1. University of Oklahoma in 1998 and was named director of the K20 Center in 2009 and dean of the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education in 2012. He is also the Linda Clarke Anderson Presidential Professor.
2. University of Oklahoma. From 1980 until 2005, he held a joint appointment between the Department of Political Science and the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center. He also serves as the president of the Southwestern Social Science Association.