Education

• Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Knoxville
  Phi Kappa Phi honors
  Fields: political philosophy, public law, world politics, and United States government (subfields: Congress and Presidency)
• J.D., College of Law, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
• B.S., East Tennessee State University, political science and history

Courses

Law

• Administrative Contracts
• Constitutional Law
• Law & Banking
• Trial Advocacy and Procedure

Graduate Public Administration

• Administrative Law
• Public Sector Employment Law
• Labor Law

Undergraduate Courses

• U.S. Constitutional Law
• International Politics
• World Law: International Legal and Political Systems
• Political Philosophy
• The U.S. Presidency
• The Judicial Process
• Philosophy of Judicial Interpretation
• Law & Literature
• Public Policy & Criminal Justice
• Criminal Justice Administration
• Introduction to American Government
• Introduction to Political Science
• Introduction to Criminal Justice

Experience

Academic Experience

• 1993-1999, Associate Professor of Public Law, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia
• 1997, Fulbright Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia:
  Lectured in constitutionalism and contracting with governments, served as consultant to Ethiopian Ministry of Justice on civil and penal reform; coached Moot Court Team.
• 1996, Visiting Professor in the Law Faculty, Syktyvkar State University, Russia:
  Lectured in trial advocacy and Law & Banking; served as consultant to court officials and lawyers on trial reform.
• 1991-1993, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Criminal Justice, Union College, Barbourville, Kentucky

Non-Academic Professional Experience

• 1985-1991, Partner in law firm Harwell, Baumgartner & Willis, Knoxville, Tennessee
• 1986, Attorney General pro tempore for State of Tennessee
• 1984-1985, Partner in law firm Smith & Willis, Raleigh, North Carolina, practicing labor and employment law
• 1971-1984, Partner in law firm Hyder & Willis, Rogersville, Tennessee, practicing civil, administrative, and criminal law
• 1969-1971, Staff Attorney with Federal Trade Commission
• 1975-1977, Mayor of the City of Rogersville, Tennessee

Publications

"The Phenomenology in a Feminist Approach to Obscenity Law," 16 Law and Philosophy, No. 2 (1997), 177. "Teacher's Portfolio," in Peter Seldin's The Teaching Portfolio, 2nd ed., Anker Publishing Co., 1997 "Judicial Interpretation: Distinctions Without Differences," in Perspectives in Politics: From Aristotle to Present, Peterson, Argile and Allen, eds. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 1994. "The Paradox of Limited Government: A Topsy-Turvy World," 14 American Review, (March 1994) 18. Submitted for Publication Monograph: Philosophical Hermeneutics and Common-Law Decision-making. Series of Fulbright Lectures on Implementing the New Ethiopian Constitution: "On Lawyers Reading Authoritative Texts" "What is a Constitution Anyway?" "Lawyers as Prophets, Not Priests"