Associate Professor Mark Tompkins
Ph.D., University of Minnesota (1980)
Additional Affiliations:
School of the Environment
School of Medicine
School of Public Health
E-mail: tompkins.mark AT sc.edu
Phone: 803-777-3109
Professor Tompkins studies public policy, with particular interests in health and environmental politics, and U.S. government, emphasizing the study of states in the U.S.
His most recent research appears in Public Administration Review and Pediatrics. Earlier research appears in journals ranging from the Journal of Politics to the American Journal of Public Health and the American Journal of Epidemiology.
He is currently working on several projects: One involves the nature of the relationship with those served by public agencies -- often styled as "customers", they actually involve a rich array of possibilities. Papers include work with Professor Philip H. Jos (College of Charleston) and Professor Kim D. Connolly (USC -- Law).
A larger project invovles the study of professional accountability and discipline. In this work, he is investigating the nature of the institutions of professional discipline across the fifty states.
He is also working with Professor Kendra Stewart (Eastern Kentucky University) on an analysis of restructuring in South Carolina.
He currently serves as Parliamentarian of the Faculty Senate.
For more information about his current teaching, see his homepage.