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Person | Baker, John Robert |
Geschlecht | männlich |
Land | USA (XD-US) |
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Politologe Dozent |
Weitere Angaben | is a Professor of Political Science and has taught at Wittenberg since 1987. In 2010-11 he served as the Interim Faculty Director for the Hagen Center for Civic and Urban Engagement, and the Director of Community-Based Research at the Hagen Center from 2011-2013. He chaired the Department of Political Science from 1996-2003, and was Director of the Urban Studies Program from 1994-1996. He is the recipient of the 2011 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, the 1990 Omicron Delta Kappa Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the 2012-2013 and 2005-2006 Melvin Latch Faculty Scholar Award. In 2015, he was awarded a Voinovich Fellowship from the George Voinovich Foundation. He was also selected to teach American Urban Governance in the International Summer Session at Fudan University, Shanghai, PRC, in July of 2015. A former assistant to the city manager and acting city manager of Slater, Missouri he is also the founder and co-director of the ICMA—Wittenberg Local Government Management Internship Program which was awarded a special citation as an innovative educational program by the International City/County Management Association in 2005. Professor Baker teaches classes in American National Government, Urban Politics, State and Local Government, Public Administration, Local Government Administration, and Methodology. His research interests include American state political culture, urban neighborhood associations, urban administration, and the role of boards and commissions in governance, particularly in smaller urban communities. In 2011 he was elected by his professional colleagues to a three-year term on the Executive Council of the State Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association. In 2015 his book Government in the Twilight Zone was published by Suny Press, and he is the editor of The Lanahan Readings in State and Local Government which is in its third edition. His numerous publicati |
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