<p>KIMBERLY GARDNER 5004 W Greenbrier Dr. 208-921-4260 (cell) Boise, ID 83705 [email protected]</p><p>Academic Positions </p><p>Adjunct Faculty, Political Science, Boise State University, Fall 2013- present Teaching Assistant, Civic Education and Community Service, Baylor University, Fall 2012-Spring2013 Researcher and editor for Professor Dwight Allman, Baylor University, Summer 2012 Teaching Assistant, Political Science, Baylor University, Fall 2011-Spring 2012 Peer Learning Assistant, Boise State University, Political Science, Fall 2010-Spring 2011</p><p>Education</p><p>MPPA, Baylor University, 2013 BS , Boise State University, Political Science, 2010</p><p>Work in Progress</p><p>Article: “The Guarantee Clause and Federalism: Extending the Application of Article IV Section 4 of the United States Constitution to the Anti-Commandeering Doctrine.” </p><p>Fellowships/ Awards</p><p>2012-2013 Richard D. Huff Distinguished Master’s Student in Political Science Award, Baylor University. Fall 2012-Spring 2013: Baylor University Department of Political Science Fall 2012-Spring 2013: Baylor University Department of Political Science tuition waiver Fall 2011-Spring 2012: Baylor University Department of Political Science stipend Fall 2011-Spring 2012: Baylor University Department of Political Science tuition waiver American Founding Initiative Fellow: Boise State University </p><p>Conference Papers </p><p>“The Guarantee Clause and Federalism: Extending the Application of Article IV Section 4 of the United States Constitution to the Anti-Commandeering Doctrine.” 2013 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association.</p><p>“Hijack or Cooptation? The Assessment of Likely Tea Party Influence Over the G.O.P.” 2012 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association.</p><p>Teaching and Research Experience</p><p>Boise State University (Adjunct Instructor), Fall, 2013 POLS 401, Political Parties and Interest Groups UF100, The Human Situation, Fall 2013-present </p><p>Baylor University (Teaching Assistant), Fall 2011-Spring 2013 POLS 2302, Political Science/Civic Education and Community Service POL 2302, American Constitutional Development and Law</p><p>Boise State University (Peer Learning Assistant), Fall 2010-Spring 2011 POLS 141/PHIL 101, The Human Situation</p><p>Graduate Courses Taken</p><p>American Politics and the American Founding American Constitutional Law and Comparative Constitutional Law American Political Parties Contemporary Theory in International Relations Ancient and Contemporary Political Thought Seminar: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics Seminar: Rousseau’s Emile Methods of Political Science: Leo Strauss, Hannah Arendt, Michael Oakeshott, and Eric Voegelin Seminar: Montesquieu and the Separation of Powers</p><p>Professional References </p><p>Professor Stephen Crowley, Professor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy Boise State University 1910 University Drive Boise, ID 83725 [email protected] (208) 426-1786</p><p>Professor David Nichols, Director of Graduate Program Department of Political Science Baylor University One Bear Place #97276 Waco, Texas 76798 [email protected] (254) 710-3551 </p><p>Andrew Hogue, PhD. Director of Civic Education and Community Services Department of Political Science, Civic Education and Community Services Baylor University One Bear Place #97276 Waco, Texas 76798 [email protected]</p><p>(254) 710-3250</p>