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Eno Transportation Foundation, Board of Regents, 2008 – present.
Council of University Transportation Centers, Co-Chair, Student Award Committee, 2008-present
UCLA Lake Arrowhead Transportation--Land Use--Environment Symposium. Program Planning Committee, 2008.
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., Public Member, Board of Directors, 2004 – present.
National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), Leader, Site Visit Team (2001 and 2008)
National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation 1997 – 2000.
American Society for Public Administration, Greater Santa Clara Valley Chapter; (President, 1990-1992; Chapter Council, 1986 - 1995, 1998-present; Chair, Issues Committee, 1986 - 1990).
American Political Science Association
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
Western Governmental Research Association (Program Planning Committee, 1990 Annual Conference)
OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE(SELECTED)
Lecturer, SJSU China program, various sessions 2004 – present.
Lecturer, Shenyang University, China for CSU Office of Global Partnership Development, September 2002.
Seminar Moderator, “Total Quality Management in Local Government,” February 15, 1995.
Member, Redistricting Review Panel, City of San Jose, Fall, 1991
Program Director, 1990 Region X Annual Conference, American Society for Public Administration, San Jose, November 8-10.
Workshop Director, Survey Research Methods for Public Administrators, Summer, 1989
Program Director and Moderator, Conference on the Image of the Public Service in Local Government, San Jose, October 1989.
Panelist, Tri‑University Leadership Forum, Santa Clara County, August 1989
Featured panelist, American Society for Public Administration (Santa Clara Valley Chapter) workshop, "Managing for Improved Productivity," Sunnyvale, April 9, 1987.
SELECTED INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE (SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY)
Chair, Recruitment Committee, Department of Political Science, spring 2008.
Late-Add Committee, College of Social Sciences, 2008.
RTP Committee, College of Social Sciences, 2006 - 2008.
Project Director, Summer Transportation Institute, San Jose State University, 2002-present
Chair, Recruitment Committee, Department of Political Science, spring 1998.
Multi-disciplinary Committee on graduate program in Transportation Policy and Management (Member, 1995-1996)
MPA Program Committee, Department of Political Science (Chair, 1991/2, 1994 - present)
RTP/Personnel Committee, Department of Political Science (Member, 1990 - present)
Recruitment Committee, Department of Political Science (Member, 1990-1992; 1994 - 1996)
Decanal Review Committee, College of Social Sciences (Member, 1994-5)
Information Technology Committee, College of Social Sciences (Member, 1993 - present)
Research Committee, College of Social Sciences (Member, 1990-1992)
University Research Committee (Member, 1990-92)
Social Science Research and Instruction Council (SSRIC), California State University System (Member, 1990-92)
SELECTED HONORS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS
Awarded California State Lottery Funds for international travel, 2006-2007.
Awarded Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant (Vidzeme University College, Valmiera, Latvia) spring 2003
Sabbatical Leave, San Jose State University, spring 2000.
Awarded California State Lottery Funds for project “Web Page for Department of Political Science,” 1996
Sabbatical Leave, San Jose State University, 1992-1993.
Awarded California State University Research Fund grant, December 1988.
Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, San Jose State University, spring 1990; spring 1989, spring 1988
Faculty Assigned Time Award, San Jose State University, spring 1988.
Nominated for "Best Paper" award, 1986 annual conference of the Southern Political Science Association, November 6-8, 1986, Atlanta.
Awarded California State Lottery Funds (Discretionary Allocations) for project "Development of Equipment and Instruction for Microcomputers in Political Science and Public Administration," fall, 1986 (with Barbara Norrander)
Awarded California State Lottery Funds (Community Service Activities) for project " MPA Internship Program Development," fall 1986.
H.B. Earhart Foundation Fellowship, 1982.
Kenan Fellowship, University of North Carolina, 1981