Dr. Alan L Draper
St. Lawrence University
Submitted by adraper on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 20:31.
Professor of Government
Courses I teach regularly:
Introduction to American Politics
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Politics of Western Democracies
Working Class Politics
Politics of Social Democracy
My research interests:
Civil rights movement; Southern labor history; Unions and politics;
Sample student projects I have supervised:
Le Front National: The Influence of the Radical Right in Contemporary French Politics,
The Effectiveness of Environmental Law in the European Union
Health Care Policy for the U.S>: From Single Payer to Pay or Play
Examples of presentations, exhibitions, performances and published work:
Conflict of Interests: Labor and the Civil Rights Movement (Cornell University Press, 1994)
The Good Society: An Introduction to Comparative Politics (Longman Publishers, 2008)
Politics of Power : A Critical Introduction to American Politics, 6th ed. (Norton Press, 2009)
Ways I offer service to my discipline and/or the University:
Selected as faculty representative to Presidential search committee
Served two terms as chair of the Government Department
Served as faculty representative to Middle States accreditation team
My hobbies and/or personal interests:
I am an avid horseplayer who enjoys handicapping horse races
My current projects:
I am currently doing research on the social background of 'local people' who were the foundation of the civil rights movement in Mississippi