Education

Ph.D., Ohio State University, Dept. of Political Science, 1976

University Fellowship, Ohio State University, 1969-1973

B.A., Washington University (St. Louis), History, 1969

Title of Ph.D. Dissertation

Welfare Policy in the Soviet Union: A Study in Regional Policy-Making 

Academic Experience

Fulbright Lecturing/Research Award, Faculty of Regional Studies and International Affairs, Volgograd State University, 2004-2005

School of Public Affairs, Penn State Harrisburg, Associate Professor of Public Policy, 1987-present; Program Coordinator for Public Policy and Criminal Justice Undergraduate Programs, 1994-1998; Women's Studies Steering Committee, 1994-present; Program Coordinator for Public Policy program, July 2001-present.

Division of Public Affairs, Penn State Harrisburg, Assistant Professor, 1981-1987

Dept. of Political Science, Arizona State University, Assistant Professor, 1976-1981

Dept. of Political Science, University of Georgia, Visiting Lecturer, 1974-1975

Dept. of Political Science, Denison University, Visiting Lecturer, 1973-1974

Areas of Specialization/Teaching Interests

Soviet/Post-Soviet Politics/Russian Politics and Society

Women and Politics; Issues in Women's Studies; Women in Russia

Social Policy/Welfare Policy in the US

Grants

Fulbright Lecturing/Research Award, Faculty of Regional Studies and International Affairs, Volgograd State University, 2004-2005

Short-Term Research Grant, Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, Woodrow Wilson International Center, July 1-31, 1995. Project: "The December 12, 1993 Russian Parliamentary Election and the Women's Bloc: Fleeting Aberration or the Emergence of a Women's Movement?" $2,480

American Political Science Association Research Grant, May-June 1995. Project: "The Women of Russia Movement: Year One in the Russia Duma." The award covered the cost of travel to Moscow. $1,350

IREX International Research & Exchange Board, Short-Term Travel Grant Program, November 1994. Project: The December 12, 1993 Russian Parliamentary Elections and the Women's Bloc: Fleeting Aberration or the Emergence of a Women's Movement?" $1,680

Invitation from the Center for Social and Humanitarian Studies of Moscow State University to deliver lectures and engage in research on the contemporary status of women, May-June 1992, housing and a stipend provided.

The Pennsylvania State University Mini-Grant from Faculty Development Funds, Summer 1992, Project: "New Women's Organization in Russia." $1,350

Title VIII Fellowship, The Hoover Institution's International Studies Program, February 1, 1990-April 30, 1990. Project: "Perestroika and the 'Woman Question'."  $3,000

The Pennsylvania State University Mini-Grant from Faculty Development Funds, Spring 1989. Project: "The Impact of Glasnost' and Perestroika on Women's Issues." $400

The Pennsylvania State University Mini-Grant from Faculty Development Funds, Spring 1986. Project: "University Towns and the Election of Women Official." $800

Short-Term Research Grant, Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, Woodrow Wilson International Center, May 15-June 13, 1985. Project: "Soviet Rural Housing Policy."

The Pennsylvania State University Mini-Grant from Faculty Development Funds, Spring 1985. Project: "Women's Success in Capturing State Legislative Seats: Stability and Instability of Empirical Relationships Over Time." $840

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College Teachers, "Soviet History Since 1917: Major Controversies," directed by Dr. Alexander Dallin, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, Summer 1985

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College Teachers, "Ethnic Groups and the State," directed by Dr. Paul R. Brass, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Summer 1981

Major Service to the Profession, the University, and the Public (since 1981)

Service to Professional Societies

Member, Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, American Political Science Association, 1981-1985

Member, Executive Board, Pennsylvania Political Science Association, 1992-1994

Member, Executive Board, Mid-Atlantic Slavic Association, 1994-1996

Member, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Board of Directors, American Political Science Association representative, 1996-

Member, American Political Science Association Area Studies Liaison Group, 1999-

Treasurer, Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association, April 2001-September 2001; Member-at-large of governing board of the Comparative Democratization Section, September 2001-2002.

Service to the University

Faculty Council, Capital College, 1982-1984

Organized Student Study Tours to the Soviet Union, 1987,1988,1989,1991,1992

Student Affairs Committee, 1985-1991; Chair, 1990-1991; Co-Chair, 2000-2001

University Senate, 1991-1995; University Research Committee, 1992-1995

International and Intercultural Committee, Co-Chair, 1994-1995

College Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1997-1999

Chair, Sabbatical Committee, 1997-1998

Research Council, 1998-1999

Frequent member of School of Public Affairs Promotion and Tenure Committee, Search Committees

Member of Women's Studies Steering Committee, 1994-

Responsible for organizing many women's studies programs on campus and have regularly applied for and received Student Activities Fee Grants to support theatre excursions, special speakers, attendance at Feminist Expo 2000 in Baltimore, and so on.

Active in organizing international programming, including: a wellness education program for visiting Hungarians and Russians in April 1989; the visit of a Leningrad school teacher for academic year 1990-1991 to get a Master's Degree in Health Education and for a Moscow State University professor to teach Russian politics and society at Penn State Harrisburg during fall semester 1991; co-author of a successful Fulbright proposal that brought a Mexican scholar to campus during spring semester 2000 in our women's studies program. I also have arranged many short-term visits by foreign scholars through Student Activity Fee Grants or other university funding.

Kathryn Towns Award, Penn State Harrisburg, 1999, for contributions to women's issues/women's studies

Service to the Community

Guest speaker for a variety of community organizations on themes related to Russia or to Women in Politics. Voice of America, Russian Service, participated in a radio call-in show-Talk to America in Russian--about the book I co-edited, Post-Soviet Women Encountering Transition, May 18, 2004.

Numerous speaking engagements in Volgograd and Volzhsky, Russia, during academic year 2004-2005, while I was a Fulbright scholar at Volgograd State University.

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