Adam Van Liere, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Political Science/Public Administration (2011)

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Education:

• Ph.D.: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• M.A.: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• B.A.: Vanderbilt University

Areas of Interest:

• Subfields: International Relations, Comparative Politics
• Specializations: Globalization and Global Governance; International Organization and Law; Nongovernmental Organizations; International Trade, Development, and the Environment.

Teaching:

• POL 202 Contemporary Global Issues
• POL 244 Global Political Systems
• POL 246 Model United Nations
• POL 340 American Foreign Policy
• POL 344 International Organization
• POL 446 Advanced Model United Nations

Research:

• "Section 609: How a Domestic Solution to Save Endangered Sea Turtles Became an International Trade Dispute." Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Studies Association - Midwest in St. Louis, Missouri, November 2011. Previous draft presented at the annual conference of the International Studies Association - South in St. Petersburg, Florida, October 2010.
• "How Nongovernmental Organizations Communicate with the World Trade Organization." Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Studies Association - South in Elon, North Carolina, October 2011.
• "Afghanistan's Accession into the World Trade Organization." Paper presented at the annual conference of the Western Political Science Association in San Antonio, Texas, April 2011.
• "Nongovernmental Organizations and the Shrimp-Turtle Dispute at the World Trade Organization." Paper presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, Illinois, March / April 2011.
• "A Population Ecology of Nongovernmental Organizations Attending World Trade Organization Ministerial Conferences." Paper presented at the annual conference of the North Carolina Political Science Association in Durham, North Carolina, February 2010.

Service:

• Adviser, Model United Nations
• Co-Adviser (with Jo Arney), Political Science and Public Administration Association
• Department Website Coordinator