Crockett, David A. 1963-

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CROCKETT, David A. 1963-

PERSONAL: Born June 11, 1963, in Fort Bragg, NC; son of William R. (in U.S. Army) and Barbara (a homemaker; maiden name, Perren) Crockett; married Stacy Shaw (a sign-language interpreter), July 19, 1997; children: William Riley, Alexander Hamilton, Samule Elijah. Ethnicity: "White." Education: Georgetown University, B.A., 1985; University of Texas at Austin, M.P.A., 1993, Ph.D., 1999. Politics: Republican. Religion: Christian.


ADDRESSES: Home—2418 Wilderness Hill, San Antonio, TX 78231. Offıce—Trinity University, 1 Trinity Pl., San Antonio, TX 78212.


CAREER: Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, assistant professor of political science, 1999—. Military service: U.S. Army, communications officer, 1985-91; became captain; received Army Commendation Medal.


MEMBER: American Political Science Association, Presidency Research Group.


WRITINGS:

The Opposition Presidency: Leadership and theConstraints of History, Texas A & M University Press (College Station, TX), 2002.


BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Political Science Quarterly, fall, 2003, David R. Mayhew, review of The Opposition Presidency: Leadership and the Constraints of History, p. 500.

Presidential Studies Quarterly, September, 2003, Kevin S. Price, review of The Opposition Presidency, p. 684.

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