Department Chair
Professor of Political Science and International Studies

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E- Mail: cneal@mcdaniel.edu
Phone: 410-857-2412
Office: Hill Hall 316

Research and Teaching Interests: Judicial Process, Political Theory, American Political Behavior.

Education: B.A. Luther College; M.A. Iowa State University; Ph.D. University of Minnesota

Academic Employment: McDaniel College, 1978-Present; University of Minnesota, 1973-1978; Gustavus Adolphus College, 1971-1973; Iowa State University, 1969-1971

Courses Taught:

• American Civil Liberties
• American Constitutional Law
• American Public Policy
• Early Western Political Thought
• Introduction to Political Science
• Law, Order, and Social Change
• Senior Seminar

Published Research:

• "Untangling the net: Using Policy Resources in the Classroom" by Colleen Galambos and Charles Neal, delivered to the National Conference on Information Technologies for Social Work Education: Using to Teach--Teaching to Use, Charleston, South Carolina, August 22, 1998.
• "Macro Practice and Policy in Cyberspace: Teaching with Computer Simulation and the Internet at the Baccalaureate Level" by Colleen Galambos and Charles Neal. Published as part of the proceedings of the National Conference on Information Technologies for Social Work Education: Using to Teach--Teaching to Use, Charleston, South Carolina, September 7-9, 1997. The manuscript is also under consideration at the journal of Computers in Human Services.
• "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.

Fellowships and Awards: 

• National Awards The Order of Omega, 1996
• National Endowment for the Humanities, (summer 1983)
• Pi Gamma Mu National Social Science Honor Society, 1973

McDaniel Grants and Awards:

• Research and Development Grants Faculty Development Grant, 1996
• Computer Research Grant, 1985
• Faculty Development Grant, 1983
• Faculty Development Grant, 1982
• Faculty Development Grant, 1980

University of Minnesota Grants:

• The Harold Scott Quigley Graduate Dissertation Grant, 1977-1978
• Minnesota Graduate Fellowship for Minority Students, 1973-1975

Iowa State University Grants:

• Regent's Graduate Fellowship for public administration honor students, 1969-1971

National Honor Society Memberships:

• 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

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-Present