USM FACULTY PUBLICATIONS:

ARTICLES:

• Dr. Marek Steedman: “‘Strangers Among Themselves’: Race and Democracy in Tocqueville’s Democracy in America,” under review at History of Political Thought.
• Dr. Marek Steedman: “How Race was Constructed in the New South,” forthcoming, Du Bois Review, volume 5, no. 1, spring 2009.
• Dr. Marek Steedman: “Resistance, Rebirth, and Redemption: The Rhetoric of White Supremacy in Post-Civil War Louisiana,” in “Rights and Practices of Modern Resistance,” Historical Reflections /Réflexions Historiques, forthcoming spring 2009.
• Dr. Ward Sayre: "Youth Exclusion in the West Bank and Gaza Strip" in Youth Exclusion in the Middle East and North Africa. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution, Forthcoming April 2009, with Samia al-Botmeh
• Dr. David Butler: 2008 "Framing the Race Debate: Analyzing a New York Times conversation," submitted to the Southeastern Geographer, March, with Josepher Montes, accepted with revisions, revised June.
• Dr. David Butler: 2008 "Imagining Plantations: Slavery, Dominant Narratives, and Foreigners," submitted to the Southeastern Geographer, March, with Perry Carter and Owen Dwyer, accepted for publication June, publication date spring 2009.
• Dr. David Butler: 2008 "Women's Work: The Home, the Workplace, and the Spaces Between" submitted to Industrial Geographer, with Perry Carter, accepted for publication June.
  
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: “Globalization Discontent: The Effects of Globalization on Ethnic Protest.” Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 2008 (with Dr. J.J. St. Marie).
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: “The Influence of Temporal Choice, Correlation, and Sample Size on Income Convergence,” Review of Regional Studies, 2008.
•  Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: “Different Aspects of Globalization,” Global Horizons: The Journal of Global Policy and Resilience (as guest editor), 2.1. 2008.
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: “Emerging No More: Do Emerging Market Economies Owe Their Success to Globalization?” International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, 1. 3. 2008 (with Dr. Joseph J. St. Marie).
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: “Monetary Reality and Economic Adaptability of New Entrants to the EU,” International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, 2008 (with Dr. Joseph J. St. Marie).
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: “Global Shift: Is there a link between Economic Growth and Globalization?” International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, 1. 2. Pp. 163-174. 2008 (with Dr. Joseph J. St. Marie).
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: “The Colonial Origins of Human Security: Economic, Geographic, and Institutional Determinants.” Journal of Politics and Policy, 36. 1. 2008 (with Dr. Joseph J. St. Marie and Sam S. Stanton).
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: “The Economics of International Trade in South-eastern Europe,” The Slavonic and East European Review, 2008. 11. 2  (with Bruno, S. Sergi)
• Dr. Ward Sayre: "Aid, Development and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict" Global Horizons, Fall 2007, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.5-12.
• Dr. Ward Sayre: “Paying for Bodies, but not for Organs” RegulationWinter 2007, Vol 29. No. 4,  pp 14-19 with David E. Harrington.
• Dr. Robert Pauly: “The Centrality of Egypt to the Future of the Greater Middle§ East,” with B.J. Jordan, in Jack Covarrubias and Tom Lansford, eds., Strategic Interests in the Middle East (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2007).
• Dr. Robert Pauly: “Iraq in the§ 21st Century,” with Jeff Stephens, in James Forest, ed., Countering Terrorism in the 21st Century (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2007).
• Dr. Robert Pauly: Entries on Mid-Atlantic and§ Chesapeake Colonies, Election and Legislative System for Marshall Cavendish Publishing’s Exploring American History encyclopedia series (2007).
• Dr. Robert Pauly: Entries§ on Florence, German towns, the Medici and the Visconti for Marshall Cavendish Publishing’s Renaissance and Reformation encyclopedia series (2007).
• Dr. Robert Pauly: “Denying Terrorists Sanctuary through the use of Civil§ Military Operations,” with Robert Redding, in James Forest, ed., Countering Terrorism in the 21st Century (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2007).
• Dr. David Butler: 2007 “Interdisciplinary Departments” as part of the NSF’s Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education (EDGE) project.
• Dr. David Butler: 2007 "The Social and Economic Impact of The Call Center Industry in Ireland,” in the International Journal of Social Economics, volume 34, numbers 3 and 4, with Chuck Jobs and Deena Burris, pages 276-289.
• Jack Covarrubias: “Preface,” in Jack Covarrubias and Tom Lansford, eds., Strategic Interests in the Middle East: Opposition or Support for US Foreign Policy (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2007).
• Jack Covarrubias: “Germany and the Middle East: The Construction of Moral Interests,” in Jack Covarrubias and Tom Lansford, eds., Strategic Interests in the Middle East: Opposition or Support for US Foreign Policy, with Chris White (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2007).
• Dr. Bob Press: “Teaching Democracy Democratically.” Academic Exchange Quarterly. Winter 2007. (One of three featured “Editors Choice” articles and thus available in full on line, free.)
• Dr. Bob Press: “Cracking Down on Mexico’s Crackdowns,” op-ed February 6, 2007. The Christian Science Monitor. Focuses on human rights abuses in Oaxaca, Mexico, based on first-hand participation in a human rights delegation there December 06.
• Dr. Bob Press: “Civil Rights Abuse in Mexico of Concern to All,” January 7, 2007. Hattiesburg American op-ed.
• Dr. Bob Press: “We Have Fewer Civil Liberties,” September 10, 2006. Hattiesburg American op-ed.
• Dr. Bob Press: Teaching publication: “Teaching Democracy Democratically”. Academic Exchange Quarterly. Winter 2007. Vol. 11, issue 4 (3617-3626). This was one of three articles featured as “Editor’s Choice” and thus made available in its entirety on line free.
• Marija Bekafigo: “‘No Irish Need Apply’? Veto Players and Legislative Productivity in the Republic of Ireland, 1949-2000” with Richard S. Conley (Manuscript accepted for publication at Comparative Political Studies, Forthcoming 2010.)
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• BOOK CHAPTERS
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: “Globalization and American Foreign Policy.” in Europe To Protect and Defend:  US Homeland Security Policy. Edited by Robert J. Pauly Jr. Ashgate Publishing Limited. Final draft submitted, 2008 (contract attached) (with Joseph J. St. Marie).
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: “The Nexus of Terrorism, Security and Political Economy.” in Europe To Protect and Defend:  US Homeland Security Policy. Edited by Robert J. Pauly Jr. Ashgate Publishing Limited. Final draft submitted, 2008 (contract attached) (with Joseph J. St. Marie).

  CONFERENCES/PRESENTATIONS:

• Dr. Marek Steedman: ‘Walk With Me in White’: Race and Self-Mastery in Gilded Age Atlanta,” submitted to Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, March 20-22, 2009.
• Dr. Marek Steedman: “Wards of the Nation: Southern Progressive Tutelage of the Races (1900-1920),” American Political Theory Conference, Wesleyan University, October 9-12, 2008.
• Dr. Marek Steedman: “Can Liberalism be Ascriptive?: Race and Dependence in American Political Thought,” Dependence and Independence in Constructions of Citizenship Panel. Western Political Science Association, San Diego, March 20-22, 2008.
• Mr. William Newman, J.D.: “Recent Developments in Family Law, Business Law, and Constitutional Law for Mississippi Lawyers,”   Annual Course of Study presented annually on the Mississippi Continuing Legal Education Circuit; Natchez, Biloxi, Cleveland,
   Oxford, Starkville, Hattiesburg, and Jackson, Mississippi (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008).
• Mr. William Newman, J.D.: “Patents, Trademark, and Copyright Law for the General Practitioner,” Continuing Legal Education presentation accredited by the Alabama State Bar Commission on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, the Mississippi Commission on Continuing Legal Education, and the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and       Specialization.  Presented in Jackson, Mississippi; Birmingham, Alabama; and  Nashville, Tennessee (2007).
• Dr. Marek Steedman: Chair and Discussant. Political Theory Panel. Annual Meeting of the Mississippi and Louisiana Political Science Associations, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, March 2-3, 2007.
• Dr. David Butler: 2008 Keynote Panelist, International Contact Center Management, Canada, October, scheduled.
• Dr. David Butler: 2008 “Call Centers and Economic Development,” at the New South Economic Development Conference, Jackson, September, scheduled.
• Dr. David Butler: 2008 “Gazing Across the Color Line: White visitors to Southern Heritage Sites” presentation at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, April, with Perry Carter and Own Dwyer.
• Dr. Robert Pauly: “The United States, Sunni Tribes,§ Nation/State Building and the Battle Against Al Qaeda in Iraq,” National Social Science Association Annual Conference (April 2008).
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: “Taylor Rule in East Asian Countries,” Proceedings of the International Conference of American Institute of Higher Education, 2008.
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: “Goods and Violence: Does Trade Influence Civil War?” Proceedings of International Conference of American Institute of Higher Education, 2008.
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: “Trade Expansion and Ethnic Conflict,” Papers and Proceedings of Academy of Economics and Finance, 2008. (with Dr. Joseph, J. St. Marie).
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: “Globalization and Human Security,” Papers and Proceedings of Academy of Economics and Finance, 2008 (with Dr. Joseph, J. St. Marie).
• Dr. Bob Press: “The Importance of Interpretive Methods in Detecting and Analyzing Social Movements in Authoritarian Countries: Contemporary Human Rights Activism in Liberia and Kenya.” American Political Science Association annual meeting, Boston (August 2008).
• Dr. Bob Press: Kenya: Conflict and Reconciliation 2008. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Hattiesburg, MS.; March 2008.
• Maria Bekafigo: An Examination of Party Leaders’ and Committee Chairs’ “Actions” in the U.S. House, 1945-1996.” Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2008.
• Dr. Ward Sayre: “Unemployment Duration and Labor Market Regulations in Palestine” with Yousef Daoud, 7th International Conference of the Middle East Economic Association, (May 2008), Famagusta, North Cyprus
• Dr. Ward Sayre: “Economic Reforms and the Rebuilding of the Palestinian Health Care Sector” presented at Rebuilding the Palestinian Health Care System Conference, Centra Consulting (March 2008) Arlington, VA.
• Jack Covarrubias: “National Technology and Social Science Conference,” April 6-8, 2008. Las Vegas, Nevada. Presentation: Iraq: Recommendations to the Coming U.S. Administration
• Jack Covarrubias: “2008 Annual Southern Political Science Association Convention,”January 9-   12, 2008. New Orleans, LA. Presentation: Germany and the Middle East: The Trappings of a Civilian Power.          Chair: Foreign Policy in the Middle East Panel
• Jack Covarrubias: “National Technology and Social Science Conference,” April 14-16, 2007. Las Vegas, Nevada. Presentation: Germany and the Middle East: The Construction of Moral Interests          Chair: US Foreign Policy
• Jack Covarrubias: “6th Graduate Research Conference: Transformation in International Politics-Challenge to Democracy,” April 13-14, 2007. Norfolk, VA.
• Jack Covarrubias: Presentation:  Germany and the Middle East: The Return of Kant.
• Dr. Ward Sayre:  “Volatility and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from the West Bank and Gaza Strip” presented to the University of Southern Mississippi Economics Department Seminar (October 2007)
• Dr. Ward Sayre: “Death of the Autopsy: Is Better Imaging Technology or Cost-Cutting to Blame?” presented to the University of Southern Mississippi Economics Department Seminar (April 2007) and Southwestern Economics Association (March 2007) Albuquerque, NM
• Dr. Robert Pauly: “Islam in Europe,” National§ Social Science Association Annual Conference (April 2007)
  
• Dr. Robert Pauly: “Islam in Europe:§ Integration or Marginalization,” Central Intelligence Agency Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program Conference (invitation only for academics and US government intelligence analysts) (May 2007).
  
• Dr. David Butler: 2007 “Tourism Plantations - Racialized Spaces and Unexpected Results” Presentation at the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, Charlotte, NC, October.
• Dr. David Butler: 2007 “Call Centers and Development” presentation at the New South Economic Development Course, Biloxi, September.
• Dr. David Butler: 2007 “Viewing Historical Sites through the Gaze of the ‘Other’” presentation at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, April, with Perry Carter and Own Dwyer.
• Dr. David Butler: 2007 I'm sorry, can you please repeat that?, India and the call center phenomena, Presented to Mississippi University for Women's International Series, February 2007
• Dr. Bob Press: “Uninvited Peacemakers: How Liberian Women Engaged Warlords in Quiet Talks to End a Civil War (1997-2003)”. African Studies Association Annual Meeting, New York (2007). I was Chair.
• Dr. Bob Press: Talk at annual Black History meeting of the USM African American Student Association: “Virtual and Voluntary ‘Segregation’ of Students at USM,” February 2007.

• BOOKS:

• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: Revolutionary Iran and the United States: Low Intensity Conflict in the Persian Gulf, Manuscript Accepted by Ashgate publication, 2009 (with Dr. J.J. St. Marie).
• Dr. Robert Pauly: Book Review of David M. Abshire’s Saving the Reagan Presidency§ (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2005), White House Studies (Spring 2007).
•  Jack Covarrubias: Strategic Interests in the Middle East: Opposition or Support for US Foreign Policy, with Tom Lansford (co-editors) (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, October   2007).
• Dr. Tom Lansford: U.S. Foreign Policy and Conflict in the Islamic World, Tom Lansford and Jack Kalapakian, editors.
• Dr. Tom Lansford: Ethics and Global Politics, Tom Lansford and Patrick Hayden, editors.
• Dr. Tom Lansford: Homeland Security, Tom Payne and Tom Lansford, editors
• Dr. Tom Lansford: NATO: An Encyclopedia. George Kurian and Tom Lansford. Dulles, VA: Brassey's, forthcoming, 2007.
• Dr. Tom Lansford: Historical Dictionary of Post-Cold War Diplomacy. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, forthcoming 2007.
• Dr. Tom Lansford: Strategic Interests in the Middle East: Opposition or Support for US Foreign Policy. Edited by Tom Lansford and Jack Covarrubias. Aldershot: Ashgate, forthcoming, 2007.
• Dr. Tom Lansford: Communism. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish, forthcoming, 2007.
• Dr. Tom Lansford: Democracy. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish, forthcoming, 2007.

• REVIEWS:
• Dr. Bob Press: (Requested) comparative review of two published books (2007) Globalization from Below: Transnational Activists and protest Networks; and It Was like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics, for Perspectives on Politics.
• Dr. Bob Press: (Requested) pre-publication review of manuscript (2007): “Struggling for Social Justice in the Era of Globalization: The Cases of African Americans, Oromos, and Southern Sudanese” for African Studies Review.
• Dr. Bob Press: (Requested) pre-publication review of manuscript (2007) “Neoliberalism and Racial Redress: Indigenization and Politics in Tanzania and Fiji,” for Research in Political Sociology.
• Dr. Bob Press: (Requested) pre-publication review of manuscript (2007) “The Unstable Warlords Trajectory: The Importance of Local Dimension in Contemporary Conflicts (in Africa),” for African Studies Review.
• Dr. Ward Sayre: “Review of Palestinian Labour Migration to Israel: Land, Labour, and Occupation, by Leila Farsakh” Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 41 No. 2, Winter 2007.
• Maria Bekafigo: Edward S. Greenberg and Benjamin I. Page, The Struggle for Democracy. New York: Longman, 2007.

• PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

• Dr. Robert Pauly: “The United States and Iraq: An Examination of Conflict§ Resolution and Nation/State Building—Options for the Next American President,” Keynote Address at the annual dinner meeting of the New Orleans chapter of the World Affairs Council (June 2008).

• Dr. Robert Pauly: “Assessing the Costs, Benefits and§ Challenges of America’s Intervention in Iraq,” Invited Visiting Scholar for Presentation at Roundtable entitled, “Iraq: Five Years Later,” Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS (March 2008).
  

  SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT:

• Dr. Marek Steedman: Nominated for the Committee on the Status of Blacks Paper Award for 2008 “Can Liberalism be Ascriptive?: Race and Dependence in American Political Thought,” delivered at the Western Political Science Association meeting, March 20-22, 2008.
• Dr. Marek Steedman: Department Governance Committee Member 2008—
• Dr. Marek Steedman: Undergraduate Assessment Committee Member 2008—
• Dr. Marek Steedman: Moderator: University Forum Debate. University of Southern Mississippi.  Sept. 11, 2007
• Dr. Marek Steedman: Chairman, Mississippi State Democratic Party v. Chairman, Mississippi State Republican Party. 
• Dr. Marek Steedman: Speaker.  General Session.  Honors Day.  Honors College.  Oct. 26, 2007
• Dr. Marek Steedman: Chair Search Committee Member 2007—2008
• Dr. Marek Steedman: External Review Committee Member 2007—2008
• Dr. Marek Steedman: Alternative Learning Committee Member 2007—2008
• Dr. Marek Steedman: Graduate Admissions Committee Member 2007—
• Dr. Marek Steedman: American Politics/Public Admin Search Committee Member 2007-2008
• Dr. Bob Press received a Fulbright (2008-2009) for teaching and research at the University of Sierra Leone.
• Dr. Ward Sayre: July 2008-June 2009, Research Grant, Economic Research Forum-Global Development Network: $29,492 To Study the Effects of Labor Market Regulations in Palestine
• Jack Covarrubias: 2008-Co-Investigator, Mississippi Gulf Coast Youth Development Coalition. Federally funded program to coordinate and build asset tracking capabilities of non-profit youth organizations on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. External funding for USM component for 2007-2008 is $12,000.
• Jack Covarrubias: 2008-Research Associate, Community and Regional Resilience Initiative (CARRI), Department of Energy funded program through the Southeast Regional Research Initiative (SERRI). External funding for the USM CARRI component for 2007-2008 is $94,000.
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: Board of Editors Journal of Tourism: An International Research Journal, 2008 present.
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: Board of Editors Global Horizons: The Journal of the Association for Policy and Resilience.
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: Guest Editor (2008) Global Horizons: The Journal of the Association for Policy and Resilience.
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: Reviewer for EBR, 2008-present (1 book)
• Jack Covarrubias: Gulf Coast Faculty Council, Department of Arts and Letters Faculty Representative, 2008
• Jack Covarrubias: Convening Committee Member, Biloxi, MS Community Conversation Meeting with Public Agenda to discuss afterschool programs
• Jack Covarrubias: Board of Directors, National Social Science Association (Since 2003).
• Jack Covarrubias: Committee Chairman, 1st Annual Southern Miss Blues and Jazz Festival, Long Beach, MS.  23 August 2008.
• Jack Covarrubias: Undergraduate Political Science and American Studies advisor for Southern Miss- Gulf Coast, 2007-
• Jack Covarrubias: Nonprofit Minor and American Humanics Certification, Gulf Coast Coordinator, 2008-
• Jack Covarrubias: Southern Miss Gulf Coast Student Government Association Faculty Advisor 2007-
• Jack Covarrubias: Assisted organizing the 2007 USM/ MGCCC Harrison County Debate between the District Attorney candidates, County Attorney candidates and Sheriff Candidate, 2007, Gulfport, MS
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: Reviewer for IJTGM (2 articles)
• Dr. Shahdad Naghshpour: Reviewer for IJEPEE (1 article)
• Dr. Allan McBride: Anonymous reviewer, PS.
• Dr. Allan McBride: Anonymous reviewer, Southeastern Political Review.
• Dr. Ward Sayre: Head Social-Cultural Research Team, International Development Ph.D. program (November 2007-)
• Dr. Ward Sayre: Member Board of Directors of the Middle East Economic Association (2002-)
• Dr. Ward Sayre: Board of Directors of the ArtReach Foundation (2008-)
• Dr. Ward Sayre: Treasurer Southwestern Economics Association (2003-)
• Dr. Ward Sayre: Editorships Middle East Economic Association Newsletter (1999-)
• Dr. Ward Sayre: On the Editorial Board of Topics in Middle East Economics, an online journal
• Dr. Ward Sayre: Associate Editor, Global Horizons
• Dr. Joseph Parker: Serve as political analyst for WDAM - TV and Mississippi Public Radio
• Dr. Tom Lansford: Harry S. Truman Little White House Scholarship Advisory Board Board Member (2004-present)
• Dr. Tom Lansford: Consultant for joint Federal Research Division, Library of Congress/Foreign Military Studies Office of the Army War College, “Europe Civil-Military Relations Survey,” Denmark, Norway and Sweden (2004-present)
• Dr. Tom Lansford: SEVERN PUBLISHING:  Editorial Consultant (2004-present)
• Dr. Tom Lansford: UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA:  Referee (2003-present)
• Dr. Tom Lansford: NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION (NSSA): Member, Governing Board (2001-present)
• Dr. Tom Lansford: HORIZONS: THE JOURNAL OF GLOBAL POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT: Editor (2006-present)
• Dr. Tom Lansford: POLITICS AND ETHICS REVIEW (Formerly THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND ETHICS): Book Review Editor (2000-present)
• Dr. Tom Lansford: WHITE HOUSE STUDIES: Associate Editor (2003-present); Editorial Board Member (2000-present)
• Dr. Tom Lansford: EUROPEAN SECURITY: Referee (2000-present)
• Dr. Tom Lansford: THE SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL: Referee (2000-present)
• Dr. Tom Lansford: ASHGATE PRESS:  Referee (2000-present)