Curriculum Vitae - short
William Donald Coleman
31 July 2002
Academic Training
The University of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A., Ph.D, 1979.
Dissertation Title: A Structural Approach to the Study of Political Change with a case study of the Movement Towards Independence in Quebec, 1949 1975. Dissertation Supervisor: Professor David Easton.
The University of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A., A.M., 1973 74.
Thesis Title: Consistency in Mass Belief Systems: An Analysis and a Reconceptualization.
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, B.A. (Honours), 1968 72.
Major: Political Science. Minor: Philosophy.
Appointments
University Professor, 2003 -
Canada Research Chair on Global Governance and Public Policy, 2001-
Director, Theme School on Globalization, Social Change and the Human Experience, 1998-2002
Director, Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University, 1998- 2003
Visiting Scholar, Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Cologne, Germany, April-June 1998.
Gastprofessor, Institut für Agrarpolitik und Agrarmarktlehre, Universität Hohenheim, May-July 1997.
Gastwissenschaftler, Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, January - May 1997.
Academic Assistant to the Provost, McMaster University, July 1991 July 1993
Professeur visitant, Institut des Hautes Etudes Européennes, Université Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, July 1990 July 1991.
Professor, Department of Political Science, McMaster University, July 1989
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, McMaster University, July, 1984. Tenured Since July, 1982.
Guest Fellow, International Institute of Management, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, West Berlin, September 1983 August 1984.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, McMaster University, July 1979 to July 1984.
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, McMaster University, July 1977 to July 1979.
Areas of Interest
Research: globalization and the internationalization of public policy; comparative agricultural, industrial and financial services policy, business government relations, interest associations, theories on the role of the state in advanced capitalism, Quebec politics.
Teaching: Globalization, Canadian and Quebec politics, comparative public policy, theories of political economy, statistics and data analysis, research methods, philosophy of the social sciences.
Languages
French and German (reading, writing, speaking)
 
Awards
2002 President's Award for Educational Leadership, McMaster University, $5000
2001 Canada Research Chair in Global Governance and Public Policy
1997 Teaching Award, Ontario Council of University Faculty Associations.
1996 Konrad Adenauer Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn, 100,000 DM
1994 3M Teaching Fellow awarded by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
Co Winner with Michael Atkinson of the Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize, 1990, for the best book in public policy and administration, by the Structure and Organization of Government Research Committee of the International Political Science Association.
Co Winner with Michael Atkinson of The Max Bell Business Government Studies Program Prize ($5,000) for a paper entitled "The Crisis in Business Government Relations in Canada: Where is the Problem?", March 1987.
Winner, McMaster Students Union Teaching Award, Overall winner (all faculties), 1986.
Winner, McMaster Students Union Teaching Award, Faculty of Social Science, 1985
SSHRCC Leave Fellowship, July 1983 July 1984.
McMaster Students Union Teaching Award, Faculty of Social Science, 1980 81.
Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship, 1973 1977.
University Medal in the Social Sciences. Awarded to the top graduating student in the Social Sciences Division, Faculty of Arts, Carleton University, May 1972.
Courses taught (last ten years); * denotes a graduate course
Political Science 778, Globalization
Political Science 796, Research Methods in Public Policy*
Political Science 798, Policy Analysis and Research Design*
Political Science 789, Private Sector, Public Sector Relations*
Political Science 760, Canadian Political Institutions*
Political Science 761, The Social, Economic and Cultural Foundations of Canadian Politics*
Political Science 783, Comparative Public Policy: Theories and Approaches*
Political Science 4G6, Comparative Public Policy
Political Science 2F6, The Systematic Study of Politics
Political Science 2G6, Politics in Canada
Political Science 3C3, Government and Politics of Indigenous Peoples
Political Science 1G6, Government and Politics
Globalization 2A06, Introduction to Globalization
Supervisorships
i) Master Ten (nine completed, one incomplete)
ii) Doctoral Eight (Five in progress, two in abeyance, one complete, Éric Montpetit). I have also been a
  member of seven doctoral committees in the Department of Sociology and am currently a member of a doctoral committee in Anthropology.
 
Ph.D Completions
Éric Montpetit, "Policy-Making Performance, Policy, and Political Institutions: The Formulation of an Environmental Policy for the Agricultural Sector in France, the United States and Canada," Entered programme in September 1994, defended in August 1999.
 
MA Completions
Michael Roche, "Agricultural Policy-Making at the European Community Level: Pluralist or Corporatist?", Thesis completed in June 1994. Student did his MA on a part-time basis over several years.
Kevin Koch, "Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (Rbst) in the United States and the European Union," Entered programme in September 1993, Defended thesis in April 1996.
Laurie Carmichael, "The East German Opposition: Social Movements and the Church in the GDR and the new Bundesländer," Entered programme in September 1995, defended thesis in June 1997.
Karen Lochead, "Indigenous Self-Determination in Canada and Australia," Entered programme in September 1996, defended thesis in September 1998.
Administrative Responsibilities
a) Department
Member of Chairperson's Advisory Committee, 1987 88, 1994, 2000
Graduate Advisor and Member of the Graduate Committee, 1986 89, 1996
Member, Tenure and Promotions Committee, 1986 89, 1996, 1999-2001, 2002
Undergraduate Curriculum and Policy Committee, Chairman 1981,1982, Member 1980.
Staffing Committee, Member 1984 85, 1991 92, 1994, 1997-8, 2001 -.
Teaching and Learning Committee, Member 1978,1979,1980.
Library Representative, 1978,1979,1980,1993-96, 1998 - 2000.
Ph.D Core Group in Public Policy, Chair, 1999.
b) Faculty
Chair, Faculty of Social Sciences Human Resources Planning Committee, August 2002-June 2003
Undergraduate Curriculum and Policy Committee, Member 1981.
Arts Library Users Committee, Member 1979,1980, 1995-2000.
Ad Hoc Committee on Microcomputers, Member 1985.
Chairman's Search Committee, Department of Political Science, 1982, 1985.
Dean's Advisory Committee on Computing, 1986-89.
Dean's Advisory Committee on Research Funding and Priorities, 1986 .
Faculty Strategic Planning Committee, Spring 1990.
Chair, Internal Review of Religious Studies Department, 1994-95. Report submitted to the Dean June 1995.
c) University
Member, Internal Review Committee, Department of French, Faculty of Humanities, 2001
Member, Committee to Recommend a President, December 1993 - October 1994
Member, Arts Research Board, July 1992 - December 1994
Chair, President's Awards for Excellence in Teaching Selection Committee, December 1992
Chair, Task Force on Educational Quality Assurance, June 1992, Final Report submitted to University Senate in April 1993.
Co-Chair, President's Committee on Indigenous Issues, February 1992 -1997
Co-Chair, Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Academic and Programme Regulations, Final Report tabled in Senate, May 1992
Chair, Theme Schools Co-ordinating Committee, October 1991 - June 1993. Theme Schools Policy Paper approved by Senate in February 1992.
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Limited Enrolments, 1991-92. Co-authored final report and drafted policy implementation proposal that was approved by Senate in January 1993.
Member, University Committee on Teaching and Learning, 1991 -. Co-authored report on Rewarding Teaching and Learning at McMaster.
Member, Ad Hoc Committee to Select a new University President, May December 1989
Member, Users' Advisory Committee, Mills Library Building Project, September 1988 July 1990.
Chairman, Ad hoc Committee on the Development, Implementation and Administration of Research Policy at McMaster University, January April 1988.
Member, Review Committee, Occupational Health Program, Faculty of Health Scienccs, 1986.
Member, University Committee on Teaching and Learning, 1986 1987
Acting Chairman, Undergraduate Council, 1985 86. Included in this function was membership on the following university committees:

 

 Undergraduate Council Admissions Committee

Undergraduate Council Awards Committee

Undergraduate Council Curriculum Committee

Board Senate Committee on Academic Planning

Academic Advisory Council

Senate of McMaster University

Ad Hoc Committee on Post Admission Assessment

Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Utility of the Summer Day Session
Chairman, Undergraduate Council Ad Hoc Committee on French Immersion (January June 1985).
Computer Management Board Task Force on the Instructional Uses of Microcomputers, Member 1984.
Undergraduate Council, elected for a three year term, 1981.
Undergraduate Council Curriculum Committee, Chairman 1982, Member 1981.
University Committee on Teaching and Learning, Member 1982.
University Libraries Committee, Member 1979, 1980, 1995-
 
d) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Member: December 1997 - June 2003
Chair, Trends Project Adjudication Committee, Report made to Council, October 1998.
Chair, Strategic Themes Advisory Committee, Final Report on Two New Strategic Themes (Social Cohesion in a Globalizing Era and Challenges and Opportunities of a Knowledge-Based Economy), made to the October 1998 Council Meeting. The new themes were announced by SSHRCC in November 1998.
Chair, Strategic Programs and Joint Initiatives Standing Committee, 1998 - 2001
Representative of the Council on the Design Committee for the Initiative on the New Economy, a program of 100 million dollars to be managed by SSHRCC beginning in 2001.
Chair, Research Support Standing Committee, 2001 -2002