West Virginia University’s Eberly College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Political Science will welcome Dr. Margaret G. Hermann to campus Monday, April 24, as part of the Carl M. Frasure Lectureship series.
A prominent professor of international affairs, Hermann will discussKnowing One’s Adversaries: Leaders and Leadership in Global Perspective,at 4 p.m. in the Mountainlair Gluck Theatre on the Downtown Campus.
Hermann serves as the Cramer Professor of Global Affairs in the Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and as director of the Moynihan Institute for Global Affairs.
She’s a leading scholar in the area of political psychology and foreign affairs, and her work also focuses on how the fields of political science and international studies can contribute to the policy worlds of diplomacy and intelligence analysis.
Hermann has used her research to assessment the leadership styles of more than 150 current heads of government across the globe.
She has been president of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) and the International Studies Association (ISA) as well as editor of the journal Political Psychology. She’s also the editor of the International Studies Review, a journal of the ISA , and Advances in Political Psychology, an annual sponsored by ISPP . She is the author of four books and numerous journal articles.
While here, Hermann will also speak to the Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis class taught by Dr. Joe Hagan, who chairs WVU ’s Department of Political Science while directing the University’s International Studies Program.
The Carl M. Frasure Lectureship series was established by department alumna Jean Clonch Clark (B.A.,’67, M.Ed.,’74) and university alumnus Dr. Thomas Clark, of Morgantown .
Frasure, the lecture’s namesake, is a former political science chair at WVU who also served as Eberly College dean. The biennial lecture features nationally prominent political scientists and specialists in public affairs.
For more information, contact Hagan at 304-293-3811 or at jhagan@wvu.edu .