The Five College International Relations Program : Faculty

Faculty

The Five Colleges International Relations Program is governed by a group of faculty from different disciplines. The governing committee consists of a small group which makes decisions about the Certificate Program.

A larger group of faculty participates in the Five College IR Faculty Seminar. This group listed below meets regularly with outside speakers to discuss current research, to exchange scholarly papers, and to collaborate on research and teaching.

Audrey L. Altstadt
History Department, UMass;
Soviet History; Soviet nationalities, especially Azerbaijan, Central Asia.

Christian G. Appy
History Department, UMass;
Modern U.S. History, Vietnam War.

Mlada Bukovansky
Government Department, Smith College;
IR theory, evolving norms and institutions, European politics.

Charli Carpenter
Political Science, UMass
national security ethics, the laws of war, transnational advocacy networks, gender and political violence, war crimes, comparative genocide studies, humanitarian affairs and the role of information technology in human security.

Calvin Chen
Politics Department, Mount Holyoke College
Political economy of East Asia; Chinese politics; comparative politics; work and labor politics; rural economic development; public administration

Javier Corrales
Political Science, Amherst College;
Latin America, the politics of economic and social policy reform in developing countries.

Eric Einhorn
Political Science, UMass;
Comparative Public Policy and Political Economy, European Politics, and Scandinavian Politics

Vincent A. Ferraro
International Relations, Mount Holyoke College;
International Political Economy, American Foreign Policy

Joshua S. Goldstein
Political Science, UMass;
IR Theory, theories of war, gender and war

Peter M. Haas
Political Science, UMass;
International Relations Theory; International Political Economy; International Environmental Politics; International Institutions; Global Governance.

Sohail Hashmi
International Relations Program, Mount Holyoke;
Religion and politics, particularly the role of Islam in domestic and international relations; ethics and international relations, particularly the comparative ethics of war and peace; Middle East politics.

Frank Holmquist
Hampshire College
Comparative politics, peasant political economy, and African and Third World development.

Stephen F. Jones
International Relations, Mount Holyoke College
Russia, the Caucuses, post-Communist transitions, and nationalism.

Michael Klare
Hampshire College
International peace and security; Resource conflicts, global energy.

Kavita Khory
International Relations, Mount Holyoke College
South Asian politics and regional security, political violence, nationalism, migration, and diaspora politics

Pavel Machala
Political Science, Amherst College
Marxist international relations theory; world political systems; world capitalist economy; U.S. diplomacy, domestic sources of U.S. foreign policy.

David Mednicoff
Legal Studies, Public Policy, UMass
Middle East, Arab-Israeli conflict, U.S. foreign policy, international law, human rights, globalization and humanitarian intervention.

Catherine Newbury
Government Department, Smith College
African politics, women and politics in Africa, the Rwanda genocide in comparative perspective, and the politics of development.

David Newbury
History Department, Smith College
historical dynamics of Central and East Africa from precolonial times to the multiple crises of the 1990s.

Eva Paus
Economics, McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives, Mount Holyoke College
Economic development in the context of globalization, the implications of the rise of China for developing countries, policy space for alternatives to the Washington Consensus, globalization of production and possibilities for economic development.

M.J. Peterson
Political Science, UMass;
World Politics; International Institutions; International Political Economy; technology and technological change.

Laura Reed
Political Science, UMass
Globalization, Governance and World Order; Citizenship in the Nuclear Age: Nuclear Politics from Hiroshima to Iran; American Foreign Policy;

Jillian Schwedler
Political Science, UMass
Globalization, Neoliberalism, transnational religious networks, public spheres,
Middle East politics

William C. Taubman
Political Science, Amherst College
Leadership in Russian politics; rethinking the Cold War.

Ronald S. Tiersky
Political Science, Amherst College
International Security, European Politics

Stephen B. Watts
Political Science, UMass
IR Theory, International Security, Humanitarian intervention

Jon Western, Chair
Five College Associate Professor of International Relations (based at Mount Holyoke College)
Domestic sources of foreign policy, American foreign policy, human rights and humanitarian intervention

Gregory White
Government Department, Smith College
Political economy of developing countries and their relationships with advanced industrialized countries; the political economy and security implications of international labor migration, the north-south dimension of natural resource exploitation, and the prospects of electoral reform.

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	Faculty The Five Colleges International Relations Program is governed by a group of faculty from different disciplines. The governing committee consists of a small group which makes decisions about the Certificate Program. A larger group of faculty participates in the Five College IR Faculty Seminar. This group listed below meets regularly with outside speakers to discuss current research, to exchange scholarly papers, and to collaborate on research and teaching. Audrey L. Altstadt History Department, UMass; Soviet History; Soviet nationalities, especially Azerbaijan, Central Asia. Christian G. Appy History Department, UMass; Modern U.S. History, Vietnam War. Mlada Bukovansky Government Department, Smith College; IR theory, evolving norms and institutions, European politics. Charli Carpenter Political Science, UMass national security ethics, the laws of war, transnational advocacy networks, gender and political violence, war crimes, comparative genocide studies, humanitarian affairs and the role of information technology in human security. Calvin Chen Politics Department, Mount Holyoke College Political economy of East Asia; Chinese politics; comparative politics; work and labor politics; rural economic development; public administration Javier Corrales Political Science, Amherst College; Latin America, the politics of economic and social policy reform in developing countries. Eric Einhorn Political Science, UMass; Comparative Public Policy and Political Economy, European Politics, and Scandinavian Politics Vincent A. Ferraro International Relations, Mount Holyoke College; International Political Economy, American Foreign Policy Joshua S. Goldstein Political Science, UMass; IR Theory, theories of war, gender and war Peter M. Haas Political Science, UMass; International Relations Theory; International Political Economy; International Environmental Politics; International Institutions; Global Governance. Sohail Hashmi International Relations Program, Mount Holyoke; Religion and politics, particularly the role of Islam in domestic and international relations; ethics and international relations, particularly the comparative ethics of war and peace; Middle East politics. Frank Holmquist Hampshire College Comparative politics, peasant political economy, and African and Third World development. Stephen F. Jones International Relations, Mount Holyoke College Russia, the Caucuses, post-Communist transitions, and nationalism. Michael Klare Hampshire College International peace and security; Resource conflicts, global energy. Kavita Khory International Relations, Mount Holyoke College South Asian politics and regional security, political violence, nationalism, migration, and diaspora politics Pavel Machala Political Science, Amherst College Marxist international relations theory; world political systems; world capitalist economy; U.S. diplomacy, domestic sources of U.S. foreign policy. David Mednicoff Legal Studies, Public Policy, UMass Middle East, Arab-Israeli conflict, U.S. foreign policy, international law, human rights, globalization and humanitarian intervention. Catherine Newbury Government Department, Smith College African politics, women and politics in Africa, the Rwanda genocide in comparative perspective, and the politics of development. David Newbury History Department, Smith College historical dynamics of Central and East Africa from precolonial times to the multiple crises of the 1990s. Eva Paus Economics, McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives, Mount Holyoke College Economic development in the context of globalization, the implications of the rise of China for developing countries, policy space for alternatives to the Washington Consensus, globalization of production and possibilities for economic development. M.J. Peterson Political Science, UMass; World Politics; International Institutions; International Political Economy; technology and technological change. Laura Reed Political Science, UMass Globalization, Governance and World Order; Citizenship in the Nuclear Age: Nuclear Politics from Hiroshima to Iran; American Foreign Policy; Jillian Schwedler Political Science, UMass Globalization, Neoliberalism, transnational religious networks, public spheres, Middle East politics William C. Taubman Political Science, Amherst College Leadership in Russian politics; rethinking the Cold War. Ronald S. Tiersky Political Science, Amherst College International Security, European Politics Stephen B. Watts Political Science, UMass IR Theory, International Security, Humanitarian intervention Jon Western, Chair Five College Associate Professor of International Relations (based at Mount Holyoke College) Domestic sources of foreign policy, American foreign policy, human rights and humanitarian intervention Gregory White Government Department, Smith College Political economy of developing countries and their relationships with advanced industrialized countries; the political economy and security implications of international labor migration, the north-south dimension of natural resource exploitation, and the prospects of electoral reform.