Thomas Davis, Ph,D | Faculty

Degrees:

• Ph.D., Political Science, 1997, Kent State University

• M.A., Political Science, 1993, Kent State University

• B.S., Political Science: Public Policy Management, 1990, University of Akron

Courses Taught:

• PO 101 - Introduction to Political Science

• PO 110 - American National Government

• PO 201 - Introduction to Political Ideologies

• PO 205 - State and Local Government

• PO 210 - U.S. Foreign Policy

• PO 212 - Comparative Politics

• PO 214 - International Relations

• PO 250/350/450 - Internship in Political Science

• PO 310 - European Politics

• PO 311 - Landmark Cases in Mental Health and the Law

• PO 331 - Judicial Process

• PO 490 - Senior Seminar

• PR 111 - Issues in Western Culture

• SO 112 - Social Issues

• HU 120 - Travels Through Time and Space

Research/Creative Activity Interests:

• Primary focuses: I specialize in comparative politics and international relations, specifically ethnicity and nationalism, politics in Ireland and Northern Ireland, and European politics.

Awards/Professional Memberships:

• American Political Science Association

• International Society of Political Psychology

• International Studies Association

Publications:

• Davis, T. (2003). The Irish and their nation: A survey of recent attitudes. Global Review of Ethnopolitics, 2(3), 17-36.

• Davis, T. (1999). Revisiting group attachment: Ethnic and national identity. Political Psychology, 20(1), 25-47.

• Davis, T. (1997). Patterns of identity: Basques and the Basque nation. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 3(1), 61-88.

• Davis, T., & Abdulla, L. (1997). Discourses in the desert: Iraq, the West, and the Persian Gulf War. Southeastern Political Review, 25(1), 85-109.

• Davis, T. (2007). "Nation and nationalism in the Republic of Ireland.” In A.M. Suszycki & I.P. Karolewski (Eds.),Nation and Nationalism: Political and Historical Studies (101-119).

• Davis, T. (1998). "The Iberian Peninsula and Greece: Retreat from the radical right?” In H. Betz & S. Immerfall (Eds.), The New Politics of the Right: Neo-Populist Parties and Movements in Established Democracies (157-172). New York: St. Martin’s Press.

• Davis, T. (2001). The democratic experience in Eastern Germany: A review essay on post-unification political development. Governance, 14(4), 529-536.

• Davis, T. (1998). Review of Gregory M. Scott, "Political science: Foundations for a fifth millennium.” Oklahoma Politics, 7, 103-105.

Career Accomplishments:

• I have presented papers at a number of conferences including the International Society of Political Psychology, the Southwestern Political Science Association, the Midwest Political Science Association and the Association of Third World Studies.