Education
- Ph.D. in History
- The University of Memphis
- M.A. in History
- The University of Memphis
- M.A. in Political Science - American Politics & Government
- American Military University
- J.D. in Law
- New York Law School
Research Interests
My current research agenda mergers my academic training in international relations, history, political science, and law. Currently, I am working on a research project that involves an exploration of the foreign policy relationship between the United States and Israel during President Barack Obama's first term. This project seeks to compare the relationship between the United States and Israel during President Obama's first term with that of the Presidency of George H.W. Bush (1989 to 1992). This project relies heavily on archival research at the Presidential Library of George H.W. Bush in College Station at Texas A&M. In additional to my research on Israeli/United States relations, I am working on completing my Ph.D. dissertation in History at the University of Memphis. My Ph.D. dissertation focuses on the interactions and relations between the New Right, feminism, the civil rights movement, and the gay rights movement and how the interactions between these movements shaped the politics of New York City in the period from 1989 to 1993. My Ph.D. dissertation will add to the scholarship of New York City politics, urban history, as well as contribute to the historiographical debate over the civil rights movement, feminism, the New Right, and the LGBT movements. Finally, I will use my legal training to comment on recent Supreme Court cases and other breaking legal news on American Public University System's School of Security and Global Studies' Blog project. Over the course of the next three years, I plan to produce several articles for publication and presentation at history and legal journals and conferences addressing my numerous research interests.
Positions Held
2024 - Present
Georgia State University-Perimeter College
Part-time Instrutor
2024 - Present
University of The People
Volunteer Instructor
2019 - Present
Self-Employment
Self-Employment
2017 - Present
College Board/Educational Testing Service
Reader
2017 - Present
International Baccalaureate Organization
Reader
2015 - Present
The University of Memphis
Adjunct Professor
2009 - 2014
United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia
Judicial Clerkship
2007 - 2009
US Bankruptcy Court for Northern District of Alabama
Law Clerk
2006 - 2007
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
Law Clerk
2005 - 2006
United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia
Law Clerk
2004 - 2005
United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama
Law Clerk
Intellectual Contributions
Book Review on The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution. By David Paul Kuhn.
James Barney
April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2022
Essays on History
"Book Review of When Brooklyn was Queer: A History"
James Barney
October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020
Madison Historical Review
Book Review on Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
James Barney
October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019
Essays in History
High Court Rules: Leave Your Politics and Personal Beliefs outside of the Courthouse
James Barney
June 27, 2019
Sexuality, Gender and Policy
Book Review on Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City, Madison Historical Review: Vol. 16 , Article 7
James Barney
May 2019
Madison Historical Review
Book review on Kim Phillips-Fein's Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
James Barney
May 2018
Madison Historical Review
The Mixed Message: The Supreme Court’s Missed Opportunity to Address the Confused State of Commercial Speech in Nike, Inc. v. Kasky
James Barney
August 1, 2004
University of West Los Angeles School of Law, Law Review
Dancing Towards Disaster or the Race to Rationality: The Demise of the Learned Intermediary Standard and the Pharmacists' Duty to Warn
James Barney
July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 1, 2004
Gonzaga University School of Law, Law Review
Missing the Mark: NASD Rule 2711 and NYSE Rule 472 Mistakenly Emphasize Disclosure Rather Than Amending the Pleading Requirements of PSLRA
James Barney
July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 1, 2004
New York Law School Law Review
External Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research
Research Grant
University of Memphis
2013 - 2014
Funded - Completed
Presentations
Gateway to the Future: Space Exploration, Education, and the New Role of the Space Force. Discussion Panel.
Space Education and Strategic Applications Conference
September 22, 2023
Overturning Roe v. Wade
Brown Bag Lunch
July 13, 2022
Creating a More Inclusive Study of Space
Space Education & Strategic Applications Conference
September 24, 2021
“Battling for Turf in Brooklyn, New York: The Boycott of Korean Grocers, 1990-1991”
Alliance, Connection and Cooperation
March 19, 2021
Teaching the Adult Online Learner: Tips Based on Experience in the Trenches and the Scholarship on Andragogy.
2020 TEACHING EXCELLENCE SUMMIT
October 23, 2020
"Marching into the “Belly of the Beast” and White Backlash: Reverend Al Sharpton, David Dinkins, and the Italian American Community in New York City (1989-1993),
2020 Annual History Graduate Conference: Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference
September 13, 2020
Experiential Learning Inside and Outside of the Digital Classroom: Blurring the Lines Between Brick-and-Mortar and the Digital Universities
2019 TEACHING EXCELLENCE SUMMIT
October 25, 2019
“We Should Get Out Because New York Is Shot!” The Staten Island Secession Movement in New York City (1990-1993)
Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference
September 2, 2019
Judge
Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition
March 29, 2019
Politics of Crack, Crime, and the Ghettoization of the Other Boroughs in New York City During the Dinkins Era, 1989-1993
NC State History Seminar
March 23, 2019
The Politics of Crack, Crime, and the “Ghettoization” of the Outer Boroughs
LSU History Conference
February 22, 2019
Co-Coached Model UN Nations Team
NMUN-Washington D.C.
November 9, 2018
The Politics of HIV/AIDS in New York City from 1989 to 1993
2nd Annual Resistance, Revolt, and Revolution Conference: CSULB Graduate Student Conference
October 19, 2018
Judge at Annual Moot Court Competition
Annual Charles W. Froessel Competition
September 21, 2018
“A Return to Cold War Era Diplomacy: A Comparison of United States/Israeli Relations During President Obama’s First Term and that of President George H.W. Bush (1989-1992)”
2018 History Graduate Student Association Conference
March 9, 2018
Judge at Alternative Dispute Resolution Competition
American Bar Association ADR Competition
February 23, 2018
Judge at ABA Annual Moot Court Competition
ABA Annual Moot Court Competition
February 22, 2018
Benefits of Moot Court, Debates, and Model United Nations
Brown Bag Lunch/Lecture
December 13, 2017
Judge at Charles W. Froessel Moot Court Competition
Charles W. Froessel Moot Court Competition
September 8, 2017
Judge at Wagner Employment and Labor Law Moot Court Competition
Wagner Employment and Labor Law Moot Court Competition
March 23, 2017
Judge at Charles W. Froessel Moot Court Competition
Charles W. Froessel Moot Court Competition
September 15, 2016
Berlin, European Lawyer 2016
June 4, 2016
Judge at Lafayette Debates
Lafayette Debates
April 16, 2016
Judge at Wagner Employment and Labor Law Moot Court Competition
Wagner Employment Law Moot Court Competition
March 18, 2016
Istanbul, European Lawyers Events, 2015
May 29, 2015
Rome, European Lawyers Events 2014
May 29, 2014
Milan, European Lawyers Events, 2012
May 19, 2012
London, European Lawyers Events, 2010
June 5, 2010
Media Contributions
What Can You Do with a Degree in Legal Studies? (WIN)
January 31, 2024
Social Media - Blog
Law School Applicants Face Difficult Choices as Law Schools Offer a Wider Range of Program Offerings (Edge)
January 24, 2024
Social Media - Blog
Empowering Digital University Students: The Use of Student Groups and Organizations to Enhance Learning and Relationship-Building, Part Two (Edge)
January 4, 2024
Social Media - Blog
Empowering Digital University Students: A Tremendous Amount of Progress Since the 1990s, Part One (Edge)
January 2, 2024
Social Media - Blog
Why Higher Ed Instructors Can Benefit from the Use of AI
APUS EDGE
September 29, 2023
Social Media - Blog
Higher Ed Educators Should Embrace the Challenges and the Opportunities Posed by AI Part 2 (Edge)
September 28, 2023
Social Media - Blog
Higher Ed Educators Should Embrace the Challenges and the Opportunities Posed by AI Part 1 (Edge)
September 26, 2023
Social Media - Blog
Forging Strong Relationships with Professors and the Importance of a Letter of Recommendation in the Law School Admissions Process
April 18, 2023
Social Media - Blog
Relationships Are the Key to Student Success of Adult Learners in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
APU Edge
February 16, 2023
Social Media - Blog
Empowering Digital University Students: The Use of Student Groups and Organizations to Enhance Learning and Relationship-Building, Part Two (Edge)
January 4, 2023
Social Media - Blog
Empowering Digital University Students: A Tremendous Amount of Progress Since the 1990s, Part One (Edge)
January 2, 2023
Social Media - Blog
The Centrality of Ethics in the Study of Space and Emerging Technologies
APU Edge
October 7, 2022
Social Media - Blog
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization: The End of the Line for Roe v. Wade, Casey v. Planned Parenthood, and the Roberts Court Part 2
APU Edge
July 21, 2022
Social Media - Blog
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization: The End of the Line for Roe v. Wade, Casey v. Planned Parenthood, and the Roberts Court Part 1
APU Edge
July 19, 2022
Social Media - Blog
The City of Oakland Possesses Free Options If It Wants to Retain the Athletics
APU Edge
June 2, 2022
Social Media - Blog
Succeeding Where Others Failed, Don't Write Spring Football's Obituaries Yet.
Medium
May 25, 2022
Social Media - Blog
Virtual Competitions, a Subset of Collegiate Esports, Level the Playing Field and Create a Sense of Community for Online Students
APU Edge
May 25, 2022
Social Media - Blog
Creating the Strongest Possible Law School Application
APU Edge
April 28, 2022
Social Media - Blog
COVID's Mixed Impact on the Law School Landscape
APU Edge
April 26, 2022
Social Media - Blog
The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Mixed Impact on US Law Schools
APU Edge
April 26, 2022
Social Media - Blog
Model UN Club: Diversity and Inclusiveness during COVID-19
APU Edge
January 26, 2022
Social Media - Blog
Teaching Space: Great Potential and Possible Perils
AMU Edge
November 04, 2021
Social Media - Blog
APUS Model United Nations Club Provides the Template for the Future of Education (Part 2)
APU Edge
May 11, 2021
Social Media - Blog
APUS Model United Nations Club Provides the Template for the Future of Education (Part 1)
APU Edge
May 7, 2021
Social Media - Blog
David Dinkins: An Icon of the Black Freedom and LGBTQ Movements
Medium
December 07, 2020
Social Media - Blog
Teaching Adult Learners in the Online Environment (Part II)
Online Learning Tips
October 16, 2020
Social Media - Blog
Teaching Adult Learners in the Online Environment (Part I)
Online Learning Tips
October 14, 2020
Social Media - Blog
Virtual Model UN Competition Success Augers Well for Hybrid Education
Online Learning Tips
September 28, 2020
Social Media - Blog
Austerity Measures Alone Won't Solve New York's Many Crises
In Homeland Security
September 16, 2020
Social Media - Blog
Roberts’ Attempts to Depoliticize Court May Have Unintended Consequences
In Public Safety
July 23, 2020
Social Media - Blog
COVID-19 and Online Education: Perils and Opportunities
Online Learning Tips
July 10, 2020
Social Media - Blog
APUS Student Organizations: Preparing Virtual Activities in the COVID Era
Online Learning Tips
July 8, 2020
Social Media - Blog
Taking Staten Island secession seriously this time
NY Daily News
December 13, 2019
Newspaper
Experiential Higher Education Still Has the Edge over AI
Online Learning Tips
November 28, 2019
Social Media - Blog
The impeachment controversy drags Supreme Court into the politics of the Trump era
The Hill
October 14, 2019
Internet
Purdue Pharma’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Potentially Could Last Years
In Homeland Security
October 2, 2019
Social Media - Blog
Tips for Helping You Decide Your Best Law School Choices
Online Learning Tips
September 23, 2019
Social Media - Blog
SCOTUS: Roberts and Kavanaugh Decisions Show Ideological Independence
In Homeland Security
September 18, 2019
Social Media - Blog
Social Media and the First Amendment Freedom of Speech
In Homeland Security
September 16, 2019
Social Media - Blog
What HR and Managers Need to Know about Employment Law
Online Career Tips
July 31, 2019
Social Media - Blog
Defamation Lawsuit against Trump Raises Many Legal Issues
In Homeland Security
July 30, 2019
Social Media - Blog
Lawsuit Seeking to Close Nevada Brothels Likely to Be Dismissed
In Public Safety
June 26, 2019
Social Media - Blog
Supreme Court Allows Maryland Peace Cross to Stand
June 26, 2019
Social Media - Blog
Alabama abortion law’s aims likely won’t alter Roe v Wade
Al.Com
June 14, 2019
Newspaper
Supreme Court’s Ruling on LGBTQ Discrimination May Reveal Kavanaugh’s Court Impact
In Public Safety
June 13, 2019
Social Media - Blog
Trump’s Middle East Policies May Work in the Long Run
March 11, 2019
Social Media - Blog
Supreme Court Reviews New Case on Prohibition Amendment
In Homeland Security
February 6, 2019
Social Media - Blog
All Students Can Benefit from Mock Trial Competitions
Online Learning Tips
January 24, 2019
Social Media - Blog
Experiential Education Provides Online Students with Valuable Benefits
Online Learning Tips
November 28, 2018
Social Media - Blog
Experts Provide Law Students with Valuable Real-World Information about Legal Careers
Online Learning Tips
October 8, 2018
Social Media - Blog
The Educational Benefits of Moot Trials, Debates and the Model UN Competitions
Online Learning Tips
November 20, 2017
Social Media - Blog
Is It Time To Jettison The Flawed Bilateral Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process?
In Homeland Security
November 16, 2017
Social Media - Blog
Trump’s Attempts to Plug White House Leaks Could Result in Broader Protection for Reporters
In Homeland Security
August 21, 2017
Social Media - Blog
Navigating the Law School Application Process
Online Learning Tips
July 27, 2017
Social Media - Blog
Putin, Ukraine, and Sanctions
New York Times International
August 3, 2014
Newspaper
APU Becomes First Online Student Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
APU Becomes First Online Student Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
2013
Social Media - Podcast
Certifications and Licensure
January 8, 2010
Member District of Columbia Bar
District of Columbia Bar
December 22, 2004
Member New Jersey State Bar
New Jersey State Bar
September 30, 2004
Member Alabama State Bar
Alabama State Bar
February 8, 2023
CITI - Social & Behavioral Research - Basic/Refresher
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
April 6, 2020
CITI - Social & Behavioral Research - Basic/Refresher
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
July 20, 2010
Member New York State Bar
New York State Bar
July 10, 2010
Member New York State Bar
New York State Bar
May 17, 2017
CITI - Social & Behavioral Research - Basic/Refresher
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
June 1, 2010
Member New York State Bar
New York State Bar
Awards & Honors
July 15,
2022
Unsung Leader Award
APUS
For those whose contributions to Academics come not from title, but from their hard work and their inspiration of others to become better leaders. This individual shows initiative, demonstrates motivation, and makes Academics a more inclusive organization.
July 27,
2021
Learning Award
APUS
For those who promote knowledge and understanding among students, faculty, or staff.
June 30,
2021
Outstanding Leadership
APUS
Model UN
June 30,
2021
Outstanding Leadership
APUS
Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity
June 16,
2021
2020 University Strategic Initiative – Catalyst – Learning Management System Migration
APUS
During 2020, the earner of this badge made significant contributions to the migration of courses to a new online classroom to improve user experience, promote student-to-student and faculty-to-student interaction, enable a robust mobile classroom, and further differentiate APUS as a leader in online learning.
June 18,
2020
Outstanding Leadership
APUS
Model UN and Phi Alpha Delta
November 3,
2019
Faculty Advisor of the Year
Phi Alphi Delta
I, along with my co-advisor, was awarded Advisor of the Year by Phi Alpha Delta at it's annual conference.
June 28,
2019
Outstanding Leadership
APUS
Model UN
June 28,
2019
Outstanding Leadership
APUS
Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity
May 12,
2019
Wally Boston Leadership Award
APUS
I received the Wally Boston Leadership award for my work with Phi Alpha Delta and Model United Nations as well as for my support for the Student Affairs over the course of my tenure at APUS.
June 27,
2018
Outstanding Leadership
APUS
Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity
April 20,
2018
Best Ph.D. Prospectus in History
The University of Memphis
I was awarded the Best History Ph.D. Prospectus for 2017 -2018 Academic Year
June 2017
Outstanding Leadership
APUS
Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity
June 28,
2017
Outstanding Leadership
APUS
In the Chapter Advisor, faculty and staff members are provided with a unique opportunity to develop professionally and make
significant contributions outside of their day-to-day role. As these positions are volunteers, we would like to recognize
James’s commitment to the university’s mission, going above-and-beyond to make a difference on campus—and we hope you
will too!
June 16,
2016
Excellence in Teaching and Learning
APUS
I won the Excellence in Teaching and Learning award at Commence 2016 for the School of Security and Global Studies
May 2009
Young Leaders of Birmingham Bar
Birmingham Bar Association
I was named one of the leading young lawyers in the Birmingham Bar Association
May 2004
Otto L. Walter Award for Distinguished Legal Writing
New York Law School
Award granted for distinguished legal writing.
May 2004
Trustee Scholarship for Law School and Scholarship for Academic Achievement
New York Law School
Award for high academic achievement in law school.