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Renu Khator, Ph.D. 4202 East Fowler Avenue, ADM226 Tampa, FL 33620 [email protected] http://www.acad.usf.edu/Office/Provost/ Education Ph.D. 1985. Purdue University (Political Science/Public Administration) M.A. 1975. Purdue University (Political Science) B.A. 1973. Kanpur University, India (Liberal Arts) Administrative Appointments Provost and Senior Vice President (July 2003 - present) Leadership responsibilities in this position include internal tasks (planning and budgeting to move the University toward its stated goals and working with the University Board of Trustees) as well as working with external constituencies (Florida Board of Governors, legislative staff, federal agencies, the community, and donors). The budget of the USF System is $1.6 billion with the main campus counting for $1 billion. The University of South Florida is a comprehensive, doctoral-extensive, research university system with four campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota-Manatee, and Lakeland. USF’s 2006 profile consists of over 44,000 students, 2,400 faculty, and 11,000 staff with a budget of $1.6 billion. It has a thriving medical school and a Division I Athletic Program competing in the Big East Conference. USF is ranked in the top research classification (very active high research) by the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement in Teaching. Last year, the faculty received $310 million in contracts and grants and helped generate a $3.2 billion of annual economic impact on the economy of the region. USF has a 220,000 sq. ft. of Research Park that currently is home to 20 start-up companies and several externally-funded interdisciplinary centers. The University of South Florida has just completed its new strategic plan with the stated goals of becoming a top tier research university (AAU-eligible) that is highly engaged with its community and provides global edge to its students and region. Dean, College of Arts and Sciences (July, 2000—June, 2003) At the time, the College of Arts and Sciences was the largest college at the University of South Florida and houses 28 departments with over 500 full time faculty members educating over 15,000 students. The annual budget of the College was over $65 million. The term from July, 2000 to June, 2002 was served as Interim Dean. Director/Chair, Environmental Science and Policy (ESP) Department (August 1997- June 2000) At the time, ESP was an interdisciplinary department with approximately 300 students and 50 affiliated faculty members, of whom nine were teaching faculty in the department. ESP’s affiliated faculty members were drawn from natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, education and public health. Faculty Assistant to President (May 1995-August 1997) Responsibilities included serving as liaison to the Sate of Florida Board of Regents, coordination of President’s staff and the University Leadership Council agenda, administration of special projects and liaison to the Faculty Senate and presidential advisory committees including the Athletics Committee, Title IX Committee, Committee on Black Affairs, Committee on Women, Latino Association, Asian Alliance and the Committee on Sexual Orientation. I also directed EXCEL, an administrative internship program for faculty and staff. Director of Graduate Program, Department of Government & International Affairs (1990-1993) Directed two graduate programs in Political Science and Public Administration with 150 students. Teaching and Research Appointments Professor of Government & International Affairs, University of South Florida (1995- present) Associate Professor of Government & International Affairs, University of South Florida (1991-1995) Visiting Fellow in the Department of Public and Social Administration, City Polytechnic of Hong Kong (August 1989-June 1990) Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of South Florida (1987-1991) Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of South Florida (1985-1987) 2 Research Publications Books Vajpeyi, Dhirendra and Renu Khator. eds. (in press, due November 2007). Globalization, Governance, and Technology: Challenges and Alternatives. New Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications. Dwivedi, O.P., Renu Khator and Jorge Nef (2007). Managing Development in a Global Context. Palgrave McMillan. Jain, R.B. & Khator, R. (Eds.) (1999). Bureaucracy-citizen Interface: Conflict and Consensus. BR Publishing Corporation, New Delhi. Garcia-Zamor, Jean-Claude & Khator, R. (Eds.) (1994). Public Administration in the Global Village. Westport, CT: Praeger. Khator, R. (1991). Environment, Politics and Development in India. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, Inc.. Book Chapters/Journal Articles (2000-present) Dwivedi, O.P. & Renu Khator. (2007). The Earth Charter: Towards a New Global Environmental Ethic. Handbook of Globalization, Governance, and Public Administration, edited by Ali Farazmand and Jack Pinkowski, New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc. 1019- 1034. Khator, Renu (2007). "Good Governance: An American Perspective in the Global Context," in R.B. Jain (ed.) Governing Development Across Cultures: Challenges and Dilemmas of an Emerging Sub-discipline in Political Science, Opladen, Germany: Barbara Budrich Publishers, pages 111-127. Khator, R. & Lisa Fairchild (2006). The Evolution of “Sustainable Development.” In Rebecca Lee Harris (Ed.), Globalization and Sustainable Development: Issues and Applications. Tampa, FL: Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions (University of South Florida). 13-22. Khator, R. (2005). Impact of Globalization on Florida’s Environment: Will the Economy 3 Outpace the Environment?. In Mark Amen (Ed.), Florida’s Global Frontiers: Impact of Trade Liberalization. Tampa, FL: Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions (University of South Florida). 91-122. Glover, Kofi & R. Khator (2005). Civic Engagement and Education in Ghana and Brazil: A Study in Good Governance. In R.B. Jain (Ed.), Globalization and Good Governance: Pressures for Constructive Reform. New Delhi, India: Deep and Deep. 103-122. Khator, R. (2004). International Environmental Policy as a Life Support System Response. In Encyclopedia of Institutional and Infrastructure Resources, edited by Saskia Sassen, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), edited by K. Tummala, Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK, [http://www.eolss.net]. Khator, R. (2003). Metropolitan Governance and Community Engagement. In R.C. Tripathi, A. Prasad, & S. Awasthi (Eds.), Heritage, Government and Equity, (pp. 657- 673). Delhi, India: Agam Kala Prakashan. Khator, R. (2002). Water Conflict and Security in South Asia. In R.B. Jain (Ed.), Environment and Security in South Asia. Paris, France: L'Harmattam. Brinkmann, R. & Khator, R. (2002). Electronic Wastes in the United States -- A Review. In B.E. Montz & G.A. Tobin (Eds.), Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences, (pp. 123-128). Khator, R. (2002). Good Governance in the Global City: Chicago. In E.K. Park (Ed.), New Ideas for Good Governance in Global Cities: Case Studies of Seoul, Berlin and Chicago. Proceedings of the International Seminar on Local Autonomy, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea (pp. 103-115). (Not refereed.) Kabra, R. & Khator, R. (2001). The 1994 Plague Outbreak in Surat, India: Social Networks and Disaster Management. In A. Farazmand (Ed.), Handbook of Crisis and Emergency Management, (pp. 521-529). New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc. Khator, R. & Kabra, R. (2001). Deforestation in India: A Critical Assessment Using the Sustainable Development Framework. In D.K. Vajpeyi (Ed.), Deforestation, Environment and Sustainable Development: A Comparative Analysis (pp. 47-70). Westport, CT: Praeger. Khator, R. & Ayers-Brunson, N. (2001). Creating Networks for Inter-organizational Settings: A Two-year Follow-up Study on Determinants. In M. Mandell (Ed.), Networks and Inter-organizational Settings (pp. 154-166). Westport, CT: Quorum Books. 4 Khator, R. & Kabra, R. (2001). Sustainable Development in Central and Eastern Europe: Lessons for Developing Countries. In R.B. Jain (Ed.), Restructuring Command Economy to Market Economy: Relevance of Eastern European Experiences to Developing Countries (pp. 373-387). New Delhi, India: Sage. Khator, R. (2000). Ethics in the International Environmental Debate: Explaining the Gap between Expected and Observed Behavior,” Public Integrity, 2:3: 247-262. Khator, R. (1999). Networking to Achieve Alternative Regulation: Case Studies from Florida’s National Estuary Programs. Policy Studies Review, 16:1: 65-85. Khator, R. (1999). From One-party Dominance to No-party Dominance: A Study of the Indian Party System. In M. Rimanelli (Ed.), Comparative Democratization and Peaceful Change in Single-Party-Dominant Countries. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press. Khator, R. (1999). Human Rights and the World Trade Organization: New Administrative Challenges. In R. Pitschas (Ed.), Globalization of Economy: Challenges to the Development of Law and Administration in the Member States of the WTO. Proceedings of a conference held by Holchshcule Fur Verwaltungswissenschaften, Speyer, Germany. (Not refereed.) Khator, R. (1999). Conflict, Bureaucracy and the Environment. In R.B. Jain and R. Khator (Eds.), Bureaucracy Citizen Interface: Conflict and Consensus, (pp. 61-81). New Delhi, India: B.R. Publishing Corporation. Khator, R. (1998). Organisational Response to the Environmental Crisis in India. The Indian Journal of Political Science, 49:1: 1-26. Khator, R. (1998). Turning the Tide: India’s