Degree Major Emphasis Institution Year
Ph.D. Political Science University of California at Riverside 1997
M.S. International Studies Troy State University at Dothan 1990
B.A. Political Science University of California at Los Angeles 1984

Introduction to International Politics
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Political Parties and Interest Groups
International Relations Theory
Political Economy
World Geography
International Conflict
International Organizations
Policy Process and Analysis
Research Methods in Political Science
Terrorism
Senior Project
Methods of Research for Criminal Justice
Globalization

Political Corruption
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Social Capital

Associate Professor of Political Science at Southwest Minnesota State University from 2001 to 2006
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southwest Minnesota State University from 1997 to 2001

Brian Bates and Chris McHorney. Developing a Theoretical Model of Counterproliferation for the 21st Century New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2000.

Chris McHorney. "India and Pakistan: Newest Members of the Nuclear Club." Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy: From Terrorism to Trade" Ed. Ralph G. Carter. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2001.

John Shoup and Chris McHorney. “Decision Making: Becoming an Expert of the Process” in Organizational Leadership: Foundations and Practices for Christians. Ed. Jack Burns, John R. Shoup, and Donald C. Simmons Jr. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2014.

Academic Presentations:
"Checkmate: Counterproliferation in the 21st Century," Western Political Science Association meeting, 2000

"Use of Popular Media in Teaching Politics," Great Plains Political Science Association meeting, 2002

"Foreign Policy After 9/11," Great Plains Political Science Association meeting, 2003

"The Passage of Time and Popular Support for Communist-Successor Parties," European Studies Conference, 2003

"Nonproliferation and Counterproliferation in the Third World" Third World Studies Conference, 2003

"To Bribe or not to Bribe: Searching for Explanations for Political Corruption," Western Political Science Association meeting, 2004

"Moving Beyond the Counterproliferation Initiative and Preventive Wars: A Nonproliferation and Counterproliferation Policy for the 21st Century," Great Plains Political Science Association meeting, 2004

"Political Corruption and the Democratization of Russia," International Studies Association Conference, 2006

"Religions, Denominations, and Social Capital," Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, 2019

Centerpoint Church
CPGO Board Member
Short-term and Missions Project Coordinator

International Service Projects: 2008, 2010 to 2017, and 2019

Family: Cindy (wife), Cameron (22) and Conor (20)
Interests: Spending time with family and friends, politics, and sports (basketball)

“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me – the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.” (Acts 20:24)