Linda J. Beck
Assistant Professor
At Barnard July 1996-June 2006
| Address: |
University of Maine-Farmington, Department of Social Sciences
270 Main Street, Farmington, ME 04938-1720
Tel: 207-778-7341; fax: 207-778-7418; e-mail:
linda.beck@maine.edu
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Research
Interests: |
Comparative politics
Nationalism, ethnicity, and cultural pluralism
Religion and politics, especially Islam
African politics
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| Other: |
Acting Director, Institute of African Studies, Columbia University, July 2004-June 2006 |
Courses:
visit also Professor Beck's Class Site!
| POLS V 1501 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics |
| POLS BC 3119 |
Colloquium on Islam and Politics
Limited enrollment - submit your completed application to the Department Office. |
| POLS BC 3761-2 |
Senior Research Seminar in Comparative Politics
Limited enrollment - submit your completed application to the Department Office. |
| POLS W 4496 |
Contemporary African Politics |
| AFRS BC 3004 |
Introduction to African Studies: Africa Past, Present and Future
Limited enrollment - obtain Professor Beck's approval.
This AFRS course can count as an elective course for the political science major. To obtain this credit, please see our Department Chair for her/ his signature on a completed course approval request form once you have completed this course. |
FSM BC 1537
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First-Year Seminar on the Politics of Identity |
Education:
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996, Political Science
M.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991, Political Science
Université de Paris-Sorbonne, 1988, French Language and Civilization
B.A. summa cum laude Skidmore College, 1985, Government
Curriculum vita: on-line [in PDF]
Honors and Awards:
- Gladys Brooks Award for excellence in teaching, Barnard College, 2000-01
- Barnard College Faculty Grant
- Nominated for the Gabriel Almond Prize for the outstanding dissertation in
comparative politics, American Political Science Association, 1997
- MacArthur Scholarship for The Third World's Relationship to International
Peace and Cooperation, 1991-92, 1994-95
- Social Science Research Council Doctoral Research Fellowship, 1992-94
- Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant, 1992-94
- Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship: Wolof and Arabic, 1989-90, 1990-91
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1985
Recent and Forthcoming Publications:
"Senegal's Enlarged Presidential Majority: `Deepening Democracy' or a Detour?" presented at a conference on African Renewal at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, March 1997. Chapter in State, Conflict and Democracy in Africa, edited by Richard Joseph (Boulder: Lynne Rienner Press, 1998)
"Patrimonial Democrats: Incremental Reform and the Obstacles to Consolidating Democracy in Senegal," The Canadian Journal of African Studies (Winter 1998). Presented at the American Political Science Association, September 1995.
"Senegalese Patronage Politics and Decentralization: The Origins of the Casamance Secessionist Movement," The MacArthur Working Paper Series (Madison: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997)
"Advancing Beyond Semi-Democracy: Political Accountability and Popular
Particiaption in Senegal," The Democratic Challenge in Africa (Atlanta: The
Carter Center of Emory University, 1994)
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