Curriculum Vitae - Kentucky State University

Born: 5 December 1955, Versailles, KY 40383
Curriculum Vitae
Robert W. Lancaster
Kentucky State University
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Department of Political Science
Hathaway Hall, Room 231A
400 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
robert.lancaster@kysu.edu
Current Address: 5755 McCowans Ferry Road, Versailles, KY 40383
Education:
-Ph.D Political Science, University of Kentucky, 1995-2004
Major field: Policy analysis; Minor field: Political theory
-M.A. Political Science, University of Kentucky, 1995-2004
-B.A. English/Political Science, University of Kentucky, 1987-1990
Scholastic Honors:
-Phi Beta Kappa, 1990; runner-up Outstanding Senior in English and Political Science
Professional Experience:
University Service:
Elected President, Faculty Senate, 2011-2012; reelected May 2012-Resigned
August 2012
Chair, Executive Committee, 2011-2012; May 2012-Resigned August 2012
Elected Chair, Academic Policies Committee (APC), 2010-2011
Co-Chair, Standing Elections Committee 2009-2011
Executive Committee member, 2010-2011
Elected APC Committee member, 2009-2010
Academic Service:
Interim Chair, Behavioral and Social Sciences, July 2012-
Acting Chair, Behavioral and Social Sciences, March 2012-July 2012
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Behavioral
and Social Sciences, Kentucky State University, Spring 2012-
Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of Political Science, Behavioral
and Social Sciences, Kentucky State University, Fall 2007-Spring 2012
Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science, Behavioral and Social
Sciences, Kentucky State University, Fall 2005-Spring 2007
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Teaching Abroad:
Universidad de La Salle, Bogata, Colombia; May 14-June 1 2012; English
speaking seminars on education, and politics, as well as acting as liaison
for KSU students.
Serving, or served on:
-Liberal Studies Core Summer Institute (Summer 2012)
-Argos Design and Reporting, Project Leader (2012-)
-Luminus Design Committee (2012-)
-Provost Search Committee (Spring 2012)
-Benefits (Standing) Committee (2011-)
-Distance Learning Advisory Committee (Special) Committee (2010-)
-Animal Welfare (Standing) Committee (2009-)
-Faculty Incentive Program (Special) Committee (2009-2010)
-University (Standing) Grievance Committee (2007-2010)
Division Service
-Co-Director of the Behavioral and Social Sciences’ BSS Club (2008-2012)
-Chair, BSS Senior Curriculum Committee (2008-2012)
-Member, BSS Grant Committee (2009-2012)
-Served on various faculty search committees (2008-)
Professional Service
Associate Editor, 2011- . The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural,
Economic and Social Sustainability.
Associate Editor, 2010- . The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social
Sciences.
Community Service:
Board of Directors-nominee, the Lexington Bluegrass Area Realtors, 2011
Commissioner-nominee, Kentucky Real Estate Commission, 2011 and 2012
Consultant, the “Green Team”, an environmental platform commissioned by then
former California governor Jerry Brown (with Ernest Yanarella, Hugh
Bartling, and Christopher Rice), appointed to create “Oakland Ecopolis”,
for Governor Brown’s campaign for Mayor of Oakland, then to advise on
the operationalization of urban sustainability with “Oakland Ecopolis: A
Plan for a Green Plan” (1998): http://wtp.org/archive/papers/plan.html
Scholarly Interests:
Critical policy analysis and sustainability theory (urban sustainability, environmental and
sustainable urban design); political theory, particularly ‘green’ democracy and issues of
power; zoning and real estate issues, particularly in the areas of appraisal and market
value), based on ongoing professional service
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Outside Interests:
Currently hold the rank of Certified General Real Property Appraiser in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, since 1992
Certified Private Pilot, FAA
Publications:
Journal Articles Published:
“Urban Sustainability vs. Economic Growth: The Impact on Local Governance”.
The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences;, publication
pending, Fall 2012.
“Un-sustainability: Sustainability, Power and Economic Development at the City
Level.” The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and
Social Sustainability. Vo. 7, Issue 5, pp.347-364.
“The Uncertain Question for Urban Sustainability: Micro-Local
Experimentation.” 2010. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary
Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 6, pp.127-138.
“‘Green’ vs. Sustainability: From Semantics to Enlightenment”, Sustainability:
The Journal of Record, October 2009, Vol. 2, No. 5: 296-302 (with Ernest
Yanarella and Richard Levine).
Journal Articles Pending:
“The Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise: Sustainability and the ‘Greening’ of
The African Diaspora through Social Equity.” Notes and Records: An
International Journal of African and African Diaspora Studies (SIRAS). Fall
2011, pending, Spring 2012.
“Preserve Richmond: A Walking Tour of Sustainability”. Terrain.org: A Journal
of the Built and Natural Environments. Work in progress.
“Identifying the Enemy: Sustainability and the Threat to Power.” Sustainability:
The Journal of Record, work in progress
“Sustainability as Policy: Pending Impact and Peril to Local Power Structures”
Public Policy and Administration, work in progress.
Forthcoming Book:
Getting From Here to There: the Politics of Urban Sustainability in North
America. (with Ernest Yanarella) Fall 2012; prospectus accepted: Anthem Press,
London, UK (ms).
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Other Publications, Reviews and Reports:
“Oakland Ecopolis: A Plan for a Green Plan.” (1998). A ‘plan for a green plan’
commissioned by former California governor Jerry Brown (with Ernest Yanarella,
Hugh Bartling, and Christopher Rice); http://wtp.org/archive/papers/plan.html
“From Utopia To A Vanity Fair: Postscript To A New Paradigm Toward Small
Town Sustainability” (1996). http://www.uky.edu/Classes/PS776/
Conferences:
The Eighth International Conference of the Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 30 July-1
August, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Invited to lecture: “Sustainability
and the Threat to Power.” Funding pending.
The Ninth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social
Sustainability. 23-25 January 2013, International Conference Center Hiroshima, Japan.
Lecture: “From There to Here: Methods of Measuring Sustainability.” Funding pending.
The Seventh International Conference of the Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 25- June
28, 2012, Universidad Abat Oliba CEU, Barcelona, Spain. Invited to lecture:
“Sustainability and the Threat to Power.” Declined.
2012 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental `Change,
Berlin, 5-6 October 2012, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Lecture: “The State of
Sustainability.” Declined.
The Eighth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social
Sustainability. 10 to 12 January 2012, University of British Columbia. Invited to lecture:
“Urban Sustainability vs. Economic Growth: The Impact on Local Governance when the
Immovable Object meets the Irresistible Force.”
The Sixth International Conference of the Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 11-13 July
2011, University of New Orleans, US. Lecture: “Sustainability vs. Economic Growth in
Hamilton, Ontario: Vision 2020, Democracy, and the Red Hill Valley Parkway.”
Southern Interdisciplinary Round Table on African Studies (SIRAS), Kentucky State
University, Frankfort, KY 40601, 7-8 April, 2011. Paper presentation: “The Chattanooga
Neighborhood Enterprise: Sustainability and the “Greening” of the African Diaspora
through Social Equity”
Southern Interdisciplinary Round Table on African Studies (SIRAS), Kentucky State
University, Frankfort, KY 40601, 7-8 April, 2011. Moderator and sponsor of a student
panel of ‘budding scholars’
The Fifth International Conference of the Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 2-5 August
2010, University of Cambridge, UK. Invited to lecture: “The Uncertain Question for
Urban Sustainability: Micro-Local Experimentation”.
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The Seventh International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social
Sustainability. 5 to 7 January, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Lecture
(virtual presentation): “Un-Urban Sustainability: Green Economic Experimentation”.
Southern Interdisciplinary Round Table on African Studies (SIRAS), Kentucky State
University, Frankfort, KY, 7-8 April, 2010. Moderator and sponsor: “Colonial Legacies
and the New World: A Comparative Analysis”, a student panel of ‘budding scholars’.
Southern Interdisciplinary Round Table on African Studies (SIRAS), Kentucky State
University, Frankfort, KY 40601, 3-5 April, 2009. Moderator and sponsor: “The Place of
the Black Woman in a Changing World”, a student panel of ‘budding scholars’.
Southern Interdisciplinary Round Table on African Studies (SIRAS), Kentucky State
University, Frankfort, KY 40601, 3-5 April, 2008. Moderator and sponsor of ‘budding
scholars’.
The Southwestern Political Science Conference, Dallas, Texas, July 1999, Paper
presented: “From Public Proclamation to Political Dismissal: The Wants, Needs, and
Realities of Small Town Sustainability in the United States.”
Attended, mediated, and/or presented at the Kentucky-Canadian Roundtable from its
inception in 1996 until its end in 2009. Moreover, in the March 2011, I was offered the
opportunity to serve as Director of the Roundtable, which remains under consideration.
Teaching:
HIS 499: Senior Colloquium: in class
POS 101: American Government: in class
POS 101: American Government: online (developed)
POS 160: State and Local Government: in class
POS 160: State and Local Government: online (developed)
POS 201: Metropolitan Government: in class, ready for online
POS 201: Metropolitan Government:
POS 291, 391, 491 Internships I, II, III: Political internships
POS 301: Research Methods; in class
POS 322: Legislative Process: in class
POS 322: Legislative Process: online (developed)
POS 446: American Political Executives: in class
POS 446: American Political Executives: online (developed)
POS 461: Local Public Policy: in class, ready for online
POS 499: Senior Colloquium: in class
PSY 301: Research Methods: online (developed)
PSY 301: Research Methods: online
PSY 499: Senior Colloquium: in class
PSY 499: Senior Colloquium: online (developed)
SOC 301: Research Methods; in class
SOC 499: Senior Colloquium: in class
POS 461: “Urban Sustainability as Local Public Policy” in Vancouver, British Columbia,
12-26 July 2011, in association with the Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (CCSA).
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References:
Ernest J. Yanarella
Professor of Political Science
Professor of Architecture
Department of Political Science
College of Design
University of Kentucky, P.O.T. 1659
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-00278 Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0041
Office: 859-257-2989 Office: 859-257-1437
ejyana@uky.edu
rlevine@uky.edu
Additional references are available upon request.
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