Thomas J. Volgy

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Thomas J. Volgy received his MA and PhD degrees from the University of Minnesota. He teaches courses primarily in international politics at the undergraduate, honors, and graduate levels. Previously, he was honored as the college's best teacher for his efforts.

Dr. Volgy's research interests include: international structures and international conflict; comparative foreign policy analysis; public policy analysis; and American politics (including voting behavior and the effects of mass media and gendered roles on political culture). His work has appeared in American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, International Interactions, Social Science Quarterly, Journalism Quarterly, Journal of International Relations and Development, Journal of Conflict Resolution, World Politics, British Journal of Political Science, American Prospect, Harvard Business Review, and New Republic, as well as other journals. He co-authored The Forgotten Americans (1992) about working poverty in America and Politics in the Trenches (2001), about democracy, local governance and changing political culture in the United States. His latest work is about the nature of the post-Cold War global architecture in International Politics and has been published in International Politics and State Strength (2003), Mapping the New World Order (2009), and Major Powers and the Quest for Status in International Politics (2011).

Apart from his research and teaching interests, he has been active in the local and global community. He served in office for 14 years, including as Mayor of Tucson, and he assisted in democratization and public policy training programs in East Europe and Central Asia since 1989.