Susan Glover

Assistant Professor at American University School of Public Affairs

Schools

  • American University School of Public Affairs

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Biography

American University School of Public Affairs

Degrees

Ph.D., Political Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A., Political Science McGill University
B.S., Political Science and History University of Wisconsin at Madison

Languages Spoken

French and Afrikaans

Favorite Spot on Campus

The little coffee shop in Hurst

Book Currently Reading

There are too many to list!

Bio

Professor Glover teaches and does research in the field of comparative politics, with a concentration on Africa. Her past work has focused on democratic transition and consolidation in multi-ethnic states. She has lived and worked in southern Africa, has consulted with NGOs such as the National Society for Human Rights in Namibia. Recently, she has turned her research interests towards the politics of land redistribution and privatization in neopatrimonial, quasi-democratic states, with the goal of understanding the continuing issues of scarcity and corruption.

Teaching

Spring 2018

GOVT-231 Politics in Developing World

GOVT-335 Democratization: Theory/Pract

GOVT-337 Authoritarianism in Modern Era

Summer 2018

GOVT-130 Comparative Politics

GOVT-235 Political Conflict

Fall 2018

GOVT-231 Politics in Developing World

GOVT-235 Political Conflict

GOVT-335 Democratization: Theory/Pract

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