Scott A. Waller is Adjunct Faculty of Political Science at Biola. He has been at Biola since 2002.

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D. Candidate, Claremont Graduate University
• M.A., Claremont Graduate University
• M.A., Biola University
• B.S., Southwest Missouri Universityhttp://www.biola.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.cfm?n=scott_waller

Teaching & Research Experience

• Lecturer in Political Science and American Government
  • Biola University, 2007-present
    • Current position involves teaching basic concepts of the American system of governance to undergraduates at this university. Responsibilities include classroom lecture, assessment of students’ performance, educational counsel, and course administration.

• Lecturer in Philosophy
  • Biola University, 2002-present
    • Current position involves philosophical instruction to undergraduates at this university. Responsibilities include classroom lecture, assessment of students’ performance, educational counsel, and course administration.

• Research Assistant
  • Claremont Graduate University, 2004-2007.
    • Responsibilities include doing research work for Professors Jean Schroedel and Jennifer Merolla. Areas of research included gender and racial voting cues, federal judicial nominees’ backgrounds, issues involving religion and political involvement, and foster care demographic data.http://bds.biola.edu/faculty/cvs/scott_waller.pdf

Works in Progress

• Examination of Religious Beliefs and Support for Female and Gay Candidates (with Jean
  Schroedel and Jennifer Merolla) to be presented at the Russell Sage Foundation
  Conference in April 2007.

• Participate in a working group: Seeking to identify measures of religious belief and
  political involvement (Faculty and Graduate Student Committee). This group is applying
  for a Transdisciplinary Studies Research Grant for a pilot study in this area.http://bds.biola.edu/faculty/cvs/scott_waller.pdf

Publications

• “Legal Status of the Fetus.” (with Jean Schroedel) The Chicago Companion to the Child.
  (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, forthcoming).http://bds.biola.edu/faculty/cvs/scott_waller.pdf

Professional Experience

• Director of Instruction, Academic Initiative (Research Fellow), 1999- present.
• Senior Staff (Research Fellow), Christian Leadership Ministries, 1997-1999.
• Senior Campus Staff, Campus Crusade for Christ, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 1992-
  1997.
• Accounting Manager, Clinical Systems, Inc., St. Louis, MO, 1990-1992.
• Senior Staff Auditor, KPMG Peat Marwick, St. Louis, MO, 1988-1990.http://bds.biola.edu/faculty/cvs/scott_waller.pdf

References

Political Science