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Academic Background

• B.A. - Hiram College
• M.A. – Tufts University
• Ph.D. - University of California at Los Angeles

Selected Publications

• 2001 "Popular Participation and Local Government Reform," Public Administration and Development, 21, Spring 2001, pp149-157
• 2001 “Human Rights and the Future of International Politics: Realism and Global Humanism,” in David Barnhizer (ed.) Effective Strategies for Protecting Human Rights, Dartmouth/Ashgate, pp. 95-100.
• 2002 "Niamey: A Sahelian City," in Melvin and Carol Embrey (eds.), Encyclopedia of Urban Culture (Grolliers, for Human Relations Areas Files).
• 2004 "Islamism, Identity and the Future of Capitalism in Sahelian Africa-The Case of Niger," in W.F. Miles (ed). Special Issue of the African Studies Review, Fall 2004.

Forthcoming Refereed Articles

• "Identity and the Politics of Globalization in Sahelien Africa-The Case of Niger," forthcoming in W.F. Miles (ed.), Political Islam in West Africa, Lynne Rienner Publisher, Boulder, CO: forthcoming.
• Chapter on "Labor Unions as an Element in 'Democratic Forces' in African Civil Society: Recent Political Transitions in Niger," in Jon Kraus (ed.), Unions in Africa, forthcoming.
• "Civil Society and Governance Reform in Africa: Reflections from the ‘field’ on the Dominant Paradigms," in P. Robinson, D. Newbury and M. Diouf (eds.), Transitions in Africa: Expanding Political Space, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.

Courses Taught

• PSC 227 Power, Authority & Society in Non-Western Communities
• PSC 231 International Politics
• PSC 326 Politics of the Third World
• PSC 327 Peaceful World Change
• PSC 328 International Political Economy
• PSC 422 Seminar in International Relations

Research Interests

Interests include conflict resolution and prevention, political transitions, emocratic governance processes particularly in the non-western world, the impact of democratization on public policy and governance practices.