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Education:

• Ph.D., Political Science & Public Administration, University of Wisconsin (1987; 1978)
• B.A., French Area Studies, University of Wisconsin (1976)
• Junior Year Abroad (French Civilization), University of Aix-Marseilles, Aix-en-Provence, France (1975-76).

BOOKS PUBLISHED:

• A Human Right to Local Autonomy: The Quest for Local Control (Rowman & Littlefield), 2021.
• Subnationalism in Africa (Lynne Rienner Publishers), 2004.
• Lineages of State Fragility: Rural Civil Society in Guinea-Bissau (Ohio University Press), 2003.
• Namibia’s Post-Apartheid Regional Institutions (University of Rochester Press), 1998.

CURRENT RESEARCH:

• The Politics Of Local Autonomy

Research Scholarships:

• Centre for Area Studies, Leipzig University, Germany, 2016.
• University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School for Public & International Affairs, 2002-2003.
• Fulbright Faculty Research in Namibia: Political Decentralization, 1992-1993.
• Junior Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, 1987-1989.

TEACHING INTERESTS:

• Comparative Public Policy; Decentralization
• Weak States; Peasantry
• History & Politics of France
• History & Politics of Africa
• Formation of the U.S. 1607-1865; also, American Values & Beliefs
• History of Western Political Thought; Comparative Political Theory

JOINED LA ROCHE University:

• 2004

Previous Positions:

• Adjunct Professor, Univ. of Pittsburgh Graduate School Public & International Affairs, 2002-04.
• Associate Professor, University of Vermont, 1989-2002.

HOMETOWN:

New York City

Personal Interests:

Secular Judaism; la francophonie; baroque music; science fiction.