Dennis Gordon
Position: Professor
Office: Arts & Sciences 235
Phone: 408-554-4138
E-mail: dgordon@scu.edu
Fall Quarter Office Hours: M 8:30-10:00 am, T 2-3:30 pm
Education: Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1979
Curriculum Vita: Dennis R. Gordon (updated 9/2009)
Dennis R. Gordon teaches courses in international relations, comparative politics (Caribbean and Latin America) and environmental politics. His past scholarship includes articles on conflict resolution,d evelopment, Caribbean politics, and he is the co-author of an award-winning textbook on U.S. politics. Gordon was honored with a Peace Studies Prize, awarded by the American Historical Association, for his article on the Falklands War (article available here). His current research focuses on the intersection of the sustainability, indigenous rights, and anti-imperialism movements in Central America and the Caribbean. Dr. Gordon serves on the Environmental Studies Institute's Steering Committee, the National Advisory Baord for Arcadia University's College of Global Engagement, and the Forum on Education Abroad's Committee on Ethica Practices. In 2005 he was honored with the IES Abroad Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in international education.
Courses
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Introduction to International Relations
- The Politics of Central America and the Caribbean
- International Organization
- U.S. Foreign Policy
- Seminar in International Relations: The Inter-American Relations
- Politics in Less Developed Nations: Environmental Public Policy in Trinidad & Tobago
- Westminister Model in Comparative Perspective
Recent publications
"Jesuit International Education: Current Approaches and Challenges," Conversations, Spring 2003.
"The Caribbean Region," forthcoming in Governments of the World, Macmillian Reference, 2005
"Environmental Public Policy in Trinidad & Tobago," forthcoming in Caribbean Tourism, Ian Randle, 2005.
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