JAMES A. NEWMAN
Department of Political
Science
P.O. Box PC
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State,
Mississippi 39762
H (662) 324-5041
W (662) 325-8676
Email:
jan54@msstate.edu
EDUCATION
Mississippi State University, Starkville,
Mississippi.
Doctoral student in Public Policy and
Administration, January 2001 - present.
Status: ABD. Writing dissertation.
Dissertation title: Explaining interest group
conflict in river basin interstate compacts in the Southeastern United States:
Considering the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa and Apalachicola–Chattahoochee-Flint
River Basin Compacts.
Jacksonville State
University,
Jacksonville, Alabama.
Master in Public Administration, April 1994.
Elective area of concentration: Business Administration.
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Business
Administration, August 1991.
Major: Marketing.
"Motives
for Involvement among Grassroots Party Activists in the Modern South,"
with Stephen D. Shaffer and David A. Breaux, in Southern Political Party Activists: Patterns of Conflict and Change,
1991-2001, edited by John A. Clark and Charles L. Prysby, 2004, the
University Press of Kentucky.
"Mississippi:
Conservative Ideologues Battle the Party of Inclusion," with Stephen D.
Shaffer and David A. Breaux, in American Review of Politics, vol. 24,
Spring 2003: 69-89.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
“Examining African-American Support for the Democratic Party in Mississippi: a Multivariate Approach.” Presented at the Mississippi Political Science Association’s annual meeting in Jackson, Mississippi, February 27 - 28, 2004.
"Causes
and Effects of Motivational Incentives among Grassroots Party Activists in the
Modern South: A Multivariate Analysis." with Stephen D. Shaffer and David
A. Breaux. Presented at the Southern
Political Science Association's annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana,
January 7 - 10, 2004.
“Comparing the Affirmative Action Policies in
State Government Between States.” Presented at the Mississippi Political
Science Association’s annual meeting in Cleveland, Mississippi, February 28 -
March 1, 2003.
“Incentives
for Activism among Contemporary Southern Political Party Workers,” with Stephen
D. Shaffer, and David A. Breaux.
Presented at the Mississippi Political Science Association’s annual
meeting in Cleveland, Mississippi, February 28 - March 1, 2003.
“Assessing
the George W. Bush Energy Policy at Midpoint.” Presented at the Assessing the
Presidency of George W. Bush at Midpoint: Political, Ethical, and Historical
Considerations conference at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast
Campus in Biloxi, Mississippi, November 22 - 23, 2002.
“Generational
Differences Among Party Activists in the Contemporary South,” with Barbara
Patrick, Stephen D. Shaffer, and David A. Breaux. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association in Savannah, Georgia, November 6 – 9, 2002.
“Citizen
Support for Personal Safety Policies. A
Focus on Transportation Issues.” Presented
at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Conference of Public Administrators
in Columbia, South Carolina, October 2 – 5, 2002.
“Mississippi:
Conservative Ideologues Battle the Party of Inclusion,” with Stephen D. Shaffer
and David A. Breaux. Presented at the
biannual meeting of The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics in Charleston,
South Carolina, March 7-9, 2002.
“Who
Supports a Mandatory Seat Belt Policy in Mississippi?” Presented at the annual meeting of the
Mississippi and Louisiana Political Science Association in Jackson,
Mississippi, February 15 and 16, 2002.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
“Measuring
Support of African Americans for the Democratic Party in Mississippi. A
Multivariate Approach.” Presented at Mississippi State University’s Graduate
Research Symposium, April 1, 2004.
“Attitudes
and Values of Political Party Elites in the Contemporary South: Insights from a
Replicated NSF Project, Focused on a Case Study of Mississippi.” with David A.
Breaux, Barbara Patrick and Stephen D. Shaffer. Presented at the Mississippi
State University Social Science Research Presentation Series, November 17,
2003.
“A
Critique of Leadership Styles.” Presented at Mississippi State University’s
Graduate Student Research Symposium, April 3, 2003.
“A
Model for Explaining Interest Group Conflict in Interstate Compacts.
Considering the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) and
Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin Interstate Compacts.”
Accepted for presentation at the Southeastern Conference of Public
Administrators in Charlotte, North Carolina, October 3-5, 2004.
Entries
on "Mississippi Democratic Party" and "Neshoba County
Murders" to the Mississippi
Encyclopedia, published by University of Mississippi Press. Under contract
and submitted.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mississippi State
University, January 2001 - present.
Lecturer of record for one section of an
introductory American Government course during each fall and spring semester
beginning with the fall of 2001 in addition to the summer of 2003. Assisted a professor in the spring of 2001
with one section of American Government.
Adjunct Instructor, Columbia State Community
College, Columbia, Tennessee.
August 1997 -
December 2000.
Courses
Taught: Introduction to American
Government
Introduction to State and Local Government
(Columbia State
Community College only)
Finalist
for the best presentation award in the social science research section at the
Mississippi State University’s Graduate Research Symposium, April 1, 2004.
Mississippi
State University College of Arts and Sciences Academic Excellence Fund. Awarded
$250 for travel expenses to the Southern Political Science Conference in
January of 2004.
Invited
guest speaker to the Mississippi State University Graduate Teaching Assistant
Workshop for 2002, 2003, and 2004.
Served as a panel member for a question and answer session for new
domestic and international teaching assistants. Also served as an evaluator of
classroom teaching for new domestic and international teaching assistants at
Mississippi State University.
Student
representative to the Political Science Department’s Ph.D. committee,
2002-2003.
Student
representative to the Political Science Department’s public administration
faculty search committee, 2002 - 2003.
Political
Science Department’s graduate student representative to Mississippi State
University’s graduate council, 2002 - 2003.
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Chair
for the panel, “Contemporary Policy Issues in Mississippi” at the annual
Mississippi Political Science Association Meeting in Jackson, Mississippi,
February 27 – 28, 2004.
Discussant
for the panel, “Current Issues in Public Human Resource Management”, at the
annual Mississippi Political Science Association Meeting in Cleveland,
Mississippi, February 28 - March 1, 2003.
Volunteer
in the Huntsville, Alabama Arts Society’s annual fund-raiser from 1996 - 2000.
Member,
Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County, Alabama. 1995.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
American
Society of Public Administrators (ASPA) 2001 - current.
American
Political Science Association (APSA) 2002 - current.
Southern
Political Science Association (SPSA) 2002 - current.
Mississippi
Political Science Association (MPSA) 2002 - current.
Grader of AP American
Government Exams, Educational Testing Service, June 2004.
Graded AP American government exams for the
Educational Testing Service.
Online Grader, Educational Testing
Service, June - July 2003. Graded New Jersey high
school and elementary grade achievement exams online
using rubric scoring.
Graduate Service
Assistantship,
Mississippi State University, Political Science
Department Graduate Program, summers 2001 and 2002.
Assistant to the MPPA
Coordinator.
Sales Representative, Superior Wine and Beverage
Company of Huntsville, Alabama,
January 1996 - December 2000.
Sold wine to retail establishments and brokered
liquor to state operated Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board stores. Won Sales
Representative of the Month on ten occasions.
Account Executive, Carson Publishing Company
of Huntsville, Alabama, June 1994 -
December 1995.
Sold advertising space for a
bimonthly business magazine in Huntsville, Alabama.
Sales Representative, Anderson Merchandisers of
Amarillo, Texas, June 1992 -
December 1993.
Vendor of prerecorded music to Wal-Mart stores in
North Alabama.
SOFTWARE PROGRAM
APPLICATIONS
Experienced
in using the following software programs with coursework research as well
as
teaching in the classroom: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, FrontPage, and WebCT.
Able
to compute bivariate and multivariate analysis with each of the following:
SPSS, SAS, and STATA.
REFERENCES
Dr.
Doug Goodman (dissertation chair) Dr. Ed Clynch (committee member)
Assistant
Professor Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Department
of Political Science Department of Political Science
Mississippi
State University Mississippi State University
Email:
dg114@ps.msstate.edu Email: ejc1@ps.msstate.edu
662.325.7856 662.325.7852
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Box PC P.O. Box PC
Mississippi
State, MS 39762 Mississippi State, MS 39762
Dr.
Hannah E. Britton (committee member) Dr.
Mfanya Tryman (committee member)
Assistant
Professor Professor
Department
of Political Science Department of Political Science
Mississippi
State University Mississippi
State University
Email:
heb20@ps.msstate.edu Email: mfanya@ps.msstate.edu
662.325.7854 662.325.7855
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State, MS 39762
Dr.
Steve Shaffer
Professor
Department
of Political Science
Mississippi
State University
Email:
kauai@ps.msstate.edu
662.325.7861
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State, MS 39762