I. Education.

Ph.D.,The Ohio State University, 1980.
M.A., The Ohio State University, 1977.
B.A., Midwestern State University, 1974, summa cum laude.

II. Areas of specialization and teaching interests.

International politics.

U.S. foreign policy and policy making, Russian foreign policy and policy making, Mideast conflicts.

III. Recent Publications.

(2005). “Which Dancer Leads? Foreign Trade Policy Making and Divided Government” in Donald Kelley (ed.), Divided Power: The Presidency, Congress, and the Formation of American Foreign Policy. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press.

(2005). Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy: From Terrorism to Trade.(2nd ed.). Washington, DC: CQ Press.

(2005). “The Politics of IMF Reform: Asian Flu and Abortion Politics” in Ralph G. Carter (ed.), Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy: From Terrorism to Trade (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: CQ Press. Co-Author: James M. Scott.

(2005). “The International Criminal Court: Present at the Creation?” in Ralph G. Carter (ed.), Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy: From Terrorism to Trade (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: CQ Press. Co-Author: Donald W. Jackson.

(2004). “Setting a Course: Congressional Foreign Policy Entrepreneurs in Post-World War II U.S. Foreign Policy.” International Studies Perspectives 5 (3), 278-99. Co-Authors: James M. Scott and Charles M. Rowling.

(2004). “Taking the Lead: Congressional Foreign Policy Entrepreneurs in U.S. Foreign Policy.” Politics & Policy 32 (1), 34-70. Co-Author: James M. Scott.

(2003) “Leadership at Risk: The Perils of Unilateralism,” PS: Political Science & Politics 36 (1), 17-22.

(2002) “Acting on the Hill: Congressional Assertiveness in U.S. Foreign Policy,” Congress & the Presidency 29 (2), 151-69. Co-Author: James M. Scott.

(2002) Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy: From Terrorism to Trade. Washington, DC: CQ Press.

(2002). “Funding the IMF: Congress versus the White House,” in Ralph G. Carter (ed.), Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy: From Terrorism to Trade. Washington, DC: CQ Press. Co-author: James M. Scott.

(2002). “The International Criminal Court: Present at the Creation?” in Ralph G. Carter (ed.), Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy: From Terrorism to Trade. Washington, DC: CQ Press. Co-author: Donald W. Jackson.

(1999). "Congressional Trade Politics, 1985-1995." Congress & the Presidency, 26 (1), 61-76.

(1999). "Who Makes U.S. Trade Policy?" The International Trade Journal, 13 (1), 53-100. Co-author: Lorraine Eden.

(1998) "Navigating the Academic Job Market Minefield." PS: Political Science & Politics 31 (3), 615-22. Co-author: James M. Scott. Reprinted at PS Online (http://www.apsanet.org/PS/sept98/carter.html).

(1998). "Congress and Post-Cold War U.S. Foreign Policy." In James M. Scott (Ed.), After The End:
Making U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Environment. Durham, NC: Duke
University Press.

(1998). "Neutrality." In Spencer C. Tucker (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

(1996). Making American Foreign Policy (2nd ed.). Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill. Co-authors: John Rourke and Mark Boyer. First edition 1994.

IV. Selected Major Professional and University Service.

International Studies Association:

Editor, Foreign Policy Analysis, 2004-2008.

Member, Executive Committee, 1993.

Member, Governing Council, 2004-2005, 1992-1993.

ISA Midwest Region:

Past President, 2005-2006.

President, 2004-2005.

President-Elect and Program Chair, 2003-2004.

ISA Foreign Policy Analysis Section:

President, 1992-1993.

Member, Executive Committee, 1990-1996, 2001-2003.

Editor, Foreign Policy Analysis Notes, 1994-1996.

Co-Program Chair, "Engagement or Disengagement: The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy," Conference cosponsored by the Foreign Policy Analysis Section, ISA Capitol Region, and the University of Maryland, November 1995.

Member, Ad Hoc Committee to create Foreign Policy Analysis, 2003-2004.

Member, Finance Committee, 1998-2000.

Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Long-Term Financial Needs, 2000-2001.

Member, Annual Meeting Program Committee, 19911992.

Chair, European Community Grant Selection Committee, 1989.

American Political Science Association:

Member, Annual Meeting Program Committee, 1995.

Coordinator of the Academic Program Review of the Political Science Department and conductor of a university-wide workshop on the marriage of teaching and research, University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2001.

Academic Advisory Board Member, Annual Editions: American Foreign Policy, Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, 1993-present.

Selected TCU Service:

Chair, Department of Political Science, 2006-2009, 1992-1995.

Participant, Vision-In-Action strategic planning process, 2003-2004.

AddRan College of Humanities and Social Sciences Task Force, Commission on the Future of TCU, 1999-2000.

Director, Washington Internship Program, 2003-2006.

Associate Pre-Law Advisor, 2001-2003.

Truman Scholarship Faculty Representative, 2001-2003.

Advisory Board, Center for Teaching Excellence, 1999-2001.

V. Selected Honors and Awards.

Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award, International Studies Association Midwest Region, 2006.

Mortar Board "Preferred Professor," 2005, 2001, 1993-1995, 1990-1991, 1986.

Named one of five “Best Professors” at TCU by the Texas Monthly 2004 Guide to Texas Colleges and Universities, 2004.

“Most Charismatic” Professor, TCU Panhellenic Council, 2001.

Frank Klingberg Award for best paper presented by a faculty member, International Studies Association Midwest Region, 2001.

Outstanding Alumnus Award, College of Liberal Arts, Midwestern State University, 1999.

Finalist for TCU's "Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching," 1996, 1992.

TCU House of Student Representatives Recognition, Professor of the Year Elections, 1996, 1995.

TCU House of Student Representatives Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1987, 1986.

Listed as one of six "Best Professors" in TCU student poll, 1983.

Distinguished University Fellowship, The Ohio State University, 1974-1978.