Dr. Charles Edward Neal
77 Hook Road
Westminster, MD 21157

Home (410) 848-2143     Office (410) 857-2412
Fax (410) 857-2729    E-MAIL cneal@mcdaniel.edu

Education:

Ph.D.  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1979

Primary Area of Concentration: American Political Behavior
Secondary Areas of Concentration: American National Process (Judicial Process); Political Philosophy
Supporting Programs: Urban Sociology, Journalism, and Statistical Methods

Thesis:  "Compliance and the State Legislative Process: A Comparative Analysis of Abortion and Aid to Parochial Schools in Minnesota and Illinois"

Advisor: Samuel Krislov
M.A.  Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1971
B.A.  Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1969

Academic Employment:

McDanel College, 1978-Present  

Chair of Political Science and International Studies, 2001-Present
McDaniel College Pre Law Advisor, 1983-Present
Professor of Political Science and International Studies, 1987-Present 
  
Courses Taught:
American Civil Liberties    American Constitutional Law
American National Government  American Public Policy
Classical Political Thought   Elementary Statistics
Four different January Terms   Four different Senior Seminars
Introduction to Political Science  Political Socialization
International Simulation  (Jan Term) 
Scope and Methods of Political Science
Public Opinion and Political Participation
Law, Order, and Social Change (formerly The Politics of Survival: The Law and You) 
Prelaw Advisor for McDaniel College, 1983-Present 
University of Minnesota, 1973-1978
Teaching Associate II, Afro-American Studies Department, 1974-1975  
Gustavus Adolphus College, 1971-1973
Instructor, Political Science Department
Iowa State University, 1969-1971        
Teaching Assistant, Political Science Department
    
National Honor Society Memberships:

Phi Alpha Delta Pre Law Fraternity International (International Pre Law Honor Society), 2000
The Order of Omega (National Greek Honor Society), 1996
Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society, 1971-Present 
Pi Gamma Mu National Social Science Honor Society, 1969-Present

Workshops, Panels, and Papers:

2006: "Reinventing Pre-Law Advisor: Online resources and career counseling change pre law advising for college faculty," delivered to the American Political Science Association's National Convention, Philadelphia, PA, August 31-September 1,
2005: McDaniel College Budapest 1994-2005: A Decade of International Education.  This was panel discussion of the College’s Campus in Budapest.  Thomas Falkner, Provost and Dean of the Faculty, Kathy Steele Mangan, Professor of English, Charles Neal, Professor of Political Science and Rose Falkner, Director of International and Off-Campus Study participated on the panel. Washington, DC 2005.
2005: “Model: Homeland Security Policy-Making”.  I wrote and ran a role-playing simulation for a symposium on homeland security at Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, July 27-August 1, 2005.
2004: “The Sunset of limitations on liberty: Patriot Act II” delivered to the Symposium on terrorism in the United States, Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, July 20-27, 2004
2003: “Liberty vs. Protection; the Patriot Act of 2001” delivered to the Symposium on terrorism in the United States, Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, July 25-30, 2003
2001: "Advising Graduates and Alumni" delivered to the Northeast Association of Pre law Advisors Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, June 13-16, 2001 (Panel Chair: Charles Neal)
2001: "Advising in the Age of the Internet and Web Sites" delivered to the Northeast Association of Pre law Advisors Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, June 13-16, 2001(Panel Chairs: Georgiana Aboko-Cole and Charles Neal)
1999: The Temple Bombing: a book sandwiched in presentation at Western Maryland College. This was a short lived attempt at getting faculty and others together to discuss a book of interest.

Published Research:

"Macro Practice and Policy in Cyberspace: Teaching with Computer Simulation and the Internet at the Baccalaureate Level" by Colleen Galambos and Charles Neal.  2002
“Advising Minority Pre-Law Students” in Pre-Law Advising: A Handbook Edited by Jeanne Dillion, Tufts University Press, 1996.
 “Pre-Law Advisors Hold National Meeting” Law Services Report No. 96-4, July/August 1996.
 “PLANC Plans Second Conference” Law Services Report No. 96-1, January/February 1996.
 “The 1996 National Conference: Retrospective and Prospective" PLANC POINTS (Newsletter of the Pre-Law Advisors National Council) volume IX, Number 1, Spring/Summer 1996.
 “The Second National Pre-Law Conference Takes Shape” NAPLA NOTES, Winter 1996. NAPLA NOTES is the official newsletter of the Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors.
“Pre-Law Advising Goes High Tech” Law Services Report No. 96-2, March/April 1996.
 “Cheryl Hopwood et al., v State of Texas; Summary” NAPLA NOTES Spring 1996.
"Community-Based Juvenile Diversion programs in the United States" (joint with Osman Bengur and Andrew Rutherford), in National Evaluation Program, Washington DC, Law Enforcement Administration Agency, 1982.
           
"Abortion: Why Religious Organizations in the United States Want to Keep It Legal" in Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights Newsletter,  57 (1977), pp. 27 - 58.
"Community-Based Alternatives to Juvenile Incarceration: Phase One" (joint with Osman Bengur and Andrew Rutherford), in National Evaluation Program, (Washington, DC: Law Enforcement Administration Agency, 1977).
"Minnesotans Narrowly Favor Constitutional Ban on Most Abortion" in Human Rights in Minnesota, February 1976, pp. 4 - 37.

Other Research:

“Justice Brennan and the Problem of Obscenity” This paper is under consideration by the Pennsylvania Political Science Association.
"Philosophers and the Abortion Question." This paper is under consideration by the American Political Science Review.
"Adherence to Due Process: A Positive Impact on Juvenile Jurisprudence." This paper is under consideration by the Journal of Politics.
"Political Obedience and the consent of the Governed."  This is a work in progress.  See attached article.
 “The Changing Nature of Strict Scrutiny: Shifting Coalitions in the Rehnquist Court.” A work in progress.

Professional Involvement:

Chair-elect of the Pre-Law Advisors National Council, 1997-1999; Chair, 1999-2001; and immediate past Chair; 2002-2004.
Steering Committee, for the second Pre-Law National Conference in Orlando, Florida in June 1996. Publications Chair for the conference and responsible for screening and writing articles on the conference for a wide variety of publications, 1994-1996
Designated Member of The Pre Law Advisors National Council representing the Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors, 1996-1997
Immediate Past President of the Northeast Association of Pre Law Advisors, 1996-1997:
President of the Northeast Association of Pre Law Advisors, 1995-1996

Law Fair, organized at the Northeast Association of Pre Law Advisors Regional Conference, Philadelphia, June 7-11, 1995.
Conference Chair for Northeast Association of Pre Law Advisors Regional Conference June, 1994.
Member of the Pre Law Advisors National Council.  See page thirteen for a description) 1994-Present
President-elect of the Northeast Association of Pre Law Advisors, 1993-1994
Secretary for the Northeast Association of Pre Law Advisors, 1992-1994
Member of the Northeast Association of Pre Law Advisors, 1989-Present
Served on the executive council of the Northeast Association of Pre Law Advisors, 1989-Present

Other Professional Involvement

Member of the American Political Science Association’s Law and Courts Section, 1996-present  
Publications Chair for the National Conference for Pre Law Advisors, 1994-1996
Political commentator for cable television Channel Three, 1994-1996
Developed a Swap-shop Panel for the National Pre Law Conference.  Topic: "Printed Material For Pre Law Advising," 1992
Served on the planning committee for the National Pre-law Convention, 1992
Served as the National Scholarship Chair for Sigma Phi Epsilon, 1992-1995
Served as a political commentator on WTTR Radio Station, Westminster, MD, 1990   
 
Professional Association Memberships

Pre Law Advisor National Council, 1991-Present
Northeast Association of Pre Law Advisors, 1983-Present
Law and American Society Association, 1978-Present
American Political Science Association, 1975-Presen

References:

Bruce Murphy, Kirby Chair of Civil Liberty Lafayette College, Easton PA

Robert J. Weber, Retired Chair, Department of Political Science, Western Maryland College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, MD  21157

Melvin Palmer, Former Academic Dean, Western Maryland College, 2 College Hill, Westminster MD  21157

Herbert C. Smith, Professor of Political Science, McDaniel College,  2 College Hill, Westminster, MD  21157

Samuel Krislov, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota (Chair of my Ph.D. Thesis committee), Minneapolis, MN

Gerald Wilson, Dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC

Francis Graham Lee, Department of Political Science, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA

J. Joseph Burns, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Boston College

Francis M. Fennell Professor of Education, McDaniel College

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