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In The Department of Political Science (2012-13)

James Curry

(PhD U Maryland 2011). Professor Curry teaches courses on American political institutions, including the Congress and the Presidency, and on leadership within the American political context. His research interests primarily concern leadership and the legislative process in the U.S. Congress. Professor Curry has published articles in Legislative Studies Quarterly and Congress Reconsidered, is the 2012 Carl Albert Award recipient for best doctoral dissertation in legislative studies, and the 2012 E.E. Schattschneider Award recipient for best doctoral dissertation in American Politics.
Fall 2012
POLS 3110 Legislative Process
POLS 5810 Leadership and US Politics * NEW COURSE *
Spring 2013
POLS 3150 American Presidency
POLS 5960 Partisanship in Congress *NEW COURSE *

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Jill Curry

(PhD Candidate U Maryland 2012). Jill Curry will join the Department as a post-doctoral fellow in January 2013. She teaches courses on research design and analysis and on American political institutions, particularly the Presidency and Congress. Jill has published in Presidential Studies Quarterly on presidential greatness and also has done research on alternative dispute resolution in the federal courts as well as gubernatorial elections.
Spring 2013
POLS 3001 Political Analysis

 

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Sam Handlin

(PhD U California, Berkeley, 2011). Prior to joining the political science faculty, Professor Handlin was a Visiting Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. His research and teaching interests are in the comparative politics of developing countries, with a regional emphasis on Latin America and a substantive focus on democracy, representation, electoral politics, and the political economy of development. Professor Handlin's research has been published or is forthcoming in the journals Comparative Political Studies and Latin American Politics and Society. He is also the co-editor and co-author of Reorganizing Popular Politics: Participation and the New Interest Regime in Latin America (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009).
Fall 2012
POLS 3550 Politics of Latin America
POLS 5410/6410 New Democracies
Spring 2013
POLS 2200 Intro to Comparative Politics
POLS 6740 Political Change

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Tobias Hofmann

(PhD Free University of Berlin, 2011). Professor Hofmann will join the Department as an Assistant Professor in January 2013. Hofmann is currently a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Political Science at the National University of Singapore. He previously worked at the College of William & Mary, Princeton University, and Harvard University. Hofmann studies the political economy of international institutions, with a focus on multilateral and preferential trade agreements as well as European integration. He is the author of articles in Comparative Political Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, and other journals.
Spring 2013
POLS 5630/6630 Foundations of International Organizations
POLS 5420 European Union

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Steven Johnston

(PhD Johns Hopkins University, 1993). Professor Johnston is the Neal A. Maxwell Chair in Political Theory, Public Policy, and Public Service. He is the author of numerous articles and two books, including The Truth about Patriotism (Duke University Press, 2007). Professor Johnston will soon publish his latest work,There Will be Blood: The Tragedy of Democratic Politics, followed by the release of the companion volume, Tragedy and International Politics. Professor Johnston's teaching is concentrated in the areas of Modern and Contemporary Political Theory, Globalization and International Politics, Democratic Theory, and Politics and Literature. Johnston also serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Theory & Event.
Fall 2012
POLS 6960, Special Topics: Tragedy and International Politics * NEW COURSE *
Spring 2013
POLS 5810 Democratic Theory and Citizenship * NEW COURSE *
POLS 5035 Contemporary Political Theory