Vita
Branwell DuBose Kapeluck
(May 2006)
Office Address:
Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice
Capers Hall
171 Moultrie Street
The Citadel
Charleston, SC29409
(843) 953-5067
PositionHeld:
Assistant Professor of Political Science, The Citadel (Fall 2002 to present)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Georgia Southern University (Fall 2001 to Spring 2002)
Education:
B.A., 1994, History, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
M.A., 1997, Political Science, North CarolinaStateUniversity, Raleigh, North Carolina
GPA: 3.79
Ph.D., 2001, Political Science, LouisianaStateUniversity, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. GPA: 4.0
Areas of Concentration:
American Politics
Legislative Politics
Judicial Politics
Public Policy
Urban Politics
State Politics and Policy
Areas of Concentration (cont.):
Political Methodology
Research Design
Quantitative Statistical Techniques
Political Theory
Greek Political Thought
Medieval Political Theory
Contemporary Political Theory
Teaching and Research Interests:
Legislative Politics
Judiciary—Constitutional Law
Media and Politics
Public Policy
Political Methodology (Research Methods)
Urban Politics
Political Theory
State and Local Politics
Parties and Interest Groups
Publications:
“Southern Governors and the South.” 2006. with Robert P. Steed, and Laurence W. Moreland in in Robert P. Steed and Laurence W. Moreland, eds., Writing Southern Politics; Contemporary Interpretations and Future Directions. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.
“Introduction: The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics.” 2004. with Robert P. Steed, and Laurence W. Moreland in The American Review of Politics, Spring 2004:.
"Understanding Surpluses, Deficits, and Debt in the American States, 1950-1998." 2004. with James C. Garand, in Louis Imbeau and Francois Petry (eds.), Politics, Institutions, and Fiscal Policy: Public Deficits and Surpluses in Federated States. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.
Conference Presentations:
“Southern Perspectives on Issues in Presidential Politics,” paper presented at the Western Political Science Association conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 15-18, 2006.
“Divided State Government and Expenditure Allocation Patterns,” paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 6-8, 2005.
Conference Presentations (continued):
“State Government Growth and the Black Population: The Responsiveness of Southern States before and after the Civil Rights Era,” paper presented at the Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics in Charleston, South Carolina, March 3- 5, 2004.
“The Role of District Population Size on Representational Quality in the United States House of Representatives,” paper presented at the Southern Political Science Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 8-10, 2004.
“Divided Government and Growth in the Public Sector”, paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association Conference in Savannah, Georgia, November 6-9, 2002.
“Economic and Political Models of Public Sector Growth in the American States, 1946 to 1997,” paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, November 7-10, 2001.
“Explaining Government Growth in the American States, 1945-1998,” poster session presented at the joint Texas A&M / State Politics and Policy Quarterly
Conference on Politics in the American States, College Station, Texas,
March 2-3, 2001.
“Explaining State Deficits and Surpluses, 1960 to 1998,” coauthored with James Garand,
paper presented at the Conference on Public Surpluses and Deficits in
Federated States, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 2000.
“The Role of House Whips in a Fragmented Party System,” paper presented at the 1999
Annual Meeting of the SouthwesternPolitical Science Association, Galveston, Texas.
“Why U.S. Senators do Not Make Good Presidential Candidates,”poster presentation (with Barry Burden) at the 1999 Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
“PAC Contribution Strategies and Surge and Decline,” paper presented at 1999 Midwest
Political Science AssociationMeeting, Chicago, Illinois.
“Reexamining Presidential Success and LegislativeProductivity,” paper presented at the
1998 Louisiana-Mississippi Political Science Association Meeting,Vicksburg,
Mississippi.
Teaching Experience:
Constitutional Law: Civil Rights
Constitutional Law” Powers of Government
Media and Politics
Introduction to Political Science,
Introduction to American Government
Congressional Behavior/Legislative Process
Research Methods for Public Administration
Research Methods in Political Science and Criminal Justice
Public Policy
Seminar in American Government
Teaching Experience (continued):
Political Theory
Democratic Political Theory
Seminar in Social Science
Urban Politics
International Political Economy
AdditionalExperience:
Experienced with WebCT--online class software
Experienced with Distance Learning techniques
Professional Memberships:
American Political Science Association
Midwest Political Science Association
Southern Political Science Association
Southwestern Political Science Association
Service:
Chair of Curriculum Committee, The Citadel
Member of Core Curriculum Committee, The Citadel
Co-Director, Citadel Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha
Director of Citadel Chapter of South Carolina Student Legislature (2003-2005)
Co-Director, Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, (2004 and 2006)
Member of Orals Committee, Master of Public Administration, Fall 2001, Georgia Southern University
Representative for Political Science Department, Prospective Student Orientation, Spring 2002, Georgia Southern University
Participated in Success-in-University Program, conducted three review sessions in student dormitory, Fall 2001, Georgia Southern University
Other:
Dissertation nominated for William Anderson Award (field of federalism and state and local politics) and the Lasswell Award (field of policy studies).
Baton Rouge Correspondent - Voter News Service, Fall 1997 to Spring 2001
Served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1987 to 1993. Honorably
Discharged
Statistics and Methods:
Research Design
Multivariate Statistical Analysis
Statistics and Methods (continued):
Statistical Packages: SPSS, and STATA
Professional References:
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James C. Garand
Emogene Pliner Distinguished Professor
Department of Political Science
LouisianaStateUniversity
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-2548
Stacia Haynie
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
LouisianaStateUniversity
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-2553
Barry Burden
Assistant Professor
Department of Government
HarvardUniversity
Cambridge, MA02138
(617) 495-4249
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