Education:

Ph.D. Indiana University, 1980

Courses Offered:

PolS 3220 Russian and East European Government and Politics

PolS 4220 Ethnic Conflict and Cooperation

PolS 5350 Evolution, Conflict, and Cooperation

PolS 6010 Scope and Methods of Political Science

Current Research:

Explaining the bases of cooperation and conflicts in human societies

Prominent Publications:

Author of journal article: "Evolution, Mobility, and Ethnic Group Formation." Politics and the Life Sciences, vol. 17, no. 1, 1998.

Author of journal article: "How Special is Ethnic Separation as a Strategy for Resolving Conflict?" Politics and the Life Sciences, vol. 16, no. 2, 1997.

Author of journal article: "Comparing Prisoner's Dilemma, Commons Dilemma, and Public Goods Provision Designs in Laboratory Experiments." Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 38, no. 1, 1994.

Other Interests:

Extreme skiing, mountain climbing, sky-diving, marathons, hyperbole, and child-raising.