Dr. Bradley to present paper at the 58th Annual United Kingdom Political Studies Conference: Democracy, Governance and Conflict: Dilemmas of Theory and Practice
January 9, 2008
Kokomo, Indiana—Indiana University Kokomo Assistant Professor of Political Science, M. Todd Bradley, Ph.D., will be presenting a paper at the 58th Annual United Kingdom (UK) Political Studies Conference April 1-3, 2008, as part of a panel on ‘Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism’. Bradley, who obtained his Ph.D. in Political Science, will be traveling to Swansea University in Wales to present his paper entitled “Terrorism as an alternative form of Political Communication: Implications for International Discourse and Theory.”
An IU Kokomo faculty member since 2003, Dr. Bradley has presented his research in Kingston, Jamaica; Ottawa, Canada; New Orleans, Louisiana; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Bradley has had articles published in such peer-reviewed, scholarly journals such as the Journal of International and Area Studies, International Review of Politics and Development, International Studies Review, Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, The Western Journal of Black Studies, and the Journal of Civil Society. He has published book chapters in Comparative Perspective of Civil Society (forthcoming 2008), Issues in Multiculturalism: Cross National Perspectives, and will appear in Global Africa and the Challenge of Globalization, Democratization and Transition (forthcoming 2008). He has also authored the book Nigeria Since Independence and the Impact of Non-Governmental Organizations on Democratization.
While at IU Kokomo, he has served as chair and discussant on the “Developing” Countries panel of the Midwest Political Science Association and is currently serving as the coordinator for the IU Kokomo annual elected candidate forum, co-advisor to the History/Political Science club, parliamentarian (currently Vice President) for the Faculty Senate, a representative for the Trustee Teaching awards committee, and chair of the Faculty Affairs committee. Additionally, he has taught courses in political ideologies, the government and politics of Africa, the politics of developing nations, introduction to political science, and introduction to comparative politics, among others. In 2007, he received the Amicus Award when he was voted best teacher by the students at IU Kokomo.
