Penn State Department of Political Science


Faculty: Emeritus

Chang, Parris (tippess@ms14.hinet.net) - Ph.D.,Columbia University, 1969. Professor Emeritus of Political Science and ranking member of the Legislative Yuan in his native Taiwan. Professor Chang retired from Penn State in 1997, having joined the Department in 1970. A former Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at Penn State, he is the author of several books on Chinese politics ... (Read More)

Eisenstein, James (j3e@psu.edu) - Ph.D., Yale University, 1968. Professor of Political Science. Specializes in American politics and the American legal process. Came to Penn State in 1972 from University of Michigan... (Read More)

Friedman, Robert (rsf3@psu.edu) - Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1953; Professor Emeritus of Political Science. Professor Friedman, a former Head of the Political Science Department, taught at Penn State from 1968 until his retirement in 1994, after previous positions at the University of Maryland, Louisiana State, and the University of Michigan. His research focused on the politic... (Read More)

Harkavy, Robert (reh2@psu.edu) - Ph.D., Yale University, 1973; Professor of Political Science. Specializes in international politics, U.S. foreign policy, strategic studies, and... (Read More)

Keynes, Edward (exk1@psu.edu) - Ph.D., The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1967. Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Honorarprofessor at the Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany. Professor Keynes retired from Penn State in 2002 after a distinguished career of teaching and publishing in the areas of constitutional law, jurisprudence, and the judicial process. He ... (Read More)

Kochanek, Stanley - Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1963; Professor of Political Science. Specializes in comparative politics, international relations, and South Asian political systems with an emphasis on political parties and interest groups. Came to Penn State in 1963 from University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, and retired in June 2001 after 38 years of ... (Read More)

LaPorte, Robert (rql@psu.edu) - Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1967; Professor of Public Administration and Political Science. Specializes in international development administration and comparative public administration, with an emphasis in South Asia. Came to Penn State in 1966 from Syracuse University... (Read More)

O'Connor, Robert (o80@psu.edu) - Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1971; Emeritus Professor of Political Science. Specializes in American politics, environment and energy policy, and risk communications. Came to Penn State in 1971 from University of North Carolina. Currently the Director of the Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program at the National Science... (Read More)


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