Peter J. Schraeder (pschrae@luc.edu) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago, where he also teaches as part of the interdisciplinary African Studies and African Diaspora, Honors, Global and International Studies, and Islamic World Studies programs. He received his MA (1986) and PhD (1990) in International Studies from the University of South Carolina, after completing a double major in International Studies and French at Bradley University (1982), a degree in French Civilization and Language at the Sorbonne in Paris, France (1982), and a certificate in French from the Catholic Institute of Paris, France (1981).