Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science
Arts & Behavioral Sciences
Academic and Student Affairs
SVSU Main Campus
Gilbertson Hall-Atrium 204
989-964-7022
rwlane@svsu.edu
I have wanted ti be a classroom teacher since was a freshman in High School. After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado as a Social Studies major in 1976, I embarked on my teaching career. For nine years I taught English and Social Studies in three different school systems. In 1985, I entered the Political Science Ph.D program at the University of Wisconsin campus. Since the fall of 1991 I have been a full time faculty member of the SVSU Political Science Department.
Faculty Team Member: SVSU Center for Academic Innovation / 2014 - 2020
SVSU Prelaw Advisor: 1991 - 2017
Author: Beyond the Schoolhouse Gate / Temple University Press / 1995
SVSU Faculty Association President: 2009-2013
2005 House Family Teaching Impact Award
2021 OER Grant Recipient