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SYLVES OFF-CAMPUS SERVICE ACTIVITIES

I was especially honored to be invited to John Carroll University (Cleveland) in late March 2006, during UD’s spring break, as the annual Woelfe Seminar speaker. My talk was entitled “President Bush and Hurricane Katrina: A Presidential Leadership Study.” The nighttime presentation was attended by 300 people, plus the entire John Carroll Political Science Department. Prof. Dean Birch hosted my visit. I can supply you my PowerPoint presentation of that talk. This may be worthy of mention to Dean Apple, though it does not fit any of the categories on his award list.

I spent three days in Ballston, Virginia at National Science Foundation reviewing proposals as a peer reviewer in late March 2006. In this capacity I led discussion on five proposals, served as a recorder on five proposals, and acted as a reader/commentator on another 20 proposals.

Over the course of the review period I was sent two NSF proposals to review, and this work did not require a trip to NSF headquarters.

In the summer of 2005 I was asked to join the Emergency Management Accreditation Program’s [EMAP] Disaster Public Education and Information Working Group. EMAP is funded by FEMA but is a private organization responsible for accrediting emergency manager education programs across the U.S. I continue my service to EMAP.

I am on the editorial boards of four journals:

Editorial Board member for Policy Studies Review and Review of Policy Research.

Editorial Board member for Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Editorial Board member for State & Local Government Review, I was thanked by name in Vol. 38, #1, 2006 for my help in reviewing five articles that were part of a symposium.

Editorial Board Journal of Emergency Management

I reviewed manuscripts for The Journal of Politics, State & Local Government Review, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Canadian Studies Journal, and Policy Studies Review.

I helped Ms. Stephanie Aldrich of WHYY TV-12 prepare material for a broadcast on October 13, 2006 on Hurricane Katrina and its implications for Delaware.

I completed a survey assessment of doctoral programs for the National Research Council (see notice).

Professional Off-Campus Community Service

I continued to service on the Environmental Advisory Panel (uncompensated) of the Valero Refinery at Delaware City, DE. We meet monthly to review, question, and critique matters of environmental health and safety at the plant as well as serve the interests of the communities that surround the facility. I have done this work for over three years now having served through ownership changes from Motiva, to Premcor, to Valero. My service also includes presentations to the Community Advisory Panel of Valero.

I attended the Disaster Roundtable to the National Academy of Science on Citizen Involvement in Preparing for a Flu Pandemic, October 2006, held in Washington, DC. I sought no reimbursement from the department for this trip.