Joseph M. Ellis

Joseph M. Ellis, Assistant Professor of Political Science
 
Education
Temple University, Ph.D. (2010)
Temple University, M.A. (2006)
Winthrop University, B.A. (2003)
 
Contact Information
704-233-8081
704-233-8285 fax
j.ellis@wingate.edu

Research Interests
Comparative Political Economy
Post-Communist Market and Political Transitions
 
Publications
Ellis, Joseph. “The Flat Tax in Central Europe: Slovakia and the Czech Republic in Comparative Perspective.” Central European Journal of Public Policy. June 2011.

Ellis, Joseph. “The Adoption of the Flat Tax: Economic Ideas in Eastern Europe.” AIC Journal of Business. V. 17. 2008.

Smith, Kedrowski, Ellis and Longshaw. “‘Your Father Works For My Father’”: Race, Class, and the Politics of Voluntary Mandated Desegregation.” Teacher’s College Record. 110:5. May 2008.
 
Smith, Kedrowski, and Ellis. “Electoral Structures, Venue Selection and the (New?) Politics of School Desegregation.” Perspectives on Politics. December 2004.
 
Selected Professional Conferences
Ellis, Joseph and Hemant Sharma. “Can’t Play Here: Soccer, Social Capital and the Death of the Pick-up Game”. Southwestern Social Science Association. March 2011.

Ellis, Joseph and Colin Glennon. “Political Diversity in Eastern Europe: Neoliberals, Social Democrats or Nationalists?” Midwest Political Science Association. April 2010.

Ellis, Joseph. “Diffusion Without Adoption: The Flat Tax in Poland and Hungary.” Chicago, IL. Midwest Political Science Association. April 2010.

Ellis, Joseph. “The Policy of the Flat Tax in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.” Toronto, ON. American Political Science Association. August 2009.

Ellis, Joseph. “The Flat Tax, Ideas and Policy Change in Estonia.” American Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies. Bloomington, IN. June 2008.

Ellis, Joseph. “The Adoption of the Flat Tax: Economic Ideas in Eastern Europe. Northeastern Political Science Association. Philadelphia, PA November 2007.
   
Ellis, Joseph.  Panel Discussant. “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Political Science.” Pennsylvania Political Science Association Conference. Harrisburg, PA March 2006.   
Courses
American Political Thought
American Foreign Policy
Honors: American Government
Honors: Global Perspectives in Economics and Political Science
Introduction to Foreign Governments
Introduction to Political Science
International Politics
Political Philosophy
The Causes of Terrorism
Comparative Developing Nations
Global Perspectives in Economics and Political Science
External Reviewer for:
Politics and Policy
Congressional Quarterly Press
Blackwell Publishing
University Service
Election Viewing Party. “Midterm Madness 2012”. Wingate University
Invited Lecture. “We the People: A Celebration of the Constitution”. Wingate University