Gary A. Keith

Political Science Department, Assistant Professor

University of the Incarnate Word
378 Administration Building, (210) 832-2183

Gary Keith

Email: gkeith@uiwtx.edu

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UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT COURSES, FALL 2007:

American Politics and Government

POLS 1315     9 TTh AD 231

POLS 1315     3 MW GB 115

Texas Politics and Government

POLS 1316     12 TTh AD 242

U.S. Legal System

POLS 2392     4:30 MW AD 245

DEGREES:

Ph.D., Brandeis University , Politics, 1980

B.A., Baylor University , Political Science, 1974

AWARDS:

Eyes of Texas Excellence Award (University of Texas, Fall 2004)

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS:

Eckhardt: There Once Was a Congressman from Texas. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007.

 

Texas Politics and Government: Continuity and Change, co-authored with Stefan Haag. New York: Addison-Wesley-Longman, 1st ed., 2006.

American Government: Continuity and Change: Texas Edition , co-authored with Karen O'Connor, Larry Sabato, and Stefan Haag. New York: Addison-Wesley-Longman, 2006, 2004, 2002.

Book Review, Deep in the Heart: The Texas Tendency in American Politics. In Great Plains Research, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2005, 329-330.

Texas Politics and Government: Ideas, Institutions, and Policies , co-authored with Stefan Haag and Rex Peebles. New York: Addison-Wesley-Longman, 3rd ed., 2003; 2nd ed., 2001; 1st ed., 1997.
American Government: Continuity and Change: FlexChoice Edition , co-authored with Karen O'Connor, Larry Sabato, and Stefan Haag. New York: Addison-Wesley-Longman, 2002.

"New Federal Support for Priority Watershed Management Needs," co-authored with Clayton Ogg, Journal of the American Water Resources Association , April 2002.

"If This Is Two-Party Democracy, You Can Have It: The 2000 Texas House and Senate Elections," Paper presented at Election 2000: Decisions and Consequences Conference, Baylor University, October 17-18, 2000.

"Implications for the Future: A Strategic Look at Policies for Polluted Runoff," co-authored with Ron Jones and Jan McNitt. Water Resources Impact, 2:3, May 2000, 7-9.

"CEEOT-LP Modeling for the Upper Maquoketa River Watershed, Iowa, Final Report," Gary Keith, Stuart Norvell, Ron Jones, Charles Maquire, Edward Osei, Ali Saleh, Philip Gassman, John Rodecap, TIAER, PR0003, 2000.

"Livestock and the Environment: Industry Led Solutions," Gary Keith, Ron Jones and Stan Johnson, TIAER,  PR0004, 2000.

EXPERTISE:

Texas and U.S. government and politics
Legislative politics (served as executive director, Legislative Study Group, Texas House of Representatives; dissertation: "Legislative Leadership and Opposition.")

Environmental policy; nonpoint source pollution policy development and implementation (served as senior policy analyst at Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research (TIAER, Tarleton State University, 1999-2000) and in the Texas Department of Agriculture's Office of Natural Resources (1987-1989).

Legislative intent legal research


 

CURRENT PROJECTS:
Research on Texas legislative and electoral politics

MEMBERSHIPS:
American Political Science Association , Southwestern Social Science Association , SouthWest Association of Pre-Law Advisors
Omicron Delta Kappa

University of the Incarnate Word Department of Political ScienceGovernment
Administration Building , San Antonio, Texas 78209
      Department phone: (210) 829-3879 Fax: (210) 829-3880

last updated 10/16/07