Paul T. McCartney

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Email: pmccartn@towson.edu				Phone: (410) 444-2448
Office phone: (410) 704-5218				

CURRENT POSITION:

	Towson University
	Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

	Courses:	American Foreign Policy
			Introduction to International Relations
			International Relations Theory

EDUCATION:

	University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA	Ph.D., American Government 2001
		Dissertation: Power and Progress: Debating American National Identity During
			The Spanish-American War
		Committee: Kenneth W. Thompson (chair), Martha A. Derthick, James Ceaser, 
William Lee Miller
		Comprehensive Exams: International Relations Theory, U.S. National Institutions
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA	M.A., American Government 1995
		Thesis: The Establishment Clause and U.S. Foreign Policy
		Comprehensive Exams: Constitutional Law, Modern Political Theory
	Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ		B.A., Political Science 1991
		Livingston College Honors Scholar; Graduated with honors
		Honors Thesis: The Impact of the Supreme Court on Religious Liberty in America

PUBLICATIONS:

	Book
	Power and Progress: American National Identity, the War of 1898, and the Rise of 
American Imperialism, (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006) 

	Articles 
(Journals and book chapters)
 “American Nationalism and U.S. Foreign Policy from 9/11 to the Iraq War,” Political 
Science Quarterly, (Fall 2004) 

“American Nationalism and U.S. Foreign Policy from 9/11 to the Iraq War,” in Robert Y. 
Shapiro, ed., The Meaning of American Democracy, (New York: American 
Academy of Political Science, 2005), reprinted from Political Science Quarterly
“Anglo-Saxonism and U.S. Foreign Policy During the Spanish-American War,” in
		Identity Politics and U.S. Foreign Policy, ed. Thomas Ambrosio, (Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 2002)
“The President, the Congress, and a Separation of Powers Question: The War Powers
		Resolution,” with Kenneth W. Thompson, Miller Center Journal, (Spring 1998)
“The Realism of the Founding Fathers,” Miller Center Journal, (Spring 1996)

	(Book Reviews and Encyclopedia entries)
“Engaging the World,” in Encyclopedia of American Political Development, ed. Daniel J
Tichenor and Richard Harris (Forthcoming, 2008)
Book Review: “Americanism,” Journal of American History (Forthcoming, 2007)
	“Nationalism and Nationality,” in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 
2d. ed., William A. Darity, ed. (Forthcoming, 2007)
Review Essay: “The Lost Promise of Patriotism: Debating American Identity, 1890-
1920,” American Communist History (December 2006)
“Neo-Isolationism,” in Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront, ed. John
P. Resch et. al. (New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 2004)
“Triumphalism,” in Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront, ed. John P. 
	Resch et. al. (New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 2004)
	“War Powers Resolution,” in Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront, ed. 
John P. Resch et. al. (New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 2004)

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

	Princeton University 
Lecturer, Princeton Writing Program, 2005-2006
		
	Courses: 	Moral Responsibility and American Foreign Policy

	Service: 	Member of Committee to Select Quinn Morton Writing Fellows, 2006
			Led Teacher-Training Session, May 2006

University of Richmond 
Visiting Assistant Professor, 2004-2005

	Teaching: 	U.S. Foreign Policy
			International Law
			Introduction to International Relations (5 times)
			Directed student’s research on Iraqi Occupation Fact-Finding Commission

Service:	 Faculty advisor to US-AID

Rutgers University 
Visiting Assistant Professor, 2001-04

	Teaching:	Introduction to International Relations (8 times)
			American Foreign Policy (3 times)
			International Law (3 times)
			Politics and Culture (3 times)										Nature of Politics
Chair, Henry Rutgers Honors Thesis on Cuban Politics, 2003-04
			Director of independent studies on the following subjects:
				Germany and the European Union
Non-governmental Organizations and the United Nations
Conflict Resolution and International Politics
Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy
Municipal Government in New Brunswick
China-Taiwanese relations
	
Service:	Faculty advisor, International Studies Organization, 2003-04
Member of committee to allocate funds awarded to department for
Winning university-wide “Award for Programmatic Excellence in
Undergraduate Education”

Other:		Golden Key National Honor Society, teaching award (see honors)
			Mentored/supervised five teaching assistants for “Nature of Politics” class; 
				Supervised graduate students in other capacities as well 
			Recognized by Rutgers College for contributions to undergraduate
Education
			Engaged in funded research with undergraduate research assistant

The Junior Statesmen Foundation (an intensive summer program for gifted high 
school students interested in studying politics) 
Instructor, Summer 2003 (Princeton University)

	Teaching:	 American Foreign Policy 

	Northern Kentucky University 
Lecturer, Spring 2001

	Teaching:  	History of American Political Thought (2 classes)
			Research Methods
			Religion and American Politics

	Service:	Departmental Advising

Rutgers University 
Instructor / TA, Spring 2000

	Teaching:	Nature of Politics, under Benjamin J. Barber

	Kean University 
Instructor, Fall 1999

	Teaching:	American Political Thought

	White Burkett Miller Center

	Special Assistant and Researcher, Commission for the Study of the Separation of 
Powers, 1997-1998 
Editorial Assistant of various publications, 1995-1998
		
	University of Virginia

	Teaching Assistant, “Introduction to American Government,” under Larry J.
Sabato, Spring 1995, Spring 1996
	Research Assistant under Matthew Holden, Summer 1995
	Grader, “American Political Parties,” under Clifton McCleskey, Spring 1994

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

	“Partisan Worldviews and American Foreign Policy After the Cold War,” Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 2006 
“Parties, Culture, and U.S. Foreign Policy,” Annual Meeting of the American Political 
Science Association, Chicago, 2004  
	“Defining Civilization in the Bush Doctrine: A Cultural Analysis of George W. Bush’s
		Response to September 11,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Boston, 2002
	“Herbert Croly and Woodrow Wilson’s Liberal Inter-nationalism,” Woodrow Wilson
		National Symposium, Staunton VA, 2002
	“Power and Progress: Race, Religion, American National Identity, and the Spanish-
		American War,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington, D.C., 2000
	“Religion and the American Mission in 1898,” Woodrow Wilson National Symposium,
		Staunton VA, 2000
“The Establishment Clause and Foreign Policy,” Annual Meeting of the Northeastern
Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 1997 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS:

	“Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy,” University of Richmond, March 2005
	“U.S. Foreign Policy and the 2004 Election,” University of Richmond, September 2004
“American Nationalism and the Drive to War in Iraq,” Rutgers University Teach-In: The
Iraq War, Co-sponsored by each of the colleges comprising the University, the
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and others, April 2003 
“The Bush Doctrine, American Nationalism, and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle
East,” Rutgers University International Studies Organization, April 2003
 “Power and Progress: A Cultural Analysis of American Expansionism in 1898,”
Symposium on Politics, History and Culture, Rutgers University, 2002
	“National Identity of American Adoptees from Vietnam,” Miller Center of Public 
		Affairs, University of Virginia, 1996

TEACHING INTERESTS:

	Introduction to Political Science
	Introduction to International Relations
	American Foreign Policy
International Law		
	American Political Thought			
	Politics and Culture				 
	Religion and Politics
	American Political Development				
	International Relations Theory

AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS:

	Kneller Fund Research Grant (for student-faculty research), 2004
	Golden Key International Honor Society, Honorary Membership for Excellence in
		Teaching (one of five awarded at Rutgers for the academic year), 2002
	Institute for the Study of World Politics, Dissertation Fellowship, 1997-98
	George Washington Fellow (for the study of religion and politics), Summer 1997
	Department of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, 
Dissertation Fellowship, 1996-97, 1997-98
	H.B. Earhart Fellowship, Earhart Foundation, 1996-97
	Spicer Foundation Fellowship, 1996-97
	Bradley Foundation Fellowship, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98
	Miller Center Graduate Fellowship, 1995-96
	DuPont Fellowship, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95
Livingston College Honors Scholar (one of 13 to graduate in my class), 1991
Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honor Association), 1991

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
	American Political Science Association, 1994-Present
		Section memberships: Foreign Policy, Politics and History, International History
		and Politics, Religion and Politics
	American Society of International Law, 2002-2005
	American Academy of Political Science, 2004-Present

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
	Outside reviewer, Louisiana State University Press
Outside reviewer, Political Science Quarterly
Expert commentary on local radio programs, 2004-2005

OTHER RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:
	Instructor, GRE Test Preparation, Kaplan Educational Services, 1994-1996
	Proofreader / Editorial Assistant, Burgdorff ERA, 2003-2006

REFERENCES:

	Princeton University
	Kerry Walk, Director, Princeton Writing Program
		(609) 258-2703  kwalk@princeton.edu 
	
	University of Richmond
	Daniel Palazzolo, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science 
(804) 289-8973  dpalazzo@richmond.edu 
	Arthur J. Gunlicks, Professor, Department of Political Science
		(804) 289-8532  agunlick@richmond.edu  
	Vincent Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
		(804) 289-8533  vwang@richmond.edu 

Rutgers University
Susan E. Lawrence, Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor of
Political Science
		(732) 932-8566  slawren@rci.rutgers.edu 
	Edward Rhodes, Associate Dean for Social Sciences and Associate Professor of Political
Science, Rutgers University	
(732) 932-1830  rhodese@rci.rutgers.edu 
Gordon Schochet, Professor of Political Science
		(732) 932-9382  schochet@rci.rutgers.edu 
	Daniel Tichenor, Associate Professor of Political Science
		(732) 932-6733  tichen@rci.rutgers.edu 
	Milton Heumann, Professor II of Political Science
		(732) 932-9261  heumann@rci.rutgers.edu 
Roy Licklider, Professor II of Political Science
	licklide@rci.rutgers.edu 

University of Virginia
	Kenneth W. Thompson, J. Wilson Newman Professor, Department of Politics and Miller
		Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia
		(434) 924-7236  kwt8b@virginia.edu 
	Martha A. Derthick, Julia Allen Cooper Professor Emeritus, Department of Politics
		(434) 984-9981  mad2d@cms.mail.virginia.edu 
	James W. Ceaser, Harry Flood Byrd Professor, Department of Politics
		(434) 924-7903  jwc2g@cms.mail.virginia.edu