Vita. Michael J. Licari

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1 Vita Michael J. Licari Address Department of Political Science University of Northern Iowa CBB 5 Cedar Falls, IA (319) [email protected] Education PhD MA BA August 1997, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Political Science. Dissertation: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: The Politics of Tobacco Policy." Dissertation committee chair: Kenneth J. Meier December 1994, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Political Science. Masters paper: "The Politics of Tobacco Taxation in the United States and the United Kingdom, " June 1993, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Major: Political Science. Academic Positions 2003-present, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Northern Iowa , Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Northern Iowa , Assistant Professor of Political Science, State University of New York at Binghamton. Leadership and Administrative Positions 2010-present: Head, Department of Political Science, University of Northern Iowa Duties: facilitate and support the work of faculty, promote department and its programs, supervise department personnel; oversee department budget; coordinate department course schedules and curriculum, serve as liaison to other campus units, respond to requests for reports and information : Interim Head, Department of Political Science, University of Northern Iowa Duties: as above.

2 : Interim Associate Dean of the Graduate College, University of Northern Iowa Duties: serve on graduate leadership team and Graduate Council; administer Carver Institute grant; chair faculty and student awards committees; administer graduate student affairs (student requests, admissions, academic discipline, grievances); fill in for graduate dean when necessary. Jan - Aug. 2008: Administrative Fellow, Office of the Provost, University of Northern Iowa Duties: help administer undergraduate student affairs (student requests, serve on Committee on Admission, Readmission, and Retention); lead special projects for the Provost s Office (New Student Orientation; New Faculty Orientation; Advising Council); serve on Associate Provost s leadership team : Chair, University Faculty Senate, University of Northern Iowa Duties: administer senate business, serve as point person for faculty governance; serve on Council of Provosts; attend all Board of Regents meetings; co-sponsored, with United Faculty, a faculty meeting on arming campus police; held special senate meeting to discuss the issue and provide advice to the president , Associate Director, Master of Public Policy Program, University of Northern Iowa Duties: facilitate student internships; fill in for director when necessary. Peer-Reviewed Publications Smith, Kevin B., and Michael J. Licari. Power and Politics in the Fourth Branch of Government: An Introduction to Public Administration. Oxford University Press Smith, Kevin B., and Michael J. Licari. Original printing of above book. Roxbury Licari, Michael J., William McLean, and Tom Rice. "The Condition of Community Streets and Parks: A Comparison of Resident and Non-Resident Evaluations" Public Administration Review. 65: Licari, Michael J. "Bureaucratic Discretion and Regulatory Success Without Enforcement" in Politics, Policy and Organizations: Frontiers in the Scientific Study of Bureaucracy, ed. George Krause and Kenneth J. Meier. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press Spill, Rorie, Michael J. Licari, and Leonard Ray. "Taking on Tobacco: Policy Entrepreneurship and the Tobacco Litigation" Political Research Quarterly 54: Licari, Michael J., and Kenneth J. Meier. "Regulation and Signaling: When a Tax Is Not Just a Tax" Journal of Politics 62:

3 1998. Meier, Kenneth J. and Michael J. Licari. "Response to Mark Showalter's 'The Effects of Cigarette Taxes on Cigarette Consumption.'" American Journal of Public Health 88: Licari, Michael J. "The Policy Process." in Regulation and Consumer Protection, 3rd ed. eds. Kenneth J. Meier, E. Thomas Garman, and Lael Keiser. Houston: Dame Publications Licari, Michael J. and Kenneth J. Meier. "Regulatory Policy Compliance When Behavior is Addictive: Smoking, Cigarette Taxes, and Bootlegging." Political Research Quarterly 50: Meier, Kenneth J. and Michael J. Licari. "Cigarette Taxes, Smoking, and Public Health." American Journal of Public Health 87: Peer-Reviewed Encyclopedia Entries Licari, Michael J. "Tobacco Taxation" in Tobacco in History and Culture, ed. Jordan Goodman, Marcia Norton, and Mark Parascandola. Farmington Hills, MI: Charles Scribner's Sons. Other Publications, Reviews, and Reports Licari, Michael J. and Phil Jones. "The City Manager Form of Government in Cedar Rapids, IA" prepared for the City of Cedar Rapids School District by the State and Local Government Program of the University of Northern Iowa Licari, Michael J., Richard Braunstein, Julie Dolan, and Georgia Duerst-Lahti. "Participation of faculty at non-ph.d. granting institutions in the Midwest Political Science Association" prepared for the president of the Midwest Political Science Association Licari, Michael J. Book Review of Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint. by Lawrence O. Gostin. The Law and Politics Book Review 11: Licari, Michael J. Book Review of Hands Off: Why the Government is a Menace to Economic Health by Susan Lee. Journal of Socio-Economics 26: Works In Progress Frederickson, H. George, Kevin Smith, Christopher Larimer, and Michael J. Licari. The Public Administration Theory Primer under revision for 2 nd edition, Westview press. Licari, Michael J. "Revenue or Regulation? The Politics of State Cigarette Taxation"

4 Licari, Michael J. Policy Efficacy and Public Opinion: Understanding Public Support for Cigarette Taxes Licari, Michael J. Risk Preferences, Policy Legitimacy, and Smoking Regulation Recent Conference Presentation Policy Efficacy and Public Opinion: Understanding Support for State Cigarette Taxes Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April Information on more than two dozen past conference presentations is available on request. Other Recent Conference Participation Discussant and Chair; Panel: Privatization of Public Services. Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April Discussant; Panel: Policy Learning. Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April Information on more than a dozen past panels that I have chaired or served as discussant is available on request. Professional Activities, Experience, and Service I currently serve as a reviewer for the Journal of Politics and Public Administration Review, and have reviewed journal manuscripts for: Policy Studies Journal;, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory; State Politics and Policy Quarterly; American Politics Quarterly; Political Research Quarterly; and the American Journal of Political Science. I have also reviewed book manuscripts for Routledge Press, Oxford University Press, Longman Press, Bedford-St. Martin s Press, and CQ Press. Finally, I have reviewed grant applications for the NSF, for the National Cancer Institute of Canada, and for the University of California s Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program. Other professional activities have involved chairing the Public Policy Section for the 2002 Midwest Political Science Association meeting, and chairing the Midwest Political Science Association s Committee on Non-PhD Granting Institutions from 2005 through Finally, I served as the Public Policy and Public Administration Section Chair, and Executive Council member, for the New York State Political Science Association from 1998 through Teaching Experience I teach in the fields of public policy, public administration, and statistics. In the area of public policy, this includes courses on public health policy, the policy process, and policy analysis. In the field of public administration, I have taught courses on public organizations, public personnel administration, public budgeting and public finance. Finally I have taught Scope and Methods of Political Science, and Ph.D. level seminars on time series and pooled time series analysis.

5 Community Service and Activities 2009-present: Chair, Malcom Price Lab School Parental Advisory Committee 2009-present: Leadership Committee member, Boy Scout Troop 55, Cedar Falls, IA : Vice-chair, Malcom Price Lab School Parental Advisory Committee 2008: Invited Expert, Election Night 2008 Online Chat hosted by the DesMoines Register 2007-present: Cubmaster (Cub Scout Pack Leader) for Pack 56, Cedar Falls, IA Summers : Coach, Cub Scout Combined Pack 56/152 Softball team, Cedar Falls, IA Spring 2006: Consulted with and advised, as SLGP Director, city of Cedar Rapids school district to help revise their social studies curriculum to reflect change in city government : Cub Scout den leader: Den 4, Pack 56, Cedar Falls, IA. Fall 2005: Co-hosted, as SLGP Director, a city council candidates' forum, Cedar Falls, IA city council elections 2004: Facilitator for a Debate Watch, sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates and Political Science department Department, College, and University Service at the University of Northern Iowa Current Service 2010-present: Co-chair, University Steering Committee for HLC reaccreditation 2010-present: Coordinator for Academic Affairs components of New Student Orientation 2009-present: Dept. Head representative, CSBS Scholarship Committee 2009-present: Member, Provost s Committee for Competitive Scholarship Mentoring 2009-present: Member, Political Science Department Curriculum Committee 2009-present: Member, Political Science Department Scholarship Committee 2009-present: Chair, Political Science Department Hoxie Committee 2009-present: Chair, Political Science Department Newsletter Committee 2007-present: Member, University Steering Committee for HLC reaccreditation

6 2007-present: Co-Chair, HLC reaccreditation subcommittee for Criterion present: Member, Department of Public Safety advisory committee 2004-present: Member, Political Science Department's Robinson Speakers Fund Committee 2003-present: Member, Masters of Public Policy Program Coordinating Committee 2001-present: Question writer and grader for Master in Public Policy program comprehensive exams Past Service 2010: Member, Director Search Committee, Price Lab School 2010: Member, Clerk II Search Committee, Price Lab School 2010: Member, Secretary Search Committee, MPP and WGS Programs : Provost's Representative, University Issues Group : Member of team to produce a Faculty Resource Guide : Member, University Steering Committee for student information system procurement : Co-author of proposal to attract the State of Iowa's projected Center for Governing Excellence to UNI : Member, Political Science Department Professional Assessment Committee (Chair of committee ) : Chair, Political Science Department's Erma Plaehn Fund Committee : College Representative, University Committee on Academic Program Review : Member, Department's American Politics/PA Faculty Committee : State and Local Government Program Director 2008: Member, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs search committee 2008: Member, Veridian Credit Union Community Engagement Awards Committee

7 2008: Created academic-affairs content for New Student Orientation; oversaw operations of academic-affairs component of orientation. 2008: Created all content for New Faculty Orientation; created New Faculty Orientation website; implemented New Faculty Orientation day. Jan August 2008: Chair, UNI Academic Advising Council : Chair of University Faculty Senate : Member, Provost Search Committee (as well as the Communications subcommittee and Logistics Subcommittee) : Representative on faculty panel, new and transfer student orientation programs : Member, Political Science Department public policy search committee : College Representative, University Faculty Senate : Internship Coordinator, Department of Political Science Fall 2007: Participant, Math Transitions Congress Fall 2007: Coordinator, "Iowa Politics Today" forum 2007: Member, Provost's Curriculum Task Force (also on the Communication Subcommittee) Summer 2006: Acting Head, Department of Political Science (July 31-August 11) : Vice-chair of University Faculty Senate : University Committee to develop Multi-Modal Transportation Facility : University Faculty Senate's committee on Public Safety : University Faculty Senate's committee to revise constitution. Summer 2005: Acting Department Head (July 25 through August 15) Fall 2005: Member, Provost's Committee for Constitution Day. 2005: Member, Department's Public Administration Search Committee : Chair, Department Curriculum Committee

8 : Department Representative, CSBS Computer Advisory Committee (Chair of committee ) : Member, Political Science Department Student Outcomes Assessment Committee : Alternate representative, CSBS Senate (represented department in Spring 2005) : Department representative, CSBS Professional Assessment Committee : Department Representative, Transfer Student Summer Advising Session : Member, Political Science Department Head Search Committee : Department Representative, On-line Plan of Study Initiative : Internship Coordinator, Masters of Public Policy Program : College Representative, New Student Summer Orientation Program : Member, Department Public Administration Search Committee 2002 (spring): Faculty Representative, Football Program Recruiting Weekend : Member, Department Scholarship Committee Honors and Awards 2009: College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Outstanding Service Award 2008: Finalist for the Ross A. Nielsen Professional Service Award, University of Northern Iowa 2006: Nominated for the Midwest Political Science Association's Raymond Durr Award (for applying quantitative methods to a substantive problem). Paper nominated was "Revenue or Regulation? A Closer Look at State Cigarette Taxes" presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April : Apple Polisher Award, University of Northern Iowa Student Alumni Ambassadors 2005: Professional Development Assignment, University of Northern Iowa (effective Spring 2007). 2002: Dean's Summer Research Grant, University of Northern Iowa