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Jim
Alexander, Ph.D.
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Professor Emeritus, Department of History and Government
Texas Woman's University
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Dr. Alexander earned his doctorate in American Public Policy and Public Law from the school of Government and Public Administration of the American University in Washington, D.C. in 1974. He previously received both his M.A. and B.A. degrees from East Texas State University where he majored in Government and Economics and served as President of the Student Government Association.
He joined the political science faculty of Midwestern State University in 1972. He became coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program in 1974. In 1975, he became National Advisor for Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Criminal Justice Honor Society, a position he held for more than a decade. He was elected to the Executive Board of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences from 1982-85. He also has served at various times as President of the Association of Texas Law Enforcement Educators, President of the Texas Conference of University Criminal Justice Educators, President of the Texas Association of Criminal Justice Educators, and President of the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice Educators.
He has written several articles and book reviews in the field of public policy and made numerous presentations at state, regional, and national professional meetings. He has been selected as a National Defense Education Act Fellow, a Coordinating Board Fellow, and has received various grants in support of his research. He has worked as a Consultant in public administration and criminal justice education for the states of California, Louisiana, and Texas and done manuscript review for various journals and publishing companies.
In 1980, he joined the faculty of the Department of History and Government at Texas Woman's University. He has been a university administrator since 1984 when he became department chair. He regularly teaches American Constitutional Law. In addition, he serves as Project Director at TWU for the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas. He was appointed to the Governor's Criminal Justice Advisory Council and as a member of the Texas Coordinating Board's Criminal Justice Transfer Curriculum Committee. He has presented testimony on various matters of public policy before committees of both houses of the Texas Legislature and the United States Congress.
He was elected to the Denton City Council in 1986 where he served three consecutive two-year terms. In addition, he has also been elected to the Executive Board of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, where he served as President in 1991-92. In 1993, he was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Trustees of the Denton Independent School District. He is married with one son and his hobbies include golf and international travel with his family.
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