Hire a UNC Political Science Ph.D.

Our graduate students represent an extraordinary pool of talent and scholarly accomplishment. This year, we are proud to draw your attention to several Ph.D. candidates seeking academic appointments. We invite you to contact them directly regarding their credentials and areas of expertise. If you would like more information about Ph.D. job placement, please contact Chris Reynolds at ckreynolds@unc.edu

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Dr. Susan Glover (Ph.D. recieved August 2005) is a doctoral candidate with concentrations in Comparative Politics and Political Theory. Her work focuses primarily on politics of the developing world. Susan's dissertation, Diminishing Democracy? The Politics of Ethnic Accommodation in Namibia, examines the relationship between the state and minorities during democratic consolidation. She argues that without ethnic accommodation in an ethnically-stratified state, the nation-building project acts to further alienate whole segments of the population, jeopardizing consolidation and potentially feeding ethnic conflict. Susan has published a review in New Political Science and two pieces in The South African Journal of International Affairs . In addition to providing research and teaching support for projects such as the Burch Field Seminar on Race and Democracy in Cape Town, South Africa, Susan has taught three semesters of Contemporary African Politics and one course on Political Development and Change in the Developing World. Susan's research interests include constitutional engineering during democratic consolidation, the politics of land in Africa, with special emphasis on Southern Africa, democratic lessons and ongoing results from the Third Wave, and the effects of globalization on politically-fragile states. Susan is interested in teaching general and special topics courses in Comparative Politics, including democratic change, ethnicity as politics, development theory, African politics, and theories of the state and society. She is looking for a tenure-track position at a university which values research and publication, and encourages a strong commitment to excellence in teaching. Susan's CV and other materials can be found at her webpage: www.unc.edu/~sglover.