Robert E. England is an American political scientist. He is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Political Science at Oklahoma State University.[1] He is a former graduate student of David R. Morgan. England is the Founding Editor of International Fire Service Journal of Leadership and Management[2][3] and an Editorial Board member for the Journal of Social Change.[4]

Education

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England earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in 1974.[5] He earned a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Oklahoma, graduating in 1982.[5]

Career and scholarship

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England began his career as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Oklahoma State University in 1982.[5][6] In 1990, he reached the rank of full professor, and in 1997, he became head of the department.[5] His scholarly work includes coauthorship of Race, Class, and Education: The Politics of Second Generation Discrimination, Oklahoma Politics & Policies: Governing the Sooner State,[7] and Managing Urban America.[8]

England was the co-founder of the Master's of Science in Fire and Emergency Management Administration at OSU,[5] and he is founding editor of the International Fire Service Journal of Leadership and Management.[2]

Honors and awards

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  • 1987–88 OSU Fred Jones Award for Teaching Excellence
  • 1992 Oklahoma Center for the Book: Outstanding Nonfiction Book Award,[9] for the book Oklahoma Politics & Policies: Governing the Sooner State (with David Morgan and George Humphreys), University of Nebraska Press, 1991, ISBN 0-8032-8136-6
  • 1996 Phi Eta Sigma OSU freshman honor society outstanding teaching award.
  • 1997 Outstanding Oklahoma Political Scientist, Oklahoma Political Science Association.[10]
  • 1998 Outstanding Teaching Award, American Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha.[11]
  • 2011 University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Hall of Fame[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Emeritus Faculty". Oklahoma State University Department of Political Science. Oklahoma State University. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Contact Editor". International Fire Service Journal of Leadership and Management. Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  3. ^ Article submission information. Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine International Fire Service Journal of Leadership and Management. Accessed January 23, 2010.
  4. ^ Editorial Board Archived March 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Journal of Social Change. Accessed January 23, 2010
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Political Scientist, Educator listed for USAO Hall of Fame". University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. October 26, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  6. ^ "New Appointments". People in Political Science. 15 (3). American Political Science Association: 498. Summer 1982. JSTOR 418910.
  7. ^ Morgan, David R.; England, Robert E. & Humphreys, George G. (1991), Oklahoma Politics and Policies: Governing the Sooner State, Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, p. 270
  8. ^ England, Robert E.; Pelissero, John P. & Morgan, David R. (2011), Managing Urban America (7th ed.), CQ Press
  9. ^ Oklahoma Book Award Winners. Oklahoma Center for the Book. Accessed January 23, 2010
  10. ^ OSU awards. stillwater.org, City of Stillwater, Oklahoma. Accessed January 23, 2010
  11. ^ 1998 Campus-Wide Teaching Award Recipients. PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Dec. 1998), pp. 782–785
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