Department of Political Science

College of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Lynn Maurer

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Professor, Department of Political Science

 

Ph.D. Political Science. The Ohio State University. Comparative Politics
Certificat de Relations Internationales. Université de Dijon, France
M.A. Political Science. The Ohio State University. Comparative Politics
B.A. Otterbein University. Spanish major (French minor equivalent)

Bio

Dr. Lynn M. Maurer is Professor of Political Science with an expertise in the Spanish parliament, comparative legislatures, Western and Eastern European politics, comparative public policy, women in international politics, and transitions to democracy. Within American politics, she focuses on political parties and legislatures. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. from The Ohio State University and her B.A. in Spanish from Otterbein College. She joined Lamar University in 2018 after having served as Professor, Chair, and Associate Dean at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville for 19 years and as Professor and Dean of the College of Graduate & Professional Studies and Chief Research Officer at Indiana State University for five years.  

Faculty Positions in Political Science

  • Professor 2018-Present. Lamar University
  • Professor 2014-2018. Indiana State University
  • Professor, 2008-2014. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
  • Associate Professor. 2001. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
  • Assistant Professor. 1995. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Professional Academic positions

  • Lamar University
    • Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, 2018-2024
    • Acting Associate Provost, Jan-August 2020
  • Indiana State University, 2014-2018
    • Chief Research Officer & Dean, College of Graduate and Professional Studie
    • Center for Global Engagement & Undergraduate Research
  •  Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
    • Associate Dean, The Graduate School 1/2010-12/2013
    • Chair, Department of Political Science, 2003-2009

Selected Awards and Grants

  • Jack Brooks Endowed Chair in Government and Public Service (2020-2024). Lamar University.
  • NSF ADVANCE IT-Catalyst Award: Laying the Groundwork: The Status of Women Faculty at an Institution in Transition, SIUE, 2011-13.
  • Council of Graduate Schools Completion and Attrition in STEM Master’s Programs, SIUE, 2013.
  • Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain’s Ministry of Culture and U.S. Universities. Grant for research in Spain, Fall 2006 The Power of the Committee System in the Spanish Congress of Deputies.

 

Other Skills

Fluent in Spanish, Proficient in French

Publications

Maurer, Lynn M., Anthony Cheeseboro, & Patrick Murphy. Winter 2010. “Inclusive Excellence: Diversity at the Department Level.” The Department Chair.

Maurer, Lynn M. 2008. El Poder del Parlamento: Congreso y Políticas Públicas en España. Colección Estudios Políticos Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales. Ministerio de la Presidencia. Madrid, Spain.

Maurer, Lynn M. 2008. “The Power of Committees in the Spanish Congress of Deputies.” In Field, Bonnie and Kerstin Hamann, eds. Democracy and Institutional Development: Spain in Comparative Theoretical Perspective. UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Maurer, Lynn M. 2008. “Spain.” In Shields, Vanessa E. and Nicholas Baldwin, eds. Beyond Settlement: Making Peace Last after Civil Conflict. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.

Kissman, Kris & Lynn Maurer. 2002. "East Meets West: Therapeutic aspects of spirituality in health, mental health and addiction recovery." International Social Work 45(1): 35-43.

Maurer, Lynn M. 2000. “Democracy, Harmony, and Human Rights in the Twenty-First Century,” Peace and Change: 25 (3): 407-412.

Maurer, Lynn M. 2000. “Eficacia y Lealtad en el Congreso de los Diputados,” Revista de Estudios Políticos: 107(Jan-March): 77-99. Published by the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (Center of Political and Constitutional Studies), Madrid, Spain.

Maurer, Lynn M. 2000. “Efficacy and Loyalty of the Individual Deputies in the Spanish Congress.” In Working Papers on Comparative Legislative Studies IV: Parliamentary Members and Leaders in The Delicate Balance. Longley, Lawrence D., Attila Ágh, & Drago Zajc, eds. Appleton, WI: Research Committee of Legislative Specialists. (English version of above article).

Maurer, Lynn M. 1999. “Parliamentary Influence in a New Democracy: The Spanish Congress,”

Journal of Legislative Studies: 5(2): 24-45.

Maurer, Lynn M. 1995. "Legislative-Executive Relations in a Newly Consolidated Democracy: The Case of Spain." Ph.D. dissertation. The Ohio State University.

Ripley, Randall B., Samuel C. Patterson, Lynn M. Maurer, and Stephan V. Quinlan. 1992. "Constituents' Evaluations of U.S. House Members." American Politics Quarterly, Vol. 20 No. 4, October 1992:442-456.

Publications: Book Reviews

Maurer, Lynn M. 2005. “Rights Before Courts: A Study of Constitutional Courts in Postcommunist States of Central and Eastern Europe” by Wojciech Sadurski. Law and Politics Book Review. Vol. 15 No.8 (August 2005): 632-634.

Maurer, Lynn M. 2004. “The Permanent International Criminal Court: Legal And Policy Issues,” by Dominic McGoldrick, Peter Rowe, and Eric Donnelly (Editors). Law and Politics Book Review. Vol. 14 No.10 (October 2004): 813-815.

Selected Presentations

Maurer, Lynn M. “The Power of Committees in the Spanish Congress of Deputies.” American Political Science Annual Meeting, Sept. 1, 2007. Chicago, IL. Part of panel Thirty Years of Spanish Democracy: Evaluating Institutional and Party Theories.

Maurer, Lynn M. “The Power of Committees in the Spanish Congress of Deputies” Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 2007. Chicago, IL.

Maurer, Lynn M. Los Parlamentos en Europa y América Latina: un análisis comparativo. Presented (in Spanish) in the Masters en Democracia y Gobierno, Conferences and Seminars series, to the Department of Political Science and International Relations (Departamento de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales) Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Oct. 30, 2006.

Maurer, Lynn M. 1998. “Efficacy and Loyalty of Individual Deputies in the Spanish Congress.” Presented at the International Conference on The Significance of the Individual Parliamentary Member in Parliamentary Politics, Research Committee of Legislative Specialists of the International Political Science Association. Budapest, Hungary, July 1 to 5, 1998.

Maurer, Lynn M. 1998. “Parliamentary Influence in a New Democracy.” Presented (in Spanish) to the Political Science Department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. May, 1998. By invitation.

Maurer, Lynn M. 1997. "The Power of the Parliament in Democratic Spain." Presented to the Complutense-Harvard-Tufts Iberian Studies Group at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, February 10, 1997. By invitation.

Other Selected Presentations

Maurer, L. 2017. “Graduate Student Recruitment at a Regional Midwest Institution” at Midwest Association of Graduate Schools Annual Meeting, April 5-7.

Maurer, Lynn, Johnna Watson, & Mark J. T. Smith. 2017. “Master’s Level Enrollment Management,” Workshop at the Council of Graduate Schools Annual Meeting, Dec. 7-10.

Maurer, Lynn, Cheryl Addy, and Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko. 2016. “Developing Thriving Online Graduate Programs,” Council of Graduate Schools Annual Meeting, Dec. 7-10.

CGS Strategic Consultation Forum. 2016. Council of Graduate Schools Annual Meeting, Dec. 7-10.

Maurer, L., I. Carter, S. Maloney, & P. Townsend. 2016. “Executive Leadership Initiatives” for SRA (Society of Research Administrators) International Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Oct. 22-26, 2016.

Maurer, L. 2016. “Collaborative Leadership in Export Control Compliance Changes.” SRA- ARMA, Executive Research Leadership Professional Development final project.

Maurer, L. 2016. “Leadership Styles in the Face of Compliance Changes and Demands.” NCURA Region IC Spring Meeting Concepts Expo Poster presentation, May 3, 2016.

Maurer, L. 2014. “Moving on Up: Prowess in Administration and Grant-winning." Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 2014. Sponsored by Midwest Women’s Caucus.

Maurer, Lynn M., Susan Wiediger, P. Denise Cobb, Leah O’Brien, & Danice Brown. “Studying the Climate for Female Faculty at a Teaching Focused School with Increasing Research Expectation” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April, 2013 forthcoming. Sponsored by Midwest Women’s Caucus.

Maurer, Lynn M. “Women at SIUE: Numbers, Trends, and Disciplines” Women Faculty in Higher Education, College of Arts and Sciences 2011 Colloquium Thinking about America, March 23, 2011. (SIUE NSF Advance Catalyst Grant).

Maurer, Lynn M. “What’s Next? Using Program Review for Continuous Improvement.”

October 15, 2009. SIUE Assessment Workshop 

Maurer, Lynn M., Anthony Cheeseboro, & Patrick Murphy. ‘Inclusive Excellence’ or Not?: Diversity at the Department Level. Workshop at the 26th Annual Academic Chairpersons Conference, Orlando, FL, Feb. 11-13, 2009.

Roundtable Presenter. Reprisal: Women Should Ask: Negotiation in the Academic Workplace. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April, 2008. Sponsored by Midwest Women’s Caucus. Invited.

Roundtable Presenter. Women Should Ask: Negotiation in the Academic Workplace. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2006. Sponsored by Midwest Women’s Caucus. Invited. 

Roundtable participant. Education Roundtable –Bringing the World into Our Classrooms: Teaching Resistant Populations. International Studies Association Annual Conference, Nov. 2005. St. Louis, MO.

Roundtable participant. Teaching War & Peace. International Studies Association Annual Conference, Nov. 2004. St. Louis, MO. 

Maurer, Lynn M. & Anthony Q. Cheeseboro. “Teaching Gender and Genocide.” Presented at the Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2005.

University of Western Ontario, Canada. Session on Translated Memory and the Language of Genocide: (Gendered) Responses to Traumatic Histories and Silences, June 2, 2005.

Discussant. Roundtable on Women and Mentoring. Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 23-25, 1998.