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- Kevin Corder, chair emeritus and professor of political sciences, knows what hard work is all about. Corder, who received his Ph.D. from Washington University, where the Fulbright Program was first put in place, teaches courses on American politics and political methodology, including econometrics, bayesisan statistics, and mathematical modeling. Recently, Corder’s work drew the attention of the Fulbright Scholar Program, and he was awarded a Fulbright to travel to Malta for his sabbatical next year. He will study the financial sector reforms instituted in Malta and the European Union in the wake of the global recession and debt crisis. Corder currently is wrapping up a book on the debt crisis in the U.S.
- Listen to WMU Political Science Professor Peter Wielhouwer talk about Romney's win in Michigan.
- Dr. Katia Levintova, WMU Department of Political Science 2004 Ph.D. graduate, recently returned to campus to talk about the "Evolution of the Communist Party in Post-Communist Russia." An assistant professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, hers was the first talk of the new semester for the WMU Institute of Government and Politics. Story.
- Fodei Batty (Ph.D. 2010) has accepted a tenure-track position in the Political Science Department at Quinnipiac University.
Melissa Shaffer-O’Connell, (ABD) has accepted a tenure-track position in the Political Science Department at Lake Superior State University.
Joel Raveloharimisy (Ph.D. 2011) has accepted a tenure-track position in the Behavioral Science Department at Andrews University. He also will serve as Director of the Community and International Development Program at Andrews.
Robert Harbaugh (M.A. 2002) has accepted a full-time position in the Political Science Department at the College of Western Idaho.
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