Faculty Experts- Political Science
Name: Tom Cronin
Title: McHugh Professor of political science
Office phone: (719) 277-8249
E-mail: Tom.Cronin@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University, three honorary doctorates
Came to CC in: 1979-1993; 2005
Courses taught at CC: American Presidency, American Government
Areas of expertise: American politics; leadership in America; American presidency
Major publications: "On the Presidency: Teacher, Soldier, Shaman, Pol"; "The State of the Presidency"; "U.S. vs. Crime-in-the-Streets"; "Direct Democracy"; "Government by the People"; "Colorado Politics and Government"; "The Paradoxes of the American Presidency"; more than 150 articles.
Pertinent biographical information: One of the preminent presidency scholars of the modern era, was instrumental in helping establish the Presidency Research Group of the American Political Science Association in the early 1980's. Through his influence as a scholar he helped revive presidency studies, and by his mentoring of young scholars, he brought a number of outstanding young academics into the field.
Awarded the prestigious Charles E. Merriam Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Art of Government by the American Political Science Association. In 1993 he assumed the presidency of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
His impact on the study of the presidency cannot be measured merely by a listing of his influential books, articles, and numerous awards. With the help of others, he was able to reinvigorate the field of presidency studies, build an institution (the Presidency Research Group) to support the study of the presidency, inspire a range of young scholars to devote themselves to the study of the presidency, and serve as a role model of the gentleman and scholar.
Name: Andrew Dunham
Title: Professor
Office phone: (719) 389-6587
E-mail: adunham@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1981; M.A. University of Chicago, 1975; B.A. Haverford College, 1969
Came to CC: 1980
Courses taught: American Politics; Public Policy; U.S. Congress; American Presidency; Political Sociology; TV
Areas of expertise: American politics; Western public lands; forest service; wildfires; elections; campaign finance; U.S. congress; television and politics; health care policy; budget deficits; presidential administration
Name: Timothy Fuller
Title: Lloyd E. Worner distinguished service professor
Office phone: (719) 389-6533
E-mail: tfuller@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A. Kenyon College; M.A. and Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Came to CC: 1965
Courses taught at CC: History of Political Thought; American Political Thought; Theory of the Just War; Liberalism and Conservatism; Legal Philosophy
Areas of expertise: Contemporary political issues; American political tradition; liberalism and conservatism; religion and politics
Major Publications: "Leading and Leadership" (Notre Dame Press 2000); "Rethinking the Liberal State" (2001); editor of the work of Michael Oakeshott (leading British political thinker); numerous essays and reviews
Name: John Gould
Title: Assistant professor
Department: Political science
Office phone: (719) 389-6589
E-mail: jgould@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A. Williams College, 1984; M.A.L.D. Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1990; Ph.D. Columbia University, 2001
Came to CC in: 2002
Courses taught at CC: PS325 - Conduct of American Foreign Policy PS375 - Introduction to International Political Economy PS308 - Comparative Politics: Russia PS310 - Comparative Politics: Central Europe PS312 - Comparative Politics: The Balkans PS306 - Democracy and Markets PS470 - Tutorial in International Political Economy PS101 - What is Politics?
Areas of expertise: Transitions from Communism, Democracy Movements in Eurasia and the Balkans, Relationship between Democracy and Development
Major publications: "Technocracy Challenged: UNMIK's Failed Privatization Policies in Kosovo, 2003-2004" Presented to the Rocky Mountain European Scholars Consortium Salt Lake City, Utah, October 8, 2005. - with Rebecca Haimowitz, "Who Minds the Mullahs? Islam, Interests and Institutions In Iran's 2004 Parliamentary Elections," Columbia International Affairs Online, October 2005, www.ciaonet.org (pedagogical case study) - "Stealing Privatization." Democracy at Large, 1:2 (2005): 1-2. (Monthly policy magazine) - "Oligarchs! Simulating Political and Economic Change in Postcommunist 'Narkonia,'" Pew Case Studies in International Relations, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, May 2004. (Pedagogical case study) - "Out of the Blue? Democracy and Privatization in Post-Communist Europe." Comparative European Politics 1:3, November 2003: 277-312. (Referred journal) - "Ideas and the Politics of Transformation in the Czech and Slovak Republics." with Hilary Appel. Europe Asia Studies. 52:1, January 2000: 111-131. (Refereed journal) -"Elite Division and Convergence" with Sona Szomolanyi. in J. Higley and G. Lenyel, eds. Elites After State Socialism. Boulder, Colorado: Rowman and Littlefield, 2000. (Book chapter)
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Hiking and biking the extensive trails around Pikes Peak and further afield.
Pertinent biographical information: Functional Slovak and French
Name: David C. Hendrickson
Title: Professor
Office phone: (719) 389-6585
E-mail: dhendrickson@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 1982, political science; M.A. Johns Hopkins University, 1981, political science; B.A. Colorado College, 1976, history
Came to CC in: 1983
Courses taught at CC: International Politics; American Foreign Policy; Foundation of American Constitutionalism and Diplomacy
Areas of expertise: American foreign and military policy - e.g. ongoing crises (e.g. Iraq, North Korea); relations with Western Europe, Russia, Japan, China, France, Germany, etc.; history and traditions of American foreign policy; Bush Doctrine of preemption and democracy promotion and other questions in contemporary American foreign policy; international politics
Major publications: "Peace Pact: The Lost World of the American Founding." (2003); variety of essays in foreign policy journals, Foreign Affairs, The National Interest, and World Policy Journal. Was book reviewer for Foreign Affairs ("United States") from 1994-1998.
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Golf
Name: Robert D. Lee
(Academic Chair 2009-10)
Title: Professor
Office phone: (719) 389-6590
E-mail: rlee@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: Ph.D. Columbia, 1972; M.A. Columbia, 1968; M.S. Columbia, journalism, 1965;
B.A. Carleton, 1963
Came to CC: 1971
Courses taught: Middle East Politics; European Politics; African Politics; Media and Politics; introductory history courses
Areas of expertise: Religion and politics, with emphasis on the Middle East.
Topics: Israel and Palestine, Islam and politics, religion and politics in one or more Middle Eastern countries, or religion and politics in a more general sense.
Major publications: "Overcoming Tradition and Modernity, the Search for Islamic Authenticity" (Boulder: Westview, 1998)
Translated and edited Mohammed Arkoun, "Rethinking Islam;" manuscript on religion and politics in the Mediterranean area (forthcoming)
Other areas of personal/professional interests: Golf; Europe
Name: Juan D. Lindau
(On Sabbatical Fall 2009)
Title: Professor; Chair; A.E. and Ethel Irene Carlton Professor of Political Science
Office phone (719) 389-6588
E-mail: jlindau@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., New College, USF, anthropology; M.A,. Stanford University, Latin American studies; M.A., Harvard, political science; Ph.D., Harvard, political science
Came to CC in: 1989
Courses taught at CC: Latin American Politics
Areas of expertise: Immigration; U.S.-Mexican relations; Latin American politics; U.S. war on drugs
Sample topics: From past lectures: "Immigration and American Identity"; "Shakespeare and Political Leadership"; "Constitutionalism in Latin America"; "Mexican Views of the Drug Traffic"
Major publications: Books: "Aboriginal Rights and Self-Government;" "Market Economics and Political Change: Comparing China and Mexico;" "Los tecnocratasy la elite gobernante mexicana;"
Other pertinent information: Lloyd E. Worner Teacher of the Year, The Colorado College, 2001; Fluent in Spanish and has given lectures in Spanish; Mexican Citizen, permanent resident of the United States
Name: Robert D. Loevy
Title: Professor of Political Science
Office phone (719) 389-6584
E-mail: bloevy@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., Williams College, 1957; Ph.D., John Hopkins University, 1963
Came to CC in: 1968
Courses taught at CC: American Government: U.S. Congress, State and Local Government, Civil Rights
Movement Politics, Ethics, Journalism
Areas of expertise: Colorado government and politics, U.S. Congress, civil rights movement of the 1960's, presidential elections, particularly presidential primaries
Major publications: Thomas Cronin and Robert D. Loevy, "Colorado Politics and Government: Governing the Centennial State," (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1993); Robert D. Loevy, "The Manipulated Path To The Presidency," (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1998).
Name: Andrew T. Price-Smith
Title: Assistant professor
Office phone (719) 277-8224
E-mail: andrew.price-smith@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Toronto; M.A., University of Western Ontario; B.A., Queen's University
Came to CC in: 2005
Courses taught at CC: American Foreign Policy, Environment, Health and Security, International Politics of Environment, Health and Development, Introduction to International Relations
Areas of expertise: How disease affects national security; health-environmental change and their association with international development; biosecurity and biodefense issues; water security in the American West
Major publications: "Contagion and Chaos: Disease, Ecology, and National Security in the Era of Globalization," (MIT Press, 2009); "The Health of Nations" (MIT Press, 2001); "Downward Spiral: HIV/AIDS," "State Capacity & Conflict in Zimbabwe" (USIP Press, 2004)
Areas of personal/professional interest: music, skiing, great outdoors