TEACHING SPECIALITIES
Public Administration,
Political Science, and Gerontology,
American Government and Law,
Public Health Administration.
Lallen@Valdosta.edu
(229) 333-5771
Valdosta State University
Dr. L.M. Allen, Esq.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Jurisprudence in Law, University of Houston (UHUP, Tx.), 1987.
Graduate Diploma in Urban Design, Universidad Autonoma, Juarez, 1981.
Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, University of Utah, 1980.
Graduate Certificate in Gerontology, R.M.G.C. Consortium, Utah, 1978.
Master of Arts in Political Science, University of Nevada (UNLV) 1974.
Certificate in Gerontology, University of Southern California, 1973.
Bachelor of Arts in Social Science, University of Nevada (UNLV) 1971.
Miscellaneous minor certificates and diplomas.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Aesop to Zeno: A Political Bestiary and Cartoon Alphabetizer. 2013. A re-visitation of the medieval bestiary, biologically
up-dated and focusing on a political secular treatment of the subject. Teachers Own Publishing, Valdosta, Georgia. ISBN:
10-0-9801806-1-9.
Georgia State Politics: The Constitutional Foundation. 2007. 5th Edition. A comprehensive edition of the constitutional
government of Georgia textbook, co-authored with Dr. Richard Saeger, Retired. (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall-Hunt Publishing
Company).
Political Science: An Overview of the Field. 2003. 3nd. Edition. An introductory Political Science reader co-edited with
James Peterson and Nolan Argyle, Valdosta State University. Kendall-Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa.
Richard "Racehorse" Haynes (1927-____).2001. An article in Great American Lawyers: An Encyclopedia. Edited by John
R. Vile, ABC-CLIO Publishing Company.
MPA Self-Study Report, Vol. I & II. A university in-house MPA Self Study research report prepared for Valdosta State
University in support of its successful application for M.P.A. Program Accreditation, Fall 1996.
"Science Fiction and Administrative Truths" an article focusing on the use of science fiction material in the classroom,
published in Public Voices, December 1996.
CEDO-10 Internet Access Training Manual. An in-house publication of Valdosta State University, prepared for the
Employee Needs Assessment Program, under a grant from the Georgia State Community Development Agency
subcontracted to Valdosta State University. June, 1995.