Jeffrey Roberg
教授essor Jeffrey Roberg’s research and teaching previously focused primarily on the former Soviet Union and its successor states, exploring issues of human rights, 核扩散, the safety of civilian and military nuclear programs in the United States and the former Soviet Union, and the relationship of the Soviet scientific community and political elites. In addition to his book, Soviet Science Under Control: The Struggle for Influence, he has published several articles on the role of Soviet technology and its impact on the Soviet people as well as an article on Russian human rights.
Over the course of the last decade he has expanded his human rights and environmental politics research to include Latin America with particular emphasis on Argentina, 智利, 古巴, 厄瓜多尔, 和秘鲁. 教授. Roberg’s most recent publication is a co-edited book with 教授essor Penny Seymoure titled, Tourism in Northeastern Argentina: The Intersection of Human and Indigenous Rights With the Environment (2011).
Some of his other publications are: “The Importance of International Treaties: Is Ratification Necessary?” in the Spring 2007 edition of 世界事务; “古巴: Ideological Success or Ideological Failure?” co-authored with Alyson Kuttruff ’06, published in the August 2007 edition of 人权 Quarterly; and “Derechos individuales vs. derechos ambientales: ¿hay un balance? El turismo en Puerto Iguazú, Argentina,” in 周日) (伊瓜苏 Conservación y desarrollo en la Selva Paranaense de Argentina, edited by Bruno Carpinetti, Mirta Garciarena, and Marcelo Almirón, in 2009.
In addition to teaching courses such as Introduction to International Relations, 国际安全, 核扩散, 人权, Introduction to Comparative Politics, 拉美政治 and Russian and East European Politics, he has also led eco- and ethno-tourism study abroad courses to Argentina, 巴西, 厄瓜多尔 and the Galapagos Islands 和秘鲁, as well as a political transition course to Russia, 拉脱维亚, Lithuania and 爱沙尼亚 and to 古巴 four times.
He joined the Carthage faculty in 1997 and is a professor of political science.
- Ph.D. — 政治科学, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 1996
- A.M. — 政治科学, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 1991
- B.A. — 政治科学, University of California, Los Angeles, 1988
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- 人权
- 拉美政治
- Government and Politics of the Soviet Union and its Successor States
- East European Politics/West European Politics
- Comparative Transitions: Authoritarianism and Democracy
- 亚洲政治
- Introduction to International Relations
- 国际安全/International Organizations
- 核扩散
- Environmental Politics/Eco-Tourism
- Europe in Transition: Integration vs. 碎片
- Introduction to American Politics
- Campaigns and Elections
- Introduction to Politics
- 高级研讨会
- Winners and Losers of the Transition to Democracy and Capitalism: Russia, 爱沙尼亚, 拉脱维亚和立陶宛
- Life and Politics: Surviving Socialism and the US Embargo in 古巴 (Team-Taught)
- Eco- and Ethno-Tourism in Argentina and 巴西: Preserving Cultures and Environments (Team-Taught)
- Environmental Geography and Politics of the Galápagos Islands (Team-Taught)
- Eco- and Ethno-Tourism in Peru: Preserving Cultures and Environments (Team-Taught)
- Tourism and Glaciers: Melting 教授its in Patagonia, Argentina (Team-Taught)
Jeffrey Roberg’s research and teaching previously focused primarily on the former Soviet Union and its successor states, exploring issues of human rights, 核扩散 and the relationship of the Soviet scientific community and political elites. More recently he has expanded his human rights and environmental politics research and teaching interests to include work on Latin America.
He has published articles related to the former Soviet Union, Russia and Latin America, including the countries of 古巴 and Argentina. In addition to his book, Soviet Science Under Control: The Struggle for Influence, published in 1998 by Macmillan Press, 教授essor Roberg is co-authoring a new book with 教授essor Penny Seymoure titled Tourism in Northeastern Argentina: The Intersection of Human and Indigenous Rights With the Environment, was published in 2011 by Lexington Books.
His research interests include:
- Human and Environmental Rights
- Environmental Politics and Eco-Tourism
- 拉美政治
- Science Policy Issues (including Government/Scientific Elite Relations, Scientific “Brain Drain”, 核扩散, the 安全 of Civilian and Military Nuclear Programs in the United States and the former Soviet Union, 政治, 经济, and Social Changes in the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union).