EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND CURRICULUM VITAE R. Lawson Veasey Professor and Head Department of Political Science and Public Administration Jacksonville State University Doctor of Arts: Idaho State University, Government 1979 Emphasis: Public Administration and Organizational Behavior, Public Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, American Institutions Master in Public Administration: Idaho State University, 1979 Emphasis: Financial Management, Budgeting, Planning Master of Arts: Stephen F. Austin State University, Political Science, 1976 Emphasis: Comparative Government, Urban Analysis Bachelor of Arts: Louisiana Tech University, Political Science, 1974 Emphasis: General American, Comparative Government TEACHING Positions Held: Professor and Head, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Jacksonville State University, August 1, 2001 to present. Interim Chair, Department of Geography, Political Science, and Sociology, University of Central Arkansas, January 1, 1996 - July 1, 1996. Professor and Director of the Public Administration Program, Department of Political Science, University of Central Arkansas, 1989 to 2001. Associate Professor and Director of the Public Administration Program, Department of Political Science, University of Central Arkansas, 1983-1989. Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of Public Administration Program, Department of Political Science, University of Central Arkansas, 1979-1983. Fellowship, Department of Government, Idaho State University, 1976-1979.
Teaching Assistantship, Department of Political Science, Stephen F. Austin State University, 1975-1976. Government Experience: Economic Planner, Bannock County Land Development Board, Pocatello, Idaho, 1978-1979. Consultant to various private and government agencies (i.e. Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Conway Interchurch Housing, Inc., City of Conway, Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company, Arkansas Power and Light Company/Entergy, and the Arkansas Policy Foundation). Courses Taught: Evaluations: United States Government, State and Local Government, Public Administration, Public Policy Analysis, Community and Regional Planning, City Government and Politics, Government Budgeting, Intergovernmental Relations, and Public Administration Internship. Available on request. University evaluation instrument indicates an excellent teaching record. PROFESSIONAL GROWTH Publications and Reports: 2006, Spring, Chapter 14-Financial Issues in Community Development, in Community Development Handbook, by Robert H. Pittman and Rhonda Phillips. (Community Development Council: Atlanta, Georgia). 177pp. 2000 Winter, The Ebb and Flow of Global Competition: Morrilton, Arkansas, The Phoenix of Small Town America. Arkansas Business and Economic Review, (Vol. 33, No. 4), pp 9-12. With Kelly Hawkins. 2000 Spring, Heaven or Hell: What Fate Awaits Post-Property Tax Arkansas? Arkansas Business and Economic Review, (Vol. 33, No. 1), pp. 1-6. With Ronn Hy. 1999 Winter, Lotto Fever: Is It Catching in Arkansas? Arkansas Business and Economic Review, (Vol. 32, No. 4), pp. 1-5. With Jonathan Ross. 1999 Fall, An Assessment of the Economic Impact of a Multipurpose Arena, Public Administration and Management: An Interactive Journal (Vol. 4, No. 4), with Ronald J. Hy.
3 1999 Fall, Symposium: Economic Modeling In The Public Sector, Public Administration Quarterly (Vol. 23, No. 3), with Ronald J. Hy and Denise Cobb (eds.). 1999 October, Comments on Mary Ellen Guy s Civic Nutrition, Citizen Empowerment, and Civil Communities, in Public Administration and Management: An Interactive Journal (Vol. 4, No. 2), Symposium: PA 2000: The Future of Public Administration, Jack Rabin and C. Wynn Teasley, editors. With Ronald John Hy. 1999 January, Comments on Mary Ellen Guy s Civic Nutrition, Citizen Empowerment, and Civil Communities, in PA 2000: The Future of Public Administration, Proceedings of the Southeast Conference on Public Administration Convention, in Pensacola, Florida. With Ronald John Hy. 1998 May, Improving Productivity by Reducing Taxes, a Report for the Murphy Commission/Arkansas Policy Foundation. With Ronald John Hy. 1997 January, Devolutionary Federalism and Elazar s Typology: The Arkansas Response to Reagan s New Federalism, and Citizen Opinion: The Future of the Arkansas Economy, published in Richard P. Wang and Michael B. Dougan, Arkansas Politics: A Reader. (Fayetteville, Arkansas: M&M Press, 1997). 1993 Summer, Intergovernmental Programs Under President Clinton, The American Review of Politics, Vol. 14, pp. 249-265. With Ronald John Hy. 1992 Autumn, Book Review, Impossible Jobs in Public Management, Erwin C. Hargrove and John C. Glidewell (eds.) in The Midsouth Journal of Political Science, Vol. 13, pp. 376-378. 1992 Fall, Industrial Location Decisions and Citizen Opinion in Arkansas, Arkansas Business and Economic Review, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 18-27. With Kent L. Oots. 1991 Fall, Citizen Opinion: The Future of the Arkansas Economy, Arkansas Business and Economic Review, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 105. With Kent L. Oots. 1990 Fall, Minority Business Participation in the Arkansas State Purchasing Process: Perception of Arkansas Minority Vendors, State and Local Government Review, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 139-146. With Curtis Barnett. 1989 Fall, The Impact of Economic Development Policies on Rural Communities: A Review of Four Incentive Programs, Occassional Papers Series, The Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management of the American Society for Public Administration, No. 4, 68 pages.
4 1989 Spring, A Further Discussion of Basic Grant Writing: Practioner Concerns, National Association of State Judicial Educators News, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 2-3 and 7. 1988 Winter, Devolutionary Federalism and Elazar s Typology: The Arkansas Response to Reagan s New Federalism, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 18, pp. 61-77. 1987 March, Undertaking A Community/Economic Development Program: Roles for a Regulated Public Utility, prepared for Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company, 50 pages. With Hayward D. Horton. 1986 Winter, A Note on the Extent, Operation and Results of Enterprise Zones in the American States, Arkansas Political Science Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 60-73. With Hayward D. Horton. 1986 August, Report on Project ESTEEM: The Jobs Training Partnership Act (JTPA), for the Arkansas Department of Human Services and JTPA. Analysis of A Training Program. 1985 October, States Initiate Enterprise Zone Programs, SIAM: Intergovernmental News, Vol. 9, No. 1. With Hayward D. Horton. 1985 April, A Multi-Disciplinary Undergraduate Program in Public Administration: A Possible Solution for Medium and Small Institutions of Higher Education, Proceedings of the Eighth National Conference on Teaching Public Administration, April, Vol. 8. 1983 September, New Federalism, Second Edition: A Contingency Plan for the State of Arkansas. Arkansas Political Science Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1. With David Moody. 1982 January, Shootout at Blackrock: The Politics of Land-Use Planning, National Resource and Environmental Administration, published by the American Society for Public Administration, Vol. 5, pp. 1-5. With Richard H. Foster. Reprinted and edited with the permission of Public Service. 1981 August, Shootout at Blackrock: The Politics of Land-Use Planning, Public Service, published by the Center for Public Service, Texas Tech University, Vol. 8, pp. 9-12. With Richard H. Foster. 1981 June, Writing Grant Proposals: A User s Guide, published through a grant obtained from the University of Central Arkansas Research Council, 35 pages. With Jerry Overton. Presentations: 2003 October, The Demise of a Federal Agency: The U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1910-
5 1996, Southeast Conference on Public Administration, Savannah, Georgia. 2003 April, Devolutionary Federalism and Alabama s Deficit Dilemma, Alabama Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Troy, Alabama. 2002 October, Devolutionary Federalism Among the States: Alabama s Reaction to Cutback Management, Southeast Conference on Public Administration, Columbia, South Carolina. 1999 October, Feasibility Analysis of a Lottery in the State of Arkansas, Southeast Conference on Public Administration, St. Petersburg, Florida. 1999 January, Comments on Civic Nutrition, Citizen Empowerment and Civil Communities, by Dr. Mary Ellen Guy, Southeast Conference on Public Administration, Pensacola, Florida. 1997 September, You Can t Cut Expenditures by Cutting Expenditures, Southeast Conference on Public Administration, Knoxville, Tennessee. 1994 July, Moral Dilemma and Fiscal Necessity: State Lottery Programs, American Society for Public Administration National Conference, Kansas City, Missouri. 1993 October, Competitive Federalism and Lotteries: An Application Elazar s Subcultures Model, Southeast Conference on Public Administration, Cocoa Beach, Florida. 1993 February, Intergovernmental Programs Under Clinton, Arkansas Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Conway, Arkansas. 1992 October, Industrial Location Decisions and Citizen Opinion in Arkansas, Southeast Conference on Public Administration, Montgomery, Alabama. 1989 April, The Impact of Economic Development Policies on Rural Communities: A Review of Four Incentive Programs, American Society for Public Administration National Conference, Miami, Florida. 1989 March, The New Public Administration Movement and Its Impact on Organizational Theory: A Twenty Year Retrospective, Arkansas Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Fayetteville, Arkansas. 1987 October, Devolutionary Federalism, Enterprise Zones and the American States, Southeast Conference on Public Administration, New Orleans, Louisiana.
6 1986 April, The States Forge Ahead With Enterprise Zones: Program Maturation and Administrative Adjustment, American Society for Public Administration National Conference, Anaheim, California. 1985 April, A Multi-Disciplinary Undergraduate Program in Administrative: A Possible Solution for Medium and Small Institutions of Higher Education Eighth Annual Conference on Teaching Public Administration, St. Louis, Missouri. 1985 March, Intergovernmental Relations and Elazar s Typology: The Effects of Reaganomics on a Poor, Sunbelt State, American Society for Public Administration National Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana. 1984 October, Stress and Fiscal Management: Coping with Reaganomics in a Low Tax, Low Service State, Southwest Conference on Public Administration, Memphis, Tennessee. 1984 April, A Multi-Disciplinary Undergraduate Program in Public Administration: A Possible Solution for Medium and Small Institutions of Higher Education, National Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Denver, Colorado. 1982 November, New Federalism, 2nd Edition: A Contingency Plan for Arkansas, Southwest/Midwest Joint Region Conference (ASPA) on Reaganomics, Louisville, Kentucky. With David Moody. 1981 March, Influencing State Legislatures: The Case of Corporate Interest Groups, Southwestern Political Science Association Convention, Dallas, Texas. With Charles D. Dunn. 1981 February, Influencing State Legislatures: A Typology of Interest Groups, Arkansas Political Science Convention, Arkadelphia, Arkansas. With Charles D. Dunn. 1980 April, A Shootout at Blackrock: The Politics of Land-Use Planning, Southwestern Political Science Convention, Houston, Texas. With Richard H. Foster. 1979 March, The Politics of Planning, Idaho Political Science Association Convention, Boise, Idaho. With Richard H. Foster. Conference Service: Chaired panel and served as a discussant at the International Community Development Society Conference in Little Rock (1990). Chaired panels at the American Society for Public Administration s National Conferences
7 in Kansas City (1994), Miami (1989), Portland (1988) and Anaheim (1986). Chaired panels at the Southeast Conference on Public Administration in Cocoa Beach (1993), Little Rock (1988) and New Orleans (1987). Chaired panels at the Arkansas Political Science Association Conventions in Conway (1993), Jonesboro (1992), Little Rock (1991), Fayetteville (1989), North Little Rock (1986), Russellville (1985), Arkadelphia (1983), DeGray Lodge (1981), and Fairfield Bay (1980). Chaired panel at the Southwestern Social Science Convention in Houston (1980). Grant Writing Activities: 1999-2000 June-April, received contract from Charles Day Family to prepare land use and economic development plan for the Day Farm with GIS and planning techniques. With Sergei Andronikov. Funded $7008.00. 1997 June, Kellogg Grant for Delta Redevelopment, not funded. 1993 June, received funding from UCA Research Council to conduct an investigation into the passage of State sponsored lottery programs. 1991 October, received funding from the Arkansas Forestry Commission to support the Beautification Program in the city of Morrilton, Arkansas. 1990 October-1998 July, received funding from Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company to continue the Community Partner training program. 1990 August, received grant support from Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company, Conway Development Corporation, and Tokusen, USA to create an English as a Second Language (ESL) program at UCA. 1990 January, received UCA Research Council Grant to fund the development of a manuscript detailing the community and economic development initiatives in the State of Arkansas. 1990 January, received Arkansas Louisiana Gas Community Partner Program Grant to conduct training sessions in Arkansas communities concerning economic development conducted during Sabbatical leave. 1989 April, received UCA Research Council Grant to conduct research concerning elite perspectives on socio-economic development in Arkansas. With Kent L. Oots. 1986 February, received UCA Research Council Grant to conduct research concerning the Enterprise Zone phenomenon.
8 1983 February, received UCA Research Council Grant to fund the development of a textbook on Community and Regional Planning. 1982 October, attended AASCU Office of Federal Programs Convention on Government and Foundation Grants in Washington, D.C. 1982 March, submitted Migrant Education Program Grant to U.S. Department of Education (funded August, 1982). 1982 January, developed Center for Public Affairs to assist in the obtaining of outside funding (approved by Arkansas Board of Higher Education, January 28, 1982). 1981 May, received grant award from the UCA Research Council to publish Writing Grant Proposals: A User s Guide and to conduct a workshop. 1981 March, applied for funding for the Public Administration Internship Program under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act - U.S. Office of Personnel Management (funded August, 1981). 1981 January, attended grant writing short course presented by the U.S. Department of Education, Little Rock, Arkansas. 1979 October, attended grant writing short course presented by the Professional Service Institute in Memphis, Tennessee. Professional Memberships: Alabama Political Science Association, 2002-present. Arkansas Political Science Association, 1979-present, Executive Board member, 1981-1982. American Society for Public Administration, 1978-present, Executive Board member, Arkansas Chapter, 1984-1994. Southwestern Political Science Association, 1979-1984, Public Information Committee, 1981-1983. Community Development Society, 1986-1994, Vice President - Arkansas Chapter, 1986-1987. Honors and Awards:
9 Bill Miller Award for Distinguished Service in Community Development, 2007 Office of Personnel Management, Presidential Management Intern Selection, 1979 Carnegie Foundation Fellowship, Idaho State University, 1976-1978 Idaho State University Upperclassman Fellowship, 1978 Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society, 1977-present NATIONAL SERVICE American Society for Public Administration: Donald Stone Awards Committee, Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management, Chair, 1988-89. Regional Coordinator, Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management, 1988-1994. UNIVERSITY SERVICE Jacksonville State University: JSU Search Committee for Chief of University Police Department, 2008 Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Search Committee, member, 2002 Institutional Effectiveness Committee, member, 2002-present Distance Education Advisory Committee, member, 2003-present. University of Central Arkansas: Outreach Committee, 1991-1992, Secretary Interdisciplinary Doctoral Task Force, 1991-1992 North Central Accreditation Steering Committee, 1988-1991 Task Force on Administration, NCA Self-Study, 1988-1991, Chair Teaching Excellence Award Committee, 1987-1988 Athletic Committee, 1983-1986, 1996-2000 Advisory Council on Continuing Education, 1982-1985 Sabbatical Leave Review Committee, Secretary, 1982-1984 Research Council, Secretary, 1982-1984 Advisor, Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity, 1979-1989 Morris Udall Scholarship Committee, 1996-present College (UCA): Research Committee, 1991-1993 Student of the Year Award Committee, 1987-1988 Curriculum Committee, Chair, 1986-1988
10 Research Committee, Chair, 1982-1984 Committee on Committees, 1981-1982 Research Committee, 1980-1981 Department (UCA): Search Committee, 1991-1994, Chair Textbook Committee, 1979-present; Chair, 1982-1986, 1994-1995 Tenure and Promotion, 1979-1987; Chair, 1981-1982, 1987, 1997-1998 Curriculum Committee, 1997-present Travel Allocation & Equipment Needs Committee, 1997-present Book and Journal Reviews: Review textbooks for various publishers, such as: Macmillan, Prentice-Hall Harcourt-Brace-Jovanovich, D.C. Heath, McGraw-Hill, Aspen Publishers, and Longman. Reviewer for the Midsouth Journal of Political Science, State and Local Government Review, and Economic Development Quarterly COMMUNITY SERVICE Director and Founder, Alabama Community Development Institute (CDI), 2007-present. Member, Board of Directors, Conway Interchurch Housing, Inc., 1983-present Participant, Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities Energy Project, 1980-1981 Board Member, County Officials Training Program, 1984-1992 Member, City of Conway Transportation Advisory Committee, 1985-1990 Author, articles to Arkansas Gazette, Log Cabin Democrat, etc. Federal Evaluator, Good Faith Fund AFDC Training Project, Pine Bluff region, 1990-1994 Chair, Faulkner County Reapportionment Committee, 1990 Chair, Habitat for Humanity of Faulkner County, Development Committee, 1995-present Selection Committee, KARN Business Radio New Business Startup Award Program, 1989-1993 Faculty Member and Curriculum Committee Chair, Community Development Institute, 1987-present