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Curriculum Vitae

Albert F Eldridge

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312 Perkins Library
Durham, NC 27708
+1 919 660 4312, +1 919 660 4300 (office)
(email)
Education

PhDUniversity of Kentucky1970
Bachelor of Arts (with Honors)College of William and Mary1966
Areas of Research

Middle East and Terrorism

Professional Experience / Employment History

Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia Desk
Research and Analysis Division
Duke University
Assistant Provost and University Registrar, 1988-1994
Associate Dean Trinity College, 1979-1988
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, 1977 - present
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 1970-1977
Washington, D.C.
Scholar Intern, United States Department of State, 1974
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Howard Johnson Distinguished Teaching Award, 1992-1993
Finalist, Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award, Duke University, 1991, 1989, 1987
C. Eric Lincoln Award for Outstanding Achievement in Community Service, 1988
Trinity College Distinguished Teaching Award, Duke University, January, 1984
One of the Top Fifteen Outstanding Professors at Duke University, Duke University, January, 1983
Patterson Fellow, University of Kentucky, 1967-1970
Summer Research Fellow, University of Kentucky, 1967-1969
Professional Service

Dept Officer
Chairman as DUS, Teaching Assessment ad hoc committee, December 2009
ad hoc chairman, Re-numbering, December 2009
Undergraduate Affairs Committee, January 2007
   Work with the DUS and Department chair on departmental undergraduate courses and curricular matters.
DUS
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science, 1998-2005
Dept Committees
Reappointment Committee for Professor Tim Buthe, January 2007
   Serve as a member of the faculty reappointment committee.
Major Advisor
chair, Undergraduate affairs committee, 3 January 2004
   Oversight of undergraduate program with a particular focus last year on undergraduate advising.
University Committee
Member, Advisory Board of the Center for Teaching, Learning and Writing, 2002-2003
University Services
Chair, Chair reappointment committee for Prof.Hillard Writing Program, January 2007
   appointed by Dean Thompson to chair faculty reappointment of Van Hillard of the UWP.
Founding Director, Benjamin N. Duke Scholarship Program, 1989-1999
Founding Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, 1993-1998
Special Projects
Faculty Member of Duke's Human Rights Initiative, January 2007
   Organized state wide Human Rights Campaign town meetings in Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte in September 2007
Equality Lobby Day:NC House and Senate, Sepatember 2007
   Worked with Equality NC to organise a state wide lobby day to meet with various state legislators to discuss opposition to state constitution ammendment on same sex marriages and partnership rights.
Other
Vice President, International Studies Association (South), 1978
President, Peace Research Society (Southern USA), 1974-1975
member, Advisory Board, Institute of College and University Teaching, 1993-1998
N.C. Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, 1993-1998
Member, Southern Political Science Association, Program Committee for Teaching and Learning Panels, 1994
Co-Chair, "Internationalizing the Undergraduate Curriculum for the North Carolina Consortium of International/Intercultural Education, 1992
Member, Advisory Board, International Interaction, 1988
Panel Chairman, Discover Magazine, A Time Inc. Publication Conference on Terrorism in a Technological World, 1987
member, Editorial Advisory Board, International Interaction, London, England, 1981-1985
Program Chairman, International Studies Association (South), 1979
Selected Recent Invited Talks

U.S. Army Special Warfare School, Fort Bragg, N.C., February 1993

Publications

Books

  1. A.F. Eldridge, Images of Conflict (1979), St. Martin's Press.
  2. A.F. Eldridge, Legislatures in Plural Societies: The Search for National Cohesion and Development (1977), Duke University Press (Editor and Contributor.).

Chapters in Books

  1. A.F. Eldridge, The Roman Catholic Church, in The Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations: The Council on Foreign Relations, edited by Gaddis Smith and Bruce W. Jentelson (1993), Detroit: American Reference Publishing Company.
  2. A.F. Eldridge, Perceptions of United States Security Concerns in the Northeastern Mediterranean, in U.S. Security Concerns in the Northeastern Mediterranean (1987), University of Maryland.
  3. A.F. Eldridge, "Pondering Intangibles: A Value Analysis of Henry Kissinger", in Henry Kissinger: Personality and Politics (1983), Duke University Press.

Papers Published

  1. A.F. Eldridge, Psychological Effects of Terrorism: Examining Audience Reactions, Discover Magazine (January, 1987), A Time Inc. Publication.

Other

  1. A.F. Eldridge, None, in none, none (2009).
  2. A.F. Eldridge, Peace and World Order Studies: A Curriculum Guide (1984), World Policy Institute (curriculum syllabus with Gary Gereffi.).

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