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Kathanne Westbrook Greene
University of Southern Mississippi
Department of Political Science

Education

B.S. Public Administration, Auburn University, 1980
MPPA, Mississippi State University, 1983
Ph.D., University of Utah, 1988

Present Position

Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Southern Mississippi, 1994-
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Southern Mississippi, 1989-1994
      Honors College Faculty, 1990-1991, 1992-93, 1995-96, 2000-2001
      Honors Advisor for Political Science Majors, 1997 -
Pre-Law Advisor 1990-2000, Fall 2001, 2003 - 2007

Previous Positions

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Denison University, 1988-1989
Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Law, Memphis State University, 1987-1988

Teaching (Courses Taught)

American Government
Introduction to Law and Society
Constitutional Law
The Supreme Court and Civil Liberties
Women and the Law
Women and Politics
American Political Thought
Senior Capstone Seminar
Seminar in Public Law
Seminar in American Politics
Introduction to Women's Studies
Women's Studies Seminar:  Modern Feminist Thought
Feminist Research Methods
Introduction to Public Administration

Publications

Books
Affirmative Action and Principles of Justice, Greenwood Press, 1989.

Refereed Journal Articles
"Southern Misfits: Identity, Politics, and Religion in the Music of Indigo Girls" Southern Quarterly, Volume 44, No. 4 (Summer 2007)
"Fear and Loathing in Mississippi: The Attack on Camp Sister Spirit," reprinted in Journal of Lesbian Studies, Volume 7, No. 2 (2003)
"Women in Southern United States Politics," with Diane Wall, Southeastern Political Review, Volume 28, No. 3, September 2000.
"Fear and Loathing in Mississippi: The Attack on Camp Sister Spirit," Women and Politics,  Vol. 17, No. 3, 1997
"Camp Sister Spirit versus Ovett: Culture Wars in Mississippi," with Ed Wheat, Southeastern Political Review Volume 23, No. 2 (June 1995).
"Torts Over Tempo: The Life and Career of Judge Burnita Shelton Matthews," Journal of Mississippi History, Vol. LVI, No. 3 (August 1994).

Chapters in Books
"Fear and Loathing in Mississippi: The Attack on Camp Sister Spirit," reprinted in Lesbian Rites: Symbolic Acts and the Power of Community. edited by Ramona Faith Oswald. Harrington Park Press. 2003.
"Burnita Shelton Matthews: the Struggle for Women's Rights," in Mississippi Women: Portraits of Achievement, edited by Martha Swain and Elizabeth Payne, University Press of Georgia, 2003.
"Women in Mississippi Politics," in Politics in Mississippi, 2d edition, edited by Joseph Parker, Sheffield Publishing, 2001.
"Interest Group Politics in Utah", with Ron Hrebenar and Melanee Cherry, in Interest Group Politics in the American West, University of Utah Press, 1987.
"The Reagan Justice Department," in The Reagan Administration and Human Rights, with Howard Ball, edited by Tinsley Yarbrough, Praeger Press, 1985.

Encyclopedia Entries
"Undue Burden" in Historical and Multicultural Encyclopedia of Women's Reproductive Rights in the United States, edited by Judith Baer, Greenwood Press, 2002.
"James Benton Parsons" in The Scribner's Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol. 3, 2001
"Burnita Shelton Matthews" in The Scribner's Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol. 2, 1999.

Book Reviews

Literacy and Racial Justice: The Politics of Learning after Brown v. Board of Education by Catherine Prendergast. Journal of Law and Education. Vol. 34 No 3 (July 2005) pp.493-496.
Studies in Law and Society, Volume 29, by Austin Sarat and Patricia Ewick (eds.). The Law and Politics Book Review. Vol. 14 No. 5 (May 2004), pp.328-330
Law and the Web of Society by Cynthia L. Cates and Wayne V. McIntosh, The Law and Politics Book Review,  Vol. 12 No. 1 (January 2002) pp. 64-66.
Affirmative Action and the University: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Higher Education Employment by Kul B. Rai and John W. Critzer. American Political Science Review – After reviewing this book, I recommended to the editor that it was not worthy of review in this journal. I am seeking another type of journal at this time.
Woman's Suffrage and the Origins of Liberal Feminism in the United States: 1820-1920. by Suzanne M. Marilley.  Law and History Review, Fall 2000.
Women and Political Participation:  Cultural Change in the Political Arena. by M. Margaret Conway, Gertrude A. Steuernagel, and David W. Ahern.  Southeastern Political Review, September 2000.
Strangers to the Law: Gay People on Trial by Lisa Keen and Suzanne B. Goldberg. The Law and Politics Book Review.  Vol 10. no 4 (April 2000), pp. 251-253.
Family Law in the United States: Changing Perspectives by Patricia McGee Crotty.  The Law and Politics Book Review.  Vol. 9, No. 8 (September 1999), pp. 377-378.
The Ironies of Affirmative Action:  Politics, Justice and Culture in America. by John David Skrentny. American Political Science Review. Vol. 91, No. 1(July, 1997), pp.197-199.
Protecting Women:  Protective Legislation in Europe, Australia and the United States. edited by Ulla Wikender and Alice Kessler-Harris.  The Law and Politics Book Review.  Vol. 6. No. 3 (March 1996), pp. 57-58.
Non Referred Professional Journal
"Burnita Shelton Matthews: Feminist and Judge," The Mississippi Lawyer, Vol XLVI No. 4 (March-April 2000), pp. 32-34.

research in progress

"The Life, Work and Judicial Philosophy of Judge Burnita Shelton Matthews"
"The Politics of the Southern Lesbian Community"

other Scholarly and Creative Activities

Scholarly
Guest Editor (with Diane Wall) of Special Issue on Women and Southern Politics of the Southeastern Political Review.  September 2000.
The Woman's Chautauqua, portrayed Burnita Shelton Matthews in the Woman's Chautauqua.  In 1996, the Chautauqua was funded by the Mississippi Humanities Council and was performed in Oxford (March 5), Gulfport (March 21), Picayune (March 22), Cleveland (March 25),Columbus (March 28) Hattiesburg (June 21) and Stennis Space Center (August 26).  Also portrayed were Nellie Nugent Somerville (by Elizabeth Sarcone) and Ellen S. Woodward (by Martha Swain).  Additional performances were held in 1998 in Cleveland, Booneville and Raleigh, Mississippi.

Creative
"Adjust," "Fear Sounds," and "Reconstruction" (Katrina trilogy of poems), Southern Quarterly. Vol. 43, No. 3 (Spring) 2006, pp. 128-129.
One Last Cig: An Evening of Poetry, Music and Dance, September 25, 2004.  A Silver Spoon Production.  USM Department of Theatre and Dance.

Conference Papers And Panel Participation

Chair, Panel on Race and Gender, Mississippi Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Hattiesburg, MS March 2-3, 2007.
Chair, Panel on Diversity of Research in Political Science, Mississippi Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Oxford, MS February 10-11, 2006.
Chair, Panel on Race and Power, Mississippi Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Belhaven College, Jackson, MS February 2005.
Chair and  Presenter, Concurrent Session Panel on Exploring Indigo Girls: Identities, Communities and Activism, National Women's Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 20-22, 2003.
"Southerness in Blue: Identity,  Place and Politics in the Music of Indigo Girls" National Women's Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 20-22, 2003.
Chair, Graduate Student Panel on Women and the Law, Mississippi Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Mississippi, February 28-March 1, 2003.
"Southerness in the Music of the Indigo Girls," American Studies Conference on the South, University of Southern Mississippi and University of Wales, Swansea,, USM Gulf Coast Campus, September 20-21, 2002.
Discussant, Professional Development Panel, Graduate School, Law School and Beyond, Mississippi Political Science Association Annual Meeting, February 16-17, 2001.
Discussant, Panels on Issues of Race: Past and Present and Theory, Teaching and Practice of Political Science. Mississippi and Alabama Political Science Associations Joint Annual Meeting, April 9-10, 1999, Jackson, Mississippi.
"Exploring Dynamics in Women's Studies Programs in Mississippi," with Diane Wall at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, October, 1999, Atlanta, Georgia.
Chair, Concurrent Session on Creating Women's Studies Programs in Conservative Communities.  Presenter, "Women's Studies @ the University of Southern Mississippi," at the annual meeting of the National Women's Studies Association, June 18-22, 1997, St. Louis, Missouri
"Judge Burnita Shelton Matthews and the Law," at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Political Science Association, February 28-March 1, 1997, Jackson, Mississippi
Discussant, Panel on State and Local Government, at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Political Science Association, February 23-24, 1996, Greenville, Mississippi.
"Camp Sister Spirit versus the Religious Right," at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 30-September 3, 1995, Chicago, Illinois.
Participant, Roundtable on Lani Guinier's The Tyranny of the Majority: Fundamental Fairness in a Representative Democracy, at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Political Science Association, March 3-4, 1995, Jackson, Mississippi.
"spooking the Southern Wild Sisters: the Sado-Ritual Syndrome and Camp Sister Spirit," at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 2-5, 1994, Atlanta, Georgia.
Discussant, Panel on Current Trends in Graduate Research, at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of American Society for Public Administration, April 6-8, 1994, Biloxi, Mississippi.
"Camp Sister Spirit versus Ovett: Culture Wars in Mississippi," with Ed Wheat at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Political Science Association, March 4-5, 1994, USM Gulf Coast Campus, Long Beach, Mississippi.
"Incorporating Domestic Violence Issues in Medical Education" with Sherrie Fontaine, Debra Stephens, and Eugene Mochan, at the 121st annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, October 24-28, 1993, San Francisco, California.
Chair, Panel on African American and Feminist Politics and Moderator for MVSU Student Panel: All-Male Schools in the Inner City: Will Positive Role Models Improve Education? at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Political Science Association, February 26-27, 1993, Jackson, MS.
"Radical Feminist/Judicial Conservative: The Life and Career of Judge Burnita Shelton Matthews," presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 5-7,1992, Atlanta, GA.
Chair, Panel on Women in Politics, at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Political Science Association, February 7-8, 1992, Starkville, MS.
Discussant, Panel on Policy Process Models and Poverty, at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Political Science Association, February 7-8, 1992, Starkville, MS.
"The Tao of Disparate Impact: A Feminist Analysis of Griggs, Watson, and Ward's Cove," presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, March 28-31, 1991, San Antonio, TX.
Chair and Participant, Roundtable on Women in Political Science in Mississippi, at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Political Science Association, February 15-16, 1991, Oxford, MS.
"Undoing Affirmative Action: The Reagan Administration and the Supreme Court," presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Nov. 2-4, 1989, Memphis, Tennessee.
Chair, Panel on Comparative Legal Issues at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 29-April 1, 1989, Salt Lake City, Utah.
"Rape Reform Legislation in the U.S. and Canada: 1980-1987," presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 29-April 1, 1989, Salt Lake City, Utah.
"Principles of Justice in the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decisions: Policymaking v. Statutory Interpretation," presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 10-12, 1988, San Francisco, CA.
"Affirmative Action and Principles of Justice," presented at the annual meeting of the Utah Political Science Association, October 17-18, 1986, Logan, Utah.
"Interest Groups in Utah," with Ron Hrebenar and Melanee Cherry, presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, April 11-14, 1984, Sacramento, California.

Awards, Honor, Grants and Fellowships

Mississippi Humanities Council Grant for Women in the Humanities Lecture:  Barbara Smith, February 17, 2005.  $2000.
Aubrey K. Lucas Endowment, University research support ($3800), 1996.
Willie D. Halsell Prize, 3 March 1995, Mississippi Historical Society.  The Halsell Prize is awarded for the best paper published in The Journal of Mississippi History.  I received this award for my paper "Torts over Tempo:  the Life and Career of Judge Burnita Shelton Matthews."
National Endowment for the Humanities Travel to Collections Grant, 1992,  FE-27200-92, for travel to the Schlesinger Library of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA to use the Burnita Shelton Matthews Papers.
Marriner S. Eccles Graduate Fellowship in Political Economy, University of Utah, 1986-1987.  The Eccles Fellowship is a University research grant awarded to approximately fifteen graduates students each year for public policy research and included a stipend of $8500 plus tuition and fees. My research was on the role of compensatory and distributive principles of justice in affirmative action policy.
Teaching Fellow, University of Utah, 1983-1986
Research Assistant for Professor Howard Ball, University of Utah, 1984  
Duties included locating research materials and interviewing individuals for Professor Ball's book Justice Downwind  (Oxford, 1986)
Title IX Public Service Fellowship, Mississippi State University, 1981-1983
Pi Alpha Alpha, Mississippi State University, Chapter President, 1983
Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Political Science, Mississippi State, 1983

Guest Lectures

Speech Inducting Burnita Shelton Matthews into the Mississippi Hall of Fame, September 15, 2002.  Old Capitol Museum, Jackson, MS.

Professional Development

Technology and the Changing Nature of the Presidency, on-line seminar with David Yalof, University of Connecticut, March 10, 2009.
Teaching About Obama and the Supreme Court, on-line seminar with David Yalof, University of Connecticut, February 24, 2009.
Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, USM, 1995-1996

University Service

Director of Women's Studies, 2000-2002
Developing WS Course for British Studies Program, 2000
Academic Council, 2000-2001
Sexual Assault and Harassment Committee, Member, 2001
Ex-Officio Member, USM Sexual Assault and Harassment Task Force, 1999
University Council, 1995-1998
College of Liberal Arts Advisory Committee, 1995-1996,1997-1999
Women's Studies Program Advisory Committee, Graduate School Liaison, 1995-1999
Committee on Resources and Services for Women, USM, Member, 1992-2003, 2007 to preent: Co-Chair, 1992-1993; Co-Convenor, 1999-2000; Historian, 2002-2003, Co-Chair, 2004-2007.
Faculty Senate Representative for the College of Liberal Arts, USM, 1992-1994 (Affirmative Action Committee), 1995-1998 (University Image Committee -1996, College Delegation Chair -1996, Academic/Governance Committee - 1997,1998), 2001,  2004-2005, 2008-2009.
Faculty Advisor, Future Black Law Students, 2004 -
Faculty Advisor to Women's Rugby Club, 2002-
Faculty Advisor to Project Dissent, 2001-2002
Faculty Advisor to Society of Future Attorneys, 1999-2002
Faculty Advisor to the Pre-Law Society, USM, 1990 - 1998
College of Liberal Arts College Council Representative, USM,1990-1992, 1994-1996, 2000-2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.
Department Textbook Committee, Chair, University of Southern Mississippi, 1989 to present
Department Undergraduate Curriculum, 2005.
Faculty Senate Affirmative Action Committee, Student Representative, University of Utah, 1986-1987

professional service

Executive Director, Mississippi Political Science Association, 1996-1999, 2005 -2008
American Political Science Association Representative to the Inauguration of USM President Horace Fleming, 1998.
Ex-Officio Member of the Executive Council, Mississippi Political Science Association, 1994-1995
Member of the Executive Council, Mississippi Political Science Association, 1999-2000
President, Mississippi Political Science Association, 1993-1994. 2002-2003
Vice President/Program Chair, Mississippi Political Science Association, 1992-1993. 2001-2002
Secretary/Treasurer, Mississippi Political Science Association, 1991-1992, 2000-2001
Manuscript Reviewer for Greenwood Press and St. Martin's Press
Referee for the Southeastern Political Review

Miscellaneous Activities and Service

Guest Speaker, Victims' Rights Vigil. Laurel, MS.  May, 2004.
Keynote Speaker, Take Back the Night Vigil.  USM, April, 2004.
Co-Producer, V-Day College Initiative Benefit Performance of The Vagina Monologues, a fund raiser for the Sexual Assault Crisis Center, February 26, 2003.
Producer, V-Day College Initiative Benefit Performance of The Vagina Monologues, a Fund-raiser for the Sexual Assault Crisis Center, February 19, 2001.
Keynote Speaker, Take Back the Night Vigil, USM,  April 10, 1996.
American Association of University Women, Member, Public Policy Officer, Membership Officer, Hattiesburg Branch, 1995 -1997
Keynote Speaker, Take Back the Night Vigil, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, April 12, 1995.
"Camp Sister Spirit versus Ovett: Culture Wars in Mississippi," with Ed Wheat, Women's History Month Brown Bag Presentation, USM, March 22, 1994.
"Torts over Tempo: An Investigation into the Life and Career of Judge Burnita Shelton Matthews" presented at a Brown Bag Seminar for Women's History Month, March 29, 1993.