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CURRICULUM
VITAE
Darin
H. Van Tassell
Degrees Held
Assistant Professor, Center for International Studies, Georgia Southern University, 1997-present. Temporary Instructor, Center for International Studies, Georgia Southern University, 1994-1997. Adjunct Instructor, Department of Government and International Studies, University of South Carolina, 1993-1994. Teaching Assistant, Department of Government and International Studies, University of South Carolina, 1992-1993. Research Assistant,
Institute of International Studies, University of South Carolina, 1990-1992. Administrative Specialist,
Office of Institutional Research, Georgia Southern University, 1989-1990
and on a consulting basis during the summers of 1991, 1992. Job description
primarily entailed statistical research, professional and documents
research, computer assisted statistical analysis, and survey and data
administration.
Books Van Tassell, Darin, Harry Chernotsky, and Heidi Hobbs (expected publication date of 2009). Introduction to International Studies: An Orientation to the World. CQ Press: Washington, D.C. Peer Reviewed Articles "Why Morganthau Would Have Made a Great Third Base Coach: What Good Professors Can Learn from Good Baseball Coaches," NINE: A Journal of Baseball History & Culture. University of Nebraska Press, volume 16, number 1, Fall 2007. Sport and the State: Some Post-Olympic Thoughts on the Implications for Such an Alliance," International Studies Notes of the International Studies Association, 1998, volume 22, number 3, pp. 1-9. "The Growing Fragmentation of the World Economy," Political Chronicle, 1994, volume 6, number 1:16-25. "The Politics of Intervention: The Underlying Causes of United States Military Interventions in Central America," Journal of Third World Studies, 1993, volume 10, number 1:252-305. "The Quest for Independence in the Baltic States: Expanding the Notion of Civil Disobedience," Journal of International and Area Studies, 1991, Fall:1-8. "The Closing of the Mind or the Opening of the Dialogues?: The Often Elusive Pursuit of Truth on Campus," Southeastern Political Review, 1990, 28:17-27.
Book Reviews Review of Michael J. Kryzanek, U.S.-Latin American Relations, 3rd edition
(Westport, CT: Praeger, 1996) in The Journal of Conflict and Terrorism,
Spring 1997, pp. 225-226. Miscellaneous Publications "Learning to Give a Damn: Southerners, Globalization, and the Graduation Speech I Have Always Wanted to Give" (2006). Statesboro Magazine, volume 7, number 3, pp. 76-79. “Baseball’s Purity Not Only Found at World Series,” Statesboro Herald, November 5, 2003, p. 5B. “The Impact of International Non-Governmental Organizations: Implications for the Tourism Industry,” Tourism and Attractions, published by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA), 2001, issue 12. “Global Community
Building Through Organized Sport,” International Perspectives,
Fall 1999, volume 11, number 3, p. 3. “Coaching In Nicaragua,” Collegiate Baseball, June 2, 1995, pp. 12-16. “'Rising Star' Shines in Israel," IBA World Baseball Magazine 1993, Fall:11. Graduate Student Handbook Guide to the International Studies Program, co-authored with David Hurt, Peter Steen, and Jerel Rosati. Columbia, SC: Department of Government and International Studies Program, University of South Carolina, 1993. The Politics of Coercion, Master's Thesis, Department of Government and International Studies, University of South Carolina, 1992. "Futuro Promisorio del Béisbol en Costa Rica," IBA World Baseball Magazine, 1992, Fall:25. Heavily assisted in the research and editing of: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy by Jerel A. Rosati. Dallas: Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich, 1993. Heavily assisted
in the editing of: Foreign Policy Restructuring, edited by
Jerel A. Rosati, Joe Hagan, and Martin Sampson. Columbia: University
of South Carolina Press, 1994. Dissertation Inevitable
Interventions: The American Culture of Control in Central America and
the Caribbean, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Government and
International Studies, University of South Carolina (1995). "Expanding the Definition of International Studies," International Studies Association - South, Savannah, GA. October 2007. "Learning Communities and International Studies," International Studies Association,
San Diego, California. March 2006. "Perception and Misperception: How North Americans and Central Americans See Each Other," Colegio de Las Americas, San Blas de Moravia, Costa Rica. June 28, 2004. “The Political Ramifications of a Shrinking Globe in the post-September 11th World: Potential Impacts on the Global Travel and Tourism Industry,” presented at the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA), Orlando, FL. November 18, 2003. "The United States and Cuba: Continuity and Change in the 21st Century" and "Se Puede Cambiar: Las Relaciones Entre Cuba y Los Estados Unidos" at the Universitad de La Habana, Havana, Cuba. October 17-18, 2003. “Multilateralism vs. Unilateralism,” The Foreign Affairs Seminar, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, May 15, 2003. “Why Latin America Matters: The Professors’ Perspective,” Sixth Annual Conference on the Americas, Savannah, GA, February 22, 2003. “Globalization and the Future of the Nation-State,” co-presented with Renae Moody, current GSU graduate student. Georgia Political Science Association, Savannah, GA. January 30 February 1, 2003. “The Future of Non-Governmental International Organizations: The Case of the International Baseball Federation,” at the 13th Annual Meetings of the World Children’s Baseball Foundation, Tanabe City, Japan, August 9, 2002. “The Challenges of 21st Century World Politics for Future Leaders,” National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, 2002 Southeast Regional Conference, April 6, 2002, Savannah, Georgia. “Through a Global Looking Glass: The Politics of Islam and the 21st Century.” Conference on the Politics of Islam in the 21st Century, April 9-10, 2001, Statesboro, GA. “NAFTA and
Emerging Trends of Globalization.” Conference on Georgia and Mexico,
March 24, 2000, Statesboro, GA.. “Trends of
Globalization at Work in Latin America,” Third World in Perspective
Program Seminar Series, June 21, 2000, Georgia Southwestern State University,
Americus, GA. "The Influence of Culture on Foreign Policy." Richard L. Walker Institute of International Studies Colloquia Series, February 28, 1996, Columbia, South Carolina. "U.S. National Security Issues as the Century Ends." Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Southern Region, October 22-24, 1995, Atlanta, Georgia. "Conceptual Dilemmas in Foreign Policy Decision-making." Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, February 22-25, 1995, Chicago, Illinois. "Using Culture as a Guide to Foreign Policy Behavior: Speculating about the Nature of U.S. Policy in the Central American Region in the post-Cold War Era." Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-Southern Region, October 14-16, 1994, Charleston, South Carolina. "Military Intervention: A Legitimate Instrument of U.S. Foreign Policy?" Colloquium on International Topics, October 4, 1994, Georgia Southern University. "Toward a Cultural Explanation of Conflict Behavior: An Analysis of U.S. Intervention in the Central American Region." Conference on Studies in International and Domestic Conflict, November 29-December 1, 1993, Columbia, South Carolina. "The Disintegration of the Global Economy." Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-South, October 15-17, 1993, Air War College, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama. "The Growing Marginalization of the World Economy." Conference on Integration Theories as Analytical Tools: How Useful Are They? December 2, 1992, Columbia, South Carolina. "Social Trauma, Paranoid Response, and Legitimate Authority: The Federal Loyalty Program and the Role of the Truman Administration in Contributing to McCarthyism." Problems of Presidency Symposium, December 1, 1992, Columbia, South Carolina. "New World Order or Business as Usual: United States Policy in Central America." Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-South, October 9-11, 1992, Tampa, Florida. "Conflict and Cooperation in Latin America in the Coming Decade." Symposium on Culture and Conflict in the Post-Cold War Third World, November 1991, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.
Discussant, "Potential Impacts of the Presidential Election for U.S. Foreign Policy," International Studies Association-South Conference, Columbia, SC, October 21, 2004. Developed and Organized the conference on “Islam and the 21st Century,” April 9-10, 2001, Georgia Southern University. Co-organized with Shafik H. Hashmi. Conference funded by grants secured from the Earhart Foundation, Georgia Humanities Council, and numerous academic departments from Georgia Southern University. Developed and Organized the conference on “Georgia and Mexico: Partners in Planning the Future of an Emerging Relationship,” March 2000, Georgia Southern University. Co-organized with Shafik H. Hashmi. Conference funded by grants secured from the Georgia Humanities Council and Campus Life Enrichment and other academic departments from Georgia Southern University.
Golden Key National Honor Society, Inducted in November 1999. Awarded a Georgia Southern University Faculty Development Grant for 1994-1995, Fall 1994. Recipient of the 1993 John West Fellowship, awarded annually to the top Ph.D. student in the International Studies program of the Department of Government and International Studies at the University of South Carolina, May 1993. Recipient of 1992 and 1993 Rawlings Memorial Scholarship, awarded annually to former collegiate baseball players who are pursuing graduate work, October 1993 and Dec 1992. Rhodes Scholar Finalist, United States of America, 1989. Recipient of a National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Postgraduate Fellowship, 1989. Bo Ginn Political Science Fellowship, Department of Political Science, Georgia Southern College, 1989. Georgia Southern’s Representative at the Board of Regents "Academic Recognition Day" at Georgia State Capitol, recognizing the top students at each of the institutions in the University of System of Georgia, 1989. Named “Outstanding Political Science Major,” Department of Political Science, Georgia Southern College, 1989. Georgia Southern Leadership/Service Award, Georgia Southern College, 1989. Mellon Fellowship Nominee, Georgia Southern College, 1989. Induction into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Georgia Southern College, 1988. Who's Who Among
American Colleges and Universities, Georgia Southern College, 1988. Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship, Georgia Southern College, 1987-1988. Excellent Scholarship Award, Georgia Southern College, 1986-1989. Bell Honor's Program Scholar, Georgia Southern College, 1985-1989. Minkovitz Fellowship,
Georgia Southern College, 1985-1986.
Academic Areas • Global Issues Courses Taught at Georgia Southern University • Developed
Georgia Southern’s Introduction to International Studies course Recognition of Exceptional Teaching Named the 2006 Wells/Warren Professor of the Year at Georgia Southern University, April 5, 2006. Named
the “1999 Georgia Southern University Teacher of the Year”
by Alpha Omicron Pi, November 1999.
Public Service Keynote Speaker, Langston Chapel Middle School Athletic Awards Banquet, Statesboro, Georgia, May 4, 2006. Keynote Speaker, 2003 STAR Student Luncheon for Outstanding High School Seniors, Bulloch County, Georgia, February 24, 2003. Committee Member, Youth Leadership Bulloch Class of 2003, February-September 2003. Keynote Speaker, Graduation for the Youth Leadership Bulloch Class of 2002, February 11, 2003. Co-Organizer and Co-Presenter, “Leadership Implications: Water Planning Policy in the State of Georgia,” co-presented with Ben Thompson, Director, Coastal Rivers Water Policy Center, Georgia Southern University and Georgia State Senator Jack Hill, October 24, 2002. Speaker, “Understanding the Conflict in Israel and Palestine,” Saint Matthews Catholic Church Youth Group, Statesboro, GA, October 15, 2002. President, Leadership Bulloch Alumni Association, September 2002-present. Speaker and Panel Participant, “September 11: The Year After,” Georgia Southern University, September 11, 2002. Delivered Address, “Global Shakeups: Current International Crises,” Georgia Southern University’s International Week 2002, April 1, 2002. Keynote Speaker
for the 31st Annual Meeting of the High School Model United Nations
Conference, “The Shrinking Planet: Four Consequences of Globalization,”
Georgia Southern University. February 22, 2002. (Also delivered the
keynote address at the 30th and 28th Annual Meetings of the High School
Model United Nations Conference in 2001 and 1999). Delivered Commencement Address, Altamont High School, Class of 2001, Altamont, Utah, June 1, 2001. Executive Board of Directors Member, Statesboro-Bulloch County Boys and Girls Club of America, January 2001-present. Speaker and Panel
Participant, “Crisis in America: The Day After,”Georgia
Southern University Russell Union Commons, September 12, 2001. Presentation on "International Careers" to students from the College of Science and Technology, Georgia Southern University, November, 29, 2000. Gave address entitled, “The Impact of International Relations on Health Issues,” Department of Health and Kinesiology, Georgia Southern University, November 20, 2000 (and three times a year since to the classes of Dr. Joanne Chopak, and Matt Wilson). Gave address entitled, “The Structure and Function of the United Nations,” at the Development and Preparation of a Model United Nations Program Conference for High School Teachers, September 22, 2000. Member, Statesboro-Bulloch County Parks and Recreation Department Steering Committee, September 1999-2001. Member, Statesboro-Bulloch County Boys and Girls Club of America Strategic Planning Committee, October 1999-November 2000. Keynote Speaker, Golden Key National Honor Society Induction Ceremony, Georgia Southern University, November 1999. Keynote speaker for "Honors Day" Program at Willow Hill Elementary School, Bulloch County School System, Portal, Georgia, April 1999. Guest Speaker, “Practical Effects of Marketing Research: A Successful Case Study,” presented to Dr. Jim Randall’s Market Research course, College of Business Administration, Georgia Southern University, November 1998. Guest Speaker, “The 1996 Olympic Games,” Pittman Park United Methodist Church. October 1, 1997. Guest Speaker, “The 1996 Olympic Games,” First Baptist Church of Twin City Youth Group, Twin City, Georgia, June 1997. Gave address entitled,
“Mirror Images: Emerging Trends in International and American
Politics in the 21st Century” as part of the Colloquium on International
Topics for International Week 1997, Georgia Southern University, May
8, 1997. Gave address entitled, "U.S. Policy in Central America: Influences and Determinants," at the Puzzles in World Politics Seminar, University of South Carolina, April 15, 1992. Gave address concerning
the "International Baseball Association (IBA) at work in the Caribbean
and Estonia," for the Brown Bag Luncheon Series, Institute of International
Studies, University of South Carolina, October 1, 1991.
Featured in Georgia
Southern University’s Source Book: The News Media’s Guide
to Experts and Information: Currently serve
on the following University-wide committees: President, ISA-South, 2007-2008. Keynote Speaker, Savannah Council on World Affairs, "Predicting Earthquakes: Global Political Fault Lines, 2008 and Beyond," Coastal Georgia Center, Savannah, GA, December 13, 2007. Vice-President and Program Chair, ISA-South Conference, Savannah, Georgia, 2006-2007. Keynote Speaker, Leadership EDGE Fall 2004 Graduation, Georgia Southern University, November 29 & 30, 2004. Approved for Member
Status, Graduate Faculty, Georgia Southern University. March 2004. Keynote Speaker,
Spring SOAR Orientation Session for New Georgia Southern University
Parents, Russell Union Auditorium, January 5, 2003. Member, SOAR Advisory
Committee, August 2003-present. Panel Member, “Prospective
Parents of Incoming GSU Freshmen,” GSU Scholars’ Day, March
1, 2003. Member, Regional
Intellectual Capital Partnership Program (ICAPP) Review Panel, College
of Business Administration, Georgia Southern University, 2002-present. Member, Latin America
Studies Committee, Georgia Southern University, 1995-present. Member, Search Committee, Candidate for Department of Child and Family Development, Georgia Southern University, Spring 2001. Nominated, Chair of the Nominations/Elections Committee of the Association of Third World Studies, Spring 2000. Volunteer, A Day for Southern Annual Fund Raising Campaign, September 2000. Office of Admissions, Georgia Southern University, Open House events (both in Statesboro as well as in Atlanta, Columbus, Albany, and August), 1999-present. Undergraduate Council Representative, Center for International Studies, Georgia Southern University, 1999-present. Member, Search Committee, Candidate for Political Science/International Studies, Georgia Southern University, Spring/Summer, 1999. GSU 1211 The Freshman Leadership Experience, curriculum development, Sections of GSU 1211 taught Fall 1999 & Spring 2000, including numerous guest lectures for Sections of GSU 1211 including lectures for Dr. George Shriver, Dr. Fred Richter, and Dr. Nancy Shumaker. Chair, International Studies Curriculum Committee, Georgia Southern University, 1998-present. Center for Excellence In Teaching, attended various workshops on PowerPoint, Developing a Faculty Teaching Portfolio, WebCT, Using EudoraPro, Web Page Creation, and BANNER, 1998-present. Journal Reviewer, Southeastern Political Review, 1998-2002. Editorial Board Member, Walker Institute of International Studies Occasional Paper Series, 1998-present. Frequent Guest Lecturer in Japanese Culture, Introduction to International Studies, Senior Seminar in American Politics, International Law and Diplomacy, Public Health Co-Chair, “A Day For Southern On Campus,” raising more than $125,500 for the Georgia Southern University Foundation, 1997. Keynote Speaker for the “Special Session on Weapons of Mass Destruction” at the 26th annual meeting of the High School Model United Nations Conference, Georgia Southern University, February 13, 1997. Gave address entitled, “Sport and the State: Post-Olympic Reflections on the Nature of the Relationship” as part of the Colloquium on International Topics, Georgia Southern University, November 21, 1996. Chair, Security
Council, Annual High School Model United Nations Conference held at
Georgia Southern University, 1996-1999. Certified Mediator, Georgia Southern University. Completed a comprehensive twenty-hours skills-building workshop on the principles of mediation at the “Regent’s Initiative on Conflict Training Resolution for Campus Mediation” training session, conducted by the Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution for the Office of the Chancellor of the University System of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, December 17-18, 1996. Assistant Baseball Coach, Athletic Department, Georgia Southern University, 1994-1999. Student Athlete
Advisement, Baseball, Georgia Southern University, 1994-1999. High School Model
United Nations Seminar Workshop Presentations, Center for International
Studies, Georgia Southern University, 1995-present. Completed ten hours of training in University Classroom Teaching under the supervision and direction of the University of South Carolina Instructional Development Project, August 1992.
Technical Commissioner,
International Baseball Federation, representative of the United States,
2004 Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, August 2004. Head Coach, 13th Annual World Children's Baseball Fair (WCBF), Tanabe City, Japan, July-August 2002. Named as the lead instructor of a group of ten coaches chosen worldwide by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) for the WCBF (a non-profit organization "dedicated to promoting peace and global understanding through the sport of baseball"). Over 250 children from twenty-five different countries participate in the event. Also named IBAF Head Coach in 2001 (Kanazawa City, Japan) and in 2000 (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada). Served as Assistant Head Coach in 1999 (Yokohama City, Japan), 1995 (Gifu City, Japan), and in 1994 (Miyazaki City, Japan). Also served as the color commentator for the ESPN broadcast of the Legends Game between the former Japanese professional baseball players and the former American players (featuring Joe DiMaggio, Lou Brock, Harmon Killebrew, Duke Snider, Hank Aaron, and others, 1994, 1995). Head Clinician, for certifying local volunteer baseball coaches, Statesboro-Bulloch County Parks and Recreation Department, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004. Head Coach, Nicaraguan
Olympic Baseball Team, Centennial Olympic Games, Atlanta, Georgia. 1996.
Assistant Baseball Coach, Georgia Southern University, September 1994-July 1999. Associate Director, Georgia Southern University Teaching Baseball School, 1994-1999. Instructor, Georgia Southern University Teaching Baseball School, 1987-1993. Head Coach, Nicaraguan National Baseball Team, Managua, Nicaragua, June-August 1994. Head Clinician, inaugural "Rising Star" level baseball course of the International Baseball Education Program in Zofit, Israel–at the request of the Israel Association of Baseball--on behalf of the International Baseball Association and Major League Baseball International, October 1993. Head Clinician, conducted and coordinated baseball clinics in Brasil, Aruba for some 60 local baseball players and coaches, July 1992. Clinician, conducted baseball clinics and presented a week-long teaching course in San Jose, Costa Rica for baseball coaches on behalf of the International Baseball Association for the Olympic Committee of Costa Rica, June 1992. International Relations Director, 1st International Youth Games for the Blind sponsored by the United States Association for Blind Athletes (USABA), 1991-1992. Head Clinician, National Sports Program of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles (SEDREKO), conducted baseball clinics for some 800 local youths, June-July 1991. Baseball Instructor at clinics sponsored by the National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) and the NCAA Youth Education through Sports (YES) at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, June 1990. Head Coach, Estonian Sports Association "KALEV." Coordinated their national baseball program and coached the Estonian National Team, June-August 1989. Promotional advertising
television appearances on behalf of Georgia Southern University which
aired nationally on ESPN., 1989-1990. Named a "Dean Day Smith Service to Mankind Recipient" in recognition of contributions "to the betterment of humanity by unselfishly volunteering time and talents in an effort to help others." Sponsored by the Statesboro Herald, March 28, 2005. Inducted into the Statesboro Athletic Hall of Fame, November 14, 2002. Awarded “Key to the City of Statesboro” by the Mayor and City Council of Statesboro for serving as the Head Coach of the Nicaraguan National Team in the 1996 Olympic Games, becoming the youngest head coach in Olympic history, October 1996.
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