CURRICULUM VITAE
Joe F. West
Assistant Professor, Political Science and Public Administration University of North Carolina, Pembroke
CONTACT INFORMATION 649 South 30 th Circle Mesa, AZ 85204 Cell: 910-502-0660 Fax: 480-502-2430 Email: joe.west@uncp.edu Website: http://www.joewest.org EDUCATION
AND DEGREES Ph.D., Public Administration and Public Policy, Arizona State University, May 2014 Dissertation: The Impact of Communication Technology on the Behavior of Elected Officials,
their Staffs, and their Organizations: A Mixed Methods Study. Committee: Dr. Elizabeth Corley (Chair), Dr. James Svara (member), Dr. Erik Johnston (member).
M.B.A Master of Business Administration, Arizona State University, May 2009 B.S. Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, May 1992
A.A.S. Electrical Engineering Technology, Phoenix College, May 1982
RESEARCH
INTERESTS Influences of technology on: democratic institutions, legislator and citizen behavior, and the policy process Agent-based modeling
TEACHING
INTERESTS E-Governance and E-Public Administration Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research methods Public policy and policy analysis Technology and public policy
Private sector influences on the policy process
RESEARCH
ACTIVITIES 1. FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
National Institute of Justice Grant 2008-WB-GX-002 (OSU-ASU), $581,232 July 2010 to May 2012 (Role: Program Manager)
2. VOLUNTEER RESEARCH PROJECTS
Morrison Institute – Piper Project. Dropped?: Latino Education and Arizona’s Economic Future (ASU) 2011 (Role: Analyst, Methods Author)
City of Gilbert Arizona – Community Action Network. Public and Private Community Needs Assessment. 2012 (Roles: Analyst, Research Program Evaluator, Final Report Author)
Saint Paul Foundation – Recommendations for Recruitment, Preparation, Licensing and Certification, and Professional Development for the School Administrator Preparation System
PUBLICATIONS 1. PATENTS
West, J.F. (1999). U.S. Patent No. 5936523. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 113 citations.
2. REFEREED ARTICLES
Wilson, J. S., West, J. F., Messing, J. T., Brown, S., Patchell, B., & Campbell, J. C. (2011). Factors Related to Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Women Experiencing Police-Involved Intimate Partner Violence. Advances in Nursing Science, 34(3), E14.
3. WORKS IN PROGRESS
West, J.F., & Corley, Elizabeth (2013) State Legislators and Communication Technology: An Exploratory Mixed-Mode Study of the Arizona House and Senate.
West, J.F. (2013) Doubling State Legislator Survey Response Rates: An Anonymous Sequential Mixed-Mode Survey Technique.
4. INVITED LECTURES
West, J.F. (2009) Implementing Electronic Healthcare Records in a Small Practice, Arizona Health-e Connection, panel guest speaker.
5. CONFERENCE PAPERS
West, J.F. (2013) State Legislators and Communication Technology: An Exploratory Mixed-Mode Study of the Arizona House and Senate. Accepted as paper for 2013 Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM).
West, J.F. (2014) The Impact of Communication Technology on the
Behavior of Elected Officials, their Staffs, and Their Organizations. Submitted as a paper for the 2014 American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)
conference.
EXPERIENCE 1. ACADEMIC
University of North Carolina, Pembroke 2014 – Present Assistant Professor Arizona State University 2010 - 2014 Faculty Associate Arizona State University 2010 - 2011 Graduate Research Assistant Arizona State University 2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant
2. TEACHING Instructor
University of North Carolina, Analytical Methods (PAD 5050) 2011 - Present Online Spring 2014 University of North Carolina, Quantitative Analysis I (PAD 5080) 2011 - Present Online Spring 2014 Arizona State University, Research Methods II (PAF 502) 2011 - Present Online Fall 2011 Face-to-Face Spring 2012 Hybrid Spring 2013 Arizona State University, Research Methods I (PAF 501) 2012 Face-to-Face
Synopsys Corporation, Integrated Circuit Design I 2002 - 2007 Face-to-Face
Synopsys Corporation, Integrated Circuit Design II 2003 - 2007 Face-to-Face
Synopsys Corporation, Clock Tree Synthesis 2002 - 2007 Face-to-Face
Synopsys Corporation, Integrated Circuit Floor-planning 2006 - 2007 Face-to-Face
Assistant Instructor
Arizona State University, Building Leadership Skills (PAF 410) 2010 Online
3. PROFESSIONAL
Administrative Director, Pinnacle Peak Physicians, Scottsdale, AZ 2007 - 2013
Staff Applications Engineer, Synopsys Corporation 2002 - 2007
Field Applications Engineer, Arrow, Pioneer-Standard, FAI 1996 - 2002
Principal Engineer, Orbital Sciences Corporation 1992 - 1996
FELLOWSHIPS
AND GRANTS Arizona State University Fellowship, $2,000 2009
University Grant, College of Public Programs, $1,500 2010 University Grant, College of Public Programs, $1,500 2011
Graduate Professional Student Association Travel Grant, $500 2013 2013
SERVICE 1. PROFESSIONAL
Volunteer Program Manager, NIJ grant 2008-WB-GX-0002 2011 - 2012 Volunteer Consultant/Analyst, City of Gilbert Arizona, CAN Project 2012 Volunteer Information Technologist, Saint Paul Foundation 2012 Volunteer Analyst, Piper Project, The Morrison Institute 2012
2. UNIVERSITY
Member, Arizona State University School of Public Affairs Doctoral Committee
2011 - 2012 Developed and hosted the 2009 Arizona State University School of Public Affairs
doctoral cohort website at http://no-phd-left-behind.com 2009 - 2012 Developed and hosted the Arizona State University School of Public Affairs doctoral student website at http://www.phdwiki.org 2012 - Present Developed and taught a remedial statistics class for doctoral students (all cohorts)
2012 Developed and taught a EndNote™ class for doctoral students (all cohorts)
2012
3. COMMUNITY
Arizona Virtual Jeep Club Saguaro Lake off-highway trails cleanup 2004 - 2013 Arizona Virtual Jeep Club Table-Mesa off-highway trails cleanup 2004 - 2007, 2009 Arizona Virtual Jeep Club Florence Junction off-highway trails cleanup 2005 Arizona State Land Trust Citizens Meetings 2003 - 2013 Mesa High School Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps Volunteer 1997 - 2006
2013
HONORS AND
AWARDS National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Orbital Launch Services Technical Achievement Award 1996 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Award 1995
PROFESSIONAL AND SCHOLARLY MEMBERSHIPS
American Society for Public Administration American Political Science Association
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society
SOFTWARE
AND SYSTEMS General Microsoft Office™ products for Microsoft Windows™
Microsoft Office™ products for Apple OS X™ Adobe CS5™ Applications
Analytical
Matlab™, @Risk™, SAS Enterprise Miner™, SPICE, Decision Tree™, Stat Pro™, Stata™, SPSS™, NetLogo™ ABM, Atlas.ti™, EndNote™
Specialized
eClinicalWorks™ Electronic Health Record System Administration
Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools for Integrated Circuit (IC) physical design including IC Compiler™, Apollo™, Astro™, Astro-Rail™, Clock Tree Compiler™, and JupiterXT™
Systems
UNIX, Linux™, HPUX™, Solaris™, Windows™, and Apple OS X™ Systems Administration
HTML programming and web-hosting MySQL™ database administration
LIST OF REFERENCES
Dr. Elizabeth A. Corley
Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs Arizona State University
411 N. Central Avenue, Suite 400 Mail Code: 3720
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Voice: 602-496-0462 Fax: 602-496-0950 elizabeth.corley@asu.edu
Dr. James H. Svara
Professor, School of Public Affairs Arizona State University
411 N. Central Avenue, Suite 400 Mail Code: 3720
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Voice: 602-496-0448 Fax: 602-496-0950 james.svara@asu.edu
Dr. Erik W. Johnston
Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs Arizona State University
411 N. Central Avenue, Suite 400 Mail Code: 3720
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Voice: 480-621-1659 Fax: 602-496-0950 erik.johnston@asu.edu
Dr. Jill T. Messing
Associate Professor, School of Social Work Arizona State University
411 N. Central Avenue, Suite 800 Mail Code: 3920
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Voice: 602-496-1193 Fax: 602-496-0960 jill.messing@asu.edu
Dr. Ajay Vinze
Associate Dean & Professor, W.P. Carey School of Business Arizona State University
Main Campus P.O. Box 874606
Tempt, AZ 85287-4606
Voice: 480-965-6685 Fax: 480-727-0881 ajay.vinze@asu.edu