Eric Reed Keller167 Liberty Court

Oak Ridge, TN 37830Email: eric.keller@live.com

ObjectiveI am interesting in teaching at a community college as an adjunct professor

in Political Science and its related fields either online or classroom. Work with STATA and have a basic understanding of quantitative methodology.

Security ClearanceTop Secret, granted 2004

EducationB.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania 1973-76, Anthropology and PsychologyM.Div., San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1980-84, Professional DegreeM.S., Kansas State University, 1993-94, Human Development and Family StudiesM.M.A.S., US Army Command and General Staff College, 2000-01, Military

Arts and Science with focus on operational/strategic planningPh.D., University of Tennessee, August 2015, Political Science-American Politics

with International Affairs minor. Strong focus on U.S. political economy.

Professional Experience

2015 Graduate Associate (Spring 2015) and Lecturer (Fall 2015), University of Tennessee

Taught Introduction to International Relations (Spring 2015, POLS 265)Taught Foreign Policy Process (Fall 2015, POLS 366)Taught U.S. Political Campaigns/ElectionsSAIS evaluations excellent and available upon request

2008-2010 Coordinating Officer in Charge, The Military College of South Carolina and Company/Battalion Tactical Officer

Serve as the off-duty representative of the Commandant with the Corps of Cadets by supervising five Officers in Charge as well as the Cadet's guard force- promoted to Company Tactical Officer in 2009. Coach, train, mentor 450 cadets with informal and formal instruction.

2004-2008 Operations and Policy Action Officer, Department of Army, Office of the Chief of Chaplains

Served as current/future operations officer for the Army Chaplaincy synchronizing theatre requirements with strategic resources. Routinely prepared briefings to the Under Secretary of the Army, House and Senate Armed Services Committees, and Office of the Under Secretary of Defense on Chaplaincy strategic

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policies as well as operational war issues. Integrated US foreign policy with the Chief of Chaplain’s strategic planning. Accomplishments include:

- Produced implementation plan for Chief of Chaplain’s strategic plan that resulted in effective, transparent, and horizontal decision-making for the senior leadership of the Army Chaplaincy.

- Created methodology for forecasting global chaplain/chaplain assistants’ wartime requirements which allowed for 100% mission accomplishment.

2001-2004 Small Group Leader/Chief of Officer Training, US Army Chaplain Center and School, Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Served as Small Group Leader for Chaplain Career Course 2001-2003 and then as Chief of Officer Training 2003-2004. As Chief of Officer Training, supervised 9 Chaplains (Majors) and 4 Chaplain Assistants to plan, prepare, and execute all Chaplain training. Planned, budgeted, and managed resources for the Officer Training Division. Accomplishments include:

- Taught Pastoral Counseling to both newly recruited chaplains and mid-career chaplains

- Created the Chaplaincy Religious Support Simulation Center by acquiring over $200,000 worth of digital enablers, writing the tactical scenarios, and conducting the first digital training for the Army Chaplaincy.

1998-2000 Brigade Chaplain, 4th Infantry Division, Ft Hood, TexasServed in first digital Brigade Combat Team in US Army with responsibility to

train 7 Unit Ministry Teams. Pioneered tactics, techniques, and procedures for tactical religious support in digital environment.

1995-1998 Family Life Chaplain, Ft Carson, ColoradoManaged the Family Life Center that provided support to over 3000 soldiers and

family members in Ft Carson area. - Conducted 30-40 hours/week of supervised individual/couple/family therapy- Provided Army Community Service & Social Work Services with expertise in

marriage/family therapy - Trained subordinate ministry teams in pastoral counseling through classroom

instruction and co-counseling.

1991-1993 Chaplain Observer-Controller, Combat Maneuver Training Center, Hohenfels, Germany

Selected by Department of Army to train and mentor battalion chaplains in a war-like setting. Created tactics, techniques, and procedures for the position as well as for the unit ministry teams being trained.

1986-1991 Battalion Chaplain, 46th Engineer Battalion and 4/12 Infantry Battalion, Ft Rucker, Alabama and Baumholder, Germany

Served as primary staff officer in charge of all religious support activities within a battalion that included programming events to support soldiers/family members, assessing unit morale/moral/ethical climate, and providing direct pastoral care.

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1978-1980 United States Air Force Navigator, Mather Air Force Base, CaliforniaGraduated Officer’s Training School in Jan 1979 and Air Force Navigator’s

Training in Aug 1979. Honorable discharge in May 1980.

Published Material:

Keller, Eric; Kelly Nathan, How Republicans and Democrats Enhanced Inequality by Undermining Financial Deregulation, London School of Economics U.S.A. Public Policy blog/2015/07/08.

Keller, Eric; Kelly Nathan, Partisan Politics, Financial Deregulation, and the New Gilded Age, Political Research Quarterly, September 2015, Sage Publications, pp 1-15.

Keller, Eric, Doctoral Dissertation, Financial Deregulation, Income Inequality, and Partisan Politics from the Great War to the Great Recession, University of Tennessee, 2015, http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/3432

Keller, Eric, Beginnings: The Army Chaplaincy and the War on Terror, 2001-2005. In E. Patterson, Military Chaplains in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond (pp. 63-77). New York: Rowman & Littlefield.

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