January 18, 2019
Program Chair for Environmental Sciences and Policy and Geographic Information Systems, Dr. Thomas Haine, has just completed co-authorship of a new textbook, Ocean Circulation in Three Dimensions. The book will be published by Cambridge University Press. Book description Notable advances of the last quarter-century have deepened our appreciation of the three-dimensional nature of the ocean’s large-scale circulation. read more…
January 15, 2019
This talk chronicles the lives and experiences of African American expatriates who chose to live in Paris. Since World War I, a tightly knit community of black American writers, artists, musicians and political exiles found in Paris the creative and personal freedom denied to them back home. Many of them are well-known: Richard Wright, James read more…
January 10, 2019
MA in Global Security Studies student Colby Connelly published an article in the RealClear Defense, titled Options for the U.S. Middle East Strategic Alliance. From the article: Since the inception of the Carter Doctrine, which firmly delineates American national security interests in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. has developed extensive political, security, and economic ties with read more…
January 8, 2019
MA in Government adjunct faculty Michael Siegel had published op-ed in the Baltimore Sun, titled Here’s how to end the shutdown: change negotiating strategies. From the article: When we can orient our approach to negotiation around interests instead of positions, we can increase the creativity of settlements, which is more likely to satisfy the needs read more…
January 3, 2019
Dr. Jennifer Bachner, director of the MS in Government Analytics program, has published a new research methods case study with SAGE, titled Studying Public Opinion Using Survey Experiments. The case study is based on research with Dr. Benjamin Ginsberg that examines how political leaders frame both history and the future to influence the public and advance their read more…
December 23, 2018
We wish you all a happy holiday season and hope you enjoy your well-deserved break! View December 2018 AAP Student Newsletter AAP will be closed December 24th and 25th and December 31 and January 1st. Aside from those days, we will be open during the break so feel free to stop in with questions for read more…
December 20, 2018
Paul Weinstein, Director of the MA in Public Management program, was quoted in the article, Mount Mercy University offers three-year Bachelor degree track. According to an analysis conducted by Paul Weinstein, in May, around 30 colleges across the U.S. had three-year programs. “The take-up rate to these programs is relatively small,” said Weinstein. “That’s because it only read more…
December 19, 2018
On December the 17th, 2018, both Government and Environmental Sciences and Policy students enjoyed lectures by Miguel Fraga, First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy, and Jim Bialich from Engage Cuba. Both of these speakers were incredibly informative on cultural, policy, governance and environmental issues surrounding U.S. and Cuba relations.
December 17, 2018
See the PDF of our Course Catalog for the Spring 2019 semester. Register now! Spring 2019 Highlights Include: Perspectives: Multi-Speaker Lecture Series (Click here) ◦ New Orleans: The Place to Go and Why! (Click here) ◦ Mini Law School with Mark Croatti – Coordinator (Click here) ◦ Bay of Life – The Chesapeake with Steven read more…
December 14, 2018
You may be interested to read the new article in Foreign Affairs — the flagship journal of the foreign affairs establishment — written by our Dr. John Gans. Dr. John Gans, as you may know, teaches “Introduction to Global Security Studies” and also “Politics and Process of American Foreign Policy” for us. His article looks at read more…
