Mark Henkels: Curriculum Vitae

Department of Political Science

Western Oregon University

Monmouth, OR 97361

Phone: (503) 838-8544

e-mail: henkelm@wou.edu

Current Position: Professor, Political Science/Public Policy and Administration, Western Oregon University

Education

PH.D Political Science, University of Utah; December 1988

Dissertation: “The Role of Agency Expertise in High-Level Nuclear Waste Policy Development”

Fields of Concentration: Public Policy, American Government, Public Administration, International Relations

Allied Fields: Economics

M.A. Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, May 1984

Thesis: “International Cooperation: The International Response to the Threatened Human Environment”

Concentrations: International Organizations and Law; American Foreign Policy, International Politics and Theory

B.A. History, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wa.; May 1980

Special Fields: Comparative Chinese and Japanese History; European History; French History

Teaching Activities: Helped create and currently teach and advise in Political Science, Public Policy and Administration, Legal Studies, and Environmental Studies undergraduate programs. Teach upper division courses in public policy, politics of aging society, environmental/natural resource issues, and public administration.

Supervise administrative and legislative practicum program.

Co-coordinator of the Environmental Studies program.

Developed and teach on-line course on State and Local Government.

Lead Faculty Coordinator, Luckiamute Watershed Public Opinion Survey: This project, funded with a $3,000 grant by the BLM administered through WOU, enabled a student to develop, administer, and analyze survey of watershed residents.

Notable Campus Service:

Advisor: Phi Alpha Delta(pre-law club)(2003- )

Member,Student Appeals Committee(financial aid appeals) (2003- )

Search committee member, Dean of LAS, 2005

Member, Strategic Planning Committee (2003-2004)

Member, Social Science Personnel Committee(2003-2005)

Member, Straub Archives Advisory Committee(2003-)

Organizer: Oregon State Supreme Court visit, May 10, 2005.

Political Science: Head(1990-1993, 1997-1999, 2005-);

Faculty Senate: member (1992-1996); Committee on Committees (chair 1993-1994, 1997); Faculty Senate President (1994-1995); Faculty Senate Executive Committee(1994-1996);

President’s Cabinet(1994-1995).

Senate Curriculum Committee(1996-2001, recorder 1998-1999)). Campus representative for GATE/Northwest - a university/agency consortium(1997-1999).

Social Science Division Budget Committee (Chair, 1999-2001).

Chair: Presidential screening committee(2002)

Member: Presidential Screening Committee(1994)

Advisor, Western Oregon University team in GATE/Northwest Salmon Recovery Competition, May 1999. Western Oregon team won “Best White Paper.”

Fellowships and Awards

Teaching Fellowship, University of Utah, 1983-1986.

Marriner S. Eccles Fellowship in Political Economy, 1986-1988

First Prize, 1987 Western Social Science Association Graduate Student Paper Competition, for “Discretion, Duty, and the Problems of a Wayward Agency: The Implementation of the Hazardous Waste Laws by the Burford EPA.”

"Academic Advisor of the Year", Western Oregon University, 2003-2004.

Publications

Oregon Government and Politics.(University of Nebraska, 2005) I was co-editor of this book(with Richard Clucas of Portland State University and Brent Steel of Oregon State University) and co-authored two chapters and was sole author in one other.

"Fiscal Policy", found in: Oregon Government and Politics (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005)

With Richard Clucas: "Introduction", found in: Oregon Government and Politics (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005)

With Richard Clucas: "Conclusion", found in Oregon Government and Politics (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005)

Clucas, Richard and Mark Henkels, "The Ecotopia Legacy and Measure 7. Oregon's Future. Vol. 5, No. 2 (Fall 2004)

Ellis, Richard, E.D. Dover, Richard Clucas, and Mark Henkels. Article based on Forum: "The History of Direct Democracy in Oregon". Oregon's Future. Vol. 5, No. 2 (Fall 2004)

“The Burford EPA’s Hazardous Waste Policies”. The Social Science Journal, Winter 1988.

Other Academic Work:

“1965 Auto Emissions Laws Approved”. in Great Events in Human Rights, Salem Press, 1992.

“1970 Clean Air Act Approved”. in Great Events in Human Rights, Salem Press: 1992.

“Comprehensive Environmental Recovery and Compensation Liability Act (CERCLA) Approved.” Great Events in Human Rights, Salem Press, 1992.

“Regarding the Practice and Purpose of Undergraduate Public Administration Programs.” SPAE Forum, June 1994.

“Rachel Carson.” in Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues, Salem Press, 1999.

“Wise Use Movement” in Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues, Salem Press, 1999.

Manuscript Review: Public Policy Journal, 1993, 1994, 1995.

Manuscript Review: Lang Publishers, 1993.

Manuscript Review: Richard Kearney and Anne O’M. Bowman, State and Local Government. (Houghton-Mifflin, 2000)

Manuscript review: Politics and Policy Journal, 2002.

Manuscript review, Congressional Quarterly Press, February 2005

Professional Activities and Conference Participation:

“American National Interest: The United States Withdrawal From UNESCO.” Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, March 1985.

“The Nuclear Waste Repository Siting Process: A Brief History and Prospective Study Approach.” Western Social Science Association Conference, Reno, Nevada, April 1986.

“Discretion, Duty, and the Problems of a Wayward Agency: The Implementation of Hazardous Waste Laws by the Burford EPA.” Western Social Science Association Conference, El Paso, April 1987.

“Agency Expertise and the Early History of Nuclear Waste Policy.” American Political Science Association Convention, Chicago, September 1987.

“Agency Expertise and the Levels of Agency Power.” Oregon Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Portland, October 1988.

“State and Tribal Perspectives of the High Level Nuclear Waste Repository Site Selection Process.” Western Social Science Association Meeting, Portland, OR, April 1990.

“The Dynamics of the United Nations Environmental Conference, Stockholm 1972.” Oregon Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Portland, February 1991.

“Common Threats and National Interests: The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, 1972.” International Conference on the United Nations and World Peace (ICUNP IV), Stockton, Ca. April, 1990.

“The 1990 Oregon Tax Revolt: The Confusion of Direct Democracy.” Oregon Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Salem, 1992.

“Distributional Impacts of Measure Five: Budget Structures and Tax Revolts.” American Society for Public Administration, Chicago, April 1992.

“Fiscal Conservatism in Oregon: A Geographical Perspective on Initiatives.” Oregon Academy of Science Annual Meeting, McMinnville, February 1993.

“Slipping One By: The Oregon Midwifery Bill of 1993”. Oregon Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Corvallis, February 1994.

“Oregon Midwifery: Facing the Expansionary State”. Western Social Sciences Association Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, April 1994.

“An Analysis of Local Environmental Activism,” Oregon Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Portland, February 1995.

“Connecting Research on National Environmental Interest Groups to Local Environmental Organizations”. Western Social Science Association Meeting, Oakland, April 1995.

“Don’t Call It ‘Environmentalism’: Local Conservation Activism in Northern Utah”. Oregon Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Eugene, February, 1996.

“Direct Democracy and Environmental Policy in Oregon,” Oregon Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Portland, February 22, 1997

“The Nature and Dynamics of Grassroots Environmental Activism in Northern Utah.” Western Social Sciences Association Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, April 24, 1997.

“Legislative Referral: The Neglected Side of Democracy”, Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, November 15, 1999.

“Participant Learning: Promoting Observational Skills”, Continuums of Service Conference, Fullerton Ca., March 3-4, 1999.

"State Budget Structures and Tax Revolts in West Coast States", Western Social Science Association Meeting, Las Vegas, April 9-12, 2003.

"Legislative Referenda on the West Coast: Strategies and Outcomes"", Western Social Science Association Meeting, Las Vegas, April 9-12, 2003.

“Oregon Project Independence and Budget Crises: Cutting the Way to Less Autonomy and Higher Costs for Long-Term Care for Seniors? Western Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, April 22-24, 2004.

Other Professional Activities

Oregon Administrative Law Workshop, Salem, October 1992.

Co-Chair and Lead Organizer, Political Science section, Oregon Academy of Science, 1992-1994.

Roundtable Discussant: “The Wise Use Movement” Western Social Science Association Meeting, Oakland, April 1995.

Conference on Sustainability, Oregon State University, September 23, 1996

“Environmental Policy for the 21st Century Project,” Yale sponsored colloquium and workshop, Seattle, May 7, 1998.

Roundtable: “Oregon in the Twenty-First Century”, Pacific Northwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, November 9-11, 2000.

Roundtable: “Continuing Issues of Election 2000”, Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, November 9-11, 2000.

Participant/Advisor, Oregon Poll Project, Portland State University. This project is establishing a permanent baseline poll on political attitudes in Oregon.

Advisor, Project on "Advise and Consent", sponsored by the Arkay Foundation and directed through the Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, 2001-2003

Facilitator, Chandler Center for Community Leadership "Morning After" forum: "Ending Oregon's Partisan Nightmare." December, 2002.

Participant, West Coast Pre-Law Advisor Association Meeting, February 3-4, 2006 San Diego

Faculty Associate, Rural Studies Program, Oregon State University, 2006 - present