Curriculum Vitae
Education
Record
of Employment
Teaching
Areas
Professional
Memberships
Grants
Received
Manuscript
Reviewer
Publications
Participation
at Professional Meetings
University
Service
Glenn H. Utter
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Department of Political Science P. O. Box 10030, Lamar University Beaumont, Texas 77710 Tel: (409) 880-8527 |
1130 Monterrey Dr. Beaumont, TX 77706-4135 Tel: (409) 866-3010 E-mail: uttergh@hal.lamar.edu |
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Record
of Employment
Teaching
Areas
Professional
Memberships
Grants
Received
Manuscript
Reviewer
Publications
Participation
at Professional Meetings
University
Service
EDUCATION
University
of London (Bedford College)
M.A in Philosophy, 1985
Areas of examination:
political philosophy
ethics
philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein
State University of New York at Buffalo
Ph.D. in Political Science, 1974
State University of New York at Buffalo
M.A. in Political Science, 1969
State University of New York at Binghamton
B.A. in Political Science, 1967
RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT
1992 to present
Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science
Lamar University
1988 to present
Professor, Department of Political Science
Lamar University
1977-1988
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Lamar University
1974-1977
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Lamar University
1969-1971; 1972-1974
Instructor, Department of Political Science
Lamar University
TEACHING AREAS
Classical Political Thought
Contemporary Political Thought
American Political Thought
American Government and Politics
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
| American Political Science Association
Aristotelian Society, London Christians in Political Science Popular Culture Association Southern Political Science Association Southwestern Political Science Association |
GRANTS RECEIVED
| NEH Summer Seminar: "Liberty and Democracy: Mill and Tocqueville,"
Alan Ryan, Director, Princeton University, 1994.
History of Science Society Visiting Historians of Science Program, Fall 1989. NEH Summer Seminar: "The Development of the Modern Scientific Worldview," Steven G. Brush, Director, University of Maryland, 1988. GTE Foundation Lectureship Program grant: "Science, Technology, and Human Values" (with Lorene Stone), 1985-1986. Lamar University Development Leave to conduct studies in philosophy at the University of London (Bedford College), 1983-1984. Lamar University Summer Development Leave to attend an Oxford University seminar, "The Spector of International Conflict," 1981. NEH Summer Seminar: "Science, Technology and Human Values in 20th Century America," John G. Burke, Director, University of California at Los Angeles, 1978. Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Summer
Study Grant, 1969
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MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER
Lamar Journal of the Humanities.
Texas Journal of Political Studies.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles and Book Chapters and Entries
| "The Evolving Gun Culture in America," with James True. Accepted
for publication in the Journal of American Culture.
"TQM in Higher Education: Application of Quality Improvement in the Admissions Process at Lamar University," with Carl Montano. Quality Progress 32 (August 1999). "Voter Roll-Off and the Electoral Context: A Test of Two Theses," with James M. Vanderleeuw. Social Science Quarterly, 74 (September 1993): 664-73. "Edward C. Banfield," "Arthur F. Bentley," "Jesse Macy," and "Hans Morgenthau," in American Political Scientists: A Dictionary. Ed. Glenn H. Utter and Charles Lockhart. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993. "Sovereignty and American Federalism," with Michael J. Laslovich. Texas Journal of Political Studies 14 (Spring/Summer 1992): 35-54. "Political Thought and Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophy," in Papers in Jurisprudence, Political Thought and Comparative Politics XIX. Ed. Manuel J. Pelaez. Malaga, Spain: University of Malaga, 1991: pp. 5743-5765. "Election Predictions: Theory and Social Science." With James M. Vanderleeuw. Midsouth Political Science Journal 12 (Summer 1991): 114-31. "Voting, Political Obligation, and Political Education," Teaching Political Science: Politics in Perspective, 15 (Spring 1988): 115-121. "Formal and Informal Rules: Regulating Public Officials' Behavior," with Burt Dubose. Texas Journal of Political Studies 10 (Fall/Winter 1987-1988): 3-16. "Observation, Generalization, and the Conceptual in Social and Political Science," Southeastern Political Review 15 (Spring 1987): 3-24. "Literature, Politics and Violence: The Case of Norman Mailer," Lamar Journal of the Humanities 10 (Spring 1984): 27-37. "The Individual in Technological Society: Walker Percy's Lancelot," Journal of Popular Culture 16 (Winter 1982): 116-127. "The ICRC and Conflict: Post-World War II Experience," Current Research on Peace and Violence, 6 (1976): 111-119. Books
Campaign and Election Reform. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1997. Coauthor, Ruth Ann Strickland The Religious Right. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC CLIO, 1995. Coauthor, John Storey. (Chosen as an Outstanding Academic Book of 1996 by Choice.) American Political Scientists: A Dictionary. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993. Co-editor, Charles Lockhart. Reviews
Guns in America: A Reader, edited by Jan E. Dizard, Robert Merrill
Muth, and Stephen P. Andrews, H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social
Sciences, June 2000.
Political Mythology and Popular Fiction, edited by Ernest J. Yanarella and Lee Sigelman, Journal of Politics 51 (February 1989). The Political Life of Children by Robert Coles, Texas Journal of Political Studies, 11 (Fall/Winter 1989). The Dream of Deliverance in American Politics by Mona Harrington, Texas Journal of Political Studies 10 (Fall/Winter 1987-1988). The Rules of Riot: Internal Conflict and the Law of War by James E. Bond, Lamar Journal of the Humanities 2 (Spring 1975). |
| Paper, "Saying 'Yes,' 'No,' and 'Load Me Up' to Guns in America," Midwest
Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, IL, April 27, 2000.
With James L. True. Paper, "The American Gun Culture: Characteristics and Recent Changes," American Culture Association meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 19-22, 2000. With James L. True. Chair, "Globalization and Political Philosophy," 28th Conference on Value Inquiry: Values in an Age of Globalization, Lamar University, April 13-15, 2000. Participant, Academic Chairpersons Conference, Orlando, Florida, February 10-13, 1999. Participant, Academic Chairpersons Conference, Orlando, Florida, February 10-13, 1998. Participant, Training Workshop for Facilitators of Continuous Quality Improvement Teams in Educational Institutions, Texas A&M University, April 21-23, 1997. Participant, Seminar on Implementing Continuous Quality Improvement in Colleges and Universities, Texas A&M University, April 8-9, 1996. Paper, "Liberty and Rights of Self-Ownership," Southern Political Science Association meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 3-5, 1994. Participant, American Council on Education workshop: "Chairing the Academic Department," Washington, D.C., June 22-25, 1993. Paper, "Electoral Participation and Voter Mobilization Efforts: The Case of Black-Voter Participation in New Orleans' Mayoral Elections," with James M. Vanderleeuw. Louisiana Political Science Association meeting, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA, March 4-6, 1993. Paper, "The Effects of State Fiscal Policy on Voter Preference," with James M. Vanderleeuw. Southwestern Political Science Association meeting, Austin, TX, March 18-27, 1992. Paper, "Racial Change and Urban Voter Participation." With James M. Vanderleeuw. Southwestern Political Science Association meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 27-30, 1991. Paper, "Authority in Ferrol Sams's Novels," American Culture Association meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 27-30, 1991. Paper, "Why Presidential Election Predictions Succeed: Theory and Social Science," Southwestern Political Science Association meeting, Fort Worth, TX, March 28-31, 1990. Paper, "Federalism, Sovereignty and Competing Values." With Michael Laslovich. Southern Political Science Association meeting, Memphis, TN, November 2-4, 1989. Paper, "The Conflict and Convergence of Roles in Literature and the Study of Politics," American Culture Association meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 5-8, 1989. Chair, "Literature and Politics: Studying Politics, Studying Literature," American Culture Association meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 5-8, 1989. Discussant, "Wittgenstein: The Philosopher as Critic of Popular Culture," Popular Culture Association meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 5-8, 1989. Paper, "Some Roles of Literature in the Study of Politics," American Culture Association meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 23-26, 1988. Paper, "Wittgenstein, Forms of Life and Political Theory," Southern Political Science Association meeting, Charlotte, NC, November 5-7, 1987. Paper, "Political Ethics and Political Motives in Contemporary American Fiction," Southwestern Political Science Association meeting, Dallas, TX, March 18-21, 1987. Participant, Chautauqua Short Course, "Free Will and Physical Science," Science Education Center, University of Texas at Austin, January 26-28, 1987. Discussant, "Political Theory on Sources of Contemporary Order," Southwestern Political Science Association meeting, San Antonio, Texas, March 19-22, 1986. Participant, Texas Committee for the Humanities Symposium, "The Information Age and the Human Spirit," University of Texas at Austin, March 29-30, 1985. Paper, "Voting and Political Obligation," Southwestern Political Science Association meeting, Houston, TX, March 20-23, 1985. Paper, "Literature, Politics, and Violence: The Case of Norman Mailer," Popular Culture Association meeting, Wichita, Kansas, April 23-26, 1983. Chair, "The Artist as Social and Political Theorist," Popular Culture Association meeting, Wichita, Kansas, April 23-26, 1983. Participant, Science Education Forum, "The Research Scientist in Contemporary Society," University of Texas at Austin Science Education Center, February 28-March 1, 1983. Paper, "Walker Percy and the Politics of Anguish," Southwestern Social Science Association meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 17-20, 1982. Paper, "Political Vision in Walker Percy's Love in the Ruins," Southwestern Political Science Association meeting, Dallas, TX, March 25-28, 1981. Paper, "American Politics as Nightmare: Allen Drury's Advise and Consent Series," Popular Culture Association meeting, Cincinnati, OH, March 25-29, 1981. Participant, Chautauqua Short Course, "Science, the Media, and the Public," Science Education Center, University of Texas at Austin, November 24-25, 1980; March 19-20, 1981. Paper, "Mailer's Non-Theory of Technology," Popular Culture Association meeting, Detroit, MI, April 16-19, 1980. Participant, NSF - AAAS Chautauqua Short Course, "Historical Foundations of Modern Science," Science Education Center, University of Texas at Austin, November 8-9, 1978; March 15-16, 1979. Paper, "War, Justice, and International Humanitarian Law," International Studies Association, Washington, D.C., February 19-22, 1975. Paper, "Conflict Management by the International Red Cross," International Studies Association meeting, St. Louis, MO, March 20-23, 1974. |
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
| Member, University Admissions Committee (1998- )
Facilitator, Continuous Quality Improvement Project, Office of Recruitment and Scholarships (Summer-Fall 1999) Facilitator, Continuous Quality Improvement Project, Office of Admissions (1997-1998) President, Council of Instructional Departments (1996-1997) Chair, Subcommittee on Budgeting, Finance Committee for Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accreditation (1996-1997) Vice President, Council of Instructional Departments (1995-1996) Secretary, Council of Instructional Departments (1994-1995) |
