TEACHING

I teach in both English and French. The following are undergraduate classes taught in English in the Department of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago unless otherwise noted.

African Politics & International Relations Courses

“African Politics” (PLSC 342). Last taught spring 2019. (Syllabus)

“African International Relations” (PLSC 340). Last taught fall 2008. (Syllabus).

“Encountering Africa: African Politics and Literature” (HONR 210 for the Interdisciplinary Honors Program). Last taught spring 2012. (Syllabus)

“Italy and Northern Africa in International Relations” (ROST 300 for Loyola’s John Felice Rome Center in Italy). Last taught summer 2017. (Syllabus)

“Seminar in African Politics” (PLSC 425). Graduate level, last taught spring 2011. (Syllabus)

“United States Foreign Policy toward Africa.” Taught in French at the graduate level as a Fulbright professor in Senegal during 1994-95 and 1995-96, and in French at the graduate level as a Fulbright professor in Tunisia during 2002-03 (Syllabus)

International Relations Courses

"International Relations in an Age of Globalization” (PLSC 102). Tier I core course. Last taught fall 2015. (Syllabus)

“Intervention in World Politics: United States Practices from 1776 to the Present” (PLSC 356). Last taught fall 2019. (Syllabus). Also taught in French at the graduate level in Guadeloupe in summer 1999 and fall 1999 and as a Fulbright professor in Tunisia during 2002-03, and in French at the undergraduate level as a week-long short course at the European University (Tunisia) in spring 2017. (Syllabus)

“Introduction to Global and International Studies” (GIST 101 for the Global and International Studies Program). Last taught fall 2003. (Syllabus)

“Foreign Policy Analysis” (PLSC 432). Graduate level, last taught spring 2020. (Syllabus)

“International Relations Theory” (PLSC 430). Graduate level, last taught spring 2010. (Syllabus)

“Capstone in Global and International Studies” (GIST 301 for the Global and International Studies Program). Last taught spring 2008. (Syllabus)

Special Service Learning & Overseas Travel Courses

“Arab Spring, Democratic Change, Islam, Gender & U.S. Foreign Policy” (PLSC 300). Twenty-one day experiential-learning travel course to Tunisia that I created and led every summer, 2006 to 2015. (Syllabus)

“Internship Class, Department of Political Science” (PLSC 370). Taught each semester, fall 1997 to spring 2002. (Syllabus)

“Internship Class, Global and International Studies Program” (GIST 370 for the Global and International Studies Program). Created and taught each semester, fall 1997 to spring 2002. (Syllabus)

“Internship Class, John Felice Rome Center” (ROST 370 for Loyola’s John Felice Rome Center in Rome, Italy). Created and taught during spring 2004 and spring 2005 while I was a faculty member in residence for two academic years (2003-2005). (Syllabus)

“Spring Break Immersion Trip to Tunisia (ten day study trip for Loyola’s John Felice Rome Center in Rome, Italy). Created and led in spring 2004 and spring 2005 while I was a faculty member in residence for two academic years (2003-2005). (Syllabus)

“United States Supreme Court: History, Structure and Process. Week-long course taught every year, beginning in 200, for a total of seventeen years at the University of Carthage in Tunisia. Last taught spring 2019 (Syllabus)

MENTORSHIP

I greatly enjoy working with undergraduate and graduate students at all levels on research projects. The following will give you an idea of some of the year-long, undergraduate research projects that I have mentored in recent years as part of Loyola’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (LUROP), as well as some of the doctoral dissertation projects of our PhD students that I have mentored in recent years. If you would like to propose working with me on a project, please contact me at pschrae@luc.edu with a working title and brief paragraph describing your proposed project!

Mentorship of Undergraduate Students (Recent Year-Long Research Projects)

Adolinama, Hilton (2013-2014). McNair Fellow. Project: “Impact of Democratization on the Formulation and Implementation of Ghanaian Foreign Policy.”

Brayne, Adam (2015-2016). Provost Fellow. Project: “Impact of Democratization on the Formulation and Implementation of Nigerian Foreign Policy.”

Dvorak, Aubrey (2015-2016). Rudis Fellow. Project: “Women’s Organizations and Constitutional Change for Women’s Rights: Case Study of the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia)”

Gago, Claudia (2018-19). Rudis Fellow. Project: “Constitutions and Longevity of Political Leaders in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East”

Gavin, Benjamin (2013-2014). Rudis Fellow. Project: “Comparative Constitutional Change as a Result of the Arab Spring: Middle East and North Africa”

Kreifels, Nicholas (2010-2011). Provost Fellow. Project: “Tunisia: Economic Success on a Struggling Continent”

Kroll, Ahnika (2017-2018). Rudis Fellow. Project: “Constitutional Protections for Immigrants and Immigration from North Africa: Comparison of the Italian and U.S. Constitution and Practices”

Richmond, Kylie (2019-2020). Rudis Fellow. Project: “Comparative Constitutional Analysis of the Treatment of Marginalized Groups within Cameroon and France”

Rizvi, Sana (2016-2017). Rudis Fellow. Project: “Arab Spring, Foreign Fighters, and Constitutional and Legal Changes in North Africa”

Triantafilidis, Olga (2015-2016). Rudis Fellow. Project: “Effects of the Arab Spring on the Rights of Women: A Comparison of Constitutional Change for the Women of Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen”

Sadoun, Meriem (2014-2015). Provost Fellow. Project: “Differences in American and Tunisian Student Attitudes toward U.S. Foreign Policy and U.S. Intervention Abroad.”

Wilson, Chante (2019-2020). Rudis Fellow. Project: “Constitutional Right to Nutrition and Health: A Comparison of South Africa and the United States”

Mentorship of Graduate Students (Recent Doctoral Dissertations)

Asil, Muhammet, PhD Candidate (Dissertation Committee Member). “Facing the Mass Exodus: Reconsidering the Moral Responsibilities for and Obligations toward Large Numbers of Refugees in an Age of Global Crises.” Position: Graduate School Schmitt Dissertation Fellow, 2019-20, Department of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago.

Crossley-Frolick, Katy. PhD (Dissertation Committee Member). “The ‘Red’ Inheritance: Reckoning with the Legacy of the East German Past.” Position: Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Denison University.

Dobbs, Kirstie Lynn, PhD (Dissertation Director). “Active on the Street but Apathetic at the Ballot Box? Evolving Political Behavior of Tunisian Youth during the Post-Revolutionary Era (2011-Present).” Position: Full-Time, Non-Tenure-Track Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Public Policy, Merrimack College.

Endless, Brian, PhD (Dissertation Committee Member). “International Legitimacy and the United Nations Security Council.” Position: Full-Time, Non-Tenure-Track (Senior) Lecturer, Department of Political Science, and Director, African Studies and African Diaspora Program, Loyola University Chicago.

Hazen, Timothy A., PhD (Dissertation Director). “Defect or Defend? Explaining Military Responses during the Arab Uprisings.” Position: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Elmhurst College.

Kessler-Kroft, Allison, PhD (Dissertation Director). “Democratization and Foreign Aid toward Africa (1960-2000): Realism/Neorealism (Self Interest) vs. Idealism/Neoidealism (Normative Interests).” Position: Assistant to the Provost, Valparaiso University, and Director, Duneland Education Foundation.

Lebamoff, Mary Frances, PhD (Dissertation Committee Member). “Learning from the United Nations Preventive Deployment Mission in Macedonia: Nothing Fails Like Success?” Position: Program Chair of Political Science, University of Maryland University College.

Mecellem, Jessica, PhD (Dissertation Co-Director). “Individual Criminal Accountability after Civil Wars: Enforced Disappearances in Algeria and Turkey.” Position: Full-Time (Five-Year) Non-Tenure Track Position, Department of Political Science, University of the South.

Murhula, Toussaint Kafarhire, SJ, PhD (Dissertation Director). “United States Foreign Policy toward HIV/AIDS in Africa: Role of Pharmaceutical Companies in the Formulation and Implementation of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) 2003-08.” Position: Visiting Professor, Loyola University of the Congo, Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Vice President, African Studies Association of Africa.

Noonan, Michael, PhD (Dissertation Committee Member). "Complexity, Conflict, and Cooperation: The Micropolitics of American Civil-Military Relations in Small Wars, 1945-Present." Position: Director of Research & Director, National Security Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI).

Randriamanantena, Mamy, SJ, PhD Candidate (Dissertation Director). “Religious Soft Power? The Vatican’s Influence in the Resolution of International Conflicts.” Position: Scheduled to defend in July 2020, after which he will be a tenure-track Assistant Professor, Magis University, Antananarivo (Madagascar).

Replogle, Sheri, PhD (Dissertation Committee Member). "The Civilian in the War on Terror: Do Norms Shape Strategy?" Position: Instructional Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University.

Riggs, Jonathan, PhD (Dissertation Director). “Who’s Attending the Party? Elections, Parties, and Democratization in Post-Communist States.” Position: Part-Time Instructor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Central Michigan University.

Schumacher, Michael J., PhD Candidate (Dissertation Director). “Dying to Fight: The Individual and Social Processes of the Foreign Fighter Phenomenon.” Position: Scheduled to defend in July 2020, after which he will be a one-year, Full-Time, Non-Tenure Track faculty member, Department of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago.

Tang Abomo, Paul Emile, SJ, PhD (Dissertation Director). “The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and United States Intervention in the Libyan Civil War (2011).” Position: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of International Relations and Foreign Policy, Gregorian University, Rome, Italy.

Taylor, Bruce, PhD (Dissertation Director). “Socio-Economic Development and Social Change: A Quantitative Analysis.” Position: Independent Consultant.

Van Inwegen, Patrick, PhD (Dissertation Director). “Velvet Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of Nonviolent Action in Revolution.” Past Position: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Whitworth University.