PETER BERGERSON

United States of America

Professor, Division of Public Affairs, Florida Gulf Coast University

Expertise: Public Administration, Urban Administration, Public Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, Comparative Public Administration, U.S. Government Institution


Credentials

Academic

James J. Malone Fellowship, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, March 1996.

Canadian Faculty Enrichment Grant, Summer 1985.  Research topic:  United States-Canada Public Administration:  A Comparative Analysis.

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, Summer 1983, University of Wisconsin.

University of Wisconsin studying the Diffusion of Judicial Innovation among the American States.  Seminar Director:  Joel B. Grossman.

Ph.D., Saint Louis University (1982).  Major Field: Public Policy.  Dissertation:  "The Diffusion of a Judicial Innovation Among the American States:  A Case Study of the Non‑Partisan Court Plan." 

M.S. in Public Administration and American Government (1968), Indiana State University. 

B.S. in Political Science (1967) Indiana State University.  


Professional Experience

Professor of Public Affairs, Division of Public Affairs, Florida Gulf Coast University, 2002- Present

Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Southeast Missouri State University, 1968‑2002; Chairperson, 1984- 2002
Chairperson, Department of Political Science, 1984‑2002 

Director, Internship Program, 1975‑2002 

Chairperson, Chairperson's Forum, Southeast Missouri State University, 1989‑1990.

Chairperson, Cape Girardeau Citizens Utility Commission, 1986‑1987 

Chairperson, National Conference on Teaching Public Administration, 1984‑1985; editor Conference Proceedings 

Director, Public Administration Program, B.S. and M.S.A., 1975‑2002 


Awards and Distinctions

Commencement Speaker, Southeast Missouri State University, Summer 1996.

Academic Citizen of the Year  1994-1995.  Southeast Missouri State University and The American Association for Higher Education.

Outstanding Researcher, College of Liberal Arts, 1990-1991.

Commencement Speaker, Southeast Missouri State University Graduation Ceremonies, Summer 1990.

Alumni Faculty Merit Award, 1989-1990. 

Chairperson Merit Award, College of Liberal Arts, 1989-1990. 

Men of Achievement:  International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England. 14th edition, 1990. 

Outstanding Researcher Award, Department of Political Science, 1988. 

Outstanding Researcher Award, Department of Political Science, 1987. 

Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Social Sciences, 1985. 

"Peter J. Bergerson Day," May 15, 1985.  Designated by the City Council and Mayor of Cape Girardeau, MO.   

Outstanding Teacher Award, Department of Political Science, 1984.  

Relevant Affiliations
American Political Science Association 
American Society for Public Administration 
Midwest Political Science Association 
SECOPA
Pi Sigma Alpha 
Pi Kappa Psi


Publications

Books
“Faculty Compensation Systems:  Impacts on the Quality of Higher Education.”  ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Volume 28, Number 2, Jossey Bass (A Publishing Unit of John Wiley and Sons, Inc.)  New York, NY, 2001.  

Teaching Public Policy:  Theory, Research and Practice, (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press), 1991.  

Ethics and Public Policy:  An Annotated Bibliography, (New York, NY: Garland Publishing Co.), February, 1988. 


Articles

“Florida’s 13th Congressional District Re-match: A Clash of Politics and Personalities” in Road to Congress 2008 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Lexington Books division, in press, 2009 

“Florida’s 2006 Senate Race: Nelson Defeats Political Diva Katherine Harris”, in the Road to Congress 2006”, 2007

The President as a Public Policy Change Agent: The Social Security Initiative”, in Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Public Administration, Editor, ZHU Xiao- Ning, (Chengdu, China, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Press), 2005, p 753-769.

“Florida’s 14th Congressional Election: The Sunshine District”, in The Road to Congress 2004, Sunil Ahuja and Robert Dewhirst, Editors, (New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.)  2005, p. 9-24. 

“Southwest Florida : A Republican Stronghold “,  in Florida Politics: Ten Media Markets, One Powerful State, Kevin Hill, Susan MacManus, and Dario Mareno, Editors ,  Tallahassee, FL, Florida Institute of Government) 2004, p.92-103

“The Political Socialization of an American Icon:  Rush Limbaugh III,” in Big Muddy, Volume 1, Issue 2, Summer 2001, p.25.  

“Emerson Defeats Heckemeyer in Missouri’s Eighth District Race” (1999), in Sunil Ahuja and Robert Dewhirst, Ed, The Road to Congress, 1998, Wadsworth Publishing Co.   

“The War Powers Resolution of 1973,” in Government at Work:  Issues, Evolution, Passage, Implementation and Feedback, Sunil Ahuja and Robert Dewhirst, eds. (Dubuque, IA:  Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co.), 1998, pp. 45-65.  

"Administrative Law:  In Search of the Holy Grail," Proceeding, National Conference on Teaching Public Administration, Savannah, GA, February 1996, p. 50.

"Ethics and Public Policy:  An Analysis of a Research Tradition," International Journal of Public Administration, vol. 15, no. 7, 1992, pp. 1369-1396.

"Role Model Simulation and the Government Budgeting Process," in Teaching Public Policy:  Theory, Research and Practice, Peter J. Bergerson, ed.  (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press), 1991.

Symposium Editor, "Teaching Public Policy and Administration," Policy Studies Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, Summer, 1989, pp. 831-928.

"Should City Engineers Cater to Council Pressure?  An Ethical Case Study," Public Administration Times, vol. 13, no. 3, March 1, 1990, p. 2.

"Judicial Background Traits Under the Merit Selection Plan:  The Missouri Plan Revisited," Southeastern Political Review, Fall, 1987. 

"What Can You Teach Mid‑Career Administrators About Ethics?"  Conference Proceedings, National Conference on Teaching Public Administration, May, 1987. 

Marsha Puro, and Steve Puro, "A Statistical Analysis of Judicial Diffusion:  Adoption of the Missouri Plan in the American States,” Publius, January, 1986. 

"Trial Judges in Missouri," Graduate School Journal, Southeast Missouri State University, 1985. 

"The Missouri General Assembly:  A 1973‑1983 Comparative Analysis."  Comparative State Politics Newsletter, (5) February, 1984, pp. 10‑12. 

"Missouri Supreme Court Justices," Comparative State Politics Newsletter (5), June 1983, pp. 13‑14. 

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