Department of Political Science and International Studies

Dr. Stephen Ullman
Professor
233 FOB
(585) 395-5677
Email: sullman@brockport.edu

Education:

Yale University, June 1965; Major: Political Science
M.A., Northwestern University, August 1967; Major: Political Science
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, December 1973; Major: Political Science

Awards:

Yale University Dean's List

Recipient, State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1975

Recipient, State University of New York Research Foundation Grant, Summer, 1975

Participant, United States Department of State Scholar-Diplomat Program, October, 1975

Recipient, Government of Canada Faculty Enrichment Grant, Summer
1977, and Summer 1982

Recipient, United University Professions Grant, 1985-1986

Recipient, Rufus Z. Smith Prize for Most Distinguished Article in
American Review of Canadian Studies, 1989-1991

Teaching Philosophy:

Viewpoint#1: I believe that the teacher must periodically re-evaluate and change his teaching methods. I began my career as a pure lecturer. I did this well enough to win the State University of New York's Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1975. In the 1980's I began to notice that my students seem to benefit from simulations of the Constitutional Convention or a Congressional conference committee and so I began to add to my methodological repertoire.

Viewpoint#2: I believe that students need to relate the general principles I teach them in class to ongoing political and governmental developments. Therefore, in various classes I often assign the Internet versions of the New York Times (for American politics, urban, and state and local government courses), the Times of London, and various new services from France, Germany, and Russia (for foreign governments), and several Canadian newspapers (for my Canadian politics course). I seek to illuminate the stream of current political events about which students are reading with classroom commentary. In addition, each week students must submit at least one comment or question based on their newspaper reading.

Viewpoint#3: I believe that students should be tested frequently on various aspects of their intellectual accomplishment in my courses. In a typical course, I administer six reading quizzes and three tests. I also evaluate my students' verbal performance in student debates and reading-oriented group discussions. Each week my students participate in a debate on topics such as "Americans ought to borrow significant elements from the British governmental system" or "most state constitutions are so flawed that they should be completely revised." In each of my course I assign a research paper at least ten typed pages in length. I actively assist my students in developing the thesis and overall framework for these papers.

Viewpoint#4: I believe that students should be taught the most contemporary information technology. My students are actively electronic bibliographical databases and several other World Wide Web-base data sources.

Viewpoint#5: I spend a great deal of time working on my students' writing skills. I instruct my students about developing "arguable theses" and the various logical structures, which they can use to organize their papers such as compare and contrast, problem-solution, cause-effect, classification, analogy, and process. I require my students to submit two rather elaborate outline forms to which I react with written and verbal comments before they can begin writing the final drafts of their required research papers.

Viewpoint #6: I demand active participation in my classroom. I utilize a variety of discussion methods which compel most students to actively participate in most classes. I also require all my students to meet with me after their first exam so that I can assist them in improving their performance on subsequent tests.

Courses Taught:

Foreign Governments (PLS 112)
Public Opinion (PLS 361)
American Political Systems (PLS 113)
Political Science Research Methods (PLS 303)
International Organization Simulation (PLS 304)
State and local Government (PLS 318)
Urban Politics (PLS 319)
Canadian Politics and Society (PLS 343)
Local Government Internship (PLS 401)

Administrative Experience:

August 1984 - September 1985 Program Director, Global Studies Program State University of New York College at Brockport

August 1984 - September 1985 Acting Director Women's Studies Program

September 1984 - August, 1986 Assistant Dean, School of Letters and
Sciences

September 1984 - August, 1988 Director, Master of Arts in Liberal
September, 1990 - August, 1993 Studies Program

September 1986 - August, 1988 Associate Dean, School of Letters and
September, 1990 - August, 1992 Sciences

August 1992 - July 1993 Interim Dean, School of Letters and Sciences

September 1994 - present Director, Canadian Studies Program

September, 1998 - August, 2001 Chair, Department of Political Science
and International Studies

Government Experience:

July, 1994 - June, 1999 Trustee, Brockport Central School District Board of Education

September, 1995 - August, 1996 Chair, Governmental Relations Committee, Monroe County School Boards Association

Selected Publications:

"Nationalism and Regionalism in the Political Socialization of Cape Breton Whites and Indians," American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. V, No. 1 (Spring, 1975), pp. 66 - 97.

"The Socialization of Orientations Toward Canada: A Study of Cape Breton Whites and Indians," in Michael Whittington and Jon Pammett, The Foundations of Political Culture (Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Ltd., 1976), p. 265 - 287.

"Regional Political Cultures in Canada: A Theoretical and Conceptual Introduction," originally published in the American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Autumn, 1977), pp. 1 - 22.

"Regional Political Cultures in Canada: A Theoretical and Conceptual Introduction," reprinted in Richard Schultz, Orest M. Kruhlak, and John C. Terry (eds.), The Canadian Political Process (third edition) (Toronto: Holt, Rinehart, Winston of Canada. Ltd., 1979), pp. 3 - 14.

"Regional Political Cultures in Canada: Part II, 11 American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. III, No. 2 (Autumn, 1978), pp. 70 - 101.

"Political Development and Party Change in Quebec, 1980 - 1983,11 American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. XIII, No. 2 (Summer, 1983), pp. 29 - 41.

"The Politics of the Province of Quebec: The View from Atlantic Canada," Quebec Studies, Vol. 2 (1984), pp. 36 - 54.

"The Political Attitudes of New Brunswick's Acadians and Anglophones: Old Wine in Old Bottles" American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. XVI, No. 2 (Summer, 1986), pp. 161 - 180.

"Political Disaffection in the Province of New Brunswick: Manifestations and Services," American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. XX, No. 2 (Summer, 1990), pp. 151 - 178.

"Canadian Politics on the World Wide Web," Canadian Studies Update, Vol., 17. , No. 2, Fall, 1998, pp. 4 - 15

Conference Papers:

"The Field of Political Socialization: Its Sociological Roots," a paper presented to the Social Science Colloquium, Tufts University, November 26, 1973.

"The Socialization of Canadian Nationalism and Regionalism: A Study of Cape Breton Whites and Indians," a paper presented to the Biennial Conference of the Association for Canadian studies in the United States, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, April 5, 1975.

"Attitudinal Correlates of Nationalism and Sub-State Allegiances: A Study of Canadian Political Socialization," revision of a paper presented to the Biennial Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, April 5, 1975.

"Regional Political Cultures in Canada: A Review of Recent Empirical Literature," a paper presented to the Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, October 1977.

"An Enduring Threat to Canadian Unity: Political Differences Among the Regions," a paper presented to the Duke University Seminar on Canadian Regionalism, January 29, 1980.

"Cape Breton Political Culture: A Stumbling Block to Real Clout," a paper presented to the annual meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Political Studies Association at the College of Cape Breton, Sydney, Nova Scotia, October 16, 1980.

"The Roots of Atlantic Canada's Political Cultures: An Overview of Recent Socialization Studies," a paper presented to the Institute for Research on Public Policy Conference on the Politics of Atlantic Canada, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, July 26, 1981.

"The Politics of the Province of Quebec: The View from Atlantic Canada," a paper presented to the Northeast Council for Quebec Studies meeting, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, September 24, 1982.

"The Political Cultures of New Brunswick's Acadians and Anglophones: Conflict and Consensus," a paper presented to the meeting of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1985.

"An Examination of Uneasy Patriots: Western Canadians in Confederation," a paper presented to the meeting of the Middle Atlantic Conference for Canadian Studies, Rochester, New York, April 13, 1989.

"Manifestations and Sources of Political Disaffection in the Province of New Brunswick," a paper presented to the meeting of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, San Francisco, California, November 19, 1989.

"Political Cynicism and Participation in Atlantic Canada," a paper presented to the meeting of the New York State Political Science Association, Albany, New York, April 20, 1990.

"Regional Variations in Canadian Attitudes About Political Parties: The Case of Atlantic Canada" November, 1995 meeting of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States in Seattle

"David Easton's 'Systems Theory' and Canada's Political Future," November, 1995 meeting of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States in Seattle

"Why Americans Should Bother to Study Canada and Canadians" a paper presented to the November 17, 1995 meeting of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States in Seattle.

Panel on Quebec and Canadian, Middle Atlantic and New England Conference on Canadian Studies meeting at Pennsylvania State University.

"Teaching Canadian Politics Courses Through the Use of Internet Resources," a paper presented to the meeting of The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 21, 1997

"Globalization and Nationalism in Canada," panel, Mid-Atlantic and New England Conference for Canadian Studies Conference, Friday, October 16, 1998, Burlington Vermont

Discussant "Canadian Politics from the Provinces" panel at the November 20, 1999 meeting of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States in Pittsburgh.

"The Future of Canada's National Parties, a paper presented to the Friday, October 20, 2000 meeting of the Middle Atlantic and New England Conference on Canadian Studies at Plymouth, Massachusetts.