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Selected Books
Parties, Rules, and the Evolution of Congressional Budgeting
Washington State Goverment and Politics
The President and Congress: Collaboration and Combat in National Policymaking
Lance T. LeLoup is the Vice Provost of International Programs and Professor of Political Science at Washington State University.
In 2007, he received the Aaron Wildavsky Lifetime Achievement award for Research on Public Budgeting from the Association for Budgeting and Financial management, the largest section of the American Society for Public Administration. He was the C.O. and Mary Johnson Distinguished Professor of Political Science from 2000-2003 and the Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of Political Science from 2005-2008.
Dr. LeLoup received a B.A. from Georgetown University with honors and M.A. and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University. He has been at WSU since 1996 where he previously served as Chair of the Department of Political Science and Director of the Thomas Foley Institute.
He is the author of more than a dozen books and sixty articles on politics and public policy in the U.S. and Europe particularly in the areas of legislative institutions, executive-legislative relations, and public budgeting. Professor LeLoup has had faculty appointments and lived in England, France, Hungary, and Slovenia, and has lectured around the world.
He is the recipient of several Fulbright awards, the most recent as a Fulbright Senior Specialist at the University of Ljublijana, Slovenia in 2006.
In his fourth year as the Senior International Officer at WSU, he is working with students, faculty, and administrators to internationalize the campuses and expand the global engagement of the university.
Professional Experience
Administrative
| 2005- | Vice Provost for International Programs, Washington State University |
| 1998-01 | Director, Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service, Washington State University |
| 1996-01 | Chair, Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, Washington State University |
| 1989-96 | Director, Public Policy Research Centers, University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| 1986-89 | Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| 1978-80 | Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| 1975-76 | Director, Masters Program in Public Policy Administration, University of Missouri-St. Louis |
Teaching and Research
| 2005- | Edward R Meyer Distinguished Professor of Political Science, WSU |
| 2004 | Professeur Invité, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, University of Bordeaux-Montesquieu |
| 2002-06 | Fulbright Senior Specialist Grantee, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 2001 | Professor, Northwest Council on Study Abroad Programs, l'Universite Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers, France |
| 2000-03 | Claudius O. and Mary W. Johnson Distinguished Professorship in Political Science, Washington State University |
| 1998- | Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 1998-99 | Faculty, Central European University, Budapest |
| 1996- | Professor of Political Science, Washington State University |
| 1995 | Fulbright Senior Scholar in Public Policy, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Hungary |
| 1982-96 | Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| 1980-82 | Research Fellow, Department of Politics, University of Exeter, England |
| 1978-82 | Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| 1974-78 | Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| 1972-73 | Instructor, Ohio State University |
| 1970-73 | Mershon Center Graduate Fellow, Ohio State University |
Governmental
| 1973-74 | Legislative Assistant to the Minority Leader, the Ohio Senate, Columbus, Ohio |
Teaching
Extensive experience (1972-2006) teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in budgeting, American and comparative politics, and public policy including: the U.S. Congress, legislative and parliamentary politics; the American presidency and executive politics; presidential-congressional relations; comparative public policy and administration, French and European politics. Courses have included a wide range of class size, format, and pedagogy, ranging from large lecture sections to honors courses, and have been taught in the United States, Western Europe, and Central and Eastern Europe.
Recent Courses
| 2006 | Public Policy, Human Rights (University of Ljubljana) |
| 2004 | Seminar: The Scope of Political Science (WSU) |
| 2004 | U.S. Congress and Presidency (University of Bordeaux.) |
| 2003 | Seminar on the Presidency and Congress (University of Ljubljana and WSU) |
| 2002 | Proseminar in American Politics (WSU) |
| 2001 | France, Europe, and the Politics of Food and Wine (l'Universite Catholique de l'Ouest), Angers, France |
| 2000 | Seminar on Congress, the Presidency, and Divided Government (WSU) |
| 1999 | Comparative public policymaking and analysis (Central European University - CEU) |
| 1998 | Introduction to American politics (WSU) |
| 1998 | Comparative public policymaking and analysis (CEU) |
| 1998 | Honors Political Science (WSU) |
| 1997 | Seminar on Congress, the Presidency, and Divided Government (WSU) |
| 1996 | Seminar on Public Budgeting (WSU) |
| 1995 | Comparative Public Policy (Budapest University of Economic Sciences – BUES) |
| 1994 | Seminar in Public Budgeting (University of Missouri – St. Louis – UMSL) |
Teaching Grants
| 2004 | WSU International Programs, Mini-grant, French and American politics |
| 2003 | WSU Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology Grant, USDOE |
| 2002 | WSU Critical Thinking Grant |
Publications
Books
| 2009 | Comparative Budgeting: Global Perspectives on Taxing and Spending, (Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, forthcoming). |
| 2005 | Parties, Rules, and the Evolution of Congressional Budgeting (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press) 252 pages. |
| 2004 | Washington State Government and Politics (Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press ): 256 pp. Coeditors, Cornell Clayton, Nicholas Lovrich. |
| 2004 | Politics, Policy, and Budgeting: North American Perspectives (Ljubljana, Slovenia: Scientific Library, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana). Coauthors, Bogomil Ferfila, Anton Grizold, Paul Phillips. |
| 2003 | Public Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: Theories, Methods, Practices (Bratislava, NISPAcee) 339 pp. Coeditors Martin Potucek, Gyorgy Jenei, Laszlo Varadi (Published in Czech Republic as Veřigná Politica) (2005). |
| 2003 | The President and Congress: Collaboration and Combat in National Policymaking 2nd edition (New York: AB Longman), 242 pp. Coauthor Steven A. Shull (1st edition, 1999). |
| 2002 | East-West Cooperation in Public Sector Reform: Cases and Results in Central and Eastern Europe, (Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2002): 183 pp, Gyorgy Jenei, and Frits Van Den Berg (coeditors) |
| 2000 | Budgeting, Management, and Policymaking: A Comparative Perspective (Ljubljana, Slovenia: Scientific Library, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana,): 572 pp. Coauthor Bogomil Ferfila. |
| 1993 | Congress and the President: The Policy Connection (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Inc. 1993), Coauthor Steven A. Shull |
| 1991 | Politics in America: The Ability to Govern, 3rd edition (St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company, 1st edition, 1986; 2nd edition, 1989). |
| 1988 | Budgetary Politics, 4th edition (Brunswick, Ohio: Kings Court Communications, 1988; 1st edition, 1977; 2nd edition, 1980; 3rd edition, 1986) |
| 1980 | The Fiscal Congress: Legislative Control of the Budget (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980) |
| 1979 | The Presidency: Studies in Public Policy (Brunswick, Ohio: Kings Court Communications, 1979), Coauthor Steven A. Shull |
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Articles, Book Chapters, and Proceedings
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Awards and Honors
| 2007 | Aaron Wildavsky Lifetime Achievement Award for Research in Public Budgeting from the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, American Society for Public Administration |
| 2006 | WSU Mentor of the Year Nominee |
| 2005 | Awarded Meyer Distinguished Professorship by College of Liberal Arts, WSU |
| 2004 | WSU Graduate Students Faculty Appreciation Award, Outstanding Advisor/Mentor |
| 2002 | Fulbright Senior Specialists award (Slovenia) |
| 2002 | WSU Graduate Students Faculty Appreciation Award, Outstanding Teaching Performance |
| 2001 | American Political Science Association Teaching Award Recognition |
| 2000 | Distinguished University Faculty Member of the Year by WSU Mortarboard Honor Society |
| 2000 | Awarded Johnson Distinguished Professorship by Department of Political Science, WSU |
| 1995 | Fulbright Fellowship (Hungary) |
| 1988 | Coleman B. Ransone, Jr. Endowed Lecturer in Public Policy, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, September 19-22, 1988. “Barriers to Effective Governing: The Performance of American Political Institutions” (four lectures). |
| 1978 | Best Paper Award, Southwestern Social Science Association for “Congress Versus the Executive: The ‘Two Presidencies’ Revisited.” |
| 1977 | Best Paper Award, Missouri Political Science Association for “Capable Legislatures, Competitive Parties, and Progressive State Policies.” |