Directory
Faculty
Professor Emeritus
Jerry W. Calvert
Ph.D., Washington State University, 1972
Linda Young, Professor Emerita
B.A., Development Studies, University of California, Berkeley 1980
Agricultural policy, agricultural trade, international political economy, climate change and climate smart agriculture, development
Franke Wilmer,Professor Emerita
B.S., Shepherd College, 1981
M.S., University of Maryland, 1985
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1990
Dr. Wilmer specializes in international human rights, war and conflict, gender and
politics, and indigenous peoples.
Dr. Wilmer is a prolific author. Her most recent book Breaking Cycles of Violence in Israel and Palestine, Empathy and Peacemaking in the
Middle East, was published February 2021.
David Parker,Professor Emeritus
B.A. Indiana University, 1995
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 2004
Dr. Parker specializes in legislatures, political parties, and elections.
He is currently working on a book entitled, "The Seditionists: How the Assault on Congress Continued After January 6th", co-authored with Sean Theriault at the University of Texas-Austin.
He currently resides in Madison, WI where he is a lectureer at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsn-Madison.
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