April 2017
RICHARD CRAIG CURTIS
Department of Political Science
Bradley University
Peoria, IL 61625
Office:
Department of
Political Science
Bradley University
Peoria, IL 61625
Bradley Hall, room 426B, (309) 677-2492
Email: rcc@fsmail.bradley.edu
Home page URL: http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~rcc/
Personal:
Birthdate: July 8, 1960
Family: married, (Leah E. Adams-Curtis)
Two Children (Anna C. Curtis, born 12-2-95, and Galen R. Curtis, born 5-19-98)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Political Science,
FIELDS: Public Administration, Public Law, Criminal Justice,
DISSERTATION: "Private Compliance and Public Interest Outcomes: Coproduction and Public Policy Goals in Public Safety Promotion Programs" (Chair: Nicholas P. Lovrich)
(Funding:
M.A. in Criminal Justice,
J.D. with distinction, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of
Law (
B.A. in Political Science, cum laude, Millsaps College (
EXPERIENCE
Current: 2016 - Professor, Department of Political Science, Bradley University, Peoria IL. Teaching Responsibilities:
Past: 2015-2016 – Director, Pre-Law Center.
1997 – 2016 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Bradley University, Peoria IL.
1996- 1999 Director, Administration of Criminal Justice Program, Bradley University, Peoria IL
1991-1997 Assistant Professor of Political Science,
1990 - 91 Program Associate, Program for Local Government Education,
1986 - 90 Graduate Assistant, Department of Political Science,
1982 - 85 Research Assistant, University of the
Pacific,
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Promoted to full professor, effective August 2016.
Bradley: *Winner of the 2009 Rev. Dr. Joanne “Pep” Cooke Special Recognition Award for service and support of Bradley student athletes.
*Granted a summer stipend to develop and offer a distance learning course (ACJ110 - Intro to Crim J) in the summer of 2000.
*Named Professor of the Semester for Fall 1998 by the Inter-Fraternity Council, the Panhellenic Council and the Order of Omega.
*Granted tenure and promotion to associate professor, effective Fall 1997.
* Innovative Teaching Award from the Office of Teaching Excellence to teach PLS 300, Topics in Political Thought, summer of 1994. Awarded opportunity to repeat the course in the summer of 1995.
* Winner, Student Paper Competition, Annual Meeting of the Western
Society of Criminology,
* American Jurisprudence Award, Real Property, 1982-1983
* Verne Adrian and Annabel McGeorge Academic Scholarship, 1984-1985
* Member Traynor Honor Society, 1985
RESEARCH SKILLS
Quantitative Methods: Experience with survey research techniques, considerable training in the use of quantitative techniques.
Legal Research Methods: Experience researching legal problems in criminal law, constitutional law and criminal procedure, family law, and property law using printed and Lexis/Nexis material.
Outreach Training Skills: Trained in group facilitation, with experience in
the provision of assistance to government officials at the state, county and
municipal level. Subject areas include sexual harassment, personnel systems,
goal setting, team building and labor-management relations.
RESEARCH
Published Research
Book
The Fourth
Amendment in Flux: The Roberts Court, Crime Control, and Digital Privacy, The University of Kansas Press, with Michael
C. Gizzi, Illinois State University, 2016.
Articles, refereed
”Using Technology the Founders Never Dreamed of: Cell Phones as Tracking Devices and the
Fourth Amendment,” with Michael C. Gizzi of Illinois State University and
Michael J. Kittleson of University of Washington Law School, University of Denver Criminal law Review,
4:61-106, summer 2014.
“Thoughts on Bureaucracy and the Building of Democratic Traditions in Newly Democratizing Nations,” with Michael J. Kittleson of Bradley University, Illinois Political Science Review, 15: 81-104, fall, 2013.
“What is a Landmark Case?
Ranking Search and Seizure Cases Using Shepard’s Citations,” with
Michael Gizzi of Illinois State University, Criminal
Law Bulletin, 49 (2): 236-273, Summer 2013.
“U.S. Courts of Appeals and State Supreme Court Responses to
Arizona v Gant: A Study in Judicial
Impact,” with Michael Gizzi and Ethan Boldt of Illinois State University, Journal of Crime and Justice, 37(2):
214-233 (2014) (ifirst article, 1-20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2012.717382,
first published August 20, 2012).
“The Impact of Arizona v. Gant on Search and Seizure Law as Applied to Vehicle Searches,” with Michael Gizzi of Illinois State University, University of Denver Criminal Law Review, 1, no.1, Spring 2011: 30-50.
"Cars Stereos and Class Conflict: The Dangers of Too Much Social Control,"
New Political Science 31(3
(September)):273-289 (2009).
"Substantive Disconnects: An Exploration of Critical Criminology and the Policy Making Process," Race, Gender and Class 10(1):144-162 (2003).
"A Developmental Analysis of the Term `Management' and Its Role in Public Administration Thinking," with John L. Anderson Administrative Theory and Praxis: A Journal of Dialogue in Public Administration Theory 17(2):62-73 (1995).
"Integrating theory and Practice: The Use of OD Intervention Methods in the Classroom," Review of Public Personnel Administration 14(4):65-81 (Fall 1994).
"Who's in Charge? Lessons in Discerning the Source of Authority for a Rural Local Government's Decision to Retain OD Assistance." with Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and Kelsey Gray. International Journal of Public Administration 16(4):491-510 (April 1993).
"Improving Legal Compliance by Non-Coercive Means: Coproducing Order in
"The Development of Behavior-Based Performance Appraisal Processes in Smaller Local Governments: Lessons From a Case Study." with Donna L. Roush, Holly A. Dershem and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. Public Productivity and Management Review 14(3):267-279 (Spring 1991).
"In the Spirit of Rosenbloom's `What Every Public Personnel Manager
Should Know About the Constitution': An Updated Annotated Bibliography of
Recent Caselaw." Review of Public Personnel Administration
10(2):39-53 (Spring 1990).
Articles, other
“Law Constraints on Public Administration,” in Ali Farazmand (ed.), Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_1110-1, Springer, 2016.
“Does the domestic use of drones by law enforcement infringe on Americans' civil liberties,” with Michael C. Gizzi, Illinois State University. Submitted December 5, 2014 to the ABC CLIO, Enduring Questions American Government Academic database.
“Pensions, Tenure, and the Ability
to Recruit,” PA Times 36(no. 4, October, 2013):6.
“There’s Nothing Fair about the Illinois Map: An Examination of the Reapportionment Process in Illinois,” with Brad McMillan, Director, Institute for Principled Leadership in Public Service, and Don Racheter, President, Public Interest Institute, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Published April, 2013, in The Simon Review, http://paulsimoninstitute.org/images/PDF/simonreview35.pdf.
“The Value of the Public Service Motivation,” PA Times 35(October, 2012):3
"Criminal Justice & Possible Winds of Change in the United
States." with Christopher L. Blakesley and Eulis Simien. Revue
Internationale de Droit Penal 63:1447-1474 (
"Prospects for the Future Direction of the United States Supreme
Court." with Christopher L. Blakesley. Revue Internationale de Droit
Penal 63:1057-1071 (
"Human Rights & Criminal Justice in the United States." with
Christopher L. Blakesley and Bruce Zagaris. Revue Internationale de Droit
Penal 63:393-417 (
"The Development of a Behavioral-Based Performance Appraisal System for Correction Officers in Direct Supervision Jails." with Mary K. Stohr-Gillmore, Linda L. Zupan, Ben A. Menke and Nicholas P. Lovrich. American Jails VI(1):10-16 (March - April 1992).
"Le Developpement Du Droit Penal Aux Etats-Unis." with Christopher L. Blakesley, Les Annales du Droit LI(2):177-218 (1991).
"Mise a Jour: Droit Constitutional & Droit Penal aux Etats Unis (U.S. Supreme Court, 1985 term)." with Christopher L. Blakesley, 33 Annuaire de Legislation Francaise et Etrangere (1986).
"United States: A Review of United States Supreme Court Decisions Re Criminal Justice." with Christopher L. Blakesley, Comparative Law Yearbook 9:95-122 (1985).
"Mise a Jour: Droit Constitutional & Droit Penal aux Etats Unis
(U.S. Supreme Court, 1985 term)." with Christopher L. Blakesley, 32 Annuaire
de Legislation Francaise et Etrangere (1985).
Book Chapters
“Employee
Expectations of Privacy in the Work Place: Drug Tests, Work Spaces,
Computers, and Social Media,” Chapter 5, pp. 109-130, in volume 1 of Privacy in the Digital Age: 21st-Century Challenges to the
Fourth Amendment (Nancy S.
Lind and Erik Rankin, eds.) Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2015.
“Where is the Suspect? The Potential for Use of Private Location-Tracking
Data by Law Enforcement,” Chapter 8, pp. 175-198, in volume 1 of Privacy in the Digital Age: 21st-Century Challenges to the
Fourth Amendment (Nancy S.
Lind and Erik Rankin, eds.) Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2015.
"Criminal Procedure in the United States." with Christopher L. Blakesley. Chapter 15, pp. 333-365, in Tugrul Ansay and David S. Clark (eds.) Introduction to the Law of the United States (Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1992)
"The Court Administrator Innovation: Perceptions of the Bar and Bench." with Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., Charles H. Sheldon and Steve Hall, in Ralph Baker and Fred Meyer, State Policy Problems (Nelson-Hall, Inc., 1992).
"Noneconomic Consequences of Marriage." Chapter 13 in Wardle, Blakesley and Parker, Contemporary Family Law: Principles, Policy and Practice (Callaghan & Company, 1988).
"Property Division--Common Law." with Christopher L. Blakesley,
Chapter 30 in Wardle, Blakesley and Parker, Contemporary Family Law:
Principles, Policy and Practice (Callaghan & Company, 1988).
Book Reviews
“Gary T. Marx, Windows into the Soul: Surveillance and Society in an Age of High Technology, Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2016, 326 pp.” New Political Science, 39(2):304-306 (2017). First published online, March 14, 2017, DOI: 10.1080/07393148.2017.1301317.
“Marie Gottschalk, Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2015, 284 pp.” New Political Science, 37(3): 429-431 (2015), First published online, June 26, 2015, DOI: 10.1080/07393148.2015.1056620.
“James J. Chris, Beyond Community Policing: From Early American Beginnings to the 21st Century, Boulder, CO, Paradigm, 2013, 213 pp.” New Political Science 36(3):414-417 (2014).
“Marie Gottshalk, The Prison and the
Gallows: The Politics of Mass
Incarceration in
"Ashner, Harold J., Representing the Agency Before the Merit Systems Protection Board: A Handbook on MSPB Practice and Procedure." Review of Public Personnel Administration 18(2):94-95 (Spring 1998).
"A Triumph of Technique? A Review of Paul van Rijn's Biodata:
Potentials and Challenges in Public Sector Employee Selection." Review
of Public Personnel Administration 12(3):57-59 (May- August, 1992).
Conference Presentations
“New Federalism and the Rehnquist Legacy: An Empirical Test of Rehnquist's Effort to Shift the Balance of Power Back to the States,” with Michael C. Gizzi. Presented at the 2016 meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings on April, 10.
“To Trespass or not to Trespass: Law Enforcement, Cell Phones, and the Fourth Amendment,” with Michael C. Gizzi and Michael J. Kittleson. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association on Thursday, September 26, 2013.
“There’s Nothing Fair about the Illinois Map: An Examination of the Reapportionment Process in Illinois,” with Brad McMillan, Director, Institute for Principled Leadership in Public Service, and Don Racheter, President, Public Interest Institute, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, at The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale National Conference on Redistricting in Illinois, April 30, in Springfield., IL.
“Thoughts on Bureaucracy and the Building of Democratic Traditions in Newly
Democratizing Nations,” with Michael Kittleson of Bradley University. Presented
at the Annual Meetings of the Illinois
Political Science Association in Elgin, Il., Feb. 25, 2012.
“U.S. Court of Appeals and State Supreme Court Responses to Arizona v Gant: A Study in Judicial Impact,” with Michael Gizzi and Ethan Boldt of Illinois State University. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings in April, 2012.
“Arizona v. Gant: A Blip on the Radar , or a Paradigm Shift for Search and Seizure Law and Drug Interdiction,” with Mike Gizzi of Illinois State University. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association on Thursday, September 24, 2009.
“Cars Stereos and
Class Conflict: The Limits of the Modern
Regulatory State.” Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association
Meetings in Chicago, in April 2008.
“What We Have Forgotten About Capitalism: An Argument for Regulation of Business.” Presented
at the Midwest Political Science
Association Meetings in Chicago, in April 2007.
“Participatory Democracy in Action: A Descriptive Analysis of Public
Participation in Regulatory Hearings before the Illinois Pollution Control
Board,” Presented at the 2003 Annual
Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago.
“Regulatory Policy Making at the State Level: An Exploration of
Environmental Regulation in Illinois,” with C. J. Neu. Presented at
the Midwest Political Science Association
Meetings in Chicago, in April, 2001. Professor Steven Smith of the
“Dogma on the Stump: Religion and Political Participation in the United States,” with Emily Gill. Presented at the Illinois Political Science Meetings held in November, 2000, on the campus of Northern Illinois University.
"Judicial Accountability and the Fourth Amendment: An Examination of Republican "Success" in Manipulating the Judicial System." Presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, Illinois
"Even the Liberals are Talking About Costs and Benefits: The Demise of the Language of Critical Perspectives," with Rebecca Runyon. Presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, Illinois.
"A Godly Nation: The Founders, Rationalism and Revelation," with Emily Gill. Presented by Emily Gill at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in San Francisco, California.
"A Godly Nation: The Religious Right, the Founders and the Constitution," with Emily Gil. Presented at the 1996 Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, Illinois.
"Presidential Micromanagement of Regulation: The Case of Ethanol," with James Simeone. Presented at the 1993 Annual meeting of the Illinois Political Science Association in Bloomington Illinois.
"Setting a Research Agenda for Administrative Law: The Quest for Communication Between Two Disciplines." Presented at the 1991 annual meeting of the Mid-America Schools of Public Affairs and Administration in Omaha, Nebraska.
"Deterrence and Perception of Safety Factors Affecting Safety Belt Use After the Enactment of a Mandatory Safety Belt Use Law: The Case of Washington State." Presented at the 1990 annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Denver, Colorado.
"Leadership on the Washington State Supreme Court: The Case for Greater Use of Readily Available Data for Calculating Influence Differentials," with Michael Stohr-Gillmore. Presented at the 1988 annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Political Science Association in Portland, Oregon.
"Gender Bias in Discretionary Decision Making in the Criminal Justice
System: An Application of a New Model."
Presented at the 1987 meeting of the Western Society of Criminology
in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Non-Refereed Publications
Two WebCt distance learning course templates completed under contract for W.
W. Norton & Company during Spring and Summer, 2000. The texts were:
American Government: Freedom and Power (6th
Edition)
American Government: Freedom and Power (Brief
6th Edition)
"Leadership Training Support and Follow-Up: Final Workplan Report." with Greg Andranovich, Aerin Dunkle, Jim Goche' and Dawn Pederson. Washington State University, Program for Local Government Education, 1992.
"Making Performance Evaluations Work." and "Goal Setting with
Employees." Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Roadbuilders Clinic (
"Citizen Survey on Planning Issues, 1990: Citizen Views on Growth Management Issues." with Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., Ruth Self, and Tobie Hartman. Prepared for the Citizen Advisory Committee to the Port Angeles [Washington] Planning Commission by the Program for Local Government Education at Washington State University, March 1991.
"Final Report to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission: Investigation of the Most Effective Means of Conducting a Public Information Campaign to Reduce Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities." with Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. Prepared for the Washington Traffic Safety Commission by the Division of Governmental Studies and Services at Washington State University, 1989.
"Report to the Washington State Legislature: The Impact of the 1986 Mandatory Safety Belt Use Law." with Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. Prepared for the Washington Traffic Safety Commission by the Division of Governmental Studies and Services at Washington State University, 1988.
"Report on Survey of Voters in Clallam County." with Nicholas P.
Lovrich, Jr., Stephanie L. Witt and Mary Ann E. Steger. Prepared for the Board
of County Commissioners of Clallam County, Washington by the Division of
Governmental Studies and Services at Washington State University, 1988.
Awards, Grants and Funded Research
Travel Grant, $1,000, to present “There’s
Nothing Fair about the Illinois Map: An
Examination of the Reapportionment Process in Illinois,” with Brad McMillan,
Director, Institute for Principled Leadership in Public Service, and Don
Racheter, President, Public Interest Institute, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa at the The
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale National
Conference on Ethics and Politics in Illinois, to be held in Chicago, April 30,
2013.
Co-Evaluator, with Lawrence R. Kellerman, of the 1994
Co-principal investigator, with Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. on a grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission on a project entitled: "Assist and Monitor the Local Pilot Test Agencies as they Examine and Evaluate the New Version of the `Smart II' Traffic Accident Analysis Program in their Attempts to Define and Eliminate High Hazard Traffic Collision Locations" (1990-1991).
Co-principal investigator, with Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. on a grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission on a project entitled: "Expansion of the Pilot Project to Assist & Monitor Local Governments Making Use of Available State Data for the Surveillance, Evaluation and Elimination of High-Hazard Traffic Collision Locations" (1990).
Co-principal investigator, with Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. on a grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission on a project entitled: "Preparation of an Updated Report for Washington Traffic Safety Commission on the 1989 Impact of 16 Community Traffic Safety Task Forces and the 1988-1989 Impact of the Mandatory Safety Belt Use Law of 1986" (1990).
Research Assistant on SIX grants from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission for studies of: 1) policy options for reducing alcohol-related traffic accidents via public education campaigns; 2) the impact of the 1986 Mandatory Safety Belt Use Law; 3) local government data needs for the identification of high hazard traffic locations; 4) the design of data distribution to local governments for their use in identifying high hazard traffic locations; 5) pilot studies of the distribution of data and analysis software to local governments; and 6) the effectiveness of comprehensive community traffic safety task forces. (For period 1987-1989).
Data Analyst on a research contract with Washington Water Power
to assess public perceptions of the level and quality of services provided by
Data Analyst on a research contract to evaluate the personnel
practices of
Legal Research Consultant on a research contract from Whitman County (Washington) for the identification and verification of minor taxing district boundaries (1988).
Data Analyst on a research contract to assess citizen preferences for
development and maintenance of the public parks in
Consultant on a research contract to assess citizen preferences for
development and maintenance of public facilities at Long Lake
(Washington) (1990).
Professional Organizations
American Political Science Association
[Section on Public Administration]
[Caucus for a New Political Science][Section on Law and Courts]
REFERENCES
Mark J. Gobeyn, Chair, Associate Professor of Political Science, Bradley University, Peoria, IL 61625 (309) 677-2497
Christopher M. Jones, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Bradley University, Peoria IL, (309) 677-2380
Charles Dannehl, Associate Professor of Political Science, Bradley University, Peoria, IL 61625 (309) 677-2496