STEVEN L. TAYLOR
Curriculum Vitae |
|||||
|
CONTACT INFORMATION |
|
||||
|
CURRENT APPOINTMENT |
Associate
Professor of Political Science, Assistant
Professor of Political Science, |
||||
|
EDUCATION |
Ph.D.
(Government)
B.A.
(Political Science)
|
||||
|
PUBLICATIONS |
Books Voting Amid Violence: Electoral Democracy in Book Chapters “Pre-Candidates, Candidates, and
Presidents: Paths to the Colombian
Presidency” in Peter Siavelis and Scott
Morgenstern, eds. (forthcoming). Pathways to Power: Political
Recruitment and Candidate Selection in “ Articles “When Wars
Collide: The War on Drugs and the Global War on Terror” Strategic Insights, Volume IV, Issue 6 (June 2005). Entries in Reference Works “Ballot
Reform” in David Schultz, Ed. The Encyclopedia
of Public Administration and Public Policy, “Blogging”
in Roger Chapman, Ed. The Encyclopedia of the Culture Wars.
Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. (forthcoming) “Buckley
v. Valeo” in David Schultz, Ed. The Encyclopedia of American Law. “Campaign
Finance” in David Schultz, Ed. The
Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, “Colombia”
in Tracy Raye North, Ed. Handbook of Latin American Studies,
Vol. 63. “ “ “Drudge
Report” in Roger Chapman, Ed. The Encyclopedia of the Culture Wars.
Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.
(forthcoming) “Drug
Enforcement Administration”
in David Schultz, Ed. The
Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, “Drug
Policy” in David Schultz, Ed. The
Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, “Medical Marijuana” in Roger Chapman, Ed. The Encyclopedia of the Culture Wars. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. (forthcoming) “Election 2000” in Roger Chapman, Ed. The Encyclopedia of the Culture Wars. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. (forthcoming) Book Reviews/Review Essays “Blood and
Fire: La Violencia in Antioquia,
1946-1953” (Book Review). The South
Eastern Latin Americanist. 47: 1,2
(Summer/Fall 2003). “Conservative
Parties, The Right and Democracy in “Democratization
in “Elusive
Reform: Democracy and the Rule of Law
in “ “Political
Cleavages: Issues, Parties and the
Consolidation of Democracy.” (Book Review).
Latin American Politics and Society. 43, 1 (Spring 2001): 168-171. “Transforming
Labor-Based Parties in |
||||
|
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS |
“Ballot
Tales: Colombian Parties and the
Evolution of the Ballot” Presented at the 2008 Meeting of the Alabama
Political Science Association, Mobile, Alabama (March 21-22). “The
Evolution of the Ballot in Colombia” Presented at the 2008 Meeting of the
Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana (January 9-12). “Electoral
Reform and the 2006 Colombian Elections” Presented at the 2007 Meeting of the
Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana (January 3-7). “Blogs! What are They Good for? Politics, Political Science and Blogging”
Presented at the 2006 Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, “When Wars
Collide: The War on Drugs and the
Global War on Terror”
Presented at the 2005 Meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association, “Pre-Candidates,
Candidates, and Presidents: Paths to
the Colombian Presidency” Presented at
the XXV International Conference of the Latin American Studies Association,
Las Vegas, Nevada (7-9 October 2004), co-authored with Felipe Botero and Brian Crisp. “The Rhetoric
of the War on Terror and the War on Drugs in “Pathways
to Presidential Nominations in “ “US-Latin
American Relations Post-9/11.”
Presented at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the “Electoral
Reform and Party Adaptation: The Case of the Colombian Senate.” Presented at the XXIV Conference of the
Latin American Studies Association, “Rethinking
the Colombian Party System.” Presented
at the 2002 Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, “Personal
List-PR and A Single National District:
The Political Effects of the 1991 Constitutional Reform on Senate
Elections in “A Framework
for Studying Candidate Selection Processes.” Presented at the XXIII
International Conference of the Latin American Studies Association, “In
Advocacy of Closed Primaries: A
Theoretical Discussion.” Presented at
the 2001 “Towards a
Detailed Discussion of Candidate Selection in “Electoral
Reform and Political Effects in the Post-1991 Colombian Senate.” Presented at
the XX International Conference of the Latin American Studies Association, “Third
Party Activity in “Traditional
Parties and Political Change:
Evaluating the Impact of Reform on the Colombian Party System.” Presented at the XVIII International Conference of
the Latin American Studies Association (10-13 March 1994). |
||||
|
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPATION |
“New Media
and Politics: A Roundtable on Political Scientists as Bloggers” at the 2008
Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
(January 9-12). “Roundtable
on Blogging” at the 2005 meeting of the Alabama Political Science
Association, Jacksonville, AL (1-2 April). “Roundtable
on Alabama Politics” at the 2005 meeting of the Alabama Political Science
Association, Jacksonville, AL (1-2 April). |
||||
|
WORKING PAPERS |
“The
Institutionalization of the “The Effective
Number of Political Parties in Post-1991 |
||||
|
LANGUAGE FIELD
RESEARCH |
Fluent
Spanish Visiting
Professor and Researcher, University of the Pre-Dissertation
research trip to |
||||
|
PAST PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS |
Visiting
Lecturer, Instructor
(Adjunct), Instructor
(Adjunct), |
||||
|
EDITORIAL
POSITIONS PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS |
Contributing Editor on Associate Editor, Politics and Policy. 2003-2004.
Latin American Studies Association Southern Political Science Association |
||||
|
RESEARCH GRANTS |
Fulbright Grant
for conducting dissertation research in Faculty-Supervised
Dissertation Research Grant, Institute for Latin American Studies, |
||||
|
OTHER AWARDS |
TSU
Faculty Development Grant, 2000. TSU
Faculty Development Grant, 2001. |
||||
|
UNIVERSITY
SERVICE |
COMMITTEES -Chancellor's
Fellowship Committee (2002-2005) -Council
of Honor Societies (2001-2004) -Faculty Council
(2002-2004, 2005- ) ·
President
(2004-2005 and 2005-2006 terms) ·
Vice-Chair
(2003-2004 term) ·
Chair,
Faculty Welfare Sub-Committee (2003-2004 term) ·
Chair,
ad hoc constitution committee (2004-2005) -General
Studies Council (2002-2005 ) -Distance
Learning Committee (1999-2000) -Search
Committee for Criminal Justice Professor (2000) -Search
Committee for Geomatics Professor (1999) -Search
Committee for Political Science Professor (2002) -Search
Committee for Political Science Professor/MPA Director (2003) SPONSORSHIPS -Political
Science Club (1998- ) -Pi Sigma
Alpha sponsor (2000- ) |
||||
|
TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
ASSOCIATE/
-American
National Government -American
National Government (honors version) - -Comparative
Government -Comparative
Government (graduate version) -Comparative
Public Administration (graduate course) -Comparative
Public Policy -Contemporary
Political Thought -Drug War
Politics in the Americans (graduate course) -Foundations
of International Relations -Government
and Politics of Developing Nations (graduate course) -Inter-American
Relations -Introduction
to Social Science Inquiry - -Latin American
Politics -Political
Theory -Politics
of Illicit Narcotics in the -Politics
of the Developing World -Public
Policy-Making -State and
Local Government -The
Politics of the Developing World -Theory
and Ideology in International Relations (graduate course) -Traditions,
Revolutions and Change (graduate course) - - -World
Politics VISITING
PROFESSOR-University of the -Proceso Político Colombiano,
(Taught in Spanish). LECTURER-University
of -Introduction
to Latin American Politics -Social
Policy Formation in -Introduction
to American Government (CLC and ACC) -Introduction
to |
||||