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 Tim Bagwell's reputation for speaking out on issues of government transparency, political hypocrisy, and defense of voter rights span his work in academia, politics, and government service. His dissertation research examined abuse of consumer rights in the student loan industry that have now been linked to the current student loan scandal and dealt extensively with Information Theory and Due Process issues in American Law.
Dr. Bagwell's research in voting rights has led to investigations of write-in ballot problems, absentee voter abuse, and misuse of public funds for campaign purposes throughout Illinois.
As a public servant Bagwell worked at the Defense Mapping Agency in the early 1980's performing internal control reviews to uncover fraud, waste and abuse in government operations.
Recently Dr. Bagwell engaged Democratic Party leadership in Illinois to get in step with the national party and other state parties by publishing the state party bylaws on the Internet. Through the Conference on Democratic Commitment Dr. Bagwell is assisting local Democratic parties in launching websites that advance local organizing and bring transparency to local politics.
Dr. Bagwell received his Ph.D. from Saint Louis University. He holds four degrees in five fields of study including Policy Analysis, Speech Communication, History, Political Science, and Radio and Television. Dr. Bagwell has taught at The American University, University of Maryland, Howard University, Webster University, and University of Phoenix. He has been a guest lecturer at the Tel-Aviv University lecture series on Political Theory.
Dr. Bagwell has a long established career in the field of Information Technology. He has consulted to Eli Lilly, BJC Health Care, Anheuser Busch Companies, Archdiocese of St. Louis, Behavioral Health Alternatives (Wood River, Illinois), American Bottoms Waste Water Treatment Facility, Deutsche Financial Services, Munger Company, Graybar Electric Company, HealthSouth Rehabilitation Institute, Mallinkrodt Medical and Peavey Barge. Dr. Bagwell has also worked for the Defense Mapping Agency (National Geophysical Intelligence Agency) MetLife Health Care Management and Tandy Computers. |
