Lindsey J.H. Lupo
Point Loma Nazarene University
History & Political Science Dept.
3900 Lomaland Drive
San Diego  CA  92106

 

 

Education

 

Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Irvine, June 2007.

            Dissertation:  The Flak Catchers: One Hundred Years of Riot Commission Politics in America.

 

M.A., Social Science, University of California, Irvine, December 2002.

 

B.A., with Honors, Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, March 1997.

 

Academic Appointments and Teaching Experience

 

Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA, August 2007 – Present.

Assistant Professor; courses: Introduction to Political Science, Congress and the Presidency, Scope and Methods, Comparative Politics, Urban Politics, Issues in Public Policy, Transitions to Democracy, Protest and Social Movements in World Politics.

 

University of California, Irvine, January 2004 – June 2007.

                Director of the Public Affairs Internship Program; instructed an upper-division political science course that places UCI students with local public affairs oriented organizations that are seeking to train qualified students in such areas as law, media and journalism, politics, and business; facilitated bi-weekly classes that focus on the internship experience, career preparation, and public affairs; acted as liaison between interns and local organizations.

 

University of California, Irvine, Summer 2004 and Summer 2005.

            Instructor; courses taught: Introduction to Political Analysis and Transitions to Democracy.

 

Fellowships, Awards, and Honors

 

University of California, Irvine, Chancellor’s Club Fund for Excellence Dissertation Fellowship, 2005-2006.

 

University of California, Irvine, School of Social Sciences, Summer Grant, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

 

University of California, Irvine, Department of Political Science, Summer Grant, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

 

 

 

Fellowships, Awards, and Honors (continued)

 

University of California, Irvine, Instructional Resource Center, Pedagogical Fellowship, Summer 2003.

 

University of California, Irvine, School of Social Sciences, Regent’s Pre-dissertation Fellowship, Spring 2003.

 

University of California, Irvine, School of Social Sciences, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Evaluations, Winter 2002 and Winter 2003. 

 

William F. Podlich Fellowship on Democracy (Received in conjunction with the Center for the Study of Democracy), September 2000 – August 2001.

 

Professional Development

 

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Referee Service, October 2004.

 

University of California, Irvine, April 2003 – June 2004.

Pedagogical Fellow / Teaching Assistant Consultant; acted as mentor and workshop leader to new Teaching Assistants during their sixteen (16) hour Teaching Assistant Professional Development Program; developed highly interactive and skills-based training activities, including those looking at effective presentation skills, interactive teaching techniques, and development of course syllabi; designed innovative training workshops throughout the year for current Teaching Assistants.

 

University of California, Irvine, April 27, 2004.

Designed and conducted a two (2) hour workshop for social science Teaching Assistants on “Authority in the Classroom: Reducing Incivility.”

 

University of California, Irvine, April 2003 –April 2004.

Participant in a three (3) quarter course on “Advanced Pedagogy and Academic Job Preparation;” analyzed and applied various teaching techniques; created a teaching portfolio and course curriculum; learned various methods of multi-media and instructional technology; explored literature and theories on how adults learn; studied the institutional structure of higher education.

 

Publications 

 

Lupo, Lindsey J.H.  2004.  The 1965 and 1992 Los Angeles Riots: The Changing Role of Commission Politics.  California Politics and Policy: A Journal of the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs 8(1): 69-85.

 

Meyer, David S. and Lindsey Lupo.  2007.  Assessing the Politics of Protest: Political Science and the Study of Social Movements.  In Handbook of Social Movements. Edited by Conny Roggeband and Bert Klandermans.  New York: Springer Press.

 

Cave, Lisa A., Allison M. Johnson, S.J. Lange, and Lindsey Lupo.  2006.  Assessment/Learning Outcomes III Track Summary.  PS: Political Science and Politics 39(3): 539-540.

 

Conference Presentations

 

Lupo, Lindsey and Rebecca Brandy Griffin.  2008.  “Political Participation Exercises as a Means to Teach Civic Skills, Engage Students and Recruit Majors.”  Paper presented at the annual meeting for the American Political Science Association, August 28-30, in Boston.

 

Lupo, Lindsey and Nancy Pryor.  2008.  “Closing the Democracy Deficit: Lessons from the Islamic Democracies.”  Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Western Political Science Association, March 20-22, in San Diego, CA. 

 

Lupo, Lindsey and Rebecca Brandy Griffin.  2008.  “Political Participation Exercises as a Means to Teach Civic Skills, Engage Students and Recruit Majors.”  Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, February 22-24, in San Jose, CA.

 

Lupo, Lindsey.  2006.  “Significant Learning Experiences: Assessment and Outcomes.”  Presentation at the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, February 18-20, in Washington, D.C. 

 

Lupo, Lindsey.  2004.  “Processing the Violence: A Comparison of Commission Politics in the United States and Post-Transition Societies.”  Paper presented at the Judging Transitional Justice Conference, October 30-31, in Laguna Beach, California.

 

Lupo, Lindsey.  2004.  “Democratization in the Third Wave: Political Violence as a Transition Tactic.”  Informal Roundtable at the annual meeting for the Midwest Political Science Association, April 15-18, in Chicago, Illinois.

 

 

Conference Presentations (continued)

 

Lupo, Lindsey.  2004.  “The Road to Freedom: Democratic Transitions and Political Violence in the Third Wave and After.”  Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Western Political Science Association, March 11-13, in Portland, Oregon.

 

Lupo, Lindsey.  2003.  “The Road to Freedom: Democratic Transitions and Political Violence in the Third Wave and After.”  Paper presented at the annual meeting for the International Studies Association West, October 10-11, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

Lupo, Lindsey.  2003.  “The 1965 and 1992 Los Angeles Riots: The Changing Role of Commission Politics.”  Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Western Political Science Association, March 27-29, in Denver, Colorado. 

 

Lupo, Lindsey.  2003.  “Consensus Democracy and Levels of Political Violence: South Africa and Northern Ireland.”  Paper presented at the UCLA Center for Comparative Social Analysis Comparativists’ Day, January 31, in Los Angeles, California.

 

Lupo, Lindsey.  2002.  “Consensus Democracy and Levels of Political Violence: South Africa and Northern Ireland.”  Paper presented at the annual meeting for the International Studies Association West, October 11-13, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

Conference Participation

 

Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, “Conversations Toward Wholeness: Creating Climates in Which Men and Women Can Flourish in Christian Higher Education,” April 9-11, 2008.

            Panel Chair: Feminism as the “F” Word?

 

Western Political Science Association, March 20-22, 2008 in San Diego, CA. 

            Panel Chair: Democracy and Stability in Africa.

 

Council on Undergraduate Research, February 15-17, 2008 in Northridge, CA.

            Part of a four member delegation to represent Point Loma Nazarene University in CUR’s Program on Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research. 

 

Western Political Science Association, March 8-10, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

            Panel Chair: Expanding the Classroom with Active Learning and Service Learning.

 

Conference Participation (continued)

 

American Political Science Association, September 1-4, 2005 in Washington, D.C.

            Panel Discussant: Learning About Politics.

            Panel Chair: Security and Urban Political Participation.

 

Western Political Science Association, March 17-19, 2005, in Oakland, California. 

            Panel Chair: The Changing Landscape of Urban Politics.

 

Research Experience

 

Institute for Qualitative Research Methods, Arizona State University, January 5-16, 2004.

Nominated by my department to attend a training institute on qualitative research methods for graduate students and junior faculty; exposed to sophisticated qualitative methods and their relationship to alternative methods; topics included research design, process tracing, path dependency, case selection, and interview, field, and archival techniques.

 

Professional and Academic Service

 

Journal of Integrated Social Sciences, 2008 – Present.

            Editorial Board Member for this peer-reviewed journal that focuses on inter- and cross-disciplinary research in the social sciences, particularly by undergraduate researchers.

 

Point Loma Nazarene University, 2007 – Present.

            Board Member, Center for Justice and Reconciliation.

 

Point Loma Nazarene University, 2007 – Present.

            Member of the transition team for the university’s Center on Teaching and Learning.

 

University of California, Irvine, September 2001 – June 2003.

Executive Committee; acted as a liaison between graduate students and faculty; attended faculty meetings; organized graduate student discussions with the Graduate Director; assisted in the coordination of “Visiting Day” for prospective graduate students. 

 

Professional Memberships

 

Western Political Science Association, September 2002 – Present.

 

American Political Science Association, September 2000 – Present.