 | Orin Kirshner, PhDFaculty - Full-TimeAssistant Professor of American Government and Politics Phone: 949-480-4037 |
Education
- Ph.D., The New School for Social Research
- M.A., The New School for Social Research
- B.A., The Evergreen State College
Positions Held
- At SUA since 2006
- 2001-2006, Lecturer, University of Minnesota
- 1998-2001, Visiting Assistant Professor, The Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center
for Chinese and American Studies - 1997-1998, Visiting Assistant Professor, Macalester College
- 1996-1997, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
- 1994-2006, Senior Fellow, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
Research Interests
- American Democracy
- American Politics in Global Perspective
- American Trade Politics
Selected Papers, Publications & Lectures
- "Going Global: The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1945," Politics & Policy, Volume 37, Number 1 (February 2009)
- "Superpower Politics: The Triumph of Free Trade in Postwar America," Critical Review, Volume 19, Number 4 (Fall 2007)
- "Triumph of Globalism: American Trade Politics," Political Science Quarterly, Volume 120, Number 3
(Fall 2005). Reprinted in, The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy, 5th Edition, Eugene R. Wittkopf and James M. McCormick, eds., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007 - The Bretton Woods-GATT System: Retrospect and Prospect After Fifty Years, Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1996, editor
- From the Bottom-Up: Washington's Tradition of Democratic Economic Development, Olympia, WA:
The Evergreen State College, 1984; rpt. 2001
Courses Taught at SUA
- Foundations of American Government & Politics
- American State Formation: From Colonies to Superpower
- Empire at Home: The Internal Colonization of America
- Power & Choice: American Ideologies
- American Political Thought
- American Trade Politics
- Core I: Enduring Questions of Humanity
- Core II: Enduring Questions in Contemporary Context
Selected Honors & Awards
- Soka University of America Professor of the Year, 2009-2010
- Soka University of America Professor of the Year, 2008-2009
- Freeman Professor of Political Science, The Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center
for Chinese and American Studies, 2000-2001 - Brecht Dissertation Fellowship, The New School for Social Research, 1992-1993
- Henry H. Arnhold Fellow, The New School for Social Research, 1991-1992
- New School Prize Fellow, The New School for Social Research, 1987-1991
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BA with Honors, The Evergreen State College, 1984
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