CURRICULUM VITAE Dennis P. Patterson CURRENT POSITION Executive Director, Academic Programs Satellite Campuses, Office of the Provost Professor, Department of Political Science Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409 (806) 834-5378 (806) 281-8473 (cell) Email: [email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, March, 1995 Certificate of Completion: June, 1987 Inter-University Center (Stanford Center) for the Study of the Japanese Language, Advanced Japanese Language Studies Tokyo, Japan M.A., Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, June, 1986 27 Graduate Hours in Political Science, California State University, Los Angeles, Fall, 1981- Spring, 1984. B.A., History, Providence College, May, 1975 ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS EXEECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Academic Programs, Texas Tech University’s Satellite Campuses, Office of the Provost (September, 2017 to the Present) Professor, Department of Political Science College of Arts and Sciences, Texas Tech University Scope of Organization: Texas Tech University operates eight satellite campuses, one in Collin County (McKinney, TX) one in Johnson County (Cleburn, TX), one in Rockwall County (Rockwall, TX), one in McLennon County (Waco, TX), one Burnet County (Marble Falls, TX), one in Gillespie County (Fredericksburg, TX), a new campus in Grayson, County (Sherman, TX in partnership with Austin College), and a stand-alone campus in Kimble county (Junction, TX). These campuses offer three levels of educational programs: 1) courses that fulfill the State of Texas core curricular requirements in partnership with local community colleges, 2) courses in select Texas Tech University majors and minors (e.g., Biology, English, Psychology, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Criminal Justice, Media & Communication), and 3) courses that will lead to graduate-level degrees and certificates (e.g, Public Administration, Public Health, Leadership and Sport Management, Strategic Communication, Technical Communication, Renewable Energy and Sustainability, Environmental Toxicology, and Natural Resources and the Environment). 1 Responsibilities: The Executive Director, a position in the Office of the Provost, is the Chief Academic Officer for all of TTU’s satellite campuses, overseeing all courses and programs that are offered at these campuses, either in face-to-face or on-line formats. The Executive Director manages all undergraduate and graduate courses for all programs in the most effective manner and coordinates with department chairs and faculty on the main TTU campus in Lubbock to develop and deliver new undergraduate and graduate content (degree programs and certificates) at these satellite campuses. The Executive Director is also directly responsible for the interviewing, vetting, and ultimately hiring of all faculty to teach courses at the satellite campuses while, at the same time, recruiting overseas students to expand enrollments at all levels and implementing strategies to expand programmatic offerings at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The goals of the Executive Director’s management efforts are to use the satellite campuses to grow enrollments at the main TTU campus in Lubbock but also to increase academic offerings and, thus, enrollments at these satellite campuses. Major Achievements: • Expansion of the Number of Undergraduate degrees (majors and Minors) offered at TTU’s satellite campuses, (Biology, History, Public Health, Sociology, Psychology, Technical Communication, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Toxicology, and Political Science) leading to growth in overall enrollments. This has included the creation of new programs in such areas as Criminology, Restaurant and Institutional Management, Strategic Studies, and Public Policy. • Expansion of graduate offerings (degrees and certificates) including the provision of graduate degrees and certificates in Leadership and Public Affairs, Public Administration, Public Health, Biology, Mathematics, Strategic Communication, Technical Communication, Public Policy, Global Affairs, and Sports Management. Developing new graduate degrees in Natural Resources and the Environment, Forensics, and Environmental Toxicology. • Contributed to Texas Tech University receiving recognition at the State and National levels for its innovation in on-line education, including #2 Best On-Line Colleges in Texas and #6 Best On-Line Bachelor’s Degrees in the Nation. • Overseeing the creation and implementation of the first Graduate Certificate in Environmental Systems and Principles of Environmental Toxicology • Overseeing the creation of a graduate degree with the Texas Institute of Human and Environmental Health • Overseeing the creation of both undergraduate and graduate degrees in in Forensic Sciences • Implemented recruitment strategies that led to a 350% growth in the student body of Texas Tech Universities satellite campuses • Created the major and minor in Political Science at the TTU satellite campuses as well as majors and minors in Sociology. • Expanded the offerings of upper division classes in Mathematics and Statistics at the TTU satellite campuses • Expanded the major in Biological Sciences from one to all satellite campuses • Oversaw the implementation of the first dual degree in Public Health and Public Administration in the State of Texas that is delivered at the main campus and all regional sites • Oversaw the creation and operation of the first fully on-line Master of Public 2 Administration degree in the Dallas-Fort Worth region CHAIR, Department of Political Science and DIRECTOR, Master of Public Administration Graduate Program, DIRECTOR, Center for Public Service, Texas Tech University (August, 2009-August, 31, 2017) Scope of the Organization: The Department of Political Science is home to B.A. degrees in Political Science and Global Studies, the M.P.A. degree in Public Administration (6 tracks Health, Environment/Energy, Climate, Public Finance, Non-Profits, and Public Management), the Graduate Certificate in Strategic Studies, M.A. degrees in International Affairs and Political Science, Ph.D. in Political Science, and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Public Policy. The Department has over 700 undergraduate majors and just under 200 Graduate Students. It is home to the Earl Survey Research Laboratory, the multi-campus South Central Climate Science Center, the Center for Public Service, and numerous outstanding faculty including a recipient of such distinguished awards as Time’s and Foreign Policy’s 100 most influential people in the world and the Climate Communication Prize from the American Geophysical Union. Responsibilities: • Development and Implementation of the Department of Political Science’s Strategic Plan in accordance with the College Arts and Sciences’ and University’s Strategic Plans • With faculty input, make decisions on all faculty and staff matters, including hiring, annual evaluations, and promotions • Manage all budgetary matters for the department and its subsidiary units, including all academic programs (undergraduate and graduate), the Center for Public Service, the Survey Research Lab (ESRL), and the Certified Public Manager Program • Conduct fund raising for all research (conference, training) and educational matters (scholarships) • Serve as the Department’s principal face on the academic disciplines represented in its programs, the university, and the larger community including all local, state, and national/international media outlets. Major Achievements: • Made Political Science a leader among the 15 departments of the College of Arts and Sciences in such strategic areas as enrollment expansion, on-line course offerings, program expansion and creation, scholarship, and fundraising. This includes increasing the number of students completing core curriculum courses offered by the Department of Political Science, from 1,000 to 1,500 per semester to 4,500 to 6,000 per semester. • Expanded the Number of Political Science Majors from 435 to nearly 800 for the Spring, 2019 semester. • Elevated the academic quality of the Department of Political Science and, as a result, the national and international reputation of the department and its programs. Evidence for these achievements are found in Academic Analytics data for the department’s scholarly productivity. After eight years of my leadership, Political Science (out of 211 political science departments) ranked 44th in terms of total articles, 28th in articles per faculty member, 37th in total citations, and 33rd in terms of citations per faculty member. These indicators place TTU’s Department of Political Science in the top 3 quintile in each of the above categories. The Political Science Department also rise from the 3rd least productive department (2008) to the top department (tied with one other A&S department) in terms of scholarly productivity • Made the Department of Political Science the #1 Department in the College of Arts and Sciences (it was ranked 12 out of 15 when I assumed the Department Chair position) in terms of research productivity • Expanded the size of the Department’s faculty from 19 to 27 including the hiring of nationally recognized faculty members in Economics, Political Economy, and Methodology, Non-Profits, and Climate Science, Downscaling, and Climate Policy • Facilitated and participated in the grant that established Texas Tech University’s Department of Political Science as the home of the TTU Climate Science Center (four-campus research center, Oklahoma, Oklahoma