Paul Anthony Mego, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science
Lambuth University
School of Social Sciences
705 Lambuth Boulevard
Jackson, TN 38301
(901) 425-3269
mego@lambuth.edu
Doctor of Philosophy May 1999, Political Science
The University
of Alabama
Dissertation: Nationalist Rhetoric and Political
Competition in Slovakia: December
1989 to June 1992
Advisor:
Professor Barbara A. Chotiner, Ph.D.
Master of Arts May 1994, Political Science
The
University of Alabama
Bachelor of Arts December 1988, Anthropology and Geography
(double major)
The University
of Alabama
Comparative
Politics; International Relations; Political Theory; Political Anthropology;
Nationalism; Post-Cold War Europe; former Soviet Bloc
Slovak: proficiency
in reading, writing, speaking
Czech: proficiency
in reading
Russian: proficiency in reading (speaking with practice)
German: proficiency
in reading
Serbo-Croatian: elementary
knowledge (two semesters of study)
Malová, Darina and Paul
Mego. 1999. “Slovakia: National consciousness borne from repeatedly denied
autonomy.” Chapter in: European Nations
and Nationalism in a Historical Perspective, Louk Hagendoorn, George
Csepeli, Henk Dekker, and Russell Farnen, eds. (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate
Publishing Company).
Mego, Paul. 1995. “The Division of
Czecho-Slovakia: Interests, Values, and Issues of Slovak National Identity.” South East European Monitor 2, no. 6:
67-80.
Mego, Paul. 1992. “GDP and Energy Consumption
Efficiency in Eastern Europe.” Papers in
Public Policy and Economic Development vol. XXI (Barcelona: Universidad de
Málaga, Spain): 6445-6458.
J. William Fulbright Fellowship for
independent dissertation research in the Slovak Republic, 1 September 1994 through 30 September 1995.
American Council for Collaboration in Education and Language Study
(ACCELS) scholarship to attend the 1992 Studia Academica
Slovaca Summer Slovak Language Program, Comenius University, Bratislava, Czech
and Slovak Federative Republic. College credit through Bryn Mawr College,
Pennsylvania (transcript available).
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) scholarship from the University of Pittsburgh to attend the 1991 Slovak Summer
Institute for Slovak language study at the University of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania (transcript available).
Panel
Presentations (Lambuth University School of Social Sciences Symposia):
·
“’Porn Rock’: Freedom of Expression or Government Regulation?”
for Sex, Drugs and Rock n’ Roll: (Spring 2000 )
·
“The Roots of Ethnic Hatred: Lessons for the 21st
Century” for The Holocaust: 21st
Century Perspectives (Spring 2001)
·
“The Politics of Genes and the Legislation of Morality"
for Man as God? The Brave New World of
Genetic Manipulation (Spring 2002)
·
“The Politics of Reparations and the Role of the State” for Reparations: 40 Acres and a Mule in the 21st
Century (Spring 2003)
·
“America and the World” for America in the 21st Century: America Divided: (Spring
2004)
·
“Global Cultural Wars” for Cultural Wars: America in the
21st Century (Spring 2005)
·
“Is a Political Agenda Hiding Within the “Trojan Horse” of
Intelligent Design?” for Intelligent Design: Creationism’s Trojan Horse
(Spring 2006)
Discussion
leader/coordinator: “Choices for the 21st Century – Defining Our Role in a Changing World” public
discussions about U.S. public policy in the
21st century, sponsored nationally by the National Endowment for the
Humanities and Brown University,
October-November 2000, Lambuth University,
Jackson, TN.
Discussion
leader/coordinator: “Choices for the 21st Century – Responding to Terrorism:
Challenges for Democracy” public discussions about issues arising from the September 11, 2001 attacks,
sponsored nationally by the National
Endowment for the Humanities and Brown University, March-April 2001, Lambuth University, Jackson, TN.
Paper
presented:
“Sociology and International Relations:
Theoretical Explorations” with
Dr. Paul Jacobson. International Studies Association Midwest annual conference, 1-2
November 2002, St. Louis, MO.
Paper
presented:
“European Union: Updates, 2002” for the 16th Annual Foreign Language Teacher’s Workshop, September 22,
Union University, Jackson, TN.
Paper
presented: “Nationalism
as Political Capital: Slovakia, 1989-1998.” International
Studies Association South annual conference, 20-22 October 2000, Birmingham, AL.
Roundtable
participant: “The anomalies
of Slovak electoral politics in a Central European
perspective” at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies 29th
National Convention, 20-23 November 1997, Seattle,
WA.
The Ninth Annual Thomas Kukucka Memorial Lecture: “One Flew East and One Flew West: Slovak Politics and
European Integration.”
Sponsored by the University of
Pittsburgh Department of Slavic Languages and Literature Slovak Studies
Program, 6 April 1997.
Paper presented: “Slovak
National Identity (1989-1993): Nationalism as a Political Resource.” American
Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies 28th National
Convention, 14-17 November 1996, Boston, MA.
Co-sponsor and organizer of The Alabama Conference on
Europe After Communism 19 September 1992, University of Alabama.
Paper presented: “Slovak Nationalism and the Dissolution of
the Federative Republic.” The Alabama Conference on “Europe After
Communism” 19 September 1992, University of Alabama.
American Political Science Association
(APSA)
American Association for the
Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
Association for the Study of
Nationalities (ASN)
Slovak Studies Association (AAASS
affiliate)
International Studies Association (ISA)
Rosetta Networking Systems, Inc.
Executive Board Secretary (2000-2002)
Foreign Scholarships Advisor, Lambuth
University
International Studies Undergraduate
Program Advisor, Lambuth University
Pre-law Advisor, Lambuth University
Lambuth University Faculty Council
representative, School of Social Sciences (2000-2002, 2002-2004, 2004-2006,
2006-present)
Slovak Studies Association elected
Member-at-Large (1998-2000 term)
Lambuth University International
Education Committee (1999-present)
Lambuth University Interdisciplinary
Education Committee (2000-present)
Lambuth University Black Student Life
Committee (2000-2006)
Lambuth
University Administrator Search Committee (Vice President for Academic
Affairs and Dean of the University)
Lambuth University Faculty Search
Committee (History/Political Science)
Lambuth University Faculty Search
Committee (History/Political Science)
Lambuth University Faculty Search
Committee (History)
Lambuth University “Lambuth in London”
study-abroad program resident advisor (2003, 2006)
Phi Beta Delta Honor Society of International
Scholars, Beta Upsilon Chapter
National Slavic Honor Society, Alpha
Tau Chapter (President 1987-1988)
Advisor/coordinator Lambuth University
Model United Nations delegations (1999-present):
two outstanding delegate awards – 2004
Advisor/coordinator Lambuth Tennessee Intercollegiate State
Legislature delegation (1999-present):
outstanding delegate award - 2004
Advisor/coordinator Lambuth American
Mock Trial Association team (2002-present):
outstanding lawyer award – 2002; outstanding witness award – 2003; outstanding lawyer
award, Spirit of AMTA team award - 2006
·
August 2005 to
present:
Associate Professor of Political Science (tenured) at the School of Social Sciences, Lambuth
University. Paul Jacobson, Ph. D., School Head.
·
August 1999 to
August 2005:
Assistant
Professor of Political Science at the School of Social Sciences, Lambuth University. Paul Jacobson,
Ph.D., School Head.
Academic
courses offered include:
Ø
Introduction
to Political Science (freshman)
Ø
International
Relations (sophomore)
Ø
U.S.
Government and Politics (sophomore)
Ø
Comparative
Politics (sophomore)
Ø
Political
Theory (sophomore)
Ø
Comparative
Government: Latin America (junior)
Ø
Comparative
Government: The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (junior)
Ø
Comparative
Government: Africa (junior)
Ø
Comparative
Government: Middle East and Central Asia (junior)
Ø
Comparative
Government: Great Britain and the European Union (junior) through Lambuth in
London program
Ø
International
Organization and Law (junior)
Ø
Senior Seminar
in Political Science (senior)
Ø
Cultural
Anthropology (sophomore)
Ø
Senior Seminar
in Interdisciplinary Studies: The 20th Century (senior)
Ø
International
Political Economy (junior)
Ø
History of
Political Thought (senior)
Ø
Special
Topics: Diplomacy and Deception (senior)
Ø
Special
Topics: History U.S. Politics (senior)
Ø
Special
Topics: Political Geography (sophomore)
Ø
Special
Topics: Conflict Prevention and Resolution (senior)
Ø
Special
Topics: Psychology and Politics of Terrorism (senior) with Dr. David Dietrich,
Psychology
Ø
Honors in
Political Science (junior, senior)
Ø
Honors in
International Studies (junior, senior)
Non-academic
courses offered include:
Ø
Freshman
Seminar
Ø
Bicycling for
Fitness
·
Adjunct
faculty professor for University of Memphis (Jackson Campus).
Ø
Cultural
Anthropology through Regents Online Degree Program (RODP) using WebCT internet
course software (Fall 2002).
Ø
Contemporary
Issues in International Relations (graduate)
·
January 1996
through August 15, 1999:
Adjunct
faculty instructor at the Department of Government and Public Service,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, tel. (205) 934-9680. Bobby Wilson, Ph.D.,
interim department chair. Courses taught
include:
Ø
Introduction to Comparative Politics (freshman)
Ø
Introduction to International Relations (freshman)
Ø
Western European Political Systems (sophomore)
Ø
Eastern European Political Systems (sophomore)
Ø
Latin American Political Systems (sophomore)
Ø
International Organization (junior)
Ø
Russian Foreign Relations (junior)
Ø
Seminar in Comparative Politics/International Studies
(senior/graduate)
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October 1995
(Winter Semester 1995):
Team-taught (with Edward Snajdr, Fulbright Fellow
1994-1995) “Introduction to
Political Anthropology”; Department of Politics, Faculty of Arts, Comenius
University, Bratislava (P.O. Box 1, 818 01), Slovak Republic. Telephone/Fax: (42-7) 5323-640; Miroslav
Kusý, department chair.
·
August 1991
through May 1994:
Temporary part-time instructor of elementary
Russian grammar (RUS 101 and RUS 102) at the Department of German and Russian, University
of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Thomas Kovach, Ph.D. (former) chair, tel. (205)
348-5054. Teaching evaluations available.
·
August 16,
1990 through May 15, 1993:
Graduate Teaching Assistant for Dr.
Daniel Pound, Department of Political Science, University of Alabama
(Tuscaloosa), tel. (205) 348-5980. Duties
included: course lectures on various topics in political theory and
philosophy, examination design and grading, student counseling and tutoring.
·
August 16,
1988 to August 15, 1990:
Research Assistant, Institute
for Social Science Research, University of Alabama, Box 870216, Tuscaloosa, AL
35487-0216. Duties included: survey
design, personal and telephone interviewing, and data analysis for National
Administration on Aging grant #90-AR-0122. Dr. John Bolland, supervisor, tel.
(205) 348-6233.