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Telephone: (850) 644-4418
Address: International Studies Program
Florida State University
Tallahassee FL 32306-2161

Dr. Lee Metcalf, Director of International Affairs

Dr. Lee Metcalf,
Director of the International Affairs Program
and Chair of the International Affairs Master Program

Dr. Asbed Kotchikian, Assistant Director for International Affairs

Dr. Asbed Kotchikian,
Assistant Director for International Affairs

Patty Lollis, Program Assistant

Patty Lollis,
Program Assistant for International Affairs

Our International Affairs program draws faculty from our highly ranked departments and schools here at the university:

Faculty

Anthropology

Bruce T. Grindal
Ph.D. Indiana University, 1969
Fields: Education, Religion, humanism, peace studies, literary ethnography, west Africa, American South, Mexico
bgrindal@mailer.fsu.edu

Joseph Hellweg
(PhD University of Virginia 2001) Assistant Professor: Religion, Islam, Christianity, sacrifice; performance aesthetics, ethnopoetics; social theory, politics, social movements, applied, medical, HIV/AIDS; Africa, Mande West Africa, Cote d'Iviore.

J. Kathryn Josserand
PhD. Tulane University 1983
Fields: Linguistics, Mesoamerican ethnology and prehistory, Maya hieroglyphic writing, social anthropology
josserand@anthro.fsu.edu

Mary Pohl
(PhD Harvard University 1977) Laura Jepsen Professor: Archaeology of early complex societies especially Olmec and Maya, Mesoamerican archaeology, ethnozoology, gender studies, origins of writing, ancient economics and politics, early agriculture.

Michael A. Uzendoski
Ph.D. University of Virginia, 2000
Fields: Social and Symbolic Anthropology, Political Anthropology, The Anthropology of Religion, Gender, Kinship, Hierarchy, Anthropology and History, Economic, Anthropology, Ethnopoetics and Anthropological linguistics
muzendos@mailer.fsu.edu

Economics

Ljubisa S. Adamovich
Ph.D. University of Belgrade, 1961
Fields: International Economics, Comparative Economic Systems, Economic Development, Economics Transition
ladamovi@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Manoj Atolia
Ph.D., Economics, Indiana University, 2004
Diploma in Business Finance, Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, 1995 Fields of Specialization
International Macroeconomics International Trade
Development Macroeconomics Public Economics

James H. Cobbe
Ph.D. Yale University, 1977
Fields: Econ. Development, International Economics, Labor Econ., Comparative
jcobbe@mailer.fsu.edu

Patrick L. Mason
Ph.D. New School for Social Research, 1991
Fields: Labor Economics. Political Economy
pmason@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

George Macesich
Ph.D. 1958 University of Chicago
Fields: Monetary Theory and Policy
Comparative Systems with Emphasis on Europe (East Europe in Particular)

Stefan C. Norrbin
Ph.D. Arizona State University
Fields: International Trade and Finance, Macroeconomics, Economy
snorrbin@coss.fsu.edu

Kislaya Prasad
Ph.D. Syracuse University, 1988
Fields: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Institutions and Organizations
kprasad@coss.fsu.edu

William J. Serow
Ph.D. Duke University, 1972
Fields: Economic Demography, Aging, Applied Demography, Migration, Indonesia
wserow@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Randall G. Holcombe
Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1976:
Fields: Public finance and the economic analysis of public policy issues
holcombe@coss.fsu.edu

David W. Rasmussen
Ph.D. Washington University, St. Louis, 1969
Fields: Economics of crime and criminal justice, economic development, urban and regional economics, U.S. economic history, and policy analysis.
drasmuss@coss.fsu.edu

Geography

Jonathan I. Leib
Ph.D. Syracuse University, 1992
Fields: Political Geography
jleib@coss.fsu.edu

Patrick O'Sullivan
Ph.D. London School of Economics, 1967
Fields: Military, Political, Europe, Britain, Ireland
kmcclell@mailer.fsu.edu

Barney Warf
Ph.D. University of Washington, 1985
Fields: Contemporary Issues, World Systems theory, Urban Geography, Econ. Geography
bwarf@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Janet E Kodras
Ph.D. Ohio State University, 1982
Fields: Hunger and Poverty, Population, public policy, Quantitative methods
jkodras@coss.fsu.edu

History

Claudia Liebskind
Ph.D. University of London, 1995
Fields: Modern South Asia, Islam
cliebeskind@mailer.fsu.edu

Rodney Anderson
Ph.D. American University, 1968
Fields: Latin America, Mexico
randerso@mailer.fsu.edu

Joan Casanovas
Ph.D. State University of NY, 1994
Fields: Cuba Spain Latin America
jcasanov@mailer.fsu.edu

Matt Childs
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Fields: Latin America, Caribbean
mchilds@mailer.fsu.edu

Dr Max Paul Friedman
Fields: U.S. Foreign Relations Assistant Professor, Ph.D., 2000, University of California, Berkeley
mfriedma@fsu.edu

Peter Garretson
Ph.D. University of London, 1974
Fields: Middle East, North Africa
pgarret@mailer.fsu.edu

Jonathan Grant
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1995
Fields: Russia and Central Asia
jgrant@mailer.fsu.edu

Richard Greaves
Ph.D., University of London, 1964
Fields: Early Modern England, Scotland, Ireland, Reformation
rgreaves@mailer.fsu.edu

Paul Halpern
Ph.D. Harvard, 1966
Fields: Europe 1870-1920
phalpern@mailer.fsu.edu

Dr. Robert Gellately
Earl Ray Beck Professor, Ph.D., 1974, University of London
Fields: Modern European History, Germany, Russia, Holocaust and Comparative Genocide
rgellate@fsu.edu

Donald Horward
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1962
Fields: French Revolution, Napoleon
rdhorward@mailer.fsu.edu

Robinson Herrera
Ph.D. UCLA, 1997
Fields: Latin America
rherrera@mailer.fsu.edu

Claudia Liebeskind
Ph.D., University of London, 1995
Fields: Modern, South Asia, Islam
cliebeskind@fsu.edu

Nathan Stoltzfus
Ph.D., Harvard, 1993
Fields: Modern Germany
rnstoltzf@mailer.fsu.edu

Paul Strait
Ph.D., Princeton, 1970
Fields: Medieval Europe
rpstrait@mailer.fsu.edu

Jan Tanenbaum
Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1969
Fields: 20th Century Europe

Edward Wynot
Ph.D., Indiana, 1970
Fields: E. Central Europe, Poland, Russia
rewynot@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Bawa Singh
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1966
Fields: India
bsingh@mailer.fsu.edu

Jan Tanenbaum
Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1969
Fields: 20th Century Europe, France
(no email)

Edward Wynot
Ph.D., Indiana, 1970
Fields: E. Central Europe, Poland, Russia
ewynot@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Modern Languages

Arabic

Zeina Tamer Schlenoff
Ph.D. University Mass Amherst
zschleno@mailer.fsu.edu

Chinese:

Feng Lan
Ph.D. Notre Dame
flan@mailer.fsu.edu

Japanese:

Yoshihiro Yasuhara
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
yyasuhar@mailer.fsu.edu

French:

William Cloonan
bcloonan@mailer.fsu.edu

German:

Winnifred Adolph
wadolph@mailer.fsu.edu

Hebrew:

Melanie Annis
mannis@mailer.fsu.edu

Italian:

Mark Pietralunga
mpietral@mailer.fsu.edu

Russian:

Nina Efimova
nefimov@mailer.fsu.edu

Slavic:

Robert Romanchuch
PH.D University Los Angeles, 1999
rromanch@mailer.fsu.edu

Spanish:

David Darst
ddarst@mailer.fsu.edu

Philosophy

Donald Hodges
Ph.D. Columbia, 1944
Fields: Social and Political Philosophy, Marxist Theory, Philosophy in Latin America, Philosophy in History
dhodges@mailer.fsu.edu

Maria Morales
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1992
Fields: Political philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Feminism
mmorales@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Political Science

Paul R. Hensel
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1996
Fields: International relations theory, International conflict, Water and Territorial Disputes, Research methodology.
phersel@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

HeeMin Kim
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 1990
Fields: Formal theory and comparative politics, Western democracies and northeast Asia
hkim@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Asbed Kotchikian
Ph.D., Boston University, 2006/> Fields: Middle East, Former Soviet Union, Small States, Nationalism, Diasporas
akotchikian@fsu.edu

Lee Metcalf
metcalf@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Will H. Moore
Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1991
Fields: International and third world politics, violent conflict within and
between countries, human rights, and conflict resolution.
will.moore@fsu.edu

Dale L. Smith
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987.
Fields: International Relations, International Political Economy, and Social Science Research Methods.
dale.smith@fsu.edu

Ozge Kemahlioglu
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2006
Fields: Comp. Politics, Formal Theory, Developing Count and Political Economics
okemahlioglu@fsu.edu

Religion

Bryan J. Cuevas
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2000
Fields: Asian religious traditions, Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan language and culture.
bcuevas@mailer.fsu.edu

Kathleen Erndl
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1987
Fields: South Asian religions, especially Hinduism, gender and religion, comparative studies, and Sanskrit.
kerndl@mailer.fsu.edu

Martin Kavka
Ph.D., Rice University, 2000
Fields: Modern European and American Jewish thought, post-Holocaust thought, and postmodern philosophy of religion
mkavka@mailer.fsu.edu

John Kelsay
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1985
Fields: Religious ethics, particularly in relation to the Islamic tradition
jkelsay@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Sumner B. Twiss
Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Yale University
Fields: Comparative ethics, philosophy of religion, biomedical ethics, and intercultural human rights
Sumner_Twiss@Brown.edu

stwiss@admin.fsu.edu

Sociology

Michael Armer
Ph. D. Wisconsin-Madison, 1964
Fields: International sociology, comparative sociological research,
national development, and African social psychology
marmer@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Harry F. Dahms
Ph. D. New School for Social Research, 1993
Fields: Theory, economy and society, and comparative sociology including globalization,
economic organizations, modernity, democracy, and business, labor, government interrelations.
hdahms@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Melonie Heron
Ph. D. Pennsylvania State, 1999
Fields: Migration and Immigration, Demography, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations
mheron@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Graham C. Kinloch
Ph. D. Purdue, 1968
Fields: Colonialism in Southern Africa, institutionalized racism in the U.S.,
the history of professional sociology, the comparative analysis of social violence,
racial attitudes in post-colonial Zimbabwe, and comparative intergroup relations
gkinloch@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Urban and Regional Planning


Ivonne Audirac
Ph.D. University of Florida, 1988
Fields: Growth management, planning and development in Latin America, and social aspects of urban design and urban form
iaudirac@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Charles E. Connerly, Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning, 1980
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
cconnerl@garnet.fsu.edu

Petra L. Doan
Ph.D. Cornell University, 1988
Fields: Planning for less developed areas in both rural areas of the US and overseas
pdoan@coss.fsu.edu

Rebecca Miles
Ph.D. Cornell University, 1988
Fields: The effects of development policy on social inequality and gender relations and issues of health and safety in urban areas
rmiles@coss.fsu.edu

Public Administration

Richard Chackerian
Ph.D. Univ. of Washington, 1969
Fields: Comparative admin., organization theory, privatization, bureaucracy and society
rchacker@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

James S. Bowman
Fields: Human resource administration, professional ethics, Japanese management
jbowman@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

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