Jack J. Porter
700 Daniel Ellis Drive
Apartment #3104
Charleston, South Carolina
(843) 406-8637 (h)
(843) 953-4852 (w)
E-mail:
Employment
The Citadel Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, August 2004
Education
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Political Science
Awarded December 2004
Dissertation: Signaling, Sociology and Structure: Designing German Military Institutions, 1949-1999 (Advisors: Steven Weber, Chair; Beverly Crawford; and Neil Fligstein, Sociology)
Ph.D. examinations Passed
International Relations
Comparative Politics
Central-East Europe/Post-Soviet Area Studies
M.A. University of California, Berkeley, Political Science
May 1994
Thesis: Comparative Analysis of U.S and German Environmental Protection “Policy Styles”
M.I.A. Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs
May 1990
Dual Specialization: International Security Policy and Soviet Studies
B.A. Colgate University, Political Science
May 1988
Teaching Experience
Graduate Student Instructor
University of California, Berkeley
Theories of International Relations with Professor Steven Weber, Fall 2003
Contemporary Issues in American Foreign Policy After 9/11 with Dr. Harry Kreisler, Spring 2003
Introduction to Comparative Politics with Professor Robert Price, Spring 2000
Introduction to Comparative Politics with Professor Andrew Janos, Fall 1999
Theories of International Relations with Professor Wade Huntley, Fall 1996
Theories of International Relations with Professor Steven Weber, Spring 1996
Reader
Introduction to Research Methods with Professor A. James Gregor, Fall 1994
Relevant Professional Experience
Office of the Secretary of Defense, United States Department of Defense. Presidential Management Intern (P.M.I.). January 1991 to February 1993.
November 1992 – February 1993, worked in the Russia, Eurasia and East European Affairs Office in OSD. My duties consisted of preparing extensive briefing books for high level US delegations visiting recently democratized East European countries. The objectives of these visits were to promote extensive military cooperation between the United States and the various East European governments. Emphasis was placed on encouraging the development of civilian-military relations.
June – October 1992, worked in the Environmental Policy Office in OSD. The focus of my assignment was on accelerating the environmental restoration of both closing and non-closing military installations. This was done in conjunction with the Armed Services and state and federal environmental regulators.
March - May 1992, worked in an outside rotational assignment with the US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, in San Francisco, CA. I worked in the Federal Facilities Branch of the Hazardous Waste Division. The primary focus of my assignment was on the environmental restoration of military installations scheduled for closure or realignment.
December 1991 – February 1992, worked in the Program Assessment and Evaluation (PA&E) branch, Europe and Pacific Forces, in OSD. The focus of my assignment was providing fiscal guidance to the Armed Services and OSD coordination on Special Operations Force structuring and DOD’s contribution to the counter drug effort.
August – November 1991, worked in the Multilateral Negotiations Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense. The main focus of my assignment was to coordinate Department of Defense policy on United Nations First Committee issues and represent DOD at the interagency committee meetings that formulated the US Government’s positions. I also spent two weeks in New York as a Department of Defense representative to the US Delegation to the UN First Committee.
June - July 1991, worked in the Public Employees Roundtable (PER). PER is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote both the value of public service and the importance of public servants. During the two months, I coordinated an outreach program and wrote numerous articles.
February - May 1991, worked in Joint Chiefs of Staff, J-5 Policy Division. Focus of my assignment was on Persian Gulf issues pertaining to Operation Desert Storm and Operation Provide Comfort. Specifically, I worked on a Persian Gulf Response Task Force and provided support work on POW/EPW and MIA issues.
Academic Honors and Fellowships
MacArthur Foundation Multilateralism Predissertation Fellowship, Institute for International Relations, University of California, Berkeley, 1996-1997
Predissetation Fellowship, Center for German and West European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Summer 1996.
Department of Political Science Graduate Assistance Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, Spring 1994.
President Management Internship, United States Government, 1990.
Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, Dean’s Fellowship for Academic Excellence, 1989-1990.
University of Miami, School of Continuing Studies Award for Academic Achievement, 1987.
Lectures, Conference and Working Papers
“Designing Military Institutions and the Transition to Democracy: Lessons Learned from the Federal Republic of Germany and South Africa,” delivered to the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 2003.
“Rebuilding Afghanistan and Iraq: Lessons from Post World War II Germany and the Creation of the Bundeswehr,” delivered to the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 2003.
“Military Institutions, Democracy and the Pursuit of Responsibility: The Rearming of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949-1955,” delivered to the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, September 2002.
“Signaling ‘Responsibility’ and the Pursuit of Military Normalcy: German Military Institutions in the 1990’s,” delivered to the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Long Beach, CA, March 2002.
“Signaling, Sociology and Structure: Explaining the Post-Cold War Restructuring of the German Armed Forces,” delivered to the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 2001.
Language Proficiency
German: near fluency reading and speaking proficiency Russian: fair reading and speaking proficiency French: fair reading and speaking proficiency (with some work to update my skills)
Academic References
Professor Steven Weber, Department of Political Science BRIE, 2234 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720-2322 Tel: (510) 642-4654 E-mail:
Professor Beverly Crawford, Associate Director, Center for German and European Studies, 202 Moses Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 Tel:(510) 642-0210 E-mail:
Professor Andrew Janos, Department of Political Science, 210 Barrows Hall, University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 Tel: (510) 642-4676 E-mail:
Professor Neil Fligstein, Department of Sociology, Barrows Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720