Robert E. Botsch, Professor of Political Science
e-mail: bobb@usca.edu
Education:
BS in Applied Mathematics and Physics, N.C. State U., 1968
MA and PhD in Political Science, U.N.C. Chapel Hill, 1975
and 1977
Teaching Experience:
Instructor, U.N.C. Chapel Hill, 1976-77
Assistant Professor, Illinois State University, 1977-78
Assistant, Associate, and Professor, USC Aiken, 1978-present
Teaching Areas:
American politics and institutions, southern politics, South
Carolina politics, research methods, public opinion, the Vietnam War
Selected Scholarship:
We Shall Not Overcome, University of North Carolina
Press, 1980.
Organizing the Breathless, University of Kentucky
Press, 1993.
African-Americans and the Palmetto State, co-author,
a social studies text for the S.C.
Department of Education, 1994.
Government's Role in the Future of S.C., monograph
prepared for the S.C. Assembly
on the Future, co-chaired by the Governor and Lt. Governor
of S.C., 1988.
Five textbook chapters: three on interest groups in S.C.,
one on African-Americans in
S.C., and one on human service delivery.
Over $130,000 in small grants, most of which went to students
and equipment.
Honors and Awards:
USCA Teaching Excellence Award, 1987-8 and 1995-6
USC System Professor of the Year, 1987-8
CASE S.C. Professor of the Year and National Gold Medal Winner,
1987-8
USC Aiken Scholarly Activity Award, 1992-3
USC Aiken Service Award, 1989-90
Carolina Trustees Professor, 2003
Grew Endowed Chair in American Studies, 2003-
Selected Service Activities:
Faculty Assembly Parliamentarian for several terms
Chair of Welfare Committee and co-author of Faculty Salary
Plan
USCA Golf Coach, 1982-3
Advisor: Social and Behavioral Science Club, College Democrats,
and College Republicans,
Political Science Club
Chair of Social Science and Business Research Lab Faculty
Oversight Committee
President of AAUP chapter at USCA, 2002-
Research Interests:
Writing a "WEB" based introductory text to political science
Creating a "WEB" based encyclopedia on African-Americans
and S.C. with Carol Botsch
Interest groups in South Carolina
Political socialization of college students
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