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Ms. Lianna Stewart, Department Secretary
Department of Government and Political Affairs
Millersville University
Fulton House – North George Street
P.O. Box 1002
Millersville, PA 17551-0302

lianna.stewart@millersville.edu

Phone: (717) 872-3550
Fax: (717)-871-2133

Dr. Kirsten N. Bookmiller

Professor of Government and Political Affairs and Director of the Office of Global Education and Partnerships.

 

Education:

  • B.A., Pennsylvania State University
  • M.A., University of Virginia
  • Ph.D., University of Virginia

Research and Teaching Interests:

  • International Politics
  • International Law & Organizations
  • International Humanitarian Policy

Selected Publications:

  • United Nations (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, forthcoming 2007).
  • "Might and Right: The U.S. and Canada and Humanitarian Interventions" (co-authored with Robert J. Bookmiller) in Robert Timko (Ed.) Representations of Canada: Cross-Cultural Reflections on Canadian Society (Volgograd University Institute for North American Studies/PA Canadian Studies Consortium, 2002), pp 73-96.
  • Entries on international organizations ("United Nations," "United Nations Radio") and international political communication ("British Broadcasting Corporation World Service," "Jamming," "Radio Free Asia," "Radio Marti," "Voice of America") in Derek Jones (Ed.) Censorship: An International Encyclopedia (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 2002).
  • "Teaching the European Union," (with Peter Loedel and Edward DeClair), ECSA Review [a publication of the European Community Studies Association], Spring 1998, pp. 10-11.
  • "Pacifism, Compassion, Anabaptism: The Mennonite Central Committee in the NGO Community," Peace and Development [a publication of the International Peace Research Assoc.], January 1997, pp. 10-24
  • "Behind the Headlines: The Multilateral Middle East Talks," (Co-authored with Robert J. Bookmiller), Current History, January 1996, pp. 33-37.
  • "America's Voice In Iran: The Voice of America Persian Service," US-Iran Review, November 1993, pp. 12-13.
  • "Dateline Algeria: US Press Coverage of the Algerian War of Independence," (Co-authored with Robert J. Bookmiller) in Beverly Hawk (editor), Africa's Media Image (Praeger Press, 1992), pp. 62-76.
  • "Palestinian Radio and the Intifada," (Co-authored with Robert J. Bookmiller) Journal of Palestine Studies, Summer 1990, pp. 96-105.

Professional Memberships:

  • International Studies Association
  • American Society of International Law
  • Academic Council on the United Nations System
  • Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
  • Pennsylvania/Canadian Studies Consortium
  • Pennsylvania Council for International Education
  • National Association of Foreign Student Advisors
  • Mid-Atlantic and New England Council for Candadian Studies (Co-Vice President for Conference Planning 2002-2004; Vice President for Conference Programs 2004-2006).