CURRICULUM VITAE
Dhirendra Kumar Vajpeyi Present Position and Official Address
1913 Four Winds Drive Professor
Cedar Falls, IA 50613 Department of Political Science
319-266-2017 University of Northern Iowa
319-266-2018 Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0404
319-266-2019 319-273-2275
FAX: 319-273-7108
E-mail: Dhirendra.Vajpeyi@uni.edu
EDUCATION:
M.A. English Literature, Lucknow University, India
M.A. Public Administration, Institute of Public Administration, Lucknow
University
M.A. Political Science, Michigan State University
Ph.D. Political Science, Michigan State University, 1971
RESEARCH:
Ph.D. Dissertation:
“The Role of Political Participation, Mass Media, and Empathy in
Modernization: A Case Study of Uttar Pradesh (India)”
M.A. Thesis: (Public Administration)
“Organization and Administrative Problems in Land Consolidation Work in Uttar Pradesh (India)”
Ph.D. Areas of Comprehensive Examination:
Political Organization and Behavior
General Theory of Political Organization and Behavior
Social Movements
Interest Groups and Movements
Political Parties
Political Leadership
Comparative Politics
Approaches to the study of Comparative Politics
Political Development
Asia
Comparative Administration
Survey Research
RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS:
Outstanding Scholarship Award, College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Northern Iowa, 1997.
Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institute, Sanford, California, Summer 1984.
Postdoctoral Senior Fellowship, American Institute of Indian Studies, 1976.
Smithsonian Institute Travel Grant, 1978.
Professional Development Leave, University of Northern Iowa, 1975, 1984,
1990, 1996.
Research Grant, University of Northern Iowa, Summer 1972, 1987, 1990.
Institution of International Education, Internship to study poverty programs
(Chicago), Summer 1969.
Research Grant, Institute of International Agriculture and Nutrition, Michigan
State University, Summer 1968.
Asia Foundation Travel Scholarship, Fall 1966.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Teaching
Professor, University of Northern Iowa, 1979 to present.
Associate Professor, University of Northern Iowa, 1972-1979.
Assistant Professor, University of Northern Iowa, 1969-1972.
Assistant Professor, Lucknow University, Institute of Public
Administration, 1961-1964.
COURSES TAUGHT:
University of Northern Iowa
Graduate Courses
Approaches to Political Inquiry
Research Methodology
Comparative Revolutions and Social Change
International Conflict Resolution
Environmental Policymaking in a Comparative Perspective
Undergraduate Courses
Introduction to Political Science
Politics of Bureaucracy
Comparative Administration
Politics of Modernization in Developing Areas
Women in Developing Countries
Politics of South Asia
Political Thought of South Asia
Politics of the Middle East
Non-Western Cultures: India
Contemporary Political Problems
Non-Western Cultures: Middle East
International Conflict and Cooperation: North-South Dialogue
Technology, Social Change, and Modernization
Environmental Policymaking in the Third World
Shaanxi Teachers’ University, Xian, People’s Republic of China, Visiting
Professor, October-November 1990.
Comparative Public Administration
Technology Transfer and Development
Environmental Policymaking in Asia
Shaanxi Teachers’ University, Xian, People’s Republic of China, Visiting Professor, April-June 1989.
Introduction to Political Science
International Conflict and Cooperation: North-South Dialogue
American Foreign Policy in the Third World
Hebei University, Hebei, People’s Republic of China, Visiting Professor, March-April, 1986.
America in Search of a Foreign Policy
United Nations: Past, Present, and Future
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Teaching Assistant, 1966-1967.
Introduction to Political Science
American Government and Politics
Lucknow University, India, 1961-1964.
Principles of Public Administration
Administrative Law
Administrative Regulation of Public Utilities and Business Enterprises
Indian Administration
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Research Associate, May 1964-September 1966, Centre for the Study of
Developing Societies, New Delhi (India), on the following subjects:
Documents of Indian Politics
International Studies of Values in Politics
Cross-Cultural Project or Social and Political Change
PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH PAPERS:
Works of Reference
Political Stability in Indian States: A Statistical Analysis, 1947-1964 (monograph), Asian Studies, Michigan State University, Spring, 1973, 54 pp.
An Annotated Bibliography on Rural Development and Agricultural Change in Developing Societies, (East Lansing, MSU), Institute of International Agriculture and Nutrition, 1968.
Selected Bibliography on Development Administration, Rural Africana, Winter, 1968.
Books
Dhirendra Vajpeyi (ed.) Deforestation, Environment, and Sustainable
Development: A Comparative Perspective, C.T. Praeger, 2001.
Dhirendra Vajpeyi (ed.) Water Resource Management: A Comparative
Perspective, C.T. Praeger, 1998.
O.P. Dwivedi and Dhirendra Vajpeyi (eds.) Governing India, New Delhi: B.R. Publications, 1998.
O.P. Dwivedi and Dhirendra Vajpeyi (eds.) Environmental Policies in the Third World, Greenwood, 1995.
Dhirendra Vajpeyi (ed.) Modernizing China, E.J. Brill, 1994.
Dhirendra Vajpeyi and R. Natarajan (eds.) Technology and Development: Public Policy and Managerial Issues, Rawat 1991.
Dhirendra Vajpeyi (ed.) Indian Civilization in its Local, Regional, and National Aspects, Delhi: Chanakya, 1990.
Dhirendra Vajpeyi and Yogendra Malik (eds.) Law, Politics, and Society in India, Delhi: Chanakya, 1990.
Dhirendra Vajpeyi and Yogendra Malik (eds.) Religious & Ethnic Minority Politics in South Asia, Maryland: Riverdale, and London: Jaya Publishers, 1989.
Yogendra Malik and Dhirendra Vajpeyi (eds.) India: Indira Gandhi Years, E.J. Brill, 1988.
Dhirendra Vajpeyi (ed.) Government and Politics in India, Delhi: Asia, 1981.
Dhirendra Vajpeyi (ed.) Modernization and Social Change in India, Delhi: Manohar, 1979.
Chapters
“Introduction,” in Vajpeyi (ed.) 2001, 1-22.
“Deforestation in China,” (coauthor) in Vajpeyi (ed.) 2001, 91-110.
“Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Kenya,” in Vajpeyi (ed.) 2001, 197-218.
The Politics of Paradise and the Rise of Muslim Fundamentalism in India in Arrind Sherma (ed.), Hinduism and Secularization, London: Palgrave 2001, pp.57-77.
Introduction,” in Vajpeyi (ed.) 1998, 1-18.
“To Dam or Not to Dam: India’s Narmada River Project,” (coauthor
Tingting Zhang) in Vajpeyi (ed.) 1998, 93-106.
“Political Culture of India’s Government Elites,” in Dwivedi and Vajpeyi (eds.) 1998, 43-76.
“Freeing of Indian Economy: An Exercise in Privatization,” (coauthor Tingting Zhang) in Dwivedi and Vajpeyi (eds.) 1998, 185-230.
“Environmental Stewardship and Policymaking in the Third World,” in R.B. Jain (ed.) Environmental Stewardship and Sustainable Development, New Delhi: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 1997.
“External Factors Influencing Environmental Policymaking: Role of Multilateral Development Aid Agencies,” in Dwivedi and Vajpeyi Environmental Policies in the Third World, 1998, 23-45.
“Transfer of Nuclear Technology in South Asia: Beg, Borrow or Steal,” in Vajpeyi and Natarajan (eds.) Technology Transfer to Third World Countries: Public Policy and Managerial Issues, Jaipur: Rawat,, 1991, 143-178.
“Rajiv Gandhi: Freedom of Press and Democracy in India,” in Vajpeyi and Malik (eds.) Law, Politics and Society in India, New Delhi: Chanakya, 1990, 52-70.
“Three Faces of Technological Change in India,” in Jayant Lele (ed.) State and Society in India, New Delhi” Chanakya, 1990, 35-56.
“Muslim Fundamentalism in India: A Crisis of Identity in a Secular State,” in Dhirendra Vajpeyi and Yogendra K. Malik (eds.) Religious & Ethnic Minority Politics in South Asia, 1989, 51-70.
“Modernity and Industrial Culture of Indian Elites,” Politics, Technology, & Bureaucracy in South Asia, E.J. Brill, November 1983, 74-97.
“Elite Perception of the Role of Government in India’s Industrialization,” in Mtewa (ed.) Science, Technology, and Development, Washington D.C.: University of American Press, 1982, 102-116.
Articles
“Water Resource Management in India,” The Indian Journal of Public Administration, April-June 1999, 143-166.
“Rise of Hindu Militancy: Demise of India’s Secular Democracy,” Vajpeyi and Malik, Asian Survey, March 1989, 308-325.
“Bureaucratic Political Culture in India” Continuity and Change,” The Indian Journal of Public Administration, October-December 1983, 1-25.
“Public Opinion of Bureaucratic Performance in U.P., and Its Impact on Social Change and Modernization,” The Indian Journal of Public Administration, October-December 1977, 940-969.
“The Role of Mass Media in Modernization and Social Change in U.P.,” Indian Journal of Political Science, July 1973, 129-156.
“Public Perception of Bureaucratic Performance in Uttar Pradesh (India) and Its Impact on Social Change and Modernization,” Asian Studies, December 1972, 368-377.
“The Pluralist Alternative to the Study of Community Power” Its Application in a Developing Society, India,” The IOWA Geographer, Fall 1972, 11-16.
“A Conceptual Analysis of Opinion Leadership, Opinion Leaders and Elites,” Indian Journal of Political Science, June 1970, 138-152.
“Relationship between Foreign Policy and the Domestic Policy – The Concept of National Interest – The Indian Case,” International Review of History and Political Science, November 1969, 91-109.
“The Ecology of Administration,” The IOWA Geographer, Fall 1969, 5-11.
“Municipal Corporations in Uttar Pradesh, Elected Representatives and Executive Officers” Their Roles and Relationships,” London, Journal of Local Administration Overseas, October 1966, 243-250.
“Income, Literacy, and Invalid Votes,” A Comparative Study of U.P. Punjab, Madras, and Andhra Pradesh, Eastern Economist, August 5, 1966, 5-15.
“Housing, Wealth, and Inequalities of Incomes,” A Comparative Study of U.P., Punjab, Madras, and Anghra Pradesh, Eastern Economist, May 13, 1966, 10-15.
“Problems in Land Consolidation Work in U.P.,” Public Administration, January 1964, 27-38.
“Grant-in-Aid in Federations,” Public Administration, July 1963, 11-19.
Papers Delivered and Panel Participation
“Ethno-nationalism and International Security,” Third International Symposium on Ethnic Identification and Political Action in Post-Cold War Period, Democratius University of Thrace, Greece, August 15, 2000.
“Agenda 21: A General Review,” XVIII World Congress of International Political Science Association, Quebec City, Canada, August 1-6, 2000.
“Theoretical Foundations for the Study of Local Politics and Government in the Third World: Where Do We Go From Here?,” XVIII World Congress of International Political Science Association, Quebec City, Canada, August 1-6, 2000.
“International Security in the 21st Century: Issues and Challenges,” Moscow State Linguistics University, Moscow, Russia, May 18, 2000.
“Water Resource Management in India,” 15th European Conference on Modern South Asia, Prague, Czech Republic, September 8-12, 1998.
“Democratization and Cultural Pluralism in the Third World: India, Peru, and Nigeria in Comparative Perspective,” (Coauthored with Phil Mauceri and Pita Ogaba Agbese), Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 21, 1998.
“Trade and Environment: The North-South Conflict/Cooperation,” 17th World Congress of International Political Science Association (IPSA), Seoul, Korea, August 17-22, 1997.
“How Much Autonomy? Conflict and Cooperation between National/Federal and Local Policymaking in the Third World,” 17th World Congress of IPSA, Seoul, Korea, August 17-22, 1997. (Also chaired three panels)
“Growth, Trade, and Environment in East Asia: Future Prospects and Challenges,” 19th National Third World Studies Conference, University of Nebraska, Omaha, October 11, 1996.
“America in Search of a Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War,” (six lectures delivered to faculty members, communist party functionaries, Foreign Trade Office administrators, university administrators, and graduate students at Hebei Teacher’s University, Hebei, People’s Republic of China, March-April, 1996.)
“The United Nations at 50,” (six lectures delivered to faculty members, communist party functionaries, Foreign Trade Office administrators, university administrators, and graduate students at Hebei Teacher’s University, Hebei, People’s Republic of China, March-April, 1996.)
“Environmental Stewardship: Policymaking in the Third World,” International Political Science Association Conference on Environmental Stewardship and Development, New Delhi, October 20-21, 1995.
“To Dam or Not to Dam: The Impact of Mega-Hydroelectric Dams of Environment: A Case Study of India,” XVI World Congress IPSA, Berlin, Germany, August, 1994.
“Freeing of the Indian Economy: An Exercise in Privatization,” 15th National Third World Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, October 8-10, 1992.
“Intellectuals and Politicians in North Indian Hindi Fiction,” 12th European Conference on Modern South Asia, Berlin, Germany, September 19-25, 1992.
“Environmental Policies in the Third World Countries,” IPSA Regional Conference on Environment and Sustained Economic Development in Eastern Europe, Sofia, Bulgaria, July 6-10, 1992.
“The Politics of Paradise: Religion, Identity and Politics in India,” International Conference on Religion, Politics and Identity: India in a Comparative Perspective, University of Hull, England, October 24-26, 1991.
“The High Price for Growth: Role of International Development Agencies in Environment/Ecological Policy-making in the Third World,” Environmental Policies and Sustained Economic Development, Buenos Aires, Argentina: XV World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), July 21-25, 1991. (Also chaired the panel)
“Local Politics and Public Policymaking in the Third World Countries,” Buenos Aires, Argentina, XV World Congress IPSA. (Also chaired the panel)
“India: Global Issues and Perspectives,” 13th World Studies Conference, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, October 4-6, 1990. (Also chaired the panel)
“The Pluralist Alternative to the Study of Community Power Structure: Its Application in Non-Western Political Systems – A Case Study of India,” XII Congress of Sociology, Madrid, Spain, July 9-13, 1990. (Also co-chaired the Panel-Strategies for Urban Development: Insights from LCD’s)
“Communalism, Fundamentalism, and Religious Activism: The Rise of Hindu and Muslim Militancy in India,” 11th European Conference on South Asian Studies, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, July 2-5, 1990.
“Intellectuals, State, and Society in Contemporary India,” SALA Conference, University of California, Berkeley, California, June 8-10, 1990.
“Ethics and Public Bureaucracy in a Comparative Perspective,” A National Working Conference and Dialogue on Applied Ethics, American Society for Public Administration, Washington, D.C., November 12-15, 1989.
“Rajiv Gandhi: Freedom of Press & Democracy in India,” 11th Third World Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, October 20-22, 1989.
“Local Government in the Third World: Issues and Trends,” Financial Problems of Local Economy Conference, University of Lodzki, Poland, September 12-14, 1989.
“Contemporary Hindi Novel & Expression of Socio-Political Consciousness,” Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 15-19, 1989.
“The Politics of Religious Fundamentalism,” Southern Atlantic States Association for Asian and African Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, March 3, 1989.
“Radhakrishnan’s Political Philosophy,” Radhakrishnan Centennial Conferences, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, April 7-10, 1988. (Also chaired the panel)
“Rise of Hindu Militancy: The Demise of India’s Secular Democracy,” Asian Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 24, 1988.
“Transfer of Nuclear Technology in South Asia: Beg, Borrow or Steal,” 10th Third World Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, October 3-6, 1987. (Also chaired the panel)
“Social and Political Aspects of Language,” IX South Asian Language Conference, Syracuse and Cornell Universities, June 5-7, 1987. (Also chaired the panel)
“Muslim Fundamentalism in India: A Crisis of Identity in a Secular State,” 9th National Third World Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, October 17, 1986. (Also chaired the panel)
“Elite Political Culture at the Local level in Two Communities in India,” International Political Science Association Meeting, New Delhi, India, August 19, 1986.
“Structural Variations and Literary Elites in India: Perceptions of Social Realities or Promotion of Communalism,” 8th South Asian Language
Analysis Roundtable, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, May 29, 1986. (Also chaired the panel)
“The Role of Multinationals in Training and Disseminating Managerial Know-How in Less Developed Countries,” Eastern Economic Association, Washington, D.C., March 1-4, 1986.
“India, Its Neighbors, and Superpowers: India’s Foreign Policy,” 34th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Asian Affairs, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, October 11-13, 1985. (Also chaired the panel)
“1984 General Elections in India and the Indian Politics,” 8th National Third World Studies Conference, October 12, 1985.
“Administration and Community Development in India,” 8th National Third World Studies Conference, October 12, 1985. (Also chaired the panel)
“South and Southwest Asia: Technological Developments,” Association for the Advancement of Policy Planning and Development in the Third World, Palm Beach, Florida, September 20, 1985. (Also chaired the panel)
“Ethnic and Regional Pressures in Assam and Punjab: Problems in Nation-Building in India,” 7th Annual Third World Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, October 18-20, 1984.
“Lok Dal and Political Mobilization of Backward Classes in U.P., and Haryana (India),” 33rd Annual Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, St. Louis, Missouri, October 12-13, 1984.
“Ethnic Conflict and Nation-Building in South Asia,” Department of Political Science, University of Northern Iowa, November 15, 1983.
“Role of Government Policy and Research Choices: Elite Perception of Industrialization in India,” 12th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, November 4-6, 1983.
“Three Faces of Technological Change in India,” 6th National Third World Studies Conference, University of Nebraska, Omaha, October 27-29, 1983.
“Political Development, Social Change and Public Administration in India,” 32nd Annual Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, University of Kansas, October 7-8, 1983.
“Bureaucratic Political Culture in India, Continuity and Change 1976-1981,” 11th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, November 5-7, 1982. (Also chaired the panel)
“Bureaucracy as an Agent of Social Change and Political Development in India,” 5th National Conference on the Third World, October 26-30, 1982.
“Elite Perception of the Role of Government in India’s Industrialization,” Conference on Science, Technology and Development, Association for the Advancement of Policy, Research and Development in the Third World, Washington, D.C., November 19-21, 1981.
“Modernity and Industrial Culture of Indian Elites,” 10th Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, November 6-8, 1981.
“Modernization, Social Change and Adaptation to Technologicalization in Developing Countries,” Industrial Technology Seminar, November, 1980.
“Social Protest, Bandits and I: Case Studies in Banditry in North India,” Asian Studies Symposia, University of Northern Iowa, October, 1980.
“The Erotic Art of India” Temples of Khajuraho,” Art a la carte, University of Northern Iowa, November 15, 1979.
“Citizens, Bureaucrats and Political Development in U.P., India, 1966-1976,” 8th Wisconsin Conference on South Asia, November 2, 1979.
“The Role of Women in Social and Political Change in South Asia,” 2nd National Conference on Third World, Omaha, November 16-18, 1978.
“Non-violence and Violence in Hindi Literature,” 7th Wisconsin Conference on South Asia, Madison, Wisconsin, November 3-4, 1978. (Also chaired the panel)
“Towards a More Competitive Party System in India,” Phi Alpha Theta and Department of History, University of Northern Iowa, October, 1978.
“Economic Dualism: Role of Women in a Comparative Perspective,” Women’s Conference, University of Northern Iowa, December, 1977.
“Elite Perception of Social and Political Problems: A Comparative Study of Iowa (USA) and Uttar Pradesh (India),” 24th Annual Iowa Conference of Political Scientists, December, 1973.
“Development and Change is South Asia,” 22nd Annual Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Michigan State University, October 18-20, 1973.
“A Note on the Card-Sorting Method,” 2nd Roundtable Conference, International Studies of Values in Politics, Pennsylvania, January, 1966.
“A Note on the Workability of Questionnaires,” 2nd Roundtable Conference, International Studies of Values in Politics, January, 1966.
“Relationship Between Elected Representatives and Permanent Executives in Municipal Corporations in U.P.,” Seminar on the Workings of Municipal Corporations in U.P., Lucknow University, Lucknow, November, 1963.
Book Reviews
Grass Roots Politics in India, Pacific Affairs, November, 1996.
U.S. – India Relations: The Pursuit of Accommodation, Pacific Affairs, Summer, 1994.
The Political Olympics, Perspectives on Political Science, Winter, 1992.
Human Rights in Iraq, Perspectives on Political Science, Spring, 1992.
Technologies without Boundaries, Perspectives on Political Science, Spring, 1992.
Yearbook on India’s Foreign Policy, Pacific Affairs, Summer, 1991.
International Food Regulation Handbook: Policy, Science, Law, Perspectives on Political Science, Spring, 1990.
India Briefing 1988, Perspectives on Political Science, Fall, 1989.
Bangladesh: Biography of a Muslim Nation, The Journal of Politics, February, 1987.
India’s Quest for Technological Independence, Journal of Asian Studies, February, 1985.
Politics of Administrative Alienation in India’s Rural Programs, Journal of Asian Studies, February, 1982.
Parliaments of the World, The Journal of Politics, February, 1978.
The Social System and Culture of Modern India,” Book Forum, 2(2), 1976.
Forthcoming
“Decentralization and Local Policymaking in South Asia,” 2002.
Other
Reviewer, NSF Project Grant Proposal on Environmental Issues 2001-.
Member, Board of Editors, Korean Review of Public Administration
Co-editor, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 1989-1991.
Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 1991- 1998.
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Developing Societies, 1991-.
One of the two General Editors of a five-volume project Boeing’s and Bullock Carts, Delhi.
Work in Progress (Edited Books)
International Security, Environment and Sustainable Development
Ethnicity, Nationalism and State Building in a Comparative Perspective
Other
Foreign Students’ Handbook, 1978-79, 38 pp.
COMMITTEE AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
University of Northern Iowa
Member, Professional Development Committee 1979-1980; 1999-
Member, UNI Senate, 1979-1980; 2000-
Chair, Dean’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure, SBS
College, 2000-2001
Chair, Professional Assessment Committee, Department of Political
Science, 2000-2001
Member, Graduate Council, 1973-1974; 2000-2001
Chair, Graduate Council, 1999-2001
Chair, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award Committee, 1998
Coordinator of Graduate Program, Department of Political Science,
1998
Head, Department of Political Science, 1988-1998
Acting Head, Department of Political Science, Spring 1983, and
academic year, 1987-1988
Chair, Search Committee, Assistant Vice President for International
Studies Program, 1988-1989; 1994
Member, CSBC Minority Retention Committee, 1997-
Chair, International Studies Program Committee, 1989-1997
Chair, Coordinating Committee, Non-Western Cultures Program, 1992-
1994
Chair, Search Committee, Director, Center for the Study of
Adolescence, 1992
Member, Advisory Board, Graduate Program in Public Policy, 1990
1994
Member, Search Committee, Dean Search, College of Social &
Behavioral Sciences, 1990
Member, Selection Committee, Head of Management Department,
School of Business, 1998-1999
Member, Affirmative Action Task Force, 1989-1993
Chair, Affirmative Action Council on Academic Affairs, 1992-1995
Chair, Credit Committee, UNI Credit Union, 1988-1991; 1994-1995
Chair, Asian Studies Committee, 1974; 1994
Member, Middle East and African Studies, 1983-1990
Member, Academic Master Plan, 1977-1978
Member, College Committee on Committees, 1979-1982
Member, Evaluation Committee (Head of Geography Department),
1987
Member, Women’s Studies Committee, 1983-1987
Advisor, International Students’ Association, 1969-1981
Served on 16 Doctoral Dissertation Committees, Department of
Industrial Technology
Member, Doctoral Thesis Committee (2), Education Department,
College of Education, 1994
Advisor, Political Science Students’ Association, 1984-1987
Outside University of Northern Iowa
Member, Board of Directors, Iowa Sister States, 1995-
Vice Chair, Hebei-Iowa Sister State Exchange, 1996-1997
Member, Linkage Program Yucatan (Mexico) Exchange, Iowan 1996-
Member, Education Committee, Iowa Peace Institute, 1989-1994
Member, Board of Directors, Iowa Division of the United Nations
Association, 1993-
Co-Organizer, International Political Science Association (IPSA)
Regional Conference on “Environment and Sustained Economic, New Delhi, India, 1996
Co-Organizer, Conference on “Technology Development and
Environmental Policymaking in Eastern Europe,” Sofia, Bulgaria, July 6-10, 1992
Organizer, IPSA Regional Conference on “Environment and Sustained
Economic Development in the Third World,” Arica, Chile, March 12-15, 1993
Organizer, IPSA Regional Conference, New Delhi, India, March, 1988
Organizer, IPSA Regional Conference on “Environmental
Policymaking in a Global Context,” Xian, P.C.R., November 1-4, 1994
Vice Chair, Technology, Science and Public Policy Research
Committee, IPSA, 1988-
Co-Chair, Local Politics Research Committee, IPSA, 1988-
Member, Executive Committee, Bureaucracy in Developing Countries
Research Committee, IPSA, 1991-
Executive Committee Member, Administrative Culture Research Committee, IPSA, 1993-
Secretary, Iowa Conference of Political Scientists, 1981-1982
President, Iowa Conference of Political Scientists, 1982-1983
Participated in “International Association of University Presidents
Midwest Regional Symposium” on An International Liberal Arts Core Curriculum, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, June 5-7, 1983
Member, Board of Trustees, American Institute of Indian Studies,
1974-1975; 1999-2000
Member, Board of Trustees, American Institute of Pakistan Studies,
1990
Chairman, India Festival Committee, Black Hawk County, 1985-1986
Other
Fundraising experience: Exploring India’s Cultural Traditions (partially
funded by the Iowa Humanities Board), India Festival. Appeared on and participated in dozens of TV, radio, and newspaper discussions on international affairs, lectured at public schools, churches, women’s organizations and service clubs on Asian/international affairs, member
of Student First Campaign, UNI (a multi million dollar fund raising campaign 2000-)
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Association for Asian Studies
International Political Science Association
TRAVELS ABROAD:
Soviet Union (5) Belgium (2) Nigeria Korea
Germany (5) Japan (2) Thailand Czech Republic
Yugoslavia Philippines Turkey Hong Kong (12)
Hungary Iran (2) Kuwait Abu Dhabi
Finland Dubai Lebanon Sri Lanka
Mongolia Nepal (6) Spain (2) Afghanistan
The Netherlands (4) Poland Argentina England (10)
France (4) Italy (2) Sweden Switzerland (3)
Austria (2) Mexico (15) Holland (4) Denmark (2)
Norway Chile Greece (3) Vietnam
Peoples Republic of China (6)