Penn State Department of Political Science: Faculty Bios

Gretchen Casper, Associate Professor
	Contact Information: 315 Pond Lab University Park, PA 16802-6200 Office phone: 865-8748 gcasper@psu.edu Links: Professional Website Office Hours: Please click here for this semester's office hours.

Brief Biography
Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1993. Her primary research interests are in democratization and elite behavior from a cross-national perspective as well as the politics of developing nations and new democracies. Her work appeared in Political Analysis and she has published two books Negotiating Democracy (with Michelle M. Taylor), and, Fragile Democracies: The Legacies of Authoritarian Rule. She came to Penn State in 1998 from Caltech and from Texas A&M.

Brief Biography

Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1993. Her primary research interests are in democratization and elite behavior from a cross-national perspective as well as the politics of developing nations and new democracies. Her work appeared in Political Analysis and she has published two books Negotiating Democracy (with Michelle M. Taylor), and, Fragile Democracies: The Legacies of Authoritarian Rule. She came to Penn State in 1998 from Caltech and from Texas A&M.