Joshua R.

Berkenpas

Department of Political Science

Western Michigan University
joshua.r.berkenpas@wmich.edu
http://www.scribd.com/Joshua_R_Berkenpas

819 Ferris Ct.

Kalamazoo, MI 49007
(616) 328-2922

Education
Ph.D. in Political Science
Anticipated: May 2016

Dissertation Title: Political Science and the

Behavioral Revolution Mythology
Dissertation Committee: Emily Hauptmann
(Chair), John Clark, Kevin Corder, and John
Gunnell (UC, Davis).
Comprehensive Field Exams in American
Politics and Political Theory

June 2010

Institute for Qualitative and Mixed-Methods

Research (IQMR), Syracuse University, NY

M.A. in Political Science 2009

Western Michigan University (WMU)

Kalamazoo, MI

B.A. 2002

Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI
Political Science and Spanish

Teaching Experience
Courses Taught at Aquinas College:
American Government and Politics (PS 101): Spring 2015
Presidency and Congress (PS 210): Spring 2015
Methods and Inquiry in Political Science (PS 350): Spring 2015
Courses Taught at WMU:
American National Government (PSCI 2000): Summer I, 2011; Fall 2012; Spring 2013; Fall
2013; Spring 2014
Critical Thinking about Politics (PSCI 1050, Online): Summer I, 2012; Summer I, 2013;
Summer II, 2014; Fall 2014; Spring 2015; Fall 2015

Teaching Assistantships (WMU):

Introduction to the History of Political Theory I (Ancient Political Thought), Spring 2012
Scope and Methods of Political Science, Fall 2011
American National Government, Spring 2011; Fall 2010
Academic Awards
2014-2015

Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Award, The Graduate College at WMU

2010-2014

Teaching Doctoral Graduate Assistantship, Department of Political Science

2010-2012

Outstanding Leadership Award, Graduate Student Advisory Committee

2009-2010

William A. Ritchie Scholarship Award for Special Scholastic Achievement in

Political Theory, The Department of Political Science at Western Michigan
University

2009-2010

Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award, The Graduate College at WMU

Publications
2015 The Behavioral Revolution? A Genealogy of a Concept. European Political Science,
Manuscript Submitted.
Conference Presentations

November 2015

Paper to be presented at Notre Dame University, Young

Scholars Peace Conference, titled When War is Peace:
Peacebuilding in an Age of Warfare.

November 2014

Paper presented at the Northwestern University Graduate

Student Conference (Chicago) titled, The Behavioral Tradition
and the Revision of Political Theory.

October 2014

Paper presented at the Michigan Political Science Association

Conference (Rochester) titled, Voluntary Association in
Detroit as a Model for the Future.

February 2014

Paper presented at the Western Michigan University Graduate

Humanities Conference (Kalamazoo) titled, Myths Today.

March 2012

Paper presented at the Western Political Science Associations

annual meeting (Portland) titled, The Behavioral Revolution?:
History and Myth in American Political Science.

January 2012

Paper presented at the Southern Political Science Associations

annual meeting (New Orleans) titled, Foundation and Myth in
American Political Science: The Case of the Behavioral
Revolution.

March 2011

Paper presented Midwest Political Science Association

(Chicago) titled, The Death of Political Theory and the
Behavioral Revolution.

Other Scholarly Activities

Summer 2015 Present

College Board Advance Placement Reader,

Scoring AP Government and Politics US Exam

Fall 2012 Present

Member of the Editorial Board, The Hilltop

Review.

Fall 2010 Spring 2012

Editor, The Hilltop Review. An Interdisciplinary

Journal of Graduate Student Work at Western
Michigan University. Website: http://scholarwor
ks.wmich.edu/hilltopreview/vol4/iss2.

July, 2008 February 2009

Consultant with the Fetzer Institute of

Kalamazoo, MI. I produced a final report based
on in-depth interviewing and literature review.

University Service
September 2011 Present.

Co-chair and Treasurer for The Campus Beet;

a registered student organization at WMU. The
group is a student organization working to open
a sustainable and eco-friendly caf. Website:
http://thecampusbeet.wordpress.com.

Fall 2010 Spring 2012

Leadership Team, The Graduate Student

Association (formerly the Graduate Student
Advisory Committee). Website: www.wmich.ed
u/gsa.

Volunteer Activity
Summer 2011

Volunteer for Fair Food Matters Kalamazoo.

Worked in their community gardens and assisted
with farmers markets. Website: http://www.fairf
oodmatters.org.

Summer 2011

Volunteer Grassroots Coordinator for the South

West Michigan Campaign for a Fair Farm Bill.
Campaign organized by Food and Water Watch
(http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/) and Green
Corps (www.greencorps.org).

Military Service
May, 2003 January, 2007

Foreign Language

Sergeant (E5) in the U.S. Army. I was deployed

for sixteen months in Iraq from August 2005 to
November 2006. A recommendation from
Lieutenant Colonel Freitag is available upon
request.
Intermediate Spanish

August December, 2002

Semester Abroad in Morelos, Mexico. Augsburg

College, Minneapolis, MN.

January 2000

Interim in Yucatn, Mexico.1

References
Dr. Emily Hauptmann (Dissertation Chair)
Professor of Political Science
Western Michigan University

emily.hauptmann@wmich.edu
(269) 387-5695

Dr. John Clark (Department Chair)

Professor of Political Science
Western Michigan University

john.clark@wmich.edu
(269) 387-5620

Dr. Kevin Corder

Professor of Political Science
Western Michigan University

j.kevin.corder@wmich.edu
(269) 387-5697

Dr. Roger Durham

Palmatier Endowed Professor and Chairperson

durharog@aquinas.edu
(616) 632-2840

Interim is a one month long course Calvin College students take between Fall and Spring semesters.

Political Science Department

Aquinas College
Dr. John Gunnell
Visiting Research Associate
Department of Political Science, UC Davis
Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
Political Science, SUNY Albany

jggunnell@ucdavis.edu