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: "Taxes, Social Services, & the Economic Impact of
Illegal Immigrants" in the 2009-2010 edition of Maxwell & Crain's Texas
Politics Today; "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.
