CURRICULUM VITAE Joe F. West Assistant Professor, Political Science and Public Administration University of North Carolina, Pembroke

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Joe F. West Assistant Professor, Political Science and Public Administration University of North Carolina, Pembroke CONTACT INFORMATION EDUCATION AND DEGREES 649 South 30 th Circle Mesa, AZ Cell: Fax: Website: Ph.D., Public Administration and Public Policy,, May 2014 Dissertation: The Impact of Communication Technology on the Behavior of Elected Officials, their Staffs, and their Organizations: A Mixed Methods Study. Committee: Dr. Elizabeth Corley (Chair), Dr. James Svara (member), Dr. Erik Johnston (member). M.B.A Master of Business Administration,, May 2009 B.S. Electrical Engineering,, May 1992 A.A.S. Electrical Engineering Technology, Phoenix College, May 1982 RESEARCH INTERESTS TEACHING INTERESTS RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Influences of technology on: democratic institutions, legislator and citizen behavior, and the policy process Agent-based modeling E-Governance and E-Public Administration Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research methods Public policy and policy analysis Technology and public policy Private sector influences on the policy process 1. FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS National Institute of Justice Grant 2008-WB-GX-002 (OSU-ASU), $581,232 July 2010 to May 2012 (Role: Program Manager) 2. VOLUNTEER RESEARCH PROJECTS Morrison Institute Piper Project. Dropped?: Latino Education and Arizona s Economic Future (ASU) 2011 (Role: Analyst, Methods Author) City of Gilbert Arizona Community Action Network. Public and Private Community Needs Assessment (Roles: Analyst, Research Program Evaluator, Final Report Author) Saint Paul Foundation Recommendations for Recruitment, Preparation, Licensing and Certification, and Professional Development for the School Administrator Preparation System 2012 (Role: Research Information and Communication Technologist) WEST 1

2 PUBLICATIONS 1. PATENTS West, J.F. (1999). U.S. Patent No Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 113 citations. EXPERIENCE 1. ACADEMIC 2. REFEREED ARTICLES Wilson, J. S., West, J. F., Messing, J. T., Brown, S., Patchell, B., & Campbell, J. C. (2011). Factors Related to Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Women Experiencing Police-Involved Intimate Partner Violence. Advances in Nursing Science, 34(3), E WORKS IN PROGRESS West, J.F., & Corley, Elizabeth (2013) State Legislators and Communication Technology: An Exploratory Mixed-Mode Study of the Arizona House and Senate. West, J.F. (2013) Doubling State Legislator Survey Response Rates: An Anonymous Sequential Mixed-Mode Survey Technique. 4. INVITED LECTURES West, J.F. (2009) Implementing Electronic Healthcare Records in a Small Practice, Arizona Health-e Connection, panel guest speaker. 5. CONFERENCE PAPERS West, J.F. (2013) State Legislators and Communication Technology: An Exploratory Mixed-Mode Study of the Arizona House and Senate. Accepted as paper for 2013 Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM). West, J.F. (2014) The Impact of Communication Technology on the Behavior of Elected Officials, their Staffs, and Their Organizations. Submitted as a paper for the 2014 American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) conference. University of North Carolina, Pembroke 2014 Present Assistant Professor Faculty Associate Graduate Research Assistant 2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant WEST 2

3 2. TEACHING Instructor University of North Carolina, Analytical Methods (PAD 5050) Present Online Spring 2014 University of North Carolina, Quantitative Analysis I (PAD 5080) Present Online Spring 2014, Research Methods II (PAF 502) Present Online Fall 2011 Spring 2012 Hybrid Spring 2013, Research Methods I (PAF 501) 2012 Synopsys Corporation, Integrated Circuit Design I Synopsys Corporation, Integrated Circuit Design II Synopsys Corporation, Clock Tree Synthesis Synopsys Corporation, Integrated Circuit Floor-planning Assistant Instructor, Building Leadership Skills (PAF 410) 2010 Online 3. PROFESSIONAL Administrative Director, Pinnacle Peak Physicians, Scottsdale, AZ Staff Applications Engineer, Synopsys Corporation Field Applications Engineer, Arrow, Pioneer-Standard, FAI Principal Engineer, Orbital Sciences Corporation FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS Fellowship, $2, University Grant, College of Public Programs, $1, University Grant, College of Public Programs, $1, Dissertation Fellowship, $5, WEST 3

4 Graduate Professional Student Association Travel Grant, $ SERVICE 1. PROFESSIONAL Volunteer Program Manager, NIJ grant 2008-WB-GX Volunteer Consultant/Analyst, City of Gilbert Arizona, CAN Project 2012 Volunteer Information Technologist, Saint Paul Foundation 2012 Volunteer Analyst, Piper Project, The Morrison Institute UNIVERSITY Member, School of Public Affairs Doctoral Committee Developed and hosted the 2009 School of Public Affairs doctoral cohort website at Developed and hosted the School of Public Affairs doctoral student website at Present Developed and taught a remedial statistics class for doctoral students (all cohorts) Developed and taught a EndNote class for doctoral students (all cohorts) 3. COMMUNITY Arizona Virtual Jeep Club Saguaro Lake off-highway trails cleanup Arizona Virtual Jeep Club Table-Mesa off-highway trails cleanup , 2009 Arizona Virtual Jeep Club Florence Junction off-highway trails cleanup 2005 Arizona State Land Trust Citizens Meetings Mesa High School Junior Reserve Officer s Training Corps Volunteer HONORS AND AWARDS PROFESSIONAL AND SCHOLARLY MEMBERSHIPS National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Orbital Launch Services Technical Achievement Award 1996 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Award 1995 American Society for Public Administration American Political Science Association Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers WEST 4

5 Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS General Microsoft Office products for Microsoft Windows Microsoft Office products for Apple OS X Adobe CS5 Applications Analytical SAS Enterprise Miner, SPICE, Decision Tree, Stat Pro, Stata, SPSS, NetLogo ABM, Atlas.ti, EndNote Specialized eclinicalworks Electronic Health Record System Administration Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools for Integrated Circuit (IC) physical design including IC Compiler, Apollo, Astro, Astro-Rail, Clock Tree Compiler, and JupiterXT Systems UNIX, Linux, HPUX, Solaris, Windows, and Apple OS X Systems Administration HTML programming and web-hosting MySQL database administration WEST 5

6 LIST OF REFERENCES Dr. Elizabeth A. Corley Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs 411 N. Central Avenue, Suite 400 Mail Code: 3720 Voice: Fax: Dr. James H. Svara Professor, School of Public Affairs 411 N. Central Avenue, Suite 400 Mail Code: 3720 Voice: Fax: Dr. Erik W. Johnston Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs 411 N. Central Avenue, Suite 400 Mail Code: 3720 Voice: Fax: Dr. Jill T. Messing Associate Professor, School of Social Work 411 N. Central Avenue, Suite 800 Mail Code: 3920 Voice: Fax: Dr. Ajay Vinze Associate Dean & Professor, W.P. Carey School of Business Main Campus P.O. Box Tempt, AZ Voice: Fax: WEST 6