sc.edu/aasc/clark.htm
“African Americans in
South Carolina
Politics” The Journal of Political
Science (with Dr. Robert E. Botsch), 1997.
African‑Americans and the Palmetto
State
(with Drs. Robert E. Botsch, James O. Farmer, and W. Calvin
Smith). Columbia, S.C.: S.C. Department of Education, 1994.
“Human Services Integration: Getting It Together,” The South
Carolina Policy Forum, 3 (1992)
"Candidates for Change," The Aikenite, Aiken, S.C.
(October‑November 1992)
"How to Succeed in Business by Really Trying: Local
Businesswoman Shows What Hard Work Can Do," The Aikenite, Aiken, S.C.
(May‑June 1992).
A History of the South Carolina
Human Services Integration Project Columbia,
S.C.: S.C. State
Reorganization Commission (1990).
