Curriculum Vita
Andrew J. Theising, Ph.D.
(Public Version--Updated September 2011)
Teaching Office: Research
Office:
Department of
Political Science Institute
for Urban Research
Southern
(618) 650-2308
(direct) (618)
650-5262 (direct)
Administrative
Office:
Office of the Provost
Southern
(618) 650-3678
(direct)
Websites and E-mail: Social
Networks:
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Degrees Earned
Bachelor of Arts
·
Political
Science with emphasis in Public Administration
·
Pierre Laclede
Honors Scholar
Master of Arts
·
Political
Science
Doctor of Philosophy University of Missouri-St. Louis,
·
Political
Science
·
Dissertation: Profitable
Boundaries: Incorporating the Industrial
Suburb; Dennis R. Judd, chair.
Teaching Activity
Current
Teaching Position:
Associate Professor,
Department of Political Science, Southern
Edwardsville,
Regular courses taught:
Adjunct Faculty, George Warren Brown School of Social Work,
Washington University in St. Louis, St.
Louis, MO. 2010.
Teaching
Distinctions:
Research and Creative Scholarly Activity
Current
Research Position:
Director, Institute
for Urban Research, Southern
Principal, Applied
Research Collaborative—a consortium of Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville,
Three-university
collaboration on applied research projects, providing fee-for-service
consulting.
Research,
Conference Presentations and Activities:
Urban Decline and the Story of
as
the opening general session speaker,
Conference,
The Hollow Prize of
a City’s
Future (with Debra H.
Moore). October 2003. Academic paper presented at
the
Conference on
Discussant (invited),
Made In USA: The East St. Louis Story. September 2004. Brownfields
2004: Gateway to Revitalization (EPA/ICMA co-sponsored
National Brownfields Conference),
A Contextual Analysis of TIF, Economic Development, and
Culture (with
Nicholas Guehlstorf).
April
2005. Academic paper presented at the
2005 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago.
Big City Political Machines and the
Good Ol’ Boy Network: Has One Replaced
the Other?
April 7, 2005.
Academic paper presented at the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences
Colloquium Thinking
About Masculinity.
Thinking About Industrial Suburbs and Institutional Design.
Presentation to the Brown Bag
Speakers Series of the
(non-refereed).
The Church as Service Delivery Mechanism: A Case Paper. Presented at the
Arts
and Sciences Colloquium Thinking About
Religion, March 30, 2006.
Shadow Institutions, (with Debra Moore, SIUC).
Presented at the Southern History Association
Conference,
The Industrial Legacy of
Arts
and Sciences Colloquium Thinking About
Environment.
Evolving Local Government Purpose
through Economic Development (with Debra Moore).
April 14, 2007. Academic
paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association
Annual Conference,
Frankly Famous Failures.
May 3, 2007. Invited presentation
as session speaker at the Federal
Reserve Bank of
Panelist, Disciplining Interdisciplinarity? The Uncertain Future of Interdisciplinary
Research in
the Humanities (with Christa Johnson). 2008.
Police Corruption and the Culture of
Violence: The Role of Public Corruption
in the Social
Condition of
Demonstrative Study of Land Value
Taxation in
2008. Research study
presented at the Council of Georgist Organizations Conference,
Discussant
(invited): The St. Louis Applied Research
Collaborative (with Sarah Coffin and Mark
Tranel). Leadership
in Interdisciplinarity, Networking, and Collaboration (LINC) Conference,
Economic Development Case Studies in
the
Tranel). For
presentation at the Urban Affairs Association Conference,
Published Research and Publication Activity:
Made In
Author
for 2003. Companion piece to the public
television documentary of the same name.
“The Hollow Prize of
a City’s Future,” co-authored with
Debra Moore, Journal of Illinois History,
Spring 2008.
Mark
Abbott). Reedy Press,
“Is the
“
The Confluence. Spring/Summer 2010 ed; pp 4-15.
“How Three Lives
Shaped a City,” The Making of an
2011.
Images of
Publishing.
Funded Research, Awarded:
A Comparative Contextual Analysis of the Effect of TIF on
Economic Development in the Bi-
State St. Louis MSA
with Nicholas Guehlstorf, co-investigator. Grant submitted to the
SIUE
Institute for Urban Research, $8,500.
Submitted October 2003 (Awarded,
May 2004).
Demonstrative Study of Land Value Taxation in
investigator. Grant submitted to the Public Revenue
Education Council, $1,600. Submitted and
awarded, August 2007.
Economic Development Case Studies (with Sarah Coffin and Mark Tranel). East-West
Gateway
Council of Governments.
Fee-for-service. Summer 2009
(phase 1) and Summer 2010 (phase 2).
$50,000 in total over two years; my portion $10,000 over two years.
Regional Plan for Sustainable Development (with Sarah Coffin and Mark Tranel). East-West
Gateway
Council of Governments (lead agency).
Submitted to the
Other Research Activity:
Public Policy
Director, FOCUS St. Louis, 1996-2001;
Significant projects include:
Director,
University
of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign. 2001-2002
Significant projects include:
Academic, Professional, and Community Service
Current
Administrative Position:
Coordinator for
Policy, Communication, and Issues of Concern, Office of the Provost, Southern
Board Chair, St.
Louis Metropolitan Research Exchange (multi-university consortium of
research
institutions studying the
Chair, SIUE Faculty
Grievance Committee. Administrative
leader of this arbitrator of faculty
disputes
for the University. 2010-2011.
Member,
Subcommittee. 2010-2012 (incoming subcommittee chair,
2011-2012). Review all applications for
promotion, tenure, and sabbatical for the College.
Member, East St.
Louis University Collaborative, 2010 to date.
Member of this group of all
higher
education institutions doing work in
Member, City of
planning
group to celebrate the city’s 150th anniversary.
Member,
supports
the Dean of the