PROFESSIONAL VITA 2004
Frank M.
Bryan
Department of
Political Science
540 The Old
Mill,
802.656.0570
Education
The
The
St. Michael's College,
Newbury Graded and High School,
Present
Position
Professor, Department of Political Science, The University of Vermont
Teaching
Fields
American Government and Politics
State and Local Politics and Policy
Public Administration
Research Methods and Methodology
Other
Appointments
Political Science Curriculum Committee, 2004-
Curriculum Subcommittee, Center for Research on Vermont 2002-
Executive Committee, Center for Research on Vermont 2001 -
Commentator,
Advisory Board, “Annual Editions,” McGraw-Hill/Dushkin Publishing Company 1996-
Admissions Committee, The Masters of Public Administration Program 1995-
Various Department committees
Memberships
The
American Political Science Association
The
The
Pi
Alpha Alpha
Pi
Sigma Alpha
The
Center for Research on
Publications
BOOKS (Academic)
Frank M. Bryan, Real Democracy: The
____, (editor) Readings in American
Government (Minneapolis: West Publishing Co., 1991).
____, with John McClaughry, The
____, Politics in the Rural
States: People, Parties and Processes (Boulder, Colorado:
Westview Press, 1981).
____, Yankee Politics in Rural
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
____, "Town Meeting," and "Orville Gibson" in John J. Duffy, Samuel B. Hand, and Ralph H. Orth (eds.) The Vermont Encyclopedia (Hanover: University Press of New England, 2003).
____, “Direct Democracy and Civic
Competence: The Case of Town Meeting,” in Stephen L. Elkin and Karol E.
Sulton (eds.) Democracy and Citizen Competence (University Park,
Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998).
____, “Interest Groups,” in Michael
Sherman (ed.) Vermont State Government and Administration 1965-1995
(Burlington, Vermont: The Center for Research on Vermont and the Snelling
Center for Public Policy, the University of Vermont, 1998).
____, “Vermont: Interest
Groups in a Rural Technopolity,” with Ann Hallowell in Ron Hrebenar and Clive
Thomas (eds.) Interest Group Politics in the Northeast (University Park,
Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993).
____, “Vermont: Of Land,
People and Democracy,” in C. L. Gilbert (ed.)
____, “Defining Rural:
Returning to Our Roots,” in James Seroka (ed.) Public Administration in
Rural
____, “The Rural Technopolity,” in
Nicholas Muller III and Sam Hand (eds.) In a State of
____, “The
____, “Legislative Apportionment in
ARTICLES, ESSAYS AND REVIEWS
____, “The New England Town Meeting in Action”
(Review) The American Political Science Review (June, 2001) pp.489-490.
____, “Town Meeting: Keeper of the
Sacred Flame,” (Essay accompanying
____, “Direct Democracy and Civic
Competence,” The Good Society 5 (Fall, 1995).
____, “Turtle on its Back,” PEGS
Newsletter (December, 1993).
____, “Rearranging the Deck
Chairs,” reprinted in The Yankee Planner 13 (Winter, 1993).
____, “Rearranging the Deck
Chairs,” Planning Commissioners Journal (November/December, 1992).
____, “The Future Is Not What It Was
Supposed to Be,” The Constituent (December, 1992).
____, “Going it Alone,” Chronicles
(May/June, 1991).
____, with Clark Bensen,
“Strengthening Democratic Control:
____, “Town Meeting,” The
Sovereign Citizen (Fall, 1988).
____, “Hill Farm with Computer,” North
by Northeast (June, 1988).
____, “A Habit of the Heart,”
____, “Pivot Point for Democracy,” Window
of
____, “Town Meeting Debate,”
____, with Clark Bensen, “The 1984
Election in
____, “Trouble in the Vermont
Hills,” Newsweek (March 13, 1984).
____, with Clark Bensen, “The 1982
Election in
____, “Learning Through Conflict,” Teaching
Political Science (Winter, 1983).
____, “The Lonely Villagers:
____, “Rural Renaissance: Is
____, “Hands Off Town Meeting,” New
York Times (April 3, 1982).
____, with David Rosenbloom,
“Public Bureaucracies Within States,” State and Local Government Review
(September, 1981).
____, with Sam Hand, “The 1980
Elections in
____, “Charting the Republican
Erosion,”
____, “Town Meeting: A Rural
Option for Urban
____, “Town Meeting–Pure Democracy
in Action,” in What This Community Needs . . . An Anthology of
Advocates Views (Helena, Montana: State Commission on Local
Government, January, 1976).
____, “Opening the Time Lock of the
____, “Self‑Government Powers
and Responsive Government,” Citizen's Guide to Self‑Government Powers
(Bureau of Government Research, University of Montana, 1975).
____, and Kenneth Bruno, “Asphalt
in the Wilderness: The Politics of the
____, “Town Meeting Support in
____, “People and Politics,” Chittenden
(January, 1972).
____, “Catholic Education Aid‑‑Yankee
Style,”
____, “The Politics of Town Meeting
‑ Another View,” Chittenden (February, 1970).
____, “The Metamorphosis of a Rural
Legislature,” Polity (December, 1968).
____, “The Encounter,” The
____, “Who is Legislating?”
National Civic Review (December, 1967).
____, “Politics and Poetry,” Vermonter
(August, 1967).
____, and Frederick J. Matkin,
“Shadowboxing with Poverty,” Rally (October, 1966).
____, “The State That Might Have
Been,” Vermonter (October, 1966).
____, “Town Meetings or Regional
Government?” Vermonter (August, 1966).
____, “Viewing the Charter,” Rural
Vermonter, (May, 1966).
____, “Reapportionment and the
REPRINTS
Rereading
Putting Power in its Place, Judith and Christopher Plant, eds.,
(Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1992), excerpts from The
Vermont Papers.
Utne Reader (Jan/Feb 1991) excerpts from The
Vermont Papers.
New Options (
PAPERS DELIVERED
“Social Science and Writing for Popular
Audiences: Is It Possible?” Presented before the League of
“Politics and Land Use Planning in
“Technology, Politics, and the Future of
Local Government” Presented Before the
“Three Chords and the Truth: Town Meeting
Technology, and Democracy” Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Atlanta Georgia, September, 1999.
“Diversity and the Search for Democracy:
From Aristotle to Putnam” Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
“Town Meeting and the Story of
Democracy,” Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
“How Does Town Meeting Treat Women” Paper Presented at
the Research in Progress Seminar sponsored by the Center For Research on
Vermont Burlington, Vermont February 1999.
“Decentralized Polities on
a Planetary Scale: The Case for the
“‘Old Age Ain’t for Sissies; Huntington
House and the Issue of Regulating Senior Citizens’ Care in
“Technology and Democracy: The Potential
for Popular Governance in the 21st Century” Paper Presented as
Part of the Distinguished Lecture Series, The Department of Political Science,
The University of North Carolina at Ashville, November, 1997.
“Does Town Meeting Promote Citizen
Competence?” Paper presented at the Conference on Citizen Competence
sponsored by the Society for the Political Efficacy of the Good Society (PEGS),
“Direct Democracy: Dead or
Alive--New Findings on Town Meeting” Paper presented at the Research In
Progress Seminar sponsored by the Center for Research on Vermont, Burlington,
Vermont, February 1995.
“The Case for Decentralism in the
Criminal Justice System” Paper delivered as part of the 1993 Colloquium
Series, Department of Criminal Justice, the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, February, 1993.
“Democracy and Administration:
Three Paradigms Explored” Paper delivered at Mississippi Political
Science Association Meeting,
“Is Democracy Possible: Technology
and the Hope for Human Scale” Essay delivered as part of the Political
Science Department's Guest Lecture Series, Providence College, Providence,
Rhode Island, February 27, 1991.
“Town Meeting in the
“Correlates of Participation in the
“The Size Variable and Direct
Democracy” Delivered at the Fourth Annual Chautauqua in
“Agriculture Policy and Rural
Affairs: Insuring the Twain Shall Meet” Delivered before the
National Advisory Council on Rural Development,
With Fred Schmidt, “The Nuclear Freeze
Vote in Town Meeting” Delivered at the Research in Progress Seminar
of the Center for Research on
“Are We a Nation Neither of Laws Nor Men But of
Numbers?” Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Society
for Public Administration (Regions 1 and 2),
“Learning Through Conflict: The
Mock Trial Experience” Delivered at the Annual New England Conference on
Teaching Students to Think, Amherst, Massachusetts, November, 1981.
“The Decline of the Party System:
The Case of Vermont” Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the New England
Political Science Association, Durham, New Hampshire, April, 1981.
“The Tyranny of Information
Systems” Delivered at VTASPA Seminar on Information Systems in the Public
Sector, The
“Saying it with Numbers” Delivered
at the Research in Progress Seminar of the Center for Research on
“Should We Become Again 'A Nation of Laws
and Not of Men' (or Groups)? The Case for Administrative Rationalism”
Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public
Administration (Regions 1 and 2),
With David Rosenbloom, “The Size of State
Bureaucracies: An Exploratory Analysis” Delivered at the Annual
Meeting of the
“Town Meeting: Is There a Role in
Technological Society?” Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the
“Toward a Theory of Rural Politics”
Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
“Policy‑Making in the Open
Forum: Town Meeting in the Rural Technopolity” Delivered at the
Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association,
“Manager Government in Montana: A
View from Two Cities” Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the
Montana Academy of Sciences, Havre, Montana, May, 1976.
“Ecological Causation and Partisan
Breakthrough, Vermont‑‑A Case Study” Delivered at the Annual
Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, New Brunswick, New
Jersey, Fall, 1975.
“Correlates of Feminine Participation in
Town Meetings” Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Rural
Sociology Society,
“Voting Behavior in a Two Party Rural
Legislature: An Application of Cluster‑Bloc Analysis” Delivered at
the Annual Meeting of the Western Social Sciences Association,
“Legislators, Constituencies, and Policy
in the
“
MONOGRAPHS
_____, “Town Meeting: Keeper of the
Sacred Flame,” (Essay accompanying
_____, “Preserving Vermont's Political
Heritage: Cosmetics or Culture,” in Marshall True, Mary Woodruff and
Kristin Peterson‑Ishaq (eds.) Teaching Vermont's Heritage
(Burlington, Vermont, The University of Vermont, 1984).
_____, with Robert E. Eagle,
“Teacher's Manual for Local Government Review in
BOOKS (Humor and General Interest)
____, with Melissa Lee Bryan, The Very Latest
____, with Bill Mares, The
Vermont Owner’s Manual (
____, with Bill Mares, Out of
Order (Shelburne, Vermont: The New England Press, 1991).
____, with Bill Mares, Out!
The
____, with Melissa Lee Bryan, The
____, with Bill Mares, Real
Vermonters Don't Milk Goats (Shelburne, Vermont: The New England
Press, 1983).
____, with Bill Mares, The Real
Vermonter's Address Book, (Shelburne, Vermont: The New England Press,
1984).
(Articles and Op. Ed. Pieces)
____, “A Christmas Card for Mom,” (Op. Ed.)
____, “Thinking About Civil Unions” (Op. Ed.)
____, “Font of Wisdom” Computer User
____, “Townscape Newbury"
____, “Jade”
____, “The Politics of the Growth Bill” (Op. Ed.)
____, “A Peasant of
____, “Education or Else” Window of
____, “Notes On the Four Year Term” Window of
____, “Who Are The Great Vermonters?”
____, “Town Meeting at
____, “Only Jackasses Don’t Buckle Up” Window of
____, “Lilacs and Homeland” Window of
____, “The
____, “The Kiss of Death Poll” Window of
____, “Knowing
____, “Real Vermonters and Real Democracy” Window of
____, “Corn? Fiddlesticks!” Window of
____, “
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
General
Designate:
Delivered the First Annual "Last Lecture" at the 1996 Convocation
Ceremony of the
Recipient:
Dean's Lecture Award. Given by the Dean of the
Recipient:
Recipient:
The 1986 Annual
Recipient:
Recognition of Service Award National Advisory Council on Rural
Development, 1986-1988 United States Department of Agriculture, 1988.
Recipient:
Certificate of Service The American Society for Public Administration
1983-1985.
Teaching
Pi Sigma Alpha Award American Political
Science Association, Chicago (September 2004).
George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty
Award, University of Vermont Alumni Association, (May 2004).
Kroepsch-Maurice
Award for Excellence in Teaching University of
Pi Sigma Alpha Award American Political
Science Association
Senior Class Council Award for Contributions
to the Students of the
Faculty Development Grant for Teaching
Public Administration,
The 1974 St. Michael's College Community
Service Award.
Co‑Recipient of the dedication of
the 1974 Shield (The St. Michael's Yearbook).
The Reverend Gerald E. Dupont Award,
1974, given by the Student Senate of St. Michael's College.
Senior Appreciation Award for
Senior Appreciation Award for
Recognitions
“Interview with Professor Bryan,”
“Frankly Speaking: An Interview with UVM
Professor Frank Bryan,”
“The Bull Will Kill You,” Vermont
Quarterly The publication of the
“Keeper of the Vermont Character” feature
article Yankee Magazine by Jay Stevens (March, 1992).
One of “13
People Changing the Face of
“Growing Up in
Newbury,”
“Frank
Bryan’s Two Worlds” feature article in The Valley Voice by Tom Hill
(November, 1988).
One the 20th
Century Writers “Who Capture
One of “
Featured in:
Kathleen Thompson, Portrait of
“An Interview with Frank Bryan: Real
Vermonters and Real Democracy,” Window of
Other
Positions (Past)
Faculty Senate, University of Vermont,
2002-2004.
Advisory Editor Current Editions (State
and Local Government) 1993-1997.
Visiting Professor and Director of MPA
Program, Mississippi State University, 1992-93.
Graduate Officer, Political Science
Department, 1990-1992.
Curriculum Committee, Department of
Political Science, the University of Vermont, 1990-1993.
Faculty Bicentennial Committee,
Advisory Committee,
Senior Editor, Window of
Contributing Editor, Window of
Scholar in Residence, Republican National
Committee,
Director, Master of Public Administration
Program, the
Member, National Rural Development
Commission, Washington, D.C., 1982-85.
President,
Assistant Professor, Department of
Political Science, The
Visiting Professor, Department of
Political Science,
Adjunct Professor,
Administrative Director, Inter‑University
MPA Program,
Director, Summer Institute in Teacher
Training for Local Government Review (Funded under Title I of the Higher
Education Act of 1965), Montana State University, Summer, 1975.
Head, Department of Political Science,
Chairman of Government and Associate
Professor,
Associate Professor of Political Science,
St. Michael's College, 1973‑74.
Associate Editor, The
Assistant Professor of Political Science,
St. Michael's College, 1970‑73.
Instructor of Political Science, St.
Michael's College, 1968‑70.
Research Assistant, The Eagleton
Institute of Politics, 1968.
N.D.E.A. Research Fellow, The
Graduate Teaching Assistant, The
Social Studies Teacher,
Assistant Director of Financial Aid, The