Dr. David Wood is a Professor of Astronomy. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Physics/Math from Trinity University in 1993 and his PhD in Planetary Sciences/Geosciences from the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona in August 2000. His scientific interests are impact cratering, planetary geology, astrobiology, the space elevator concept, and future human colonization of the Solar System. Dr. Wood has taught at San Antonio College since 2003, and he occasionally serves as a guest presenter at the Scobee Planetarium.

Education

BSc. Political Science, Sam Houston State University

MA Political Science, Sam Houston State University

PhD candidate Applied Statistics and Demography, UTSA

Experience

Sam Houston State University, Ass't Instructor 1993-95

UTSA Graduate School, Instructor 2001-2008,

Texas A&M San Antonio, Instructor, 2012-13

San Antonio College, Professor 1997-

Publications

“Agencies and Influence: A Special Case in the Texas State Board of Education” in Maxwell and Crain, Texas Politics Today 10th ed. Wadsworthn 2000

“Agencies and Influence: A Special Case: The PUC and Deregulation in Texas” in Maxwell and Crain, Texas Politics Today, 11th ed. Wadsworth * 2002

“You are the Governor” for Prentice Hall Online * 2002

“You are a Bureaucrat” for Wadsworth Online. You Are There! Computer simulations June * 2002

We the People: An Introduction to American Politics Texas ed., 5th., Lowi, Ginzberg, and Weir. Interactive computer simulations for Texas politics * 2003

Debate! Citizenship with Amy Jasperson. Interactive Cd-rom for Thomas Patterson's We the People 6th-7th ed. McGraw-Hill * 2003-04

“Texas Executive” and “Public Policy in Texas” in Barbour and Wright, Keeping the Republic. 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin, NY. * 2003

“Redistricting” for Wadsworth Online. You Are There! Computer simulations. September * 2003

“Agencies and Influence: A Special Case: ERCOT ” in Maxwell and Crain, Texas Politics Today, 12th ed., Wadsworth * 2005

“Agencies and Influence: A Special Case: ERCOT, What a Tangled Web in Redux ” in Maxwell and Crain, Texas Politics Today, 12th ed., Wadsworth * 2007

"The Texas Executive" in Janda, Berrry and Goldman, The Challenge of Democracy, (Texas ed.) 9th ed. * 2007

Edwards v Aguillard, and The Virginia Plan. Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution. Ed. by David Shultz, Facts on File, New York, New York, * 2009

Social Explorer: Using Demographic Data to Explore Texas Government and Policy. Pearson, 2012

"Criminal Justice Policy" and "Media" in The State of Texas 3rd. Mora and Ruger, 2016.