Welcome Students
The courses I teach at UW-L include State and Local Government, Introduction to Public Administration, Public Policy, Environmental Policy, and Ethics Management in Government. You can find sample syllabi for some of these courses using the links below.
POL 102:
State and Local Government
POL 211: Introduction to Public
Administration
POL 313: Public Policy
POL 316: Ethics and Government
POL 318 Environmental Policy
POL 494: Senior Capstone Seminar
Advising
I encourage all of my student advisees and students who are interested in careers or graduate school in the areas of public administration or political science to come in and visit with me. Please make an appointment by sending me an e-mail or calling my office to schedule an appointment. It is good to establish a student-faculty relationship as early on in your academic career as possible. As faculty get to know you personally, it becomes much easier for them to write accurate and in-depth letters of recommendation or give telephone references for internships, jobs, and graduate school.
Letters of Recommendation
Many students ask faculty members for letters of recommendation for work, internships, or graduate school. If you would like a recommendation from a faculty member, you should first make an appointment to sit down with the professor and discuss whether or not they know you well enough to write a recommendation, and whether or not that recommendation would be favorable. When asking me for a recommendation, I require that you do the following:
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Make an appointment to meet with me to discuss whether or not I know you well enough to write a recommendation letter. I ask that you be prepared to discuss why you want the recommendation and how it relates to your future goals.
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Leave enough time for me to write the recommendation before the due date, 3-4 weeks is best, but 1 week is the absolute minimum.
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Bring with you to the meeting, or give to me within a day or two of our meeting if I agree to write a letter: 1) resume with current contact information such as a phone number or email address; 2) cover letter draft or a description of your goals related to the recommendation; 3) a list of all the courses that you have taken with me and the grade you received in each course; 4) any forms or other materials that are needed to send with the recommendation letter; 5) where to send the letter(s) and the absolute deadline.