Curriculum Vita Summer, 2014 R. Bruce Anderson, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science & Prelaw Advisor Florida Southern College 111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive Lakeland, FL 33801 Contact information: Office: 863.680.4311 Cell (home phone): 785.727.3309
[email protected] EDUCATION: Ph.D., 1997, Political Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas M.A., 1996, Political Science, Rice University, Houston Texas Prospectus and Model Defense passed in 1996. B.A., 1988, Political Science with a minor in American History/European History, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio PROFESSIONAL MILESTONES: Artinian Award, SPSA, 2005 Granted Tenure: February 2007 – Baker University, College of Arts and Sciences, Baldwin City, Kansas Kopke Grant Scholar, Baker University, 2008 Kopke Grant: “The Machinery of the Racial State – Nazi Germany’s KZ System in the 1930s” Faculty Volunteer of the Year: 2011-2012, Florida Southern College Designated “Miller Distinguished Professor” of Florida Southern College, May, 2012 Granted Tenure: May, 2014 -- Florida Southern College ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: Pre-Law Adviser and Associate Professor of Political Science, Florida Southern College. Spring, 2011 Associate Professor of Political Science, Florida Southern College, Fall 2010 – present Associate Professor of Political Science, Baker University, Fall 2004 – Spring 2010 Associate Visiting Professor of Political Science, The University of the South, Fall 2003 – Summer 2004 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Santa Fe Community College and Nova Southeastern University, Fall 2002 – Summer 2003 Chair and Director of Departmental Internships, Department of Political Science, Hastings College, Fall 1998 – Summer 2002 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Auburn University, Fall 1997 – June 1998 DISSERTATION: “Electoral Competition and the Structure of State Legislatures: Organizational Complexity and Party Building” This study is concerned with the linkages between electoral competition and party organizational change in 15 transforming and formerly one-party chambers.