John W. Dietrich

 

 

 

1150 Douglas Pike                                                                                     76 Ferncrest Avenue

Smithfield, RI 02917                                                                                      Cranston, RI 02905

(401) 232-6432                                                                                                         (401) 467-9718

jdietric@bryant.edu                                                                                                                      

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Education:

Johns Hopkins University

Doctor of Philosophy, May 1998

Master of Arts, May 1997

Dissertation: “Interest Groups and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era”

University of Pennsylvania

BA with distinction in Political Science, May 1991

 

Research and Teaching Interests:

International Relations, U.S. Foreign Policy, International Security, Human Rights Policy

 

Teaching Experience:

Bryant University, 1997-2006.

Courses: Introduction to Global Politics, U.S. Foreign Policy, American Government and Society, World History since 1500, Ideologies: Old and New.

 

Clark University, Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring 2000.

Courses: America and the Changing World Economy, World Order and the New Millennium, Human Rights and International Politics.

 

Junior Statesmen of America Summer School, Princeton University, 1999.

Course: Introduction to American Government.

 

Johns Hopkins University, Teaching Assistant, Fall 1992 and Fall 1993.

Course: Contemporary International Politics.

 

Peer Reviewed Publishing:

“U.S. Human Rights Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: Continued Structural Constraints Across Time and Administrations,” Political Science Quarterly, Summer 2006.

International Encyclopedia of Public Policy: Governance in a Global Age, Routledge, “The Geneva Conventions,” “Free Trade Area of the Americas,” “The United Nations,” and “World Government.”

 “Interest Groups and Foreign Policy: Clinton and the China MFN Debates,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, 39 (June 1999): 280-96.

 

Other Publishing:

The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches with Commentary, edited by John W. Dietrich, M.E. Sharpe, 2005.

The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America, M.E. Sharpe, 2005, two entries.

Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Encyclopedia of Worldwide Policy, Technology, and History, ABC-CLIO, 2005, ten entries.

Affirmative Action: An Encyclopedia, Oryx Press/Greenwood Publishing Company, 2004, seven entries.

Book Review of Albrecht Schnabel and Ramesh Takur, Kosovo and the Challenge of Humanitarian Intervention, Human Rights Quarterly, 25 (November 2003): 1167-73.

Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law, ABC-CLIO, 2002, six entries.

 

Conference Papers:

“U.S. International AIDS Programs: A New Model of Humanitarian Initiatives?” presented at the International Studies Association meetings in March 2006.

“From Candidate in 2000 to Incumbent in 2004: Bush’s Thinking on Foreign Policy,” presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meetings, March 2004.

“U.S. Human Rights Policy in the Post-Cold War Era,” presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meetings, February 2003.

“The Bush Doctrine: Truman Revisited?” presented at the International Studies Association northeastern meetings, November 2002.

“Why We Haven’t Saved the Failed States?” presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, November 1999.

“Shining Light on the ‘Dark Continent’: U.S. Policy Toward Africa,” presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, November 12, 1998.

“Interest Groups and U.S. Foreign Policy: The China MFN Debate,” presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 1, 1996.

“Interest Groups and the Making of United States Foreign Policy: U.S.-Haiti Policy,” presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, November 11, 1995.

 

Professional Service:

Reviewer of George MacLean's, Interests and Principle in Clinton’s Foreign Policy for Palgrave Macmillan.

Consultant on new edition of Karen Mingst’s, Essentials of International Relations, for W.W. Norton.

Peer Reviewer, Political Science Quarterly, Ethics & International Affairs.

Discussant, “U.S. Relations vis-à-vis the South,” ISA Annual Meeting, March 2006.

Discussant and Global Perspectives Working Group Member at the American Political Science Association’s Conference on Teaching & Learning in Political Science, February 2005.

Panel Chair, “Human Rights in Foreign Policy,” ISA Annual Meeting, February 2003.

Panel Chair and Discussant, “The Domestic Politics of United States Foreign Policy,” ISA Northeastern meetings, November 2002.

Panel Chair and Discussant, “U.S. Foreign Policy,” NEPSA Annual Meeting, November 1999.

Panel Chair and Discussant, “Domestic Factors and Foreign Policy,” NEPSA Annual Meeting, November 1998.

 Panel Chair and Discussant, “Domestic Factors in American Foreign Policy,” NEPSA Annual Meeting, November 1996.

 

Campus Service:

Faculty representative for Bryant 101, February 2006.

Organizing committee for “Raise Your Voice Week 2006.”

Curriculum Coordinator for Global Studies and Political Science, 2005-06.

University Admission Policy & Advanced Placement Committee, 2005-06.

Interview for Bryant University admission’s video, October 2005.

Search Committee for Study Abroad Coordinator/Adviser, 2005.

Search committee for Political Science assistant professor, 2005.

Organizing committee for Constitution Day, September 2005.

Organizing committee for “Raise Your Voice Week 2005.”

University Athletic Advisory Committee, 2004-05.

Bryant University Faculty Advising Program, 2002-04.

 

Campus Programs:

Coordinator of former President of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s campus visit and talk, October 2005.

Panel Member for Constitution Day discussion of Supreme Court Appointments, September 2005.

Faculty discussant for a Student Programming Board (SPB) discussion of the documentary "Everywhere but Florida," September 21, 2004.

Organizer of F.A.S.T. (Faculty and Students Together) Discussions, Spring 2004.

Local organizer and moderator of  “The People Speak: America Debates Its Role in the World,” October 22, 2003.

Moderator of student and faculty “Debate on Iraq,” March 2003.

 

Honors and Awards:

Bryant College Faculty Merit Award, 2004.

Nominated for best paper at the ISA Northeast annual meeting, 2003.

Nominated for best paper in the Foreign Policy Analysis section at the APSA Annual meeting, 1996.

University of Pennsylvania, Cum Laude, 1991.

University of Pennsylvania, Distinction in Political Science, 1991.

University of Pennsylvania, highest G.P.A. for a graduating Political Science major (3.96), 1991