Global affairs expert to speak at WVU April 24

Morgantown, WV, April 20, 2006: The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Political Science at West Virginia University will welcome Professor Margaret G. Hermann to campus on Monday, April 24 as part of the Carl M. Frasure Lectureship series.

Hermann, a prominent professor of international affairs, will present “Knowing One’s Adversaries: Leaders and Leadership in Global Perspective” on Monday, April 24 at 4 p.m. in the Mountainlair’s Gluck Theatre. This lecture is free and open to the public. She will also speak to Political Science Professor Joe Hagan’s Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis class as part of her visit to campus.

Hermann serves as the Cramer Professor of Global Affairs in the Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and as director of the Moynihan Institute for Global Affairs. She is a leading scholar in the area of political psychology and foreign affairs. Hermann’s work also focuses on how the fields of political science and international studies can contribute to the policy worlds of diplomacy and intelligence analysis. She has worked to develop techniques for assessing the leadership styles of heads of government and has such data on over 150 leaders. She has been president of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) and the International Studies Association (ISA) as well as editor of the journal Political Psychology. At present, she is the editor of the International Studies Review, a journal of the ISA, and Advances in Political Psychology, an annual sponsored by ISPP. She is the author of four books and numerous journal articles.

The Carl M. Frasure Lectureship series was established by department alumna Jean Clonch Clark (B.A., '67, M.Ed., '74) and university alumnus Dr. Thomas Clark, of Morgantown. This lectureship honors Dr. Carl M. Frasure, former Chair of the Department of Political Science, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and long-time teacher of international relations. This biennial lecture features nationally prominent political scientists and specialists in public affairs.

For more information, please contact Dr. Joe Hagan, Department of Political Science Chair and Director of the International Studies Program, at 304-293-3811 or at jhagan@wvu.edu.

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