Ruth Ann Strickland



                                                                                                                              

CURRENT POSITION:

Professor, Political Science and Criminal Justice

 
TELEPHONE: (828) 262-7918

FAX: 828/262-2947

E-MAIL ADDRESS: strcklndra@appstate.edu

 
Office Hours for For Spring 2007

On-Campus Office Hours: 9:30am-11:00am and 2:00-3:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Off-Campus Office Hour: 5:00-6:00pm at Hickory

 

EDUCATION:

A.S., Mount Olive College. Mount Olive, North Carolina. 1979.

B.A., Government. Campbell University. Buies Creek, North Carolina. 1981.

M.A., Political Science. University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina. 1984.

Ph.D., Political Science. University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina. 1989.

 

GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE:

Legislative Aide.  North Carolina Department of Human Resources.  Raleigh, North Carolina.  Summer 1981. Assisted in the drafting of legislation and conducted background research.  [Supervisor, Jack Nichols] 

Social Research Associate.  North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission.  August 1987-August 1988.  Conducted research pertaining to criminal justice issues and provided lectures on findings to the appointive members of the Crime Commission.  [Supervisor, Greg C Stahl]

 
COURSES TAUGHT:               

Introduction to American Government

Judicial Process

Introduction to Political Science

Introduction to Criminal Justice

Public Policy Analysis

Seminar in American Government & Politics

Administrative Law

Public Personnel Administration

 

PUBLICATIONS: REFEREED BOOKS:

Marcia Lynn Whicker, Ruth Ann Strickland and Raymond A. Moore. 1987. The Constitution Under Pressure: A Time For Change?  New York: Praeger Publishers.
 
Marcia Lynn Whicker, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1993. Getting Tenure. Newbury Park, California:  Sage Publications.

 Glenn H. Utter and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1997. Contemporary World Issues: Campaign and Election Reform: A Reference Handbook. Denver, CO: ABC-CLIO.

 Ruth Ann Strickland. 2004. Restorative Justice. New York: Peter Lang.

 Glenn H. Utter and Ruth Ann Strickland. 2007.  Campaign and Election Reform: A Reference Handbook. 2nd edition.  Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO (forthcoming Fall 2007).

 Vaughan, Shannon K., Shelly Arseneault and Ruth Ann Strickland. [In progress] Nonprofits for Policy Change. [contract forthcoming].

 

 PUBLICATIONS: BOOK CHAPTERS:

Ruth Ann Strickland. 1993. "The Threat of Terrorism: State Sponsored Terrorism, the Bush Administration and the Persian Gulf War." In The Presidency and The Persian Gulf War. Marcia Lynn Whicker, James P. Pfiffner and Raymond A. Moore, eds. New York: Praeger Publishers, pp. 177-198.

 Marcia Lynn Whicker, Dorothy Olshfski, Raphael J. Caprio and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1994. "Mal-Leaders and Organizational Decline." In Handbook of Bureaucracy. Ali Farazmand, ed. New York: Marcel Dekker, pp. 149-163.

 Ruth Ann Strickland. 1995. "Public Funding of Abortions For Low Income Women in North Carolina: One Liberal Law in the South." In The Politics of Abortion in the American States.  Mary C. Segers and Timothy A. Byrnes, eds. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, pp. 102-126.

 Ruth Ann Strickland and Marcia Lynn Whicker. 1995. "Fetal Endangerment Versus Fetal Welfare: Discretion of Prosecutors in Determining Criminal Liability and Intent." In Expecting Trouble: Surrogacy, Fetal Abuse & New Reproductive Technologies. Pat Boling, ed. Boulder, CO: Westview, pp. 55-84.

 Ruth Ann Strickland. 1998. "Abortion: ProChoice versus Prolife." In Moral Controversies in American Politics: Cases in Social Regulatory Policy. Eds. Raymond Tatalovich and Byron W. Daynes. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., pp. 3-36.

 Ruth Ann Strickland and Richter H. Moore, Jr. 1999. “Cameras in State Courts: A Historical Perspective.” In Judicial Politics: Readings From Judicature (2d edition) Ed. Elliott E. Slotnick. Washington, D.C.: American Judicature Society, pages 428-435.

 Ruth Ann Strickland. 2005. "Abortion: ProChoice versus Prolife." In Moral Controversies in American Politics: Cases in Social Regulatory Policy. Eds. Raymond Tatalovich and Byron W. Daynes. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc. [published December 2004]

 Kathleen M. Simon and Ruth Ann Strickland. 2005. “An Alternative to Incarceration: Contemporary Use of Shaming Penalties in the United States.” In Key Correctional Issues. Ed. Roslyn Muraskin. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

 Ruth Ann Strickland. 2006. “North Carolina’s Judicial System: The Forgotten Branch of Government.” North Carolina Government, Politics and Policy in Comparative Perspective. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, Chapter 10 (forthcoming 2007).

 
PUBLICATIONS: ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES:

Ruth Ann Strickland, 2002.  In Encyclopedia of American Law. David A. Schultz, editor.  New York: Facts on File. [entries include: Plyler v. Doe, Gregg v. Georgia, Legal Services Corporation]

 Ruth Ann Strickland. 2003. In Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. David A. Schultz, editor. New York: Facts on File. [entries include: sexual harassment policy, legislative veto, legislative oversight and policy formulation].

 Ruth Ann Strickland. 2005. In Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America. David A. Schultz and John R. Vile, editors. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. [entries include libel, jury nullification, initiatives and referendums, selective incorporation and three strikes laws]

 Ruth Ann Strickland 2007. In Encyclopedia of the First Amendment.  David L. Hudson, David A. Schultz and John R. Vile, editors. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. [original essays on Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, cameras in the courtroom, gag orders, hair length and style, indecency, alcohol advertising, breach of the peace laws, Frisby v. Schultz, narrowly tailed laws dealing with the First Amendment, pandering, perjury, Telecommunications Act of 1996, and whistleblowers] (forthcoming Spring 2007).

 Ruth Ann Strickland. 2007. In Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution. David A. Schultz, editor. New York, NY: Facts on File, Inc. [original essays on abortion, employment discrimination and Roe v. Wade] (forthcoming Spring 2007).

 
 
PUBLICATIONS: PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES:

Ruth Ann Strickland and Marcia Lynn Whicker. 1986. "Banning Abortion: An Analysis of a Senate Vote on a Bimodal Issue." Women and Politics 6 (Spring, no. 1): 41-56.

 Marcia Lynn Whicker, Ruth Ann Strickland and Raymond A. Moore. 1987. "The Constitution Under Pressure: The Amendment Process."  Journal of Political Science 15 (Spring, no. 1 and 2): 60-71.

 Marcia Lynn Whicker; and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1988. "A Simulation Model of Legislative Voting in Presidential and Parliamentary Systems: A Comparison of the U.S. and British Systems."  Southeastern Political Review 16 (Fall, no. 2): 115-135.

 Marcia Lynn Whicker and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1990. "The Search for a Dependent Variable in Political Science."  Southeastern Political Review 18 (Spring, no. 1): 51-80.

 Marcia Lynn Whicker and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1990. "U.S. Constitutional Amendments, The Ratification Process and Public Opinion." Simulation and Gaming 21 (June, no. 2): 115-132.

 Ruth Ann Strickland and Marcia Lynn Whicker. 1990. "Comparing City Policies on Mandatory Drug Testing: A Process Evaluation."  National Civic Review 79 (November/December, no. 6) 493-514.

 Ruth Ann Strickland and Marcia Lynn Whicker. 1992. "Comparing the Wilder and Gantt Campaigns: A Model For Black Candidate Success in Statewide Elections." PS: Political Science & Politics 25 (June, no. 2): 204-212.

 Ruth Ann Strickland. 1992. "Population Size, Diversity and the Proclivity of States to Oppose or Support the Ratification of Amendments to the U.S. Constitution."  Southeastern Political Review  20 (Fall, no.2): 269-293.

 Ruth Ann Strickland and Marcia Lynn Whicker. 1992. "Political and Socioeconomic Indicators of State Restrictiveness Toward Abortion." Policy Studies Journal 20 (Winter, no.4): 598-617.

 Marcia Lynn Whicker, Ruth Ann Strickland and Dorothy Olshfski. 1993. "The Troublesome Cleft: Politics and Public Administration." Public Administration Review 53 (November/December, no. 6): 531-541.

 Ruth Ann Strickland. 1993. "The Twenty Seventh Amendment and Constitutional Change By Stealth." PS: Political Science and Politics 26 (December, no. 4): 716-722.

 Marcia Lynn Whicker; and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1994. "The Impact of Presidential Selection Methods on Executive-Legislative Conflict." Presidential Studies Quarterly 24 (Fall, no. 4): 745-763.

 Ruth Ann Strickland and Richter H. Moore, Jr. 1994. "Cameras in State Courts: A Historical Perspective." Judicature 78 (November-December, no. 3): 128-135; 160.

Ruth Ann Strickland. 1995. "Sexual Harassment: A Legal Perspective for Public Administrators." Public Personnel Management  24 (Winter 1995, no. 4): 493-513.

 Ruth Ann Strickland. 1996. "The Incivility of Mandated Drug Treatment through Civil Commitments." Politics and Life Sciences  15 (March): 70-72.

 Ruth Ann Strickland and Ronald Stidham. 1996. "North Carolina v. Robert Lee Carter: Good Faith Exceptions and New Judicial Federalism in North Carolina." Albany Law Review 59 (no. 5): 1747-1749.

 Marcia Lynn Whicker, Ruth Ann Strickland and Dorothy Olshfski. 1996. "Rejoinder to Keller and Spicer." Public Administration Review 56 (November/December, no. 6): 614-615. [also reprinted in 1997]

 Renee G. Scherlen and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1997. "The NAFTA(-ization) of Sexual Harassment: The Experiences of Canada, Mexico and the United States." NAFTA: Law and Business Review Journal of the Americas 3 (Spring, no. 2): 96-115.

 William E. Cassie, Raymond Tatalovich and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1998. “Friends and Neighbors” Voting for Governor in the Emerging Two-Party South, 1968-1988.”  American Review of Politics 19 (Summer): 115-128.

 Marvin Hoffman, Dragan Stefanovic, Ruth Ann Strickland, and Dan Gurley. 2002. “NASPAA Faculty and Their Involvement in Distance Learning.” Public Voices V (3): 15-27.

 

HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:

Received Distinguished Government Alumna Award. Campbell University. October 1, 1994.

Received Outstanding Teacher Award in College of Arts and Sciences. Inducted into Academy of Outstanding Teachers. College of Arts and Sciences. Appalachian State University. April 23, 1998.

Honored by the American Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha. For Outstanding Teaching in Political Science. September 2, 1998.

 Nominated for Outstanding Advisor Award in College of Arts and Sciences. Appalachian State University. March 31, 1999.

Nominated for the Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award. Appalachian State University. November 2004.

Recipient, Women of Influence Award (faculty). Appalachian State University. February 26, 2005.

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:

Guest Presentation to the Daughters of the American Revolution chapter in Boone. The Bill of Rights was the topic under discussion. Boone, North Carolina. September 19, 1989.

 Member of Boone Area Crimestoppers, Inc. Board of Directors. Inducted on December 13, 1990 for a three year term. 

 Secretary of Boone Area Crimestoppers, Inc. Executive Committee. 1990-1991.

 Guest Presentation to the Gamma Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma of Ashe and Alleghany counties in North Carolina. On "How Women Educators Can be Effective in the Political Process."  West Jefferson, North Carolina. May 1, 1992.

 Guest Presentation to the Professional and Business Women's Club of Boone, North Carolina. On "Is This the Year of the Woman in Politics?"  Boone, North Carolina. September 22, 1992.

 Guest Appearance on WKYK radio for question and answers about how the Electoral College works. Burnsville, North Carolina. October 20, 1992.

 Guest Appearance before the Alpha Chi Honor Society. Question and answer session on the 1992 presidential candidate issue positions.  Appalachian State University. Boone, North Carolina. October 27, 1992.

 Guest Appearance on selected Hot Topics. Discussion on 1992 presidential candidate issue positions.  Appalachian State University. Boone, North Carolina. October 28, 1992.

 Vice-Chairperson of Boone Area Crimestoppers, Inc. Executive Committee. 1993.

 Guest Presentation to the Senior Citizens at Brian Estates. On "The Prospects for Women in the 1994 Midterm Elections."  Boone, North Carolina. June 9, 1994.

 Guest Presentation to the Senior Citizens at Brian Estates. On “Recent Supreme Court Rulings, 1996-1997.” Boone, North Carolina. July 17, 1997.                                                                                                                                                        

Guest Speaker at Surry Community College. On “Roe v. Wade and Abortion Politics.” Dobson, North Carolina. April 7, 2000.

 Guest Appearance on WASU radio. September 17, 2000. “Separation of Church and State.”

 Guest Speaker at Ashe County Middle School as part of GEAR UP program [program to interest low income students in college]. October 13, 2000. Topic: “2000 Presidential Election.”

 Congratulatory Address. Pi Gamma Mu. Induction Ceremony. “The Importance of Civic Engagement for Social Scientists in the New Millenium. April 13, 2005.

 

SERVICE ACTIVITIES (2006-2007)

Member, Graduate Program Taskforce. University Committee, Graduate Studies and Research. November 2004-October 2006.

Capstone Director. Marzy Marziano and Walt Hitchcock.

Chair, David Sutton Political Science Scholarship Committee.

Chair, Public Administration Search Committee.

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS (2006)

“Public Financing of Judicial Campaigns: Moving From the “Dark Side of Democracy” to the Light Side;” North Carolina Political Science Association Meeting; High Point, North Carolina [at High Point University]; March 2006.

 “Ethics in Non-Profit Management: Establishing an Ethical Organizational Culture,” Southeastern Conference for Public Administration; Athens, Georgia; September 2006.