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Todd Schaefer.
Associate Professor and Department Chair; BA from Colorado College,
MA and PhD from Northwestern University (the one outside Chicago);
came to CWU in 1996. His main interests are in the areas of American
politics and government (especially mass media, public opinion, political
communication, and electoral politics), environmental issues, and
to a lesser extent African politics. Outside of the academy, he enjoys
movies, live blues and jazz, screaming epithets at television news
programs, and risking life and limb on outdoor adventures.
E-mail: Schaefet@cwu.edu. |
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Robert C. Jacobs.
Professor; came to CWU in 1970. Professor Jacobs attended the Bronx
High School of Science, the City College of New York, and Columbia
University before fleeing from the Atlantic seaboard. He has distilled
his entire formal education into the one maxim, "Dolus latet
in generalibus," which, very loosely translated, means "there
is nothing funnier than politics. " Professor Jacobs' special
interests are in constitutional and public law and American presidential
politics. His passions are the first Justice John Marshall Harlan,
computers, and target shooting. E-mail: jacobsr@cwu.edu.
After announcing in this space that Bob retired at the end of Spring
Term 2002, he found it too difficult to ride off into the sunset.
He has continued teaching one course a term for us this academic year
(2002-2003). All good things must come to an end, though, and it appears
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Michael A. Launius.
Professor; BA and MA from Northeastern Illinois University and PhD
from the University of Hawaii at Manoa; came to CWU in 1988. His
principal teaching and research interests are in the areas of Asian
politics, international political economy, and comparative political
development. He is currently the executive director of the Office
of International Studies and Programs.
E-mail: launiusm@cwu.edu. |
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Mathew Manweller.
Assistant Professor; BA in Economics from Whitman College; MA in Political
Science from the University of Montana; PhD in Political Science from
the University of Oregon in 2003. Matt's research interests focus
on constitutional law, democratic theory, and political economy. His
more important skills and interests include fly fishing, backpacking,
and ultimate frisbee. Matt's decision to move to Ellensburg represents
a lifelong effort to stay as far away as possible from any city with
a population over 50,000.
E-mail: manwellerm@cwu.edu.
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Cameron Otopalik.
Adjunct Professor; Ripon College, BA; Colorado State University, MA;
University of Nebraska, Ph.D. (2000). Fields of interest include International
Relations, Comparative Politics, International Political Economy,
and the Politics of Developing Regions. An avid outdoorsman, Prof.
O. enjoys fly-fishing, hunting, and camping. Other interests include
traveling, skiing, racquetball, golf, and cooking.
E-mail: otopalic@cwu.edu.
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Barbara Ann Flanagan.
Assistant Professor. BA from SUNY Geneseo, MA and PhD from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her current research interests revolve
around human rights, religion and politics and democracy promotion.
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typically teaches classes dealing with political theory and global
politics with a focus on the Middle East. When not at work, she
enjoys sports and travel.
Email: flanagan@cwu.edu |
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Rex S. Wirth.
Professor. He was born in Ogden, Utah with the natural consequence
that at age 19, he was sent to Belgium to seek out new Mormons. Upon
his return he completed a BA at Weber State College just in time to
serve his country in Vietnam. Having been unsuccessful at making Mormons
and killing communists, he spent his well deserved veterans' benefits
and received his PhD from the University of Tennessee in 1977. He
was a Christian educator at Lambuth College before coming to CWU in
1983. He is most frequently seen introducing students to politics
and teaching them public administration, but his real areas are international
politics and European politics. E-mail: wirthr@cwu.edu. |
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Bang-Soon Yoon.
Professor. Undergraduate degree from Ewha Women's University (Korea),
MA and PhD from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her current research
and teaching interests are in gender politics (both American and global),
cultural pluralism in America, Asian political development, and international
political economy of science and technology. She is director of the
CWU Women Studies Program. E-mail: yoonb@cwu.edu. |
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Gilberto Garcia
Assistant Professor, B.A. from Loyola University at Los Angeles
and Ph.D. from UC Riverside with a focus on Latin American Studies.
His expertise is in the area of Chicano/Latino Studies with an emphasis
on Pacific Northwest, and U.S. Mexico border studies. Besides his
research and teaching interests, he has an extensive collection
of baseball cards and memorabilia on Latinos in the Major Leagues.
E-mail: ggarcia@cwu.edu |
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