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1 Curriculum Vitae Michael Ault California State University, Bakersfield Department of Political Science 9001 Stockdale Highway Bakersfield, CA phone: (661) fax: (661) Education 2005, 2006, Ashtanga Research Institute, Mysore, India Ph.D. Political Science, University of North Texas and European Consortium for Political Research in Social Science and Data Analysis, Essex, England M.A. Politics, University of Dallas B.A. Political Science. California State University, San Bernardino B.A. Economics, California State University, San Bernardino. Teaching Experience 2005-present. Associate Professor, California State University, Bakersfield Assistant Professor, California State University, Bakersfield Visiting Assistant Professor, Bridgewater State College, MA Teaching Fellow, University of North Texas Teaching Assistant, University of North Texas Teaching Assistant, European Consortium for Political Research, Essex, England Adjunct Professor, North Central Texas College. Courses Taught Lower Division: Politics in Contemporary Society; American Government (including Honors); State and Local Politics. Upper Division: Political Philosophy and Thought; American Political Theory; The Presidency; The Legislative Process; Media and Propaganda; Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Media Politics; Political Inquiry (Research Methods I); Political Science Laboratory (Research Methods II); Directed Research (Research Methods III: Honors); Social Movements and Political Power in America; Mass Political Behavior; Political Parties and Elections; Voices of Dissent; Electoral Practicum.

2 Publications and Conference Presentations 2014 Teaching Research Methods using Online Practices: Revisiting Assessment Data. Paper presented at the American Political Science Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Feb. 7-9, Breaking Bad and the Limits of Politics. Paper to be presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. April 3-6, Finding Bigfoot, Hyping Benghazi, and the Missing Link. Co-authored with James Meernik. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. August 29 September 1, The Tactics of Foreign Policy Agenda-Setting: Issue Choice and the President s Weekly Radio Address Co-authored with James Meernik. International Area Studies Review. March : Using Online Modules for Teaching Research Methods. Paper presented at the American Political Science Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, Long Beach CA. Feb. 8-12, Hope: A Longitudinal Study of President Obama s First Term. In collaboration with PLSI 380 students (Research Methods II). Winter Work in progress. "Teaching Arts and Sciences (Part I Methods): Intellectual Curiosity, Reflection, and Analysis." Work in progress Presidential Competing Demands: Economic and Foreign Policy (Revisited). Work in progress. "Community Service Learning and Next Generation Study Abroad Programs: Costa Rica, Kenya, Vietnam and Cambodia." Paper presented at the California State University, 3rd Annual Conference on Community Based Teaching and Research: From Local to Global Perspectives, Los Angeles, CA. March 7-8, Co-authored with Karen Stocker and Aaron Hegde. Panicker s Travels: A Novel YOBM (working title): A Novel.

3 "Jack Burden's Mistaken Idealism: Exploring Nietzsche s Numb Rationalism in All the King's Men." Paper presented at the Kegley Institute of Ethics Conference on, "Politics, Corruption and Ethics: All the King's Men and Contemporary Political Life (The Sixtieth Year Anniversary)," March 7, "Verities of Vegetarianism." Co-authored with Monica Evans. In, Food Politics at Home and Abroad. Edited by, Stanley Clark. Kendall Hunt Publishing "Subcultures and Political Resistance." Co-authored with Jeffery Paris. Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice. Taylor and Francis Publishing. January Invited Co-editor with Jeffrey Paris. Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice. Special edition dedicated "to Subcultures and Political Resistance." January "The Diverted President: Domestic Politics and United States Foreign Policy Activity." Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii March 1 March 5, "Men, Women and the Dynamics of Presidential Approval." Co-authored with Harold Clarke and Marianne Stewart. British Journal of Political Science. December "Public Support for U.S. Presidents' Foreign Policies." Co-authored with Jim Meernik. American Politics Quarterly, Vol. 29, Issue 4, July "It s the Variable Dummy: The Evolution of Congressional Ideology, " Co-authored with Frank Feigert. In, Eye of the Storm: The American South in the Postreform House. Edited by, Robert P. Steed, Laurence W. Moreland, and John C. Kuzenski. New York: Westview Press, "An Introduction to Political Methodology for Students." Appendix in Introduction to Political Science: Reason, Reflection, and Analysis. Edited by R. Kenneth Godwin and John C. Wahlke. New York: Harcourt Brace College Publishers "Information Heterogeneity, Public Opinion, and Support for U.S. Presidents Foreign Policies." Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C August 31 to September 3, 2000.

4 1999 "Public Evaluations of Presidential Policies." Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.. April 15-17, "Media and Presidential Influences on the Public s Evaluation of U.S. Presidents Policies, " Paper presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. March 25-27, "Gender Differences and The Political Economy of Presidential Approval." Coauthored with Harold Clarke, Marianne Stewart, and Euel Elliott. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. September 3-6, "Public Support in the United States for Presidents Handling of International Crises Involving the Use of Military Force." Co-authored with James Meernik. Paper presented at the Annual Joint Workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research, Warwick, England, March 23-28, "It s the Variable Dummy: The Evolution of Congressional Ideology, " Co-authored with Frank Feigert. Paper presented at the Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, Charleston, S.C., March 5-6, "International Peace and Domestic Prosperity: The Rationality of Foreign Policy Evaluations." Paper Presented at the Program in Foreign Policy Decision-Making Graduate Student Conference, College Station, TX. November 14, "Aspirations and Evaluations: Individuals Support for U.S. Presidents Foreign Policies." Co-authored with Jim Meernik. Paper Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.. August 28-31, "Public Support for U.S. Presidents' Foreign Policies." Co-authored with Jim Meernik. Paper Presented at the Peace Science Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. October 25-26, "The President and The Politics of Budgeting." Paper Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. August 29- September 1, "Arming the Prince: The Politics of Presidential Rhetoric." Paper Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. April 18-2, 1996.

5 "Presidential Rhetoric." Paper Presented at the Southwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. March 14-16, Invited Lectures 2013 Camtasia and Top Hot: Using Innovative Technology in Teaching. Presented to CSUB Faculty Teaching and Learning Center. October 29, Innovating the Classroom. Presented to CSUB Provost s Council. October 21, "Engaging the Legacy of Retributive Justice and The California Prison-Industrial Complex." Delivered at The Journey of Hope Conference (Co-sponsored by Death Penalty Focus and the Restorative Justice Center of the Inland Empire), Riverside and San Bernardino, CA. April 24 - May 1, "Why 'They' Hate Us." Delivered to The Rotary Club (Bakersfield. CA), April 5th, "Why Do 'They' Hate?: U.S. Politics and the Middle East." Delivered to The Council of 100 (Bakersfield, CA), January 23, "The U.S. Media's Reporting of September 11th." A panel discussion broadcast via CSUB's Instructional Television (Bakersfield, CA), September 26, "Third Party Challenges and the 2000 Election." A panel discussion on the Election 2000 aftermath "The Republican Rejection to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty." A roundtable discussion of the Republican rejection of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. October 25, Creative Activity 2003 "Tale of Two." The Phim Project CD. A joint project with the Society for Orphans and AIDS Network (Mombasa, Kenya) "Ancients and Moderns." The Phim Project CD. A joint project with The

6 Restorative Justice Center (Upland, CA) and the Kenya Breast Health Programme (Kimilili, Kenya). Professional Development: Teaching Quality Matters Review for Political Science 101: American Government. CSUB Teaching and Learning Center. Academic year CSUB Faculty Technology Leaders Program: A Community of Practice. CSUB Teaching and Learning Center. Academic year CSUB Summer Institute for Online Teaching. CSUB Teaching and Learning Center. June and August 26-29, Driven to Distraction at the Drop of a Hat. (Cengage 18 th Annual Course Technology Conference), March 15, Supporting Students in Online Courses (Wiley Institute), March 8, Part of the Faculty Technology Leaders Program at CSUB. Combining Classroom and Online Teaching: Hybrid-Flexible Course Design (Wiley Institute), March 7, Part of the Faculty Technology Leaders Program at CSUB. Work Smarter Not Harder (Wiley Institute), March 7, Part of the Faculty Technology Leaders Program at CSUB. Government in Action Webinar, March 5, Using Technology in the Classroom (Cengage Webinar), February 14, MyPolisciLab Webinar, February 28, Top Hat Monacle Webinar, January 30, Assessing the Online Learner: Strategies and Tools for Success (Wiley Institute), June Assessing Student Learning: An Introduction to Classroom Assessment Finding Out How Well Students Are Learning What We re Teaching (Wiley Institute), March CSUB Summer Institute for Online Teaching. CSUB Teaching and Learning Center. June and August 27-30, 2012.

7 CSUB Summer Institute for Assessment. CSUB Teaching and Learning Center. June 9, August 24, and August 31, Professional Service Chair, CSUB Department of Political Science present. McNair Scholar Mentor Statewide Academic Senator, California State University. Statewide Committee Assignments: CSU Fiscal and Government Affairs Committee (FGA), the CSU International Programs Committee (IP), the Chancellor s Office, General Education Advisory Committee (GEAC), the CSU Financial Aid Advisory Council, and the CSU Sustainability Advisory Committee. Local Campus Committee Assignments: Academic Senate Executive Committee Visiting Guest Lecturer at Elder College (a week long series of lectures). Topic: Media and Propaganda CSUB for Peace: A Peace Rally. Bakersfield, CA Visiting Guest Lecturer at Elder College (a week long series of lectures). Topic: American Politics: Theory versus Practice California Faculty Association - Membership Chair Coorindator for Travel and Study: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand (11 students) California Faculty Association - Political/Legislative Action Chair Faculty advisor for the CSUB Amnesty International Project for Peace. Bakersfield, CA Faculty advisor for the CSUB Muslim Club California Faculty Association Chapter Secretary The Phim Project. A joint project with The Restorative Justice Center and the Kenya Breast Health Programme (Kimilili, Kenya).

8 Labor Relations Outreach, California Faculty Association Humanities and Social Sciences School Representative, California Faculty Association Information Resources Advisory Committee (IRAC, the committee formerly known as Library, Media, and Computer Services). CSUB present. Department Representative, California Faculty Association Faculty advisor for the CSUB Campus Greens Academic Petitions Committee present. Faculty advisor for The Political Science Club present. Faculty advisor for Pi Sigma Alpha present. Commentary and interviews with local television, radio, and newspaper concerning national and local elections Institute of Regional Development at Bridgewater State College (survey concerning the 1998 Massachusetts state-wide election) Reader for the College Board s Advanced Placement Examination in Government and Politics, College Park, Maryland Editorial Assistant for Electoral Studies, edited by Harold Clarke at University of North Texas. Journal Reviewer American Politics Research (formerly American Politics Quarterly) Journal of Politics Electoral Studies International Studies Quarterly Foreign Languages Ancient Greek: Unpublished manuscript of Plato's Euthyphro (1993). Currently learning Sanskrit.

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