Two Clark political science professors are Fulbright Scholars

Two professors in the Political Science Department at Clark University will spend time abroad beginning in the fall of this academic year, each to conduct research and teach courses as Fulbright Scholars, a program of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Professor Mark C. Miller will hold the Bicentennial Fulbright Distinguished Chair in the North American Studies Department at the University of Helsinki in Finland for the 2014-15 academic year. He will teach courses such as Introduction to American and Canadian Legal Systems, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the U.S., A Comparison of the U.S. and Canadian Supreme Courts, and Introduction to American Government and Politics. His research project will be examining how the Finnish courts and judges have adapted to Finland’s membership in the European Union.

Associate Professor Michael Butler’s Fulbright Scholar grant will support a combined teaching and research appointment at the Institute for International Studies, University of Wroclaw (Breslau), Poland from September 2014 to February 2015. He will teach undergraduate and graduate seminars on International Security and U.S. Foreign Policy, while continuing work on his forthcoming book examining the problems of, and prospects for, military intervention in humanitarian crisis. Professor Butler will also provide support to the Institute regarding the development of a security studies program and curriculum.

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