Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Political Science and International Studies | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Public Health and National Security in the Developing South, Latin American and African National Security, Drug Trafficking & Transnational Organized Crime, Civil-Military Relations in Latin America & Africa, National Security and Cyber Security, Global Cyber Security, and Human Aspects of Cyber Security
Grants
2018 | WACA Engage America: Oman 2018 |
Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center | |
$5,000 | |
2016 | WACA Future of Korea 2016 |
World Affairs Council of America | |
$2,500 | |
2015 | Generation Study AbroadTM |
The Institute of International Education (IIE) initiative | |
$20,000 | |
2015 | Summer Research Award |
College of Liberal Arts | |
$5,000 | |
2014 | Research |
Presidential Grant | |
$4,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2016 - Present | Member, Board of Directors Georgia Political Science Association | 2016 - Present | Research Fellow, Brazil Research Unit at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) | 2016 - Present | Board Member, Greater Savannah International Alliance | 2016 - Present | Member, Savannah East Club Rotary International | 2012 - Present | Visiting Scholar, Vysoka Skola Ekonomicka | 2008 - Present | Chairman, Americas Council, USG | 2008 - Present | Member, Board of Directors National Social Science Association | 2006 - Present | Member, Board of Directors and Chairman of Programs, Savannah Council on World Affairs, Inc. | 2018 - 2022 | Member, Ethics Board | 2019 | Vice-President and Program Chair, Georgia Political Science Association (GPSA) | 2002 - 2003 | Commissioner, City of Springfield, Missouri, Mayor's Commission on Human Rights | 1996 - 1997 | Assistant Ombudsman, Joint Office of Citizens Complaints | Member, American Political Science Association (APSA) | Member, Georgia Political Science Association (GPSA) | Member, Georgia Sociological Association (GSA) | Fellow, Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies | Member, International Studies Association (ISA) | Member, Latin American Studies Association (LASA) | Member, National Social Science Association (NSSA) | Member, The Academy of Political Science (APS) |
Courses
- Russia Politics
- Intelligence & National Security
- Insurgency & Counterinsurgency
- World Politics D2L
- Political Transformation of the Former Soviet Union
- International Political Economy
- Seminar on Global Politics
- African Foreign Policy
- World Politics WebCt
- Latin American Foreign Policy
- HIV/AIDS in the Developing World
- Ethical Theories & Moral Issues in Government
- G8 and Savannah
- International Organizations
- Foundations of International Relations WebCt
- Media and Politics in Latin America
- Comparative Foreign Policy
- Third World National Security
- Governments of Africa
- Theories of International Relations
- Latin American Politics
- Environmental Politics
July 2015 | M.A. in Professional Communication & Leadership, Armstrong State University | |
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May 2012 | M.S. in Criminal Justice, Armstrong Atlantic State University | |
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May 2011 | Certificate of Cyber Security, Armstrong State University | |
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December 2002 | Ph.D. in International Relations and Comparative Politics, Miami University - Oxford | |
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August 1992 | M.A. in Political Science/Political Philosophy, Miami University - Oxford | |
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August 1991 | B.A. in Philosophy, Wright State University | |
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Contact Information
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8101
Statesboro, GA 30460
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