Northeastern Political Science Association November 1998

Presented a Paper, “Non-Traditional Teaching Approaches: Using Simulations in International Relations Courses”

Chair, Discussant, “Non-Traditional Audiences, Materials, and Techniques in Teaching Political Science”

Northeastern Political Science Association  November 1997

Presented a paper, "Using International Simulations as a Learning Aid: Project ICONS”

International Studies Association November 1996

Presented a paper, "Cooperative Learning Techniques for Comparative Politics"

International Studies Association   March 1994

Presented a paper, "Change and Non-change in the Former Eastern Europe: Similarities and Differences Between Central Europe and the Balkans"

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies November 1993

Discussant on a panel on Civil-Military Relations in Post-Communist Eastern Europe.

Northeast Political Science Association

Presented a paper, "Beyond the Pact: Political Cooperation in Central Europe Since 1989"> November 1992

University of Maryland International Faculty and Administrators Association September 1992

Chair of Panel, "UMS Initiatives in Eastern Europe".

New England Political Science Association April 1992

Chair of a panel, "Recent Political Changes in Eastern Europe"

Southwestern Political Science Association March 1992

Presented a paper, "The Legacies of Communism in Central Europe"

Northeast Political Science Association November 1991

Presented a paper, "Political Pluralism in Post-Communist Poland: New Parties, New Politics?"

Universitat Hohenheim, Institut for Sozialwissenschaften, Lehrstuhl fur Politische Wissenschaft, Stuttgart, Germany  May 1991

Discussant, "Low Intensity Conflict As A Problem of Western Security Cooperation"

Northeast Political Science Association November 1990

Presented a paper, "The Recent Local Elections in Poland: Good News or Bad News?"

Western Slavic Review

Presented a paper, "Is the Party Over?: Recent Developments in Polish Regional Politics"

Council for the International Exchange for Scholars1994
Finalist for a Fulbright Teaching Scholarship to Poland

Faculty Coordinator and Guest Lecturer Spring 1993 and 1991
Mary Immaculate College, Ireland

Research Scholar  May 1992 and 1993
Lecture Series sponsored by the center for the Study of Post- Communist Societies, held in Warsaw, Budapest, Prague, and Vilnius.

Research Fellow  May 1988
Fall 1984
Christian-Albrechts-Universitat, Kiel, Germany

Editor, East Central Europe in the 1990s, Westview Press, 1994.

Post-Communist Systems in Eastern Europe, The Pennsylvania State University, 1991.

Comparative Politics of Western Europe,   The Pennsylvania State University, 1990.

Associate Professor 1989-Present
Department of Political Science, Frostburg State University

Instructor 1985-1988
Departments of Political Science and Independent Learning, The Pennsylvania State University.

Coordinator, International Studies Program1994-Present

Director, Ireland Exchange Program1994-1997

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science, May 1990
Dissertation title: "Crisis and Reconstruction in Poland: The Regional Communist Parties of Wroclaw and Kielce"

Master of Arts, Political Science, July 1984

Kings College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, May 1982