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Chair

Richard Adelstein

Woodhouse/Sysco Professor of EconomicsShow Bio and Photo

Woodhouse/Sysco Professor of Economics
860-685-2366

Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 419
860-685-2366

Co-Chair, College of Social Studies

Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2366

radelstein@wesleyan.edu

BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MAT Harvard University
JD University of Pennsylvania
PHD University of Pennsylvania
MAA Wesleyan University

Fall 2012

ECON101 - 01
Introduction to Economics

Spring 2013

ECON225 - 01
Economic Analysis And The Law

Office Hours:
Wednesdays, 1pm-4pm & by appointment

Erik Grimmer-Solem

Associate Professor of HistoryShow Bio

Associate Professor of History
Public Affairs Center 414
860-685-2397

Director, Public Affairs Center
860-685-2397

Co-Chair, College of Social Studies
860-685-2397

egrimmer@wesleyan.edu

BA Brigham Young University
MSC London School Economic & Political Science
MPHIL Cambridge University
DPHIL Oxford University

Spring 2013

HIST268 - 01
Origins of Global Capitalism

HIST319 - 01
The Weimar Republic

http://condor.wesleyan.edu/egrimmer/

Office Hours:
ON LEAVE FALL 2012

Scholarly Keywords:
Modern German history, economic and social history, modern European history

Faculty

Stephen Angle

Professor of PhilosophyShow Bio and Photo

Professor of Philosophy
Russell House 216
860-685-3654

Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-3654

Professor, East Asian Studies
860-685-3654

sangle@wesleyan.edu

BA Yale University
PHD University of Michigan

Fall 2012

PHIL205 - 01
Classical Chinese Philosophy

PHIL322 - 01
Chinese Buddhist Philosophy

http://sangle.faculty.wesleyan.edu/

Office Hours:
Tuesday, 1pm - 3pm, and by appointment

My research interests revolve around various aspects of Chinese moral and political philosophy, including issues that arise when one thinks about the process of comparing Chinese ideas and traditions with the ideas and traditions of other cultures. I focus primarily on post-classical Chinese thought, up to and including the contemporary period. I have written on the development of Chinese human rights discourse, its various interactions with non-Chinese discourses, and on ways in which we in the West should relate to these Chinese ideas. My current research looks at relations between Confucian ideas and contemporary philosophical concerns in a different area: drawing on work I have done on the idea of "sagehood," I am exploring whether the neo-Confucian philosophical and religious tradition (roughly 1000 C.E. - present) has resources that can contribute constructively to a contemporary, globally-informed philosophy of moral psychology and moral education.

Scholarly Keywords:
Chinese Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, Human Rights, and Moral Psychology

Academic Associations:
American Philosophical Association
Association of Asian Studies
International Society for Chinese Philosophy
International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy

Publications:
http://sangle.faculty.wesleyan.edu/files/2011/09/cv.pdf

John Bonin

Chester D. Hubbard Professor of Economics and Social ScienceShow Bio and Photo

Chester D. Hubbard Professor of Economics and Social Science
Public Affairs Center 305
860-685-2353

Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 305
860-685-2353

Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2353

jbonin@wesleyan.edu

BA Boston College
MA University of Rochester
PHD University of Rochester

Fall 2012

ECON110 - 01
Intro to Economic Theory

ECON301 - 02
Microeconomic Analysis

Spring 2013

CSS320 - 01
Jr Tut: Economies in Transitio

CSS320 - 02
Jr Tut: Economies in Transitio

ECON263 - 01
China's Transformation

Office Hours:
Tuesday 2:40 - 4:00 p.m. & Wednesday 2:00 - 4:00 p.m

Sonali Chakravarti

Assistant Professor of GovernmentShow Bio and Photo

Assistant Professor of Government
Public Affairs Center 407
860-685-2388

Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2388

Faculty Fellow (Spring)

schakravarti@wesleyan.edu

BA Swarthmore College
MA Yale University
MPHIL Yale University
PHD Yale University

Office Hours:
Wednesday 2:40-4:30pm in CHUM 207

Tony Day

Visiting Faculty (Tutorial)Show Bio

Visiting Faculty (Tutorial)
Public Affairs Center 213

tday@wesleyan.edu

BA Harvard University
PHD Cornell University

Fall 2012

HIST103 - 01
Empire and Southeast Asia

HIST287 - 01
Modern Southeast Asia

Office Hours:
Fall 2012:

Marc Eisner

Henry Merritt Wriston Chair in Public PolicyShow Bio and Photo

Henry Merritt Wriston Chair in Public Policy
Public Affairs Center 317
860-685-2494

Professor, Environmental Studies
860-685-2494

Professor of Government
Public Affairs Center 317
860-685-2494

Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2494

meisner@wesleyan.edu

BA University of Wisconsin
MA Marquette University
PHD University of Wisconsin

Fall 2012

GOVT151 - 01
American Government & Politics

GOVT220 - 01
American Political Economy

Spring 2013

GOVT151 - 01
American Government & Politics

GOVT221 - 01
Environmental Policy

http://meisner.web.wesleyan.edu/profile/eisner.htm

Office Hours:
Tuesday 9-11 and Wednesday 1-2

Books include: Antitrust and the Triumph of Economics (University of North Carolina Press, 1991), Regulatory Politics in Transition (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993, 2nd ed., 2000), The State in the American Political Economy (Prentice-Hall, 1995), Contemporary Regulatory Policy (Lynne Rienner, 2000, 2nd. ed., 2006), From Warfare State to Welfare State (Penn State University Press, 2000), Governing the Environment (Lynne Rienner, 2007), and The American Political Economy (Routledge, 2011).

Scholarly Keywords:
American political economy and public policy with a focus on regulation, environmental policy and governance.

Academic Associations:
American Political Science Association

Richard Elphick

Professor of HistoryShow Bio and Photo

Professor of History
Public Affairs Center 134
860-685-2394

Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2394

relphick@wesleyan.edu

BA University of Toronto
MA University of California, Los Angeles
PHD Yale University

Fall 2012

CSS240 - 01
Soph Tut: Emerg. Mod. Europe

HIST230 - 01
History of Southern Africa

Spring 2013

CSS240 - 01
Soph Tut: Emerg. Mod. Europe

CSS240 - 02
Soph Tut: Emerg. Mod. Europe

Office Hours:
Fall 2012: 

Brian Fay

William Griffin Professor of PhilosophyShow Bio and Photo

William Griffin Professor of Philosophy
Russell House 201
860-685-3648

Professor of Philosophy
Russell House 201
860-685-3648

Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-3648

Editor, History and Theory
860-685-3648

bfay@wesleyan.edu

BA Loyola Marymount University
MA Oxford University
DPHIL Oxford University
MAA Wesleyan University

Spring 2013

CSS371 - 01
Jr Col:Soc. & Political Theory

PHIL220 - 01
Plato, Sartre & Camus, Dewey

Office Hours:
By Appointment

My research concentrates on questions about the nature of social inquiry and its relation to politics and ethics.

Scholarly Keywords:
Philosophy and Social Inquiry; Philosophy of History

Giulio Gallarotti

Professor of GovernmentShow Bio and Photo

Professor of Government
Public Affairs Center 309
860-685-2496

Affiliated Faculty in Environmental Studies Program
Public Affairs Center 309
860-685-2496

Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2496

ggallarotti@wesleyan.edu

BA Hunter College
PHD Columbia University

Fall 2012

GOVT155 - 01
International Politics

GOVT155 - 02
International Politics

GOVT329 - 01
Int'l Political Economy

Spring 2013

CSS330 - 01
Jr. Tut: Intl. Econ. Relations

CSS330 - 02
Jr. Tut: Intl. Econ. Relations

GOVT333 - 01
International Organization

http://ggallarotti.faculty.wesleyan.edu/

Office Hours:
Monday, Wednesday 10:00-11:00 am

Joyce Jacobsen

Andrews Professor of EconomicsShow Bio and Photo

Andrews Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 332
860-685-2357

Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 332
860-685-2357

Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2357

jjacobsen@wesleyan.edu

BA Radcliffe College
MSC London School Economic & Political Science
PHD Stanford University

http://jjacobsen.web.wesleyan.edu/

Office Hours:
whenever door is open and by appointment

James McGuire

Professor of GovernmentShow Bio and Photo

Professor of Government
Public Affairs Center 219
860-685-2487

Chair, Government
860-685-2487

Professor, Latin American Studies
860-685-2487

Tutor, College of Social Studies

jmcguire@wesleyan.edu

BA Swarthmore College
MA University of California, Berkeley
PHD University of California, Berkeley

Fall 2012

GOVT302 - 01
Latin American Politics

Spring 2013

GOVT383 - 01
East Asian & Latin Amer Devel.

http://jmcguire.faculty.wesleyan.edu/

Office Hours:
Spring 2012: Tues. & Weds., 2:00-3:30 PM, Public Affairs Center 219.

James McGuire specializes in comparative politics with a regional focus on Latin America and East Asia and a topical focus on democracy and public health. McGuire is the author of Peronism without Persn (Stanford, 1997) and of articles and chapters on Argentine politics and labor unions; Latin American social policies; transitions from authoritarianism; and economic growth, income inequality, and mortality decline, particularly in East Asia and Latin America. His recent book Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America (Cambridge, 2010) explores why some countries do better than others at raising life expectancy and reducing infant mortality. It was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2010 and won the Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research (2011).

Scholarly Keywords:
Latin America, East and Southeast Asia, mortality decline, political economy, social (especially health) policy, labor unions, political parties, democracy and democratization

Publications:
http://jmcguire.faculty.wesleyan.edu/welcome/research-2/

Cecilia Miller

Associate Professor of HistoryShow Bio and Photo

Associate Professor of History
Public Affairs Center 405
860-685-2387

Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2387

cmiller@wesleyan.edu

BA LeTourneau College
MPHIL University of St Andrews
DPHIL Oxford University

Fall 2012

HIST216 - 01
European Intellectual History

HIST294 - 01
Political Fiction

HIST294 - 02
Political Fiction

Spring 2013

HIST141 - 01
Theories and Models

HIST215 - 01
European Intellectual History

http://cmiller.faculty.wesleyan.edu

Office Hours:
Fall 2012:

Scholarly Keywords:
European Intellectual History See: http://www.europeanintellectualhistory.org

Miller has given many talks from her current book manuscript on Enlightenment and Political Fiction. These talks include "Renzo, the Failed Revolutionary, in Alessandro Manzoni's I promessi sposi," for Yale University's Department of Italian on October 12, 2006; "Candide in European Intellectual History: Uniforms, Monkeys, and Ravenous Women," for the Columbia University Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Culture on November 16, 2006; "Don Quixote Reconsidered: Sancho Panza on Good Government and the Origins of the Market Economy," for New York University's Department of Economics Colloquium on Market Institutions and Processes on January 29, 2007; and "Matriarchy and Meritocracy in Gulliver's Travels: Plato's Republic as Swiftian Ur-Text," at the Harvard Humanities Seminar in 18th Century Studies at the Barker Humanities Center at Harvard University on April 4, 2008.

J. Donald Moon

Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Professor in the College of Social StudiesShow Bio and Photo

Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Professor in the College of Social Studies
Public Affairs Center 311
860-685-2495

Professor of Government
Public Affairs Center 311
860-685-2495

Tutor, College of Social Studies
Public Affairs Center 311
860-685-2495

Professor, Environmental Studies
860-685-2495

dmoon@wesleyan.edu

BA University of Minnesota Minneapolis
MA University of California, Berkeley
PHD University of Minnesota Minneapolis

Fall 2012

CSS271 - 01
Soph Col: Modern Social Theory

GOVT159 - 01
The Moral Basis of Politics

Spring 2013

GOVT338 - 01
Modern Political Theory

http://www.wesleyan.edu/gov/moon.html

Office Hours:
Spring, 2012, Tuesdays 2:30 to 4 and Thursdays 10:30 to 12 and by appointment. Contact me at dmoon@wesleyan.edu

Anne Peters

Assistant Professor of GovernmentShow Bio

Assistant Professor of Government
Public Affairs Center 207
860-685-3381

Tutor, College of Social Studies

apeters@wesleyan.edu

BA Gustavus Adolphus C
MA University of Virginia
PHD University of Virginia

http://apeters.faculty.wesleyan.edu

Office Hours:
Wednesdays, 10:00am-12:00 pm

Scholarly Keywords:
Comparative politics, state formation, foreign aid, Middle East politics

Academic Associations:
American Political Science Association, Middle East Studies Association, International Studies Association

Wendy Rayack

Associate Professor of EconomicsShow Bio

Associate Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 327
860-685-2358

Tutor, College of Social Studies
Public Affairs Center 327
860-685-2358

wrayack@wesleyan.edu

BA Oberlin College
MA University of Wisconsin
PHD University of Wisconsin

Fall 2012

CSS220 - 01
Soph Tut: Hist. Econ Thought

Spring 2013

CSS220 - 01
Soph Tut: Hist. Econ Thought

CSS220 - 02
Soph Tut: Hist. Econ Thought

Office Hours:
2pm to 3pm on Wednesdays and Fridays. To schedule a special appointment, please use the following email: wrayack@wesleyan.edu. For urgent matters, call x2358 or the economics department office at 2348 or 2349. Ms. Mascaro, in the economics department office will know how to reach me.

Peter Rutland

Colin and Nancy Campbell Professor in Global Issues and Democratic ThoughtShow Bio and Photo

Colin and Nancy Campbell Professor in Global Issues and Democratic Thought
860-685-2483

Professor of Government
Public Affairs Center 203
860-685-2483

Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2483

Professor, Russian and Eastern European Studies
860-685-2483

prutland@wesleyan.edu

BA Oxford University
DPHIL York University

Fall 2012

GOVT274 - 01
Russian Politics

GOVT278 - 01
Nationalism

Spring 2013

GOVT157 - 01
Democracy & Dictatorship

GOVT381 - 01
The Political Economy of Oil

http://prutland.web.wesleyan.edu/

Office Hours:
Tues Thurs 10.30-12.00

Ronald Schatz

Professor of HistoryShow Bio and Photo

Professor of History
Public Affairs Center 306
860-685-2384

Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2384

rschatz@wesleyan.edu

BA University of Wisconsin
MAT Harvard University
PHD University of Pittsburgh
MAA Wesleyan University

Fall 2012

HIST210 - 01
History of American Jewry

HIST342 - 01
Rise of Conservatism America

Spring 2013

HIST171 - 01
SS:Exploring Middletown's Hist

HIST266 - 01
American Labor History

Office Hours:
Fall 2012:

Nancy Schwartz

Professor of GovernmentShow Bio

Professor of Government
Public Affairs Center 310
860-685-2489

Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2489

nschwartz@wesleyan.edu

BA Oberlin College
PHD Yale University
MAA Wesleyan University

Fall 2012

GOVT337 - 01
Classical Political Theory

GOVT342 - 01
Forms of Freedom

Spring 2013

GOVT159 - 01
The Moral Basis of Politics

GOVT394 - 01
Political Thought of Israel

http://www.wesleyan.edu/gov/schwartz.html

Office Hours:
Spring 2012: I am on sabbatical.

Gilbert Skillman

Professor of EconomicsShow Bio and Photo

Professor of Economics
Public Affairs Center 325
860-685-2359

Chair, Economics
860-685-2359

Tutor, College of Social Studies
860-685-2359

gskillman@wesleyan.edu

BA University of Kentucky Lexington
MA University of Michigan
PHD University of Michigan

Fall 2012

CSS391 - 01
Sr Col: Political Economy

ECON302 - 02
Macroeconomic Analysis

ECON331 - 01
Open-Economy Macroeconomics

ECON371 - 01
International Trade

ECON380 - 01
Mathematical Economics

Office Hours:
Thursday 1:30pm-3pm & by appointment

Victoria Smolkin-Rothrock

Assistant Professor of HistoryShow Bio and Photo

Assistant Professor of History
Public Affairs Center
860-685-3293

Assistant Professor, Russian and Eastern European Studies
860-685-3293

Tutor, College of Social Studies

vsmolkin@wesleyan.edu

BA Sarah Lawrence College
PHD University of California, Berkeley

Fall 2012

HIST219 - 01
Russian & Soviet Hist 1881/Pre

HIST323 - 01
Religion and History

Spring 2013

CSS340 - 01
Jr Tut: Relig., Secularism &

CSS340 - 02
Jr Tut: Relig., Secularism &

HIST184 - 01
Communist Experience

Office Hours:
Fall 2012:

Sarah Wiliarty

Associate Professor of GovernmentShow Bio and Photo

Associate Professor of Government
Public Affairs Center 409
860-685-2996

Tutor, College of Social Studies
Public Affairs Center 409
860-685-2996

swiliarty@wesleyan.edu

BA Harvard University
MA University of California, Berkeley
PHD University of California, Berkeley

Fall 2012

GOVT157 - 01
Democracy & Dictatorship

GOVT385 - 01
Women and Politics

Spring 2013

GOVT284 - 01
Comp Politics of West Europe

GOVT285 - 01
Losers of WW II

http://swiliarty.faculty.wesleyan.edu

Office Hours:
For spring 2012: Monday 2-4pm

Associate Professor of Government Sarah Wiliarty specializes in West European politics. Her recent book investigates how Christian Democratic parties have had to reformulate their policies in response to changing demands from women. She has ongoing research projects on women in political parties, media coverage of female candidates, and nuclear energy policy in Western Europe.

Scholarly Keywords:
West European politics, political parties, women and politics