Dennis Gordon
Position: Professor and Chair
Office: Arts & Sciences 235
Phone: 408-554-4138
E-mail: dgordon@scu.edu
Spring Quarter Office Hours: M 1:30 - 3:00 T 1:00 - 2:30
Education: Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1979
Curriculum Vita: Dennis R. Gordon (updated 9/2011)
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, development, 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 political impact of international education programs and 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 Academic Advisory Board of the Foundation for International Education, the National Advisory Board for Arcadia University's College of Global Engagement, and the Forum on Education Abroad's Committee on Ethical 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
- Global Environmental Politics
- The Politics of Central America and the Caribbean
- The Politics of South America
- Seminar in International Relations: The Inter-American Relations
- Politics in Less Developed Nations: Environmental Public Policy in Trinidad & Tobago
- Comparative Foreign Policy: The Atlantic Alliance
Recent publications
2007"The Promises and Perils of Ecotourism in Trinidad and Tobago," Caribbean Tourism: More than Sun, Sand, and Sea, Chandana Jayawardena, editor. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, pp. 38-55.
2005"Caribbean Region," Governments of the World, James Noice, Editor. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA.
