Claude E. Welch, Jr.,
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor
Department
of Political Science
520 Park Hall, State University of New York,
Telephone:
(716) 645-8434; fax (716) 645-2166
E-mail: cwelch@buffalo.edu
Home page:
http://wings.buffalo.edu/soc-sci/pol-sci/cwelch.htm
Major research interests:
On the broadest level, I am interested
in political transitions, particularly in developing countries, and most
notably in
My research for the past several
years, and continuing into the future, involves the effectiveness of human
rights non-governmental organizations. As key parts of civil society, NGOs have
become central to the promotion and protection of human rights. I document this
in several books, five already published (Human Rights and Development in Africa,
1984; Human Rights in Asia,
1990; Protecting Human Rights in Africa: Strategies and Roles of
Non-Governmental Organizations, 1995; NGOs and Human Rights: Promise and
Performance, 2001; and Economic and
Social Rights in Canada and the United States, 2006). Currently under
preparation is Protecting Human Rights
Globally: Strategies and Roles of International NGOs.
Degrees:
B.A.
(magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa),
D.
Phil. [Ph.D.],
Academic Positions ‑ Department of Political
Science, SUNY/Buffalo:
SUNY
Distinguished Service Professor, 1989-present
Professor,
1972‑89
Associate
Professor, 1968‑1972
Assistant
Professor, 1964‑1968
Academic
Director, Global
Publications:
Books:
(In
preparation) Protecting Human Rights
Globally: Roles and Strategies of International NGOs (single-authored study
that concentrates on the impact of NGOs such as Anti-Slavery, the World Council
of Churches, the International Dalit Solidarity Network and the Coalition for
an International Criminal Court on major on-going human rights issues, notably
contemporary forms of slavery, racism, discrimination based on descent, and
impunity from prosecution for major human rights abuses)
2006 Economic Rights in Canada and the
United States (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press) (book of
original essays, co-edited with Rhoda Howard-Hassmann, Canada Research Chair in
Global Studies and Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University) (Nominated to
the American Political Science Association by the University of Pennsylvania
Press as the best book in human rights published that year; named by the US
Human Rights Network as ‘one
of the “notable contributions” in the field of human rights scholarship by our
membership.’)
2001 NGOs
and Human Rights: Promise and Performance (
2001 Protecting
Human Rights in
1995 Protecting
Human Rights in Africa: Roles and Strategies of Non-Governmental Organizations
(
1990 Asian
Perspectives on Human Rights (with Virginia Leary) (
1987 No
Farewell to Arms? Military Disengagement from Politics in Africa and Latin
America (
1984 Human
Rights and Development in Africa (with Ronald I. Meltzer) (
1980 Anatomy
of Rebellion (
1978 Peasants
in Africa (with Alan K. Smith) (
1976 Civilian
Control of the Military: Theory and Cases from Developing Countries (
1974 Military
Role and Rule (with Arthur K. Smith) (
1972 Revolution
and Political Change (with Mavis Bunker Taintor) (
1970 Soldier
and State in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Military Intervention and
Political Change (
1967,
1971 (2nd ed.) Political Modernization:
1966 Dream
of Unity: Pan-Africanism and Political Unification in West Africa (
Book chapters:
2004 “Human Rights and Development in Africa: NGOs”, in
Paul Tiyame Zeleza and Phil
McConnaughay, editors, Human Rights: The Role of
Law and Development in Africa (
2003a “Nongovernmental Organizations and their Potential for Conflict
Reduction in Africa,” in Carolyn Pumphrey and
2003a “Human Rights Watch: American Liberal Values in the World
Arena,” in Teamsters and Turtles? U.S.
Progressive Political Movements in the 21st Century, edited by
John C. Berg (
2003b “Human Rights NGOs as the Motors of Change,” in Taj I. Hamad, Frederick A. Swarts and Anne R. Smart, eds., Culture of Responsibility and the Role of NGOs (St. Paul, MN: Paragon
House), pp. 93-100.
2001 “Introduction” (pp. 1-24), “Conclusion”
(pp. 261-80) and “Comparing major human rights NGOs: Amnesty International
and Human Rights Watch” (pp. 85-118), chapters in Claude E. Welch, Jr., ed., NGOs and Human Rights: Promise and Performance
(
2000 ”Ratifying and Implementing ICERD:
Weaknesses in State Reporting,” in Fons Coomans, Fred Grúnfeld, Ingrid Westendorp and Jan Willems, eds.,
Rendering Justice to the Vulnerable: Liber Amicorum in Honour of Theo
van Boven (
1999 “The African Charter and Freedom of
Expression in Africa,” in Sandra Coliver, Paul
Hoffman, Joan Fitzpatrick and Stephen Bowen, eds., Secrecy and
1998 “Human Rights in Mazruiana,”
in Omari H. Kokole, ed., The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A.
Mazrui (
1994a “The OAU and Human Rights: Regional
Promotion of Human Rights," in Yassin El-Ayouty, ed., The OAU
after Thirty Years (
1993 “Changing Civil-Military Relations,"
in Robert O. Slater, Barry M. Schutz and Steven R.
Dorr, eds., Global Transformation and the
Third World (
1991 "The Military and Social Integration
in
1990a "The Military Factor in West Africa:
Leadership and Regional Development," in Stephen Wright and Julius Okolo, eds., West
Africa: Regional Cooperation and Development (
1990b "É l Systems," in Anton Bebler and Jim Seroka, eds., Contemporary Political Systems:
Classifications and Typologies (
1990c "Force and Legitimacy in Africa,"
in Reuven Gal and Thomas C. Wyatt, eds., Legitimacy and Commitment in the Military
(
1990d "Human Rights in Francophone
Africa," in Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im and Francis M. Deng, eds., Human Rights in Africa: Cross-Cultural
Perspectives (
1988a "Obstacles to Disengagement and
Democratization: Military Regimes in
1988b "The University at
1988c "Yambo Oulouguem and His Times: Aspects of the Literature of
Violence," in Keith E. Baird and Jean-François Gounard,
eds., Commentaries on a Creative
Encounter (Albany: New York African-American Institute, 1988), pp. 47-51.
1987 "Military Regimes in Africa,"
in Zaki Ergas, ed., The
1986a "The Evolution of Military Forces in
Africa," in Bruce E. Arlinghaus and Pauline H.
Baker, eds., African Armies: Evolution
and Capabilities (
1986b "Military Disengagement from Politics:
Incentives and Obstacles in Political Change," in S.J. Baynham,
ed., Military Power and Politics in Black
Africa (
1986c "Instructional Development: An
Intensive, Interdisciplinary Approach Directed at New Faculty," in Improving University Teaching (
1984 "Emerging Patterns of Civil‑Military
Relations in Africa: Radical Coups d'État and Political Stability," in
Bruce E. Arlinghaus, ed., African Security Issues: Sovereignty, Stability and Solidarity (
1981 "What is Political Revolution?"
in Richard M. Fulton, ed., The Revolution
that Wasn't: A Contemporary Assessment of 1776 (
1978 "Civilian Control, Military
‘Professionalism,' and the Expert-Counterpart Relationship: Theory and Cases
from Africa," in Irving J. Spitzberg, Jr., ed., Expertise and the New International Order
(
1977a "Obstacles to Peasant Warfare in
Africa," in Smith and Welch, Peasants
in
1977b "Warrior, Rebel, Guerrilla, and Putschist: Four Aspects of Political Violence," in Ali
Mazrui, ed., The Warrior Tradition in
1976a "The Organization of African
Unity," in Helen Kitchen, ed., Africa:
From Mystery to Maze (
1976b "Civilian Control of the Military: Myth
and Reality," in Welch, Civilian Control,
pp. 1‑41.
1976c "Two Strategies of Civilian
Control," in Welch, Civilian Control,
pp. 313‑27.
1975 "The OAU and International
Recognition: Lessons from
1974a "Personalism and Corporatism in African
Armies," in Catherine Kelleher, ed., Political‑Military
Systems (
1974b "The African Military: Predatory
Militarists or Modernizing Patriots?" in Steffen W. Schmidt and Gerald A. Dorfman, eds., Soldiers
and Politics (
1971a "Cincinnatus in Africa: The Prospects
for Military Withdrawal from Politics," in Michael F. Lofchie,
ed., The State of the Nations:
Constraints on Development in Independent Africa (
1971b "The African Military and Political
Development," in Henry Bienen, ed., The Military and Modernization (
1969 "Federalism and Political Attitudes
in West Africa," in Kenneth Kirkwood, ed., African Affairs III (St. Antony's Papers,
1967 "The Challenge of Change:
Articles: (Refereed journals)
2009 “Defining Contemporary Forms of Slavery:
Updating a Venerable NGO,” Human Rights
Quarterly 31 (February 2009), 70-128.
2003a “Human Rights NGOs and the Rule
of Law in
2003b “Multinational Corporations and the Ethics
of Global Responsibility: Problems and Possibilities,” Human Rights
Quarterly 25, 4 (November 2003),
965-989 (with Mahmood Monshipouri and Evan T. Kennedy). To be reprinted
in David Kinley, ed., Human Rights and Corporations (Ashgate Publishing, date not yet
set).
2001a “The Search for International Human Rights
and Justice: Coming to Terms with the New Global Realities,” Human Rights
Quarterly 23, 2 (May), pp. 370-401 (with Mahmood Monshipouri).
2001b “Mobilizing
Morality: The World Council of Churches’ Program to Combat Racism,” Human
Rights Quarterly 23, 4 (November), pp. 863-910.
2001c “Taking
rights seriously: citizen action through NGOs,” Netherlands Quarterly of
Human Rights, 19, 2 (June 2001), pp. 119-122.
2000 “Human rights, environment and
the Ogoni: Strategies for non-governmental organizations,” Buffalo Environmental Law Journal 6, pp. 251-257.
1998 “The African Charter and Freedom of
Expression in
1995a "Civil-Military Agonies in
1995b “The Ogoni and Self-Determination: Increasing
Violence in
1994a
"15th Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples'
Rights,"
1994b “Education and Political Development: Africa
since
1993 "Human Rights and African Women: A
Comparison of Protection Under Two Major Treaties," Human Rights Quarterly 15, 3 (August), pp. 549-74.
1992a "The African Commission on Human
Rights: A Five-Year Report and Assessment," Human Rights Quarterly 14, 1 (February), pp. 43-61.
1992b "Military Disengagement from Politics:
Paradigms, Processes or Random Events?", Armed Forces & Society 18, 3 (May), pp. 323-42.
1991a "The Single Party Phenomenon in
1991b "The Organisation of African Unity and
the Promotion of Human Rights," Journal
of Modern African Studies 29, 4 (December), pp. 535-55.
1986 "Ethnic Factors in African
Armies," Ethnic and Racial Studies
(July), pp. 321‑34.
1985 "Civil‑Military Relations:
Perspectives from the
1984a "Symposium on Beyond Empire and Revolution," Studies in Comparative International Development 19, 2, pp. 59‑77
(with Irving Louis Horowitz and Augustus Richard Norton).
1984b "Military Rule, Rural Perspectives, and
Development Administration in
1984c "The Military and Political
Development: Reflections on a Score of Years, and Several Score of
Studies," Issue 13, pp. 41‑4.
1983 "Military Disengagement from
Politics: Lessons from
1981 "The OAU and Human Rights: Towards a
New Definition," Journal of Modern
African Studies 19, 3 (September), pp. 401‑20.
1978a "Civil‑Military Relations in
Commonwealth States: The Transfer and Transformation of British Models," Journal of Developing Areas, 12, 2
(January), pp. 153‑70.
1978b "Long-Term Consequences of Military
Rule: Breakdown and Extrication," Journal
of Strategic Studies I, 2 (September), pp. 139‑51.
1978c "Military Intervention in
1978c "The Right of Association in
1977a "Peasants as a Focus in African
Studies, African Studies Review 20, 3
(December), pp. 1‑5. (see above, books).
1977b "Obstacles to Peasant Warfare in
1977c "Warrior, Rebel, Guerrilla, and Putschist: Four Aspects of Political Violence," Journal of Asian and African Studies, 12
(January-April), pp. 81‑98. Also published in book form in The Warrior Tradition in Africa (see
above, books).
1975a "Ideological Foundations of Revolution
in Kwilu," African
Studies Review 18, 2 (September), pp. 116‑28.
1975b "Continuity and Discontinuity in
African Military Organization," Journal
of Modern African Studies 12, 2 (July), pp. 224‑45.
1975c "Les coups d'état
militaires en Afrique,"
L'Afrique et l'Asie modernes, No. 106, pp. 29‑40. (Written originally in French)
1974 "The Dilemma of Military Withdrawal
from Politics: Some Considerations from Tropical
1969 "Return to Civilian Rule in
1968a "Soldier and State in
Numerous
book reviews and other short articles in American
Political Science Review, Choice, Journal of Developing Areas,
Anti-Slavery International, Human
Rights Watch, the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices that Affect
the Health of Women and Children, and the World Council of Churches, in David
Forsythe, ed., Encyclopedia of Human
Rights (
“The
"Amnesty
International," "Genocide" and "Human Rights," Encyclopedia Americana 1994 edition,
respectively Vol. 1, p. 751, Vol. 12, p. 424, and Vol. 14, pp. 552C‑552H.
"Civil-Military
Relations," "Coup d'État," and "Political Control of Armed
Forces," International Military and
Defense Encyclopedia (New York: Brassey/Macmillan,
1993), respectively pp. 507-511, 664-667, and 2166-2169.
"Coup
d'État," The
Articles: (non‑refereed journals or other
publications)
2008 “The Universal Declaration of Human
Rights,”
2000 “Roma Human Rights Spotlighted in
1996 “The Martyrdom of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the
Future of Ogoni Self-Determination,”
1993 "Laissez-Faire Follies," Society, 30, 4 (May-June 1993), pp. 4-11
(with Blake Strack). (This and four other articles in
the same issue were originally presented at a conference I helped organize on
the politics and economics of conversion of military expenditures.)
1992 "Breaking New Ground,"
1991a "Promoting Human Rights,"
1991b "International Human Rights: A Guide to
Collection Development," Choice
28, 5 (January 1991), pp. 741-747.
1988a "Making Progress in Human Rights,"
West
1988b "The University at
1988c "Yambo Oulouguem and His Times: Aspects of the Literature of
Violence," in Keith E. Baird and Jean-François Gounard,
eds., Commentaries on a Creative
Encounter (Albany: New York African-American Institute, 1988), pp. 47-51.
1986a "Instructional Development: An
Intensive, Interdisciplinary Approach Directed at New Faculty," in Improving University Teaching (
1986b "Civil‑Military Relations," Scan (Association of American Colleges),
I, 4, pp. 5‑6.
1985 "Faculty Development Should Begin at
the Beginning," SUNY News 14
(April), pp. F1, F4.
1984 "The Military and Political
Development: Reflections on a Score of Years, and Several Score of
Studies," Issue 13, pp. 41‑4.
1982 "International Human Rights:
Dilemmas of
1978 "Military Intervention in
1974 "Whither the Study of the Military
in Politics," International Studies
Notes, I, pp. 6‑7.
1972 "Praetorianism in Commonwealth
1971 "Revolutionary Tendencies in African
Armies,"
1970 "Military Intervention in Tropical
1968b "Africa's New Rulers,"
1968c "
1966 "Shifting Authority in
1965 "The
1964a "
1964b "Is ‘
1963a "Constitutional Confusion in
1963b "Prospects for ‘Senegambia,'"
Monographs
and Consultant's Reports:
1998 “Civil-Military Relations: USAID’s Role”
(with Johanna Mendelson); published by G/DG section
of USAID, copies sent to all missions around the world. (For summary, see Democracy Report, Vol. 4, No. 22, July
1998, published by the Center for Democracy and Governance, USAID (http://www.usaid.gov/G/DG/.)
1991 "The Impact of Democratization on
Civil-Military Relations," Sun Yat-sen Institute of Social Science and
Philosophy, Academic Sinica,
1990 "Military Rule and the Imperatives
of Democracy," Nigerian Centre for Democratic Studies,
1986 "Military Coups and Political
Stability in Africa,"
1980a "The Foreign Policies of Major West African States, with
Special Focus on Prospects for Political and Economic Relations with the Republic
of Korea," Seoul: Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security.
1980b "Civil‑Military Relations in
Developing Countries,"
Unpublished
Conference Presentations:
2000 “Human Rights NGOs and Police Practice:
Paradoxical Relationships,” International Police Executive Symposium,
1999a “Behind Africa’s public health
crises: Human rights abuses, cultural norms, and international
marginalization,” Centers for Disease Control,
1999b “How
effective are African human rights NGOs?”, University of Illinois Center for
African Studies and College of Law conference on “Human Rights and Development
in Africa” (scheduled for publication in 2004 by the University of Pennsylvania
Press, in book edited by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza and Phil McConnaughay)
1999e “NGOs and
the Rule of Law: Lessons from Africa,”
1998 “Assessing the Effectiveness of Human
Rights NGOs,”
1993a "Human Rights Issues Relating to the
Transition to a Democracy: Implications for the Military," presented at
Department of State-World Bank-OAU conference on "Democratization in
Africa: The Role of the Military,"
1993b "The Nigerian Military and Political
Change," USEUCOM, Molesworth conference,
1993c "Democratization in Africa,"
1992 "Human Rights, Democratization and
NGOs: Contrasts between Africa and Eastern Europe," presented at the
Research Committee on Human Rights, International Political Science
Association,
1988 "Transitions to Democracy? Pitfalls
of the O'Donnell‑Schmitter Model,"
presented at the conference on Armed Forces and Democratic Consolidation,
1987a "Dynamics of Human Rights in West
Africa: Redefining the Heritage of Colonial Rule," presented at the
Canadian Association of African Studies, Edmonton, and at the International
Political Science Association meeting on human rights, The Hague.
1987b "`Development’ in Africa: Documentation
of an Emerging Right," conference on human rights documentation, Maseru,
Lesotho (sponsored by the Institute of Southern African Studies [National
University of Lesotho] and Human Rights Internet [Harvard Law School]).
1985a "Military Disengagement from Politics:
Framework for Comparative Analysis," presented at the 13th triennial
Congress of the International Political Science Association, Paris.
1985b "Obstacles and Incentives to Military
Disengagement from Politics," presented at the annual conference of the
International Studies Association, Washington.
1985c "L'intervention
militaire" (written and presented in French),
UNESCO-sponsored conference,
1985d "International Economic Constraints and
Political Consequences: Lessons from Africa and Latin America,"
1983a "Beating a Hasty Retreat: Military
Disengagement from Politics," presented at the regional meeting of the
Inter‑University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society,
1980 "Ataturks
of Africa," paper presented at the biennial meeting of the
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society,
1979a "The Military: Product, Facilitator, or
Antagonist of Socio-Economic Development," invited paper presented at the
11th triennial Congress of the International Political Science Association,
1979b "Fusion, Fission and Coordination:
Emerging Patterns of Civil-Military Relations in West Africa," invited
paper presented at the annual meeting of the African Studies Association,
Invited Professional Addresses:
Invited presentation on the strengths
and weaknesses of the new international court established to try
“Democratization,
Civil Society and Human Rights: Legacies, Challenge and Opportunities,” Invited keynote address and panelist,
international conference on democratization, civil society and human rights,
sponsored by Nanhua University and various
foundations, Yunclin Hsien,
Chiayi Province, Taiwan, December 5, 2003.
“African Militaries in the 21st
Century,” Meridian House Conference,
“Privatization of Security
Forces in
"The ‘Professional’ Soldier
in ‘New’ Nations: Can Western Scholars Avoid Ethnocentrism?" Keynote
address, Northeast regional meeting of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed
Forces and Society,
"Is the Rule of the
Colonels Inevitable?" Keynote address, annual conference of NYASA (New
York African Studies Association),
Invited lectures, among others,
at Harvard University; Oxford University; Beijing University; Academia Sinica, Taiwan; National Defense College (Korea;
Philippines); several universities in northern India; University of Graz;
Scandinavian Institute of African Studies; Institute of Commonwealth Studies
(London); Centre for Democratic Studies (Abuja, Nigeria); Center for Political
Studies (Cairo); Chautauqua Institution (Chautauqua, New York); National
Defense University and Defense Intelligence Agency
(Washington); Foreign Service Institute (Washington); Institute for Military
Assistance (Fort Bragg); Joint Flag Officers' War-Fighting Course (Fort Walton
Beach), Air War College, and Air Command and Staff College (both at Maxwell
AFB); African Studies Program, UCLA; African Studies Program, Northwestern
University; African Studies Program, Boston University; Dalhousie University;
USIS-sponsored lectures in Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia,
Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo.
Major teaching responsibilities
African
Politics (PSC 370, 520)
Civil-military
relations (PSC 438, 646)
Human
rights (PSC 430, 650)
Political
change (PSC 625)
World
Civilizations since 1500 (UGC 112)
In addition, I have taught special seminars for the
University Honors Program (courses on
Research, Symposium and Internship Grants (Political
Science and Human Rights):
Lifetime
Achievement Research award, $10,000 from the State University of New York
Research Foundation, 2006 (given in connection with the first-ever TIAA-CREF/SUNY
Research Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award; see below under “Other Honors”)
“Protecting
Human Rights Globally,” $1,000 from the
“Sleeping
Under Bridges: Economic Rights in the United States and Canada,” $9,000 for
support of a conference October 2003 from the Canadian Embassy; $5,804 from the
Baldy Center on Law and Social Policy; $2,000 from the UB Committee on
Canadian-American Studies).
“Assessing
the Performance of Human Rights NGOs,” US Institute of Peace, grant 2000/01
($36,000) (for research for preparation of Protecting Human Rights Globally,
listed above under Books)
Workshop
on the impact of non-governmental organizations, grant of $1,500 by the
USAID’s
programs in civil-military relations (study through ARD [Associates in Rural Development]),
grant fall 1997 ($11,200). (See Consultant’s Reports, above)
Africa
Regional Research grant, 1993-4 ($19,250 for travel and per diem costs for
research in Ethiopia, Namibia, Nigeria and Senegal during academic year
1993/94, leading to publication of Protecting Human Rights in Africa,
listed above under Books)
"African
Human Rights NGOs," grant 1993/94 from US Institute of Peace ($25,000)
(for research in preparation of Protecting Human Rights in Africa,
listed above under Books)
"Refugee
Status and Human Rights," supervisor for National Endowment for the Humanities
Younger Scholars grant to Rachel I. Massey, summer 1993.
"Ethnic
Violence, Human Rights, and Ideology," grants 1993 from "Conferences
in the Disciplines" ($2,000) (with Newton Garver).
"Universal
Human Rights in Theory and Practice," National Endowment for the
Humanities ($109,862) (for eight-week summer seminar for college teachers,
June-August 1992, co-directed with Newton Garver).
"The
African Commission on Human Rights," US Institute of Peace, October
1991-June 1992 ($15,000).
"Drafting
the Preamble to the United Nations Charter," supervisor for National
Endowment for the Humanities Younger Scholars grant to Mark Ruff, summer 1990.
"Summer
Internship Program in International Organization," Ford Foundation
($180,000 for three years, 1991-93, with Virginia Leary; this was linked to the
first-ever human rights law clinic established in the United States).
"Summer
Internship Program in International Organization," planning grant 1989-90
from the Ford Foundation ($41,740) (with Virginia Leary); extended for 1990-91
($45,127).
"Human
Rights and Development in Asia," grants 1987 from "Conversations in
the Disciplines ($2,500); Ford Foundation ($25,000 for travel costs for
participants); Council on International Studies and Programs ($900); Faculties
of Social Sciences and of Law and Jurisprudence ($1,500); and other University
sources.
"Human
Rights in
"International
Human Rights: Dilemmas of Liberty and Development," grants 1982 from the
following (with Ronald I. Meltzer): 1) National Endowment for the Humanities
($10,000); 2) "Conversations in the Disciplines" ($2,000); 3)
"Conferences in the Disciplines" ($2,000); 4) Research Development
Funds ($2,000); 5) New York Council on the Humanities ($650); 6) U.B.
Foundation ($120). These led to the publication of Human Rights and
Development in Africa, listed above under books.
Travel
grants, National Science Foundation and American Political Science Association
and Faculty of Social Sciences, to present paper at the International Political
Science Association meeting, Rio de Janeiro, 1982 ($750).
"Conversations
in the Disciplines" grant 1977, Research Foundation of the State
University of New York, for a conference, "Rural Communities and Political
and Social Change in Asia and
Publication
grant, Inter‑University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, for partial
support of Civilian Control of the
Military ($1,000). This helped lead to the publication of Human Rights
and Development in Africa, listed above under books.
Summer
faculty research grant, 1975, National Endowment for the Humanities, for
research on peasant rebellions ($2,000).
Institutional
Grant, 1974, SUNY/Buffalo, for sponsorship of conference, "Civilian
Control of the Military: Myth and Reality in Developing Countries"
($4,300).
Summer
Fellowship and Grant in Aid, Research Foundation of the State University of New
York, summer 1973, for research on peasant political mobilization ($1,729).
Summer
Fellowship, Research Foundation of the State University of New York, 1972, for
research on the military's role in governance ($1,475).
Conference
grant, State University of New York, 1970, for convening a conference on higher
education in
Travel
Grant, Research Foundation of the
Summer
Fellowship, Research Foundation of the State University of New York, 1966, for
research on military intervention and political change in
Grants‑in‑aid,
State Department and State University of New York at
Grant‑in‑aid,
Hoover Institution on War, Peace, and Revolution, 1966, for research on the Rassemblement Démocratique Africain ($800).
Institutional
grant from National Science Foundation funds, Summer, 1965, for research on the
development of political parties in French‑speaking West Africa ($2,100).
Foreign
Area Fellowship Program grant, July 1963‑July 1964, for field research
in
Grants (University Service):
Program
for Tenured Faculty, 1987 (Co‑Director); $24,500 from the State‑UUP
Committee on Professional Development and the Quality of Working Life.
Lilly
Endowment, Program for Non‑Tenured Faculty (Co‑Investigator),
$50,000 annually for three years, 1987‑90.
Program
for Faculty Development, 1986 (Co‑Director); $10,614 from the State-UUP
Committee on Professional Development and the Quality of Working Life; $19,000
from the Office of the President.
Program
for Faculty Development, 1985 (Co‑Director); $29,560 from the State-UUP
Committee on Professional Development and the Quality of Working Life.
Program
for Faculty Development, 1984 (Co‑Director); $28,000 from the Office of
the President, Office of the Provost, and the State‑UUP Committee on
Professional Development and the Quality of Working Life.
Conference
on Teaching Quality, l984 (Chairman), State University of New York Instructional
Development funds ($1,400).
Other Grants:
OPTIONS
(University outreach project on national security), 1989-90, funds to establish
speakers' bureau on nuclear war prevention ($3,500 1989-90; $1,750 1990-91)
Grant Reviewer:
National Science Foundation; MacArthur Foundation; Grawemeyer Foundation; United
States Institute of Peace; others.
Overseas Travel and Research: (among others)
Cameroon,
Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Lesotho, Namibia, Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal,
South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Zimbabwe; Brazil; Peoples Republic of China,
Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan; France, Germany, Great Britain, Norway,
Russia; Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
Administrative Positions ‑ SUNY/Buffalo
Associate
Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1976‑80
Acting
Vice President for Academic Affairs, summer 1980
Acting
Dean of the Colleges, 1978-9
Dean,
Division of Undergraduate Studies, 1967-70
Co‑Director,
annual Faculty Development Workshop, l984-91
Co‑Director,
Program for Tenured Faculty, 1987-9
Faculty
Senate, Member, 2004-8; member, Governance Committee, 2005-; Chairman, 1985‑7,
1995-7; Executive Committee, 1972-4, 1975-6, 1983‑5, 1987‑93,
1994-5, 1997-8; Chairman, Academic Planning Committee, 1997-2000; Chairman,
Committee on Public Service, 1994-6; Chairman, Budget Priorities Committee,
1986‑93; member, 2007-2012; Chairman, Nominating Committee, 1972-4,
1975-7; Chairman, Committee on Student Affairs, 1971-2; Chairman, Special
Committee on Academic Integrity, 1971; Chairman, Committee on Teaching Effectiveness,
1983-5.
Member,
Campaign Advisory Group, 2008- (one of three faculty members on 15-person
group; appointed by President Simpson)
Academic
Director, Global Perspectives Academy, 2008-present
Member, search committee for Director of Asian
Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, 2006-7
Member, UB committee Institutional Mission, Goals
and Objectives, Middle States Accreditation, 2001-3
Chairman,
President's Review Board on Appointments, Promotions and Tenure, 1989-92;
member, 1973-6, 1983-6.
Co-Chairman,
Committee on University Sesquicentennial, 1994-7.
Chairman,
Task Force on Budget and Finance, Middle States evaluation, 1991-2.
Co-Chairman,
Presidential Installation Committee, 1991-2.
Co‑Director,
Human Rights Center and Program on International and Comparative Legal Studies
(including the Graduate Group on Human Rights Law and Policy), 1986-present.
Chairman,
Council on International Studies and World Affairs, 1998-2000; member, 1966‑72,
1975‑80, 2001-present; Task Force on International Programs, 1981‑83.
Chairman,
Curriculum Committee, Undergraduate College, 1990-2.
Chairman,
World Civilization Committee, 1994-2000, 2002-.
Chairman,
ad hoc Bylaws Committee for the College of Arts and Sciences, 1998-99.
Chairman,
Screening Committee for Dean of Engineering, 1977.
Chairman,
Screening Committee for Dean of the Colleges, 1979.
Chairman,
Search Committee for Dean of Education, 1981.
Chairman,
Search Committee for Executive Director of Alumni Affairs, 1987.
Committee
on Honorary Degrees, 1988‑91, 1994-2000.
Chairman,
University Committee on Faculty Staff Handbook, 1988; member, 1996-9.
Senior
Member,
Capital
Campaign Planning Committee, 1996-2000.
Member,
Council on International Studies and Programs, 1970-present
President,
Omicron Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, 1971‑93.
Delegate
Assembly, United University Professions (UUP), 1989-93; member, state-wide
Re-Imagine UUP Committee ("Re-Up Committee"), 1992-93.
Chairman,
Committee on African Studies, 1966-9, 1972-5, 1978-9.
Master,
Rachel Carson College, 1975-7.
Faculty
adviser, College Young Democrats, 2005-
Faculty
adviser, University at
University
Faculty Senate, 1989-92, 1992-5, 1996-8; University Faculty Senate Executive
Committee, 1989-90, 1991-2.
University-wide
Committee on Honorary Degrees, 1989-92, 1992-5, 1995-2000.
Review
Board for Human Rights, Levin Institute (an autonomous unit of SUNY based in
New York City), 2008-
Major Activities –
Policy
Committee, at-large member, 2002-05; Steering Committee, 2004-05.
Editorial and Editorial
Advisory Activities:
Editor,
Armed Forces & Society (quarterly
journal of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society), 1988‑92;
Board of Editors, 1992-present; associate editor, 1980-8.
Editor,
subject area "Armed Forces and Society," International Military and Defense Encyclopedia (published in 1993
by Pergamon‑Brassey's; responsible for
preparation of approximately 20 entries [90,000 words])
Advisory
Board, World History Since 1500 (Dushkin Publishers), 1997-2005.
Board
of Editors, African Studies Review, 1974-81.
Editorial
Advisory Board, Encyclopedia
Editorial
review board, Human Rights Quarterly,
1993-present.
Editorial
Board of Advisors, Buffalo Human Rights
Law Review, 1997-present.
Department Activities:
Chairman,
1980‑3; Director of Graduate Studies, 1973‑75, Acting Director of
Graduate Studies, spring 2007; Graduate Committee, 1972‑75, 1996-7;
Undergraduate Committee, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2008-; Comparative Politics Field
Committee 2002-03, 2006-; Director of Graduate Admissions and Recruitment,
1973; Director of Graduate Studies spring 2007; Chairman, Committee on Review
of the Graduate Program, 1970‑71; Admissions Committee for graduate
students, 1965‑67; Coordinator, Undergraduate Honors Program, 1966‑68;
Advisor, Politics Club, 1966‑67, 1983‑5.
Supervision of Ph.D. Dissertations: (See separate list)
Since
1969, I have participated in nearly 100 doctoral dissertation committees,
chairing over 30 of them, and serving as outside reader (both at SUNY/Buffalo
and at other universities) for others.
National and International Public
Service and Other Activities:
Advisory
Committee, African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies,
National
Advisory Committee, Africa Division of Human Rights Watch), 1989-present.
US
Army Command and General Staff College Academic Advisory Committee for graduate
programs, Fort Leavenworth Kansas, 1999-2004.
Consultant:
USAID (participant in programs in Burundi and Benin, focused on enhancing
democratization in Africa, with particular attention to armed forces); National
Academy of Sciences (panel on issues in democratization); Ford Foundation
Program on Human Rights; Commission to Study the Organization of Peace; Asia
Foundation; others.
Evaluator
of grant proposals: National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science
Foundation, US Institute of Peace, Fulbright program, and others.
Executive
Board, Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, 1987-9; Executive
Board, 1974-8; Chairman, regional meeting, 1974.
Book
manuscript evaluator:
Article
manuscript evaluator, Armed Forces &
Society, African Studies Review, Journal of Developing Areas, Journal of Modern
African Studies, and others.
Promotion
evaluator: University of Virginia, Johns Hopkins, University of California
(Riverside), University of Southern California, University of Vermont,
Dartmouth College, University of Southern Illinois, University of Zambia, and
others.
Fellowship
evaluator, Fulbright Commission (Council on International Educational Services)
Chairman,
UNESCO Evaluation Commission,
Assembly
for University Goals and Governance, Policy Council on Access, Scale and
Quality, 1969-70.
Academic Honors:
Chancellor's
Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1974
Danforth
Foundation Associate, 1973-9
Selection
for “Notable Contribution” to human rights scholarship by US Human Rights
Network for book Economic Rights in
Canada and the United States, April 2008
Other Honors:
First
ever recipient, TIAA-CREF/SUNY Research Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award,
2006.
Distinguished
alumnus of the year, Harvard/Radcliffe Club of Western New York, May 10, 2006.
Lisa
Hertel Award for outstanding professor, Department of Political Science, 1997
and 2005
Award
for Outstanding Contributions to International Education at the
Diversity
Committee’s 2002 Circle of Distinction Award, given by the University Committee
for the Promotion of Respect for Diversity
Milton
Plesur award for teaching excellence, given by the Student Association, 1999
Honorary
Member, Golden Key, 1998
“Outstanding
Professor of the Year” award given by undergraduate students in Political
Science, 1997
Honorary
member, Phi Eta Sigma (freshman honors society), 1997
Distinguished
Faculty Award, University Libraries, 1992 (first recipient)
Didaskalos
(“teacher”) Award for outstanding contributions, Campus Ministries, 1985
Buffalo‑Area Public Service and Other Activities:
President,
Buffalo Council on World Affairs, 1997-9 (including presiding over the
organization’s 50th anniversary, helping take initial steps toward
creating Buffalo-Niagara World Connect and successfully establishing its
endowment fund); first vice-president, 1999-2000.
Given
the first-ever Claude E. Welch, Jr. award for outstanding voluntarism on behalf
of the Buffalo Council on World Affairs (now Buffalo-Niagara WorldConnect),
2000.
Board
of Directors, Harvard Club of Western New York, 1998-2001.
Ruling
Elder, Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1984-9, 1997-2000; Chairman, Management
Group, 1985-6; Chair, Adult Program Committee, 1986-9, 1997-9; Chairman,
Investment Policy Advisory Committee, 1988-9.
Participant,
“One America: Conversations that Bring Us Together,” sponsored by the White
House Initiative on Race, 1999.
Editor,
Pedal Power and member, Executive
Committee, BIKE-WNY (Bicyclists Intent on Kinder Environments of Western New
York, Inc.), 1990-4.
Bicycle
and Pedestrian Subcommittee, Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation
Council, 1998 -.
Reporter
on Religion and Ethics, WBEN-TV (volunteer work for Buffalo Council of
Churches), 1972.
Board
of Directors, Amherst Community Church, 1970-72; Board of Trustees, 1975‑76;
Chairman, Music Committee, 1980-82.
Vice
President, CAUSE (Coalition for Action, Unity and Social Equality), 1970-71.
Secretary,
Buffalo-area branch of American Civil Liberties Union, 1972-74.
Board
of Directors, African‑American Cultural Center of Buffalo, 1967-74.
Lecturer,
in‑service courses given for secondary school teachers in Williamsville,
Niagara Falls, Hamburg, Lockport, Cheektowaga, and Buffalo.
National
champion, "Jeopardy!" (syndicated television quiz show), February
4-5, 1987.
Research in Progress:
Impacts
of non-governmental organizations, notably on human rights
Civil‑military
relations
Democratization
following authoritarian rule
Professional and Honorary Associations:
African
Studies Association
Inter‑University
Seminar on Armed Forces and Society
Phi
Beta Kappa