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Department of Political Science
Butler University
4600 Sunset Avenue JH347B
Indianapolis, IN 46208
317-940-8451
Office hours: by appointment
tjett@butler.edu
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Terri Jett, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science Butler University 4600 Sunset Avenue JH347B Indianapolis, IN 46208 317-940-8451 Office hours: by appointment tjett@butler.edu LAS FACULTY IN FOCUS |
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Education
Ph.D.: Public Administration and Public Policy, Speciality -- African American
Political Thought, Rural Community Development and Program Evaluation, Auburn
University, 1998.
M.P.A.: Specialty -- Public Policy and Program Evaluation, CSU, Hayward, 1994
B.A.: Ethnic Studies, CSU, Hayward, 1991
Academic Appointments:
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Butler
University, 2005-present.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Butler University, 1999-2005
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Auburn University, Spring 1999
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, Auburn University,
1994-1998.
Courses Taught:
African American Political Thought
Black Politics
Urban Politics
Introduction to U.S. Politics
Introduction to Politics
Introduction to Public Administration
State and Local Government and Politics
Public Policy
Racial and Ethnic Politics
Administrative Responsibility and Ethics
African American Women Writers
Radical Public Problem Solving.
Fellowships
Fulbright Summer Study Tour to Ghana, U.S. Department of Education,
2003
Butler University Faculty Course Development Grant, 2002
Butler Academic Faculty Fellowship (BAC Award) 2000
President's Graduate Opportunity Program 1994 - 1998 Auburn University
West Alabama Public Service Project 1996 - 1997
Auburn University Outreach and Extension
Graduate Equity Fellowship Program 1992 -- 1994
California State University - Hayward
Honors
2002 Faculty Commencement Speaker
Butler University
1998 Outstanding Minority Graduate Student of the Year
College of Liberal Arts
Auburn University
1998 Inductee
Pi Alpha Alpha (Public Administration) Honor Society
Auburn University
1995 Graduate Student of the Year
Auburn University Black Faculty and Staff
1995 Inductee
Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science) Honor Society
Auburn University
Conference Participation
"BAMA Kids, Inc. and the Wilcox Family Resource Council - Case Study of
a Collaboration" w/ Sheryl Threadgill, (Wilcox County Department of Human
Resources) Southern Rural Sociology Meeting, Mobile, AL, 2003
Poster Presentation - "Gees Bend Ferry Project"
"Rollin' on the River: The Gees Bend Ferry Project"
Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 2001
"Displaced Homemakers of the Alabama Black Belt"
Rural Women's Studies Association Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN 2000
“Collaborating with the Future to Build a Sustainable Rural Community”
American Political Science Association Meeting, Public Administration Section,
Boston, MA 1998
“Indigenous, Ethnic and Women’s Struggles for Transformation”
American Political Science Association Meeting, Chair of co-sponsored
panel – Race and Ethnicity/Ecological and Transformational Politics Section,
Washington, D.C. 1997
“Black Feminist Ideology”
Alabama Political Science Association Meeting, Jacksonville, AL 1997
“The Impact of Violence on Agenda Setting”
Conference on Rape, Poverty and the Criminal Justice System, Auburn University,
AL 1996
“The Laotian Immigrants and the City of Richmond Police Department:
The Case of an Innovative Cross-Cultural Relationship”
Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, San Diego, CA 1994
Community Development Grants Awarded
BAMA Kids, Inc. (Better Activities Make-All Around Kids)
Co-written with Sheryl Threadgill, Department of Human Resources, Wilcox County
Governor's Office on Drug Abuse Policy (awarded every year) 1997 - present
Project developing the comprehensive needs of youth in the Wilcox community
to prevent juvenile delinquency and drug abuse.
“Teaching Babies” ($5,000)
co-written with Consuela Lee, Snow Hill Institute
Children's Trust Fund 1997
Program introduces teenage mothers to cultural and performing arts as a means
to strengthen the bond with their child and help facilitate the cognitive development
of both mother and child.
Snow Hill Institute of Education and Cultural Arts ($35,000)
Alabama Council on the Arts, 1998
“Good Things Come To Those Who Wait” ($15,000)
co-written with Sheryl Threadgill, Department of Human Resources, Wilcox
County
Alabama Department of Public Health Abstinence Advisory Council, 1998
Comprehensive pregnancy prevention project targeting pre-adolescents.
Wilcox County Family Resource and Training Center, 1998 -- present
Proposal co-written with Sheryl Threadgill, Department of Human Resources, Wilcox
County
Alabama Power Foundation - $50,000 over a 5 year period
MacMillan Bloedel Foundation - $25,000 over 5 year period
Children’s Trust Fund $175,000 over 5 year period
To be re-submitted to W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Comprehensive family resource and training center specializing in vocational
and job preparation, youth community service attachment, and health and
wellness for families. Established as a concerted community effort to support
families moving from public assistance to self-sustaining through welfare
reform directives.
Scholarship
Book - "Agenda Setting and Decision Making of African American County Officials:
The Case of Wilcox County, Alabama" – Manuscript with Mellen Press
“Rollin’ on the River: The Gees Bend Ferry Project”
Currently under review -- Southern Rural Sociology Journal
“Collaborating with the Future to Build A Sustainable Rural Community” - work in progress”
Butler
University Service
EEO/AA University Committee 1999 - 2002
Housing Director Search Committee, 2000
Resident Life Coordinator Search Committee, 2000
Liberal Arts College Deans Search Committee, 2002
Faculty-in-Resident -- Schwitzer Hall 2000 -- present
Butler 101 Faculty Speaker -- 2001 - present
Judicial Appeals Board -- 2002 - present
Political Science Department Search Committee 2003
Faculty Executive Committee 2003 -- present
Chair - Diversity Committee, "Dare to Lead" Strategic Initiatives,
2003
Professional Memberships
American Political Science Association
American Society for Public Administration
Southern Rural Sociology Association
Faculty Consultant, Advanced Placement Program of the Educational Testing Service
Wilcox County Family Resource Council
Panel Member, Boren Fellowship Program, U.S. Department of Defense
Phone: (317) 940-8451 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis IN 46208 Email: tjett@butler.edu |