September 1996
Department of Political Science
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 913-864-3523;
Fax: 913-864-5700
e-mail: p-huxtable@ukans.edu
5224 W. 70th Street
Prairie Village, Kansas 66208
Phone (913) 236-5627
Ph.D. (expected Dec. 1996) Political Science, University of Kansas (ABD Oct. 1994).
DISSERTATION
Uncertainty and Foreign Policymaking: Conflict and Cooperation in the Economic Community of West African States.
Master of Arts. Political Science, University of Kansas 1992.
Bachelor of Liberal Arts with Honors, with Distinction (4.0 GPA). University of Missouri, KC 1991.
Foreign Policy
International Political Economy
International Conflict
African Politics
Third World Development
Ethnicity and Politics
Multivariate statistics and time-series designs
Field work and interview methods
Instructor, Intro to American Government (UG), University of Kansas, Summer 1996
Teaching Assistant, Methods of Political Inquiry (UG), University of Kansas, Spring 1995&1996
Instructor, Intro to American Government (UG), University of Missouri at Kansas City, Fall 1993
Research Assistant, NSF Grant: "Development of Machine-Coded Data Techniques for the Analysis of Politcal Behavior." P. Schrodt and D. Gerner, co-PIs. Spring 1995-Spring 1996
Executive Council, Global Development Section, International Studies Association, 1995-96
Textbook Reviewer, Harper Collins 1995
Research Consultant, RJ&D Litigation Consultants and NSFRE Task Force 1995
Assistant to Program Chairs, International Studies Association Conference, 1994-95
Intern, US State Department. US Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, Summer 1993
Dwight Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Fellowship 1995-96 (Eisenhower World Affairs Institute)
Dissertation Fellowship, Institute for the Study of World Politics, Washington, DC
Walter Thompson Scholarship in Political Science, 1994-95 and 1995-96 (University of Kansas)
Joseph P. Harris Dissertation Fellowship, 1995 (University of Kansas)
University of Kansas Graduate School Honors Fellowship, 1991- 1994
Phi Kappa Phi Chapter #103 Graduate Fellowship, 1991
Stern-Oppenheimer Scholarship 1989-90 (University of Missouri, Kansas City)
Statistics: regression, time series, and various others
French Language (good reading, basic speaking)
Basic computer programming and computational modelling using Pascal and Mathematica
American Political Science Association
African Studies Association
International Studies Association
Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
President, Political Science Graduate Students Association 1994-95
Secretary-Treasurer, Political Science Graduate Students Association 1993-94
Political Science Departmental Committees, 1992-93, 1995-96
Clifford P. Ketzel Endowment Committee, 1993-95
Critical Juncture: The African State at the End of the 20th Century. Forthcoming 1997. Lynne Rienner Publishers. (Under contract) Co-edited with Leonardo Villal¢n
"Conclusion: The African State Faces the 21st Century." Forthcoming 1997 in Critical Juncture.. Lynne Rienner Publishers.
"Validity Problems in Events Data Collection: News Media and Coding Schemes." 1996. International Studies Notes. 21:8-19. (Co-authored with Jon C. Pevehouse)
"Incorporating the Rules Committee: An Extension of the Ferejohn/Shipan Model." Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 10:160-67. (Spring 1994)
"Regional Cooperation and Security Regimes: ECOWAS and the Liberia Crisis." Paper delivered at the ISA Annual Meeting, April 1996.
"Using Events Data in the Analysis of Political Behavior in the Middle East and Africa." Paper delivered at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Meeting, April 1996. (Co-authored with Philip A. Schrodt and Deborah J. Gerner)
"Validity Problems in Events Data Collection: News Media and Coding Schemes." Paper delivered at the ISA Midwest Regional Meeting, October 1995. (Co-Authored with Jon C. Pevehouse)
"Institutionalizing Cooperation in Non-First World States: ECOWAS and the CIS." Paper delivered at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Mar 29-Apr 2, 1994, Washington, D.C. (Co-authored with Trisha Hobson)
"Beliefs, Values, and Foreign Relations: Julius Nyerere and Tanzanian Foreign Policy, 1961- 1985." Paper delivered at the International Studies Association- Midwest Annual Meeting, Oct 29-30, 1993, Chicago.
Workshop Participant. Early Warning of Conflict Workshop. Mershon Center, The Ohio State University. August 1996.
Panel Discussant. "The Western Powers in Francophone Africa." African Studies Association Annual Conference, November 1995
Panel Organizer and Chair: (3 panels) "The Fate of the State in Africa," International Studies Association Annual Meeting, February 1995.
Panel Chair: "Institutionalizing Cooperation in Post-Socialist Economies." International Studies Association Annual Meeting, April 1994.
Professor Deborah Gerner (co-chair)
Department of Political Science
University of Kansas, 504 Blake Hall
Lawrence, Kansas 66045
phone 913-864-3523
d-gerner@ukans.edu
Professor Philip Schrodt (co-chair)
Department of Political Science
University of Kansas, 504 Blake Hall
Lawrence, Kansas 66045
phone 913-864-3523
p-schrodt@ukans.edu
Professor Leonardo Villal¢n
Department of Political Science
University of Kansas, 504 Blake Hall
Lawrence, Kansas 66045
phone 913-864-3523
villalon@falcon.cc.ukans.edu
Ronald Francisco
Department of Political Science
University of Kansas, 504 Blake Hall
Lawrence, Kansas 66045
phone 913-864-3523
ronfran@stat1.cc.ukans.edu
Professor Paul E. Johnson
Department of Political Science
University of Kansas, 504 Blake Hall
Lawrence, Kansas 66045
phone 913-864-3523
pauljohn@ukans.edu