Associate Professor of Political Science
and International Studies
Email: cleahy@mcdaniel.edu
Phone: 410-857-2414
Office: Hill Hall 317
Research and Teaching Interests: Comparative Politics of Western Europe, Developing Nations and Communist Nations, Methodology of Comparative Politics and Conflict Resolution, International Human Rights.
Education: B.A., The American University; M.A., Ph.D., Georgetown University.
Courses Taught:
- Introduction to Political Science
- Comparative Politics: Western Europe
- Politics of the Developing Areas: Case studies in Latin America and Africa
- Communist and Post-Communist Political Systems: China and the Former Soviet Union (now CIS)
- Conflict Resolution, Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in the Post Cold War World
- Comparative Regimes Ideologies and Movements
- Comparative Political Parties (Western Europe)
- Senior Seminar on Contemporary Political Problems: (International Human Rights Law and Foreign Policy)
- World Politics
- Honors Seminar on Imperialism and Culture
- Honors Section of Politics of the Developing Areas
- Honors Section of Comparative Communist Systems
- Honors Seminar on Conflict Resolution, Peacemaking, and Peacekeeping in the Post-Cold War World
Other Positions:
- Chair of the Cross Cultural Studies Program
National Honor Societies & Honors:
- Pi Sigma Alpha
- Phi Gamma Mu
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Distinguished Teaching Award WMC 1994
- Recognized by the ASPA for Excellence in Teaching
Professional Associations:
- The International Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy, and Geneva, Switzerland
- Amnesty International USA, Country Expert on Lusophone, Africa, Board
- Member (3 terms), Chair of the International Committee, International Council Meeting U.S. Delegate
- National Endowment for the Humanities, East/West Center, The University of Hawaii
- The United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C.
- University of Virginia Human Rights and Globalization
- Carnegie Endowment for Ethics in International Affairs
- Monterey Institute for International Studies
Research and Publications:
- Chapter in Edited Volume “Teaching Conflict Resolution, Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in the Post Cold War World,” U. S. Institute of Peace, 1996
- Chair of the Task Force on the HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Amnesty International
- Policy Expert for Amnesty International on the use of force and on torture in the context of the “global war on terror”
- Norwegian Bar Association Lectures, paper on Human Rights, NGOs and the War in Iraq