September 8, 2005
Clark University Professor earns top honors from Northeastern Political Science Association
WORCESTER, MA- Clark University political scientist Paul Posner received the Northeastern Political Science Association’s (NPSA) Pi Sigma Alpha Best Faculty Paper Award for a paper he presented at the NPSA’s 2004 conference, held in November 2004 in Boston. Posner will accept the award at the 2005 NPSA conference in Philadelphia in November.
Professor Posner’s winning paper is titled “Development and Collective Action under Neoliberal Democracy: Argentina, Brazil and Chile in Comparative Perspective.”
At every NPSA conference, each panel chair may nominate a paper for consideration for either a faculty or graduate student award. The nominated papers are reviewed by an Award Committee of faculty who look for a well-written paper that addresses new theoretical grounds or makes an important theoretical contribution to the discipline and is relevant to the political process.
Professor Posner teaches courses in comparative politics, democratic theory, Latin-American politics, environmental politics and inter-American relations. His current research focuses on democratization and political participation in developing regions, particularly Latin America. He is also interested in the impact of economic globalization and related state reforms on social organization and collective action in both developing and developed countries, and in comparative environmental policy and democratization in developing countries. Posner is currently writing a book titled “Popular Participation in Chile’s New Democracy.”
Professor Posner joined the Clark faculty in 2003 as assistant professor of government. He was previously assistant professor of political science at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. He received a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, an M.A. in Political Science and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He is a member of the American Political Science Associations (APSA) and Latin American Studies Association (LASA).
Professor Posner currently resides in Worcester.
Clark University is a private, co-educational liberal-arts research university with 2,000 undergraduate and 600 graduate students. Since its founding in 1887 as the first all-graduate school in New England, Clark has challenged convention with innovative programs such as the International Studies Stream, the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the five-year BA/MA programs with the fifth year tuition-free for eligible students.
Angela M. Bazydlo
Associate Director of Media Relations
Clark University
Worcester, Mass.
phone: 508-793-7635
www.clarku.edu
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