Mark Andrew Ferguson Jr Curriculum Vita Grove St. Kalamazoo, MI

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1 Mark Andrew Ferguson Jr Curriculum Vita 1909 Grove St. Kalamazoo, MI Education: Forthcoming: M.A. Political Science, Western Michigan University Field Concentration: Political Theory Secondary: American Politics August 2008: M.A. Political Science, Central Michigan University December 2006: B.S., Central Michigan University Major: Political Science Minor: Anthropology June 2004: A.L.A., Oakland Community College Teaching Experience: Fall 2012-Spring 2014: Western Michigan University, Department of Political Science. PSCI 1050: Critical Thinking Online Course Spring 2012: Instructor of Record,Western Michigan University, Department of Political Science PSCI 2000: American National Government Fall 2012: Western Michigan University, College of Arts and Sciences, First Year Experience Program FYE 2100: Pre-Law Summer : Western Michigan University, Department of Political Science. PSCI 1050: Critical Thinking Online Course

2 Assistantships: Fall 2011: Teaching Assistant, Western Michigan University, Department of Political Science, Dr. John Clark PSCI 2000: American National Government Fall 2010-Spring 2011: Teaching Assistant, Western Michigan University, Department of Political Science, Dr. Ashlyn Kuersten PSCI 3200 Honors Course: American Judicial Process PSCI 4220: Civil Liberties and Rights PSCI 3200: American Judicial Process Fall 2009-Spring 2010: Teaching Assistant, Western Michigan University, Department of Political Science, Dr. Ashlyn Kuersten PSCI 3200: American Judicial Process PSCI 4220: Civil Liberties and Rights Summer 2009: Research Assistant, Western Michigan University, Department of Political Science, Dr. John Clark PSCI 7100: Independent Study: Congressional Behavior: Freshman Legislators Fall 2008-Spring 2009: Teaching Assistant, Western Michigan University, Department of Political Science, Dr. John Clark PSCI 2000: American National Government Fall 2007: Graduate Assistant, Central Michigan University, Department of Political Science, Dr. J. Cherie Strachan PSC 326: Women and Politics Fall/Spring : Graduate Assistant, Central Michigan University, Department of Political Science Research & Professional Development: Publications: Forthcoming: Review of "Punishment, Participatory Democracy, and the Jury" by Albert W. Dzur in Contemporary Justice Review, 17:2. Progress in Science? History, Distortion and Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union in review The Hilltop Review: A Journal of Western Michigan University Graduate Research.

3 Professional Skill Development: Summer 2012: Attendance and quantitative methods training, Analyzing Multilevel and Mixed Models Using Stata Workshop, Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, August 13-15, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Summer 2010: Attendance and qualitative methods training, Institute for Qualitative and Multi Method Research, June 14 25, Syracuse, New York : Co-founder and Lead organizer of Society for Critical Thinkers Registered Student Organization. Co-founder and member of I Witness Registered Student Organization : As teaching assistant to Dr. Ashlyn Kuersten, Lecture, grading and classroom duties for PSCI 3200: American Judicial Process and PSCI 4220: Civil Liberties and Rights Administered study sessions for PSCI 4220: Civil Liberties and Rights & 2011: As teaching and research assistant to Dr. John Clark, Review of literatures for PSCI 7100: Congressional Behavior: Freshman Legislators Data management and collection (Excel) Grading and classroom duties for PSCI 3150: Politics of Congress Administered class discussion sessions for PSCI 2000: American National Government : As a research assistant to Dr. Merlyn Mowrey, Organize materials pertaining to Speak Up, Speak Out forum Create, maintain and analyze database pertaining to Speak Up, Speak Out forum 2007: As a teaching assistant to Dr. J. Cherie Strachan, Organized discussion sessions; serving as treatments in an experimental design Moderated discussion sessions Developed survey questions Transcribed and coordinated audio/visual recordings

4 Data management and entry (SPSS) PSC 326, Women and Politics: Developed syllabus, provided materials and led discussions/taught sections. Awards and Scholarships 2010: Z.D. Schilling Graduate Student Award, Western Michigan University, Department of Political Science Academic and Professional Service: : Associate editor, The Hilltop Review: A Journal of Western Michigan University Graduate Research : Vice President of Western Michigan University Teaching Assistants Union, Member of the Teaching Assistants Union Contract Bargaining Team : Western Michigan University Teaching Assistants Union, Department Steward, Political Science and Chairperson, Education and Outreach Committee 2012: Manuscript Reviewer, New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture 2009: Attended ICPSR Data Workshop held at Western Michigan University, June 23, : Canvasser, Campaign to Elect Barack Obama and Don Cooney, Local Democratic Party Organization, Kalamazoo, Michigan. 2007: Appointed to Speak Up, Speak Out Committee, Central Michigan University, December Attended Central Michigan University s Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching s Publish and Flourish Workshop by Tara Gray, April 20, Attended Central Michigan University s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Grant Writer s Workshop, May 8-10, : Elected to Speakers Series Committee of the Academic Senate of Central Michigan University, September 25, 2007.

5 Elected to Speakers Series Committee of the Academic Senate of Central Michigan University, December 5, Presentations: 2011 Supreme Court Preview Institute of Government and Politics, Western Michigan University, October 19, The Enemy Within: Astroturf Politics, The Tea Party Movement and American Fascism Institute for Qualitative and Multi Method Research, June 14 25, 2010, Syracuse, New York. Gender and Deliberation: Implications for Civic Deliberative Educators. Poster Presentation, Midwest Political Science Association National Conference April 22-25, 2010, Chicago, Illinois. Freshman Orientation: Bill Sponsorship among New House Members, Co-presenter Dr. John Clark, Southern Political Science Association Conference January 6-9, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia. Inimical Terrains' in Ethnographic Fieldwork. Roundtable Discussion, American Anthropology Association Conference November 19-23, 2008, San Francisco, California. Implementing Deliberative Civic Education: The Combined Effect of Persuasion and Skill-Building". Co-presenter Dr. J. Cherie Strachan, Midwest Political Science Association National Conference April 3-6, 2008, Chicago, Illinois. Conference Attendance: 2010: Midwest Political Science Association National Conference April 22-25, Chicago, Illinois. Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, January 6-9, Atlanta, Georgia. 2008: American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, November 19-23, San Francisco, California. Midwest Political Science Association National Meeting. April 3-6, Chicago, Illinois.

6 Michigan Local Government Management Association Annual Meeting, Winter Institute, January 29-February 1, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. 2007: American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, November 28- December 2, Washington DC. Midwest Political Science Association National Meeting. April 12-15, Chicago, Illinois. North American Conference on the Study of Global Radicalism. January 25-27, East Lansing, Michigan. 2006: Michigan Sociological Association Annual Meeting. October 6-7, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Professional Memberships: : American Political Science Association Midwest Political Science Association Southern Political Science Association : American Anthropological Association : Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honors Society