Ruth Ann Strickland

Professor of Political Science/Criminal Justice. Department Chairperson. Graduate Faculty.
PhD (1989) in Political Science from the University of South Carolina.
Joined ASU in 1988.

Office located in Whitener Hall, second floor, room 134.

Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Students are also welcome to come in my office whenever my office door is open or by appointment.

Phone- 828-262-3085

E-Mail:strcklndra@appstate.edu

Teaching Areas: American government, judicial process, public policy, public personnel administration

Inducted into the Academy of Outstanding Teachers. College of Arts and Sciences. Appalachian State University (1998).

Research Areas: constitutional politics, abortion politics, cameras in the courtroom, sexual harassment policy, restorative justice

Recent Publications:

Co-authored book contract with Kathleen M. Simon. Restorative Justice. Peter Lang Publishing (forthcoming 2002).

Co-authored article with Marvin Hoffman and Dragan Stefanovic. "NASPPA Faculty and Their Involvement with Distance Learning." Public Voices (forthcoming).

Book review: Schneider, Elizabeth M. Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking. Yale, 2000. In Choice (July 2001). American Library Association.

Entries in Encyclopedia of American Law. Editor, David A. Schultz. New York: Facts on File.

Other Publications:

Marcia Lynn Whicker, Ruth Ann Strickland and Raymond A. Moore. 1987. The Constitution Under Pressure: A Time For Change? New York: Praeger Publishers.

Marcia Lynn Whicker, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1993. Getting Tenure. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications.

Glenn H. Utter and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1997. Contemporary World Issues: Campaign and Election Reform: A Reference Handbook. Denver, CO: ABC-CLIO.

Ruth Ann Strickland. 1993. "The Threat of Terrorism: State Sponsored Terrorism, the Bush Administration and the Persian Gulf War." In The Presidency and The Persian Gulf War. Marcia Lynn Whicker, James P. Pfiffner and Raymond A. Moore, eds. New York: Praeger Publishers, pp. 177-198.

Marcia Lynn Whicker, Dorothy Olshfski, Raphael J. Caprio and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1994. "Mal-Leaders and Organizational Decline." In Handbook of Bureaucracy. Ali Farazmand, ed. New York: Marcel Dekker, pp. 149-163.

Ruth Ann Strickland. 1995. "Public Funding of Abortions For Low Income Women in North Carolina: One Liberal Law in the South." In The Politics of Abortion in the American States. Mary C. Segers and Timothy A. Byrnes, eds. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, pp. 102-126.

Ruth Ann Strickland and Marcia Lynn Whicker. 1995. "Fetal Endangerment Versus Fetal Welfare: Discretion of Prosecutors in Determining Criminal Liability and Intent." In Expecting Trouble: Surrogacy, Fetal Abuse & New Reproductive Technologies. Pat Boling, ed. Boulder, CO: Westview, pp. 55-84.

Ruth Ann Strickland. 1998. "Abortion: ProChoice versus Prolife." In Moral Controversies in American Politics: Cases in Social Regulatory Policy. Raymond Tatalovich and Byron W. Daynes, eds. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., pp. 3-36.

Marcia Lynn Whicker and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1990. "The Search for a Dependent Variable in Political Science." Southeastern Political Review 18 (Spring, no. 1): 51-80.

Marcia Lynn Whicker and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1990. "U.S. Constitutional Amendments, The Ratification Process and Public Opinion." Simulation and Gaming 21 (June, no. 2): 115-132.

Ruth Ann Strickland and Marcia Lynn Whicker. 1990. "Comparing City Policies on Mandatory Drug Testing: A Process Evaluation." National Civic Review 79 (November/December, no. 6) 493-514.

Ruth Ann Strickland and Marcia Lynn Whicker. 1992. "Comparing the Wilder and Gantt Campaigns: A Model For Black Candidate Success in Statewide Elections." PS: Political Science & Politics 25 (June, no. 2): 204-212.

Ruth Ann Strickland. 1992. "Population Size, Diversity and the Proclivity of States to Oppose or Support the Ratification of Amendments to the U.S. Constitution." Southeastern Political Review 20 (Fall, no.2): 269-293.

Ruth Ann Strickland and Marcia Lynn Whicker. 1992. "Political and Socioeconomic Indicators of State Restrictiveness Toward Abortion." Policy Studies Journal 20 (Winter, no.4): 598-617.

Marcia Lynn Whicker, Ruth Ann Strickland and Dorothy Olshfski. 1993. "The Troublesome Cleft: Politics and Public Administration." Public Administration Review 53 (November/December, no. 6): 531-541.

Ruth Ann Strickland. 1993. "The Twenty Seventh Amendment and Constitutional Change By Stealth." PS: Political Science and Politics 26 (December, no. 4): 716-722.

Marcia Lynn Whicker; and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1994. "The Impact of Presidential Selection Methods on Executive-Legislative Conflict." Presidential Studies Quarterly 24 (Fall, no. 4): 745-763.

Ruth Ann Strickland and Richter H. Moore, Jr. 1994. "Cameras in State Courts: A Historical Perspective." Judicature 78 (November-December, no. 3): 128-135; 160.

Ruth Ann Strickland. 1995. "Sexual Harassment: A Legal Perspective for Public Administrators." Public Personnel Management 24 (Winter 1995, no. 4): 493-513.

Ruth Ann Strickland. 1996. "The Incivility of Mandated Drug Treatment through Civil Commitments." Politics and Life Sciences 15 (March): 70- 72.

Ruth Ann Strickland and Ronald Stidham. 1996. "North Carolina v. Robert Lee Carter: Good Faith Exceptions and New Judicial Federalism in North Carolina." Albany Law Review 59 (no. 5): 1747-1749.

Marcia Lynn Whicker, Ruth Ann Strickland and Dorothy Olshfski. 1996. "Rejoinder to Keller and Spicer." Public Administration Review 56 (November/December, no. 6): 614-615. [also reprinted in 1997]

Renee G. Scherlen and Ruth Ann Strickland. 1997. "The NAFTA(-ization) of Sexual Harassment: The Experiences of Canada, Mexico and the United States." NAFTA: Law and Business Review Journal of the Americas 3 (Spring, no. 2): 96-115.

Ruth Ann Strickland and Richter H. Moore, Jr. 1998. "Murders, Bombings and Fires -- "A Simple Equation:" The Apocalypse at Abortion Clinics and Access to Abortion Services." Policy Studies Review

Professional Service Activities:

Chair, Faculty Committee -- SACs. ASU Self Study. March 200-March 2001.
Faculty Mentor, Prestigious Scholars. 2000-2001.
Advisory Advising Committee. College of Arts and Sciences. December 1998-present.