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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.