Dr. Brian
K. Dille
Dr.
Brian K. Dille has taught U.S. and Texas Government at Odessa College
since 1978. Dr. Dille has taught both Government 2301 and 2302,
team taught a U.S. History-American Government course, taught an honors
American and Texas Government course, and also teaches a special section
of Government 2301 for nursing, allied health, and pre-med majors.
Dr. Dille
has also
taught
Civil
Liberties
and
Constitutional
Law as an
adjunct at
the
University
of Texas
of the
Permian
Basin.
In
addition
to the
telecourses,
Dr. Dille
has taught
interactive
video
government
classes.
He earned
his
Masters in
Government
from the
University
of Texas
at Austin
and his
doctorate
in
education
from Texas
Tech
University.
Dr. Dille has won several awards. In 1991 he earned a NISOD Teaching
Excellence Award from the University of Texas at Austin. He was chosen
as the
Odessa
College
Minnie
Stephens
Piper Nominee
for Teaching Excellence in 1990-91. In 1989-90 he was chosen as Odessa
College CAHOOTS Teacher of the Year. In 1993 he won the first division
research award from the National University of Continuing Education Association
and in 1992 he won the Wedemeyer Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Distance
Education for research and coauthoring an article on high risk community college
telecourse students. He was
also
elected
president
of the Texas
Community
College
Teachers
Association
in
1993-94. In 1999, the Texas College Reading and
Learning Association and the Texas Association for Developmental Education
recognized Dr. Dille, as TCCTA Legislative Committee Chair, for his legislative
testimony on behalf of community colleges during the 1999 Texas legislative
session. In 2003 Dr. Dille was awarded the Distinguished Service
Award for his years of service in TCCTA.
Dr.
Dille's publications include: "The Impact of Texas's Fiscal Conservatism
and Anti-Government Philosophy" in the 13th edition of Maxwell &
Crain's Texas Politics Today; "The Negative Impact of Texas' Fiscal
Conservatism and Antigovernmental Philosophy," in Maxwell & Crain's
12th edition of Texas Politics Today; "Legislative Redistricting and
the 2002 Elections" in Maxwell & Crain's 11th edition of Texas
Politics Today; "The Urban Crisis and the ETJ-The Savior of Texas
Cities" in Maxwell & Crain's 10th edition of Texas Politics Today;
"The Changing Political Environment for Interest Groups in Texas: A Cause
for Celebration" in the 9th edition of Maxwell & Crain's Texas
Politics Today; "Identifying Predictors of High Risk Among Community
College Telecourse Students" in The American Journal of Distance
Education (as coauthor); a similar article (as coauthor) in Video-based
Telecommunications in Distance Education; and an Instructor's Manual and
Test Bank for Gary Halter's The Government and Politics of Texas.
Dr.
Dille earned his Bachelors of Arts with a Political Science major and Spanish
minor from Illinois State University, his Master of Arts in Government from the
University of Texas at Austin, and his doctorate in Higher Education at Texas
Tech University.
