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Carolyn M. Somerville

Carolyn M. Somerville

Associate Professor
Areas of Specialization
Int'l Relations; Comparative Politics; Impact of Non-Gov't Organizations on Democracy in Africa

Carolyn M. Somerville is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science.

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Educational Background

  • Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1982

Areas of Specialization

  • International Relations
  • Comparative Politics
  • Impact of Non-Gov't Organizations on Democracy in Africa

Courses

  • POLSC 11500: Introduction to International Politics
  • POLSC 11700: Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • POLSC 26000: African Politics through African Films
  • POLSC 26700: Politics of Southern Africa
  • POLSC 27305: Global Issues
  • POLSC 27800: International Organizations
  • POLSC 35200: State and Society in Africa
  • POLSC 37400: International Human Rights

Selected Publications

  • Curtis Keim and Carolyn Somerville, Mistaking Africa: Curiosities and Inventions of the American Mind,  4th ed. (New York: Routledge, 2017)
  • Forthcoming. Women's Realities, Women's Choices, 4th Ed. NY: Oxford U. Press. (2013)
  • "Politics of Southern Africa." In Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science. Ed. Rick Valelly. NY: Oxford U Press. (2013)
  • "What Political Science Is Missing by Not Studying AIDS" (with Kenneth S. Sherrill and Robert W. Bailey), PS:  Political Science and Politics 25 (4) (December 1992):  688-93.
  • "The Impact of the Reforms on the Urban Population of Senegal:  How the Dakarois View the Crisis," in Chris Delgado and Sidi Jammeh, eds., The Political Economy of Structural Adjustment in Senegal (New York:  Praeger, 1991).
  • Drought and Aid in the Sahel:  A Decade of Development Cooperation (Boulder, CO:  Westview Press, 1986).

Office Hours

Day Time Location
Tuesday 11:15 am – 12:15 pm via Zoom and by appointment
Friday 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm via Zoom and by appointment

Contact Details

Carolyn M. Somerville

Political Science
68th Street West 1722
(212) 772-5669
csomervi@hunter.cuny.edu

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