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Brian Norris, Ph.D. Department of Criminal Justice 171 Moultrie Street Charleston, SC 29409 [email protected] (843) 214-4690

Education

2010 PhD, International Relations, Johns Hopkins/SAIS, Washington, DC

2004 MA, Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

1995 BA, Business Administration, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

Employment

2012 - present Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, The Citadel, Charleston, SC

2011 Adjunct Professor, School of Int’l Service, American University, Washington, DC 2010 Adjunct Professor, Political Science Dept., George Washington University, Washington, DC 2009 Adjunct Instructor, Johns Hopkins/SAIS, Washington, DC 2006-10 PhD Candidate, Johns Hopkins/SAIS, Washington, DC 2004-6 Project Manager, anti-corruption and administration of justice projects in Latin America, Management Systems International (MSI), Washington, DC 2001-02 Program Manager, disaster relief program, Project Concern Int’l, San Salvador, El Salvador 1997-2000 Rural Sanitation Extension Worker, Peace Corps, Bolivia 1995-97 Commercial Real Estate Broker, Macfarlan Capital Partners, Dallas, TX

International Experience - 5 yrs. living and working in Latin America; 24 trips to region since 1997 - Mexico, El Salvador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Ecuador, Panama, Cuba, Argentina

Languages Spanish (fluent); Portuguese (read); Quechua (speak conversationally)

Research public administration in prisons in Mexico, the US, and India; managing the unintended consequences of economic development in Latin America; comparative public administration; area studies; immigration

Scholarly Publications and Reports “Crime and Punishment in Mexico,” in The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, ed. Wesley Jennings (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014).

“Public Administration in a Mexican Prison,” in Trends in Corrections: Interviews with Corrections Leaders around the World, eds. Martha Henderson Hurley and Dilip K. Das (Taylor & Francis, 2014).

“Ideology and Social Improvement in Bolivia during the 20th Century,” Bolivian Studies Journal 18 (2011).

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“Bolivia Struggles for Water,” SAISphere (2008).

“Salvadoran Exceptionalism,” SAIS Perspectives (2008).

“A Worm’s Eye View of Food for Work in Bolivia,” SAIS Perspectives (2007).

“Comparative Analysis of Judicial Ethics Committees in Paraguay, Mexico and Texas,” for USAID, Paraguay (2006).

“Chepigana Municipal Strengthening,” for USAID, Panama (2005).

Opinion “Academic,” The Citadel Magazine (2014).

“No Endorsement,” The Post and Courier (Nov. 23, 2013), A14.

“Top Corrections Personnel Needed for Effective Reform,” The Post and Courier (Aug. 14, 2013), A13.

“El Futuro Confronts the Republicans,” (Nov. 27, 2012), A14.

“No Draft, No Reality Check,” (May 18, 2012), A18.

Presentations

2014 Invited talk, “US Policy toward Latin America since 2008,” Motilal Nehru College of the University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

2014 Presenter, “The Function and Origin of Prison Bureaucracies in a Mexican and a US Prison”, FLACSO-ISA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2014 Presenter, “Differences in Public Administration in Prison Sectors of the US and Mexico, ca. 1820-2010”, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.

2014 Invited talk, “Latin America’s Growing Pains: Managing the Unintended Consequences of Economic Development,” Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations, Dallas, TX.

2014 Invited talk, “Regional Overview: Latin America”, for Mary Kay, Inc., Addison, TX.

2013 Invited talk, “Gownmen and Swordsmen: Can Richard Morse's ‘The Heritage of Latin America’ Bridge the Divide between the Two?” Sigma Delta Pi Honor Society, Citadel.

2013 Presenter, “Internal Determinates of Mexico’s Security Policy,” Southeast Region Security and Intelligence Conference, Charleston, SC.

2013 Chair, panel: “Intelligence Challenges Confronting the Southeast US—Drug Trafficking,” Southeast Region Security and Intelligence Conference, Charleston, SC.

2013 Invited talk, “Charting a New Course: Mexico after the Election,” Casper Committee on Foreign Relations, Casper, WY.

2013 Invited talk, “Charting a New Course: Mexico after the Election,” Boise Committee on Foreign Relations, Boise, ID.

2013 Moderator, “US Immigration Policy” brownbag, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Citadel.

2013 Presenter, “Effects of Culture, Institutions and Contingent factors on Long-term Crime Rates in Mexico and the US,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.

2013 Chair, panel: “Bureaucratic Capacity and Democratization,” MPSA Annual Conf.

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2012 Invited talk, “Mexican Politics Today: Democratic Dinosaurs and Beatific Bureaucrats,” Birmingham Committee on Foreign Relations, Birmingham, AL.

2012 Invited talk, “Mexican Politics Today: Democratic Dinosaurs and Beatific Bureaucrats,” Indianapolis Committee on Foreign Relations, Indianapolis, IN.

2012 Presenter, “Drug Violence in Mexico and Central America since 1990,” Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies, American University, Washington, DC.

2011 Presenter, “Ideology and Social Improvement in Bolivia during the 20th Century,” Mid- Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburg, PA.

2008 Panelist, Sustainability in Development, Johns Hopkins/SAIS, Washington, DC.

2007 Panelist, Ethics in International Aid, Johns Hopkins/SAIS, Washington, DC.

Courses Taught Biology and Crime (u) Criminal Justice Bureaucracies (u) Immigration and Security (u) Justice in Latin America (u) in Comparative Perspective (u) Narco-terrorism (u) Introduction to Criminal Justice (u) Introduction to Comparative Politics (u) International relations of the Americas (g) Contemporary Latin America (u) State and Local Government (u) Democratic and Economic Development in El Salvador (g, with field practicum) Theories of International Relations (g)

Student Development

2012 Non-Partisan Poll Manager volunteer initiative, Charleston Board of Elections, Leadership Day, The Citadel

2012 Undergrad Honors Thesis Supervisor, “Foreign Policy of Brazil, El Salvador and US in Honduran Constitutional Crisis of 2009,” The American University, Washington, DC

2011 Undergrad Honors Thesis Supervisor, “Easter Island, Basque Region and Sudan Independence Movements Compared,” The American University, Washington, DC

2011 Discussant, Student Policy Symposium, Project on International Peace & Security, College of William and Mary and Carnegie Endowment for Int’l Peace, Washington, DC

2010 Field Practicum Leader, Democratic Development in El Salvador, Johns Hopkins/SAIS, Washington DC and El Salvador

2010 Fellow, Summer Symposium on Foreign Policy and International Business Conference, Osgood Center for International Studies, Washington, DC

2010 Panelist, International Careers, Archer Center, University of Texas, Washington, DC

2007 Panelist, Careers in International Development, Kenan Flagler School of Business, UNC

Consultancies and study tours

2014 Faculty co-leader, Cuba study tour, 23 participants for 10 days, The Citadel 2010 Faculty leader, El Salvador study tour, 12 participants for 2 weeks, Johns Hopkins/SAIS

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2005 Leader, Judicial ethics commissions tours, 5 participants from gov’t of Paraguay, tour for 8 days in Mexico City, Mexico and Austin, Texas, MSI, Washington, DC

2004 Consultant, rural municipal gov’t in Panama, 69 interviews, for ACDI/VOCA and USAID, Panama City, Panama

Public Service and Committee Work

2014-present Member, Board of Trustees, Charleston County Public Library.

2013-present Member, Scholarship Committee, The Citadel.

2013-present Treasurer, Board of Directors, World Affairs Council of Charleston (waccharleston.org).

2012 Poll Manager, Charleston, SC.

2007-12 Elections Official, Manassas, VA.

2010 10th Grade Geography Textbook Selection Committee Chair, Prince William County School District, VA.

2009 Grant Reviewer, Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

2007-08 Member, Faculty Committee for PhD Program, Johns Hopkins/SAIS, Washington, DC.

Grants and External Support

2012-14 Cost share, Dallas, Indianapolis, Birmingham, Wyoming and Boise Committees on Foreign Relations

2012-15 Research grant, The Citadel Foundation, “Governing Prisons in Mexico”

2012-15 Research presentation grant, The Citadel Foundation, various

2003 Title VI FLAS Fellowship, 3 mos. study of Aymara in Bolivia, University Texas, Austin

Membership International Studies Association Midwest Political Science Association Sigma Delta Pi, National Hispanic Honor Society Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity James Island Presbyterian Church

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