PS Newsletter Vol. 6, No. 1 Fall 1999

Move from Bonn to Berlin" in a seminar funded by the Southeast University Consortium for German. While in Tennessee, he also conducted workshops for German teachers. His recent publications include The Legacy of Adolf Hitler, Milestones of the Twentieth Century, (Grolier Publishing Co., 1999); and Political Culture in Unified Germany (Georgetown University, Center for European Studies). His edited book, Power Shift in Germany, is in press at Berghan Publishers as is the seventh edition of The German Polity (Longman Publishing). Currently, he is preparing the third edition of his coauthored work: Politics in Western Europe (Chatham House).

Dr. Scott Frisch was awarded a grant of $995 by the American Political Science Association to fund a trip to the Legislative Resource Center in Washington, D.C., to collect data for a study in progress called "A New Look at Fiscal Consistency."

He also received a $1,225 grant from the Dirksen Congressional Research Center for travel and related expenses for a study on Congressional Committee Assignments in the Modern Republican Party. Dr. Frisch plans to travel to the Dirksen Center in Pekin, Illinois, this fall to review the center's archives, paying particular attention to the papers of former House Minority Leader Robert Michel.

Dr. Richard C. Kearney coauthored a book with Evan Berman of the University of Central Florida titled Public Sector Performance: Management, Motivation, and Measurement (Westview Press, 1999). He also published an article in Public Administration Quarterly titled "Judicial Performance Evaluation in the States."

Dr. Bonnie Mani taught a new graduate seminar on women, public policy and administration in spring 1999. In spring 2000 she will offer a new course on Women and Public Policy. She continues to serve on the controversial Pitt County Mental Health Area

Board. An article, coauthored with Dr. Eamon and Dr. McCurley, "Changing Racial Attitudes in Eastern North Carolina," appeared in the June 1999 edition of the Southeastern Political Review. Another article, titled "Challenges and Opportunities for Women to Advance in the Federal Civil Service: Veteran's Preference and Promotion," will appear in a future issue of Public Administration Review.

Dr. William Mangun's and Daniel H. Henning's, Managing the Environmental Crisis, 2nd edition, has been published by Duke University Press. Dr. Mangun made the following presentations at professional meetings with the respective co-authors: William R. Mangun and Andrew C. Brown, "Coalition Building in Ecosystem Management: A Watershed Perspective," Jean C. Mangun and William R. Mangun, "A Social Exchange Framework for Community-based Ecosystem Management," Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August 8, 1999; Jean C. Mangun and William R. Mangun, "A Longitudinal Analysis of Non-consumptive Wildlife Use in Western States," Western Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas, April 21 through 24, 1999; and William R. Mangun and Kelly Lenora Rudd, "The Politics of Hog Waste," Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, March 25 through 28, 1999.

This semester heralded the beginning of the ECU doctoral program in coastal resources management. The CRM program has strengthened the MPA program's environmental policy emphasis by providing six new CRM doctoral students in Dr. Mangun's Environmental Administration class.

Dr. Maurice Simon has returned to fulltime teaching and research after five years of service as the department's director of undergraduate studies. He concluded six years of service as the depart-ment's Faculty Senator. In a new service capacity, he has become the 1999-2000 vice president of the North Carolina Political Science Association.