Education:

• Ph.D. in Political Science, UCLA, August 1995
• Dissertation Topic:  "Deutschmarks and Diplomacy:  Economic Linkage and German Reunification"
• Dissertation research at BIOst (Federal Institute for Eastern and International Studies),   Cologne, Germany, September 1993 to July 1994.  Enrolled at the Universität zu Köln   for 1993-94 academic year.
• Enrolled in RAND/UCLA Center for Soviet Studies program 1988-93 (Involved full-time study at UCLA, part-time consulting at RAND Co.)
• M.A. in Political Science, UCLA, December 1990
• Major fields:  Comparative Politics, International Relations.  Minor field:  Soviet Studies.
• Honors B.A. in Foreign Service and International Relations, Pennsylvania State
• University, May 1988.  Minors in German and Economics.
• Norwich University (Vermont) Summer Intensive Russian Program, 1988
• Study abroad at Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany, 1987

• Asst. Professor of Political Science, Penn State Berks Campus, August 1995 to date Classes taught include Intro. to International Relations, Intro. to Comparative Politics, Intro. to American Government, International Studies.
• Consultant at RAND Co., September 1988 to September 1994 (Projects listed below)
• Grading Assistant at UCLA, Summer 1993 (Comparative Politics)
• Teaching Assistant at UCLA, September 1991 to June 1993 (Taught International Relations (four times), Comparative Politics, Public Administration)

• Economic Statecraft in International Relations
• German "Ostpolitik" (relations between Germany and Eastern Europe and Russia)

• Brigitte Schulz and Randall Newnham, Eds., Unified Germany:  Domestic Problems and Global Challenges.  New York:  Prentice Hall, forthcoming.
• "Germany and its Eastern Neighbors:  Patterns of Continuity and Change," in Brigitte Schulz   and Randall Newnham, Eds., Unified Germany:  Domestic Problems and Global  Challenges.  New York:  Prentice Hall, forthcoming.
• "How to Win Friends and Influence People:  A Comparison of German and Japanese    Economic Linkage Policies," in Iliana Zloch-Christy, Ed., Eastern Europe and the World
• Economy:  Challenges of Transition.  London:  Edward Elgar, 1998.
• Deutschmark Diplomacy:  Economic Linkage in German-Russian Relations.  Book manuscript currently under review by Pennsylvania State University Press.
• "More Flies with Honey: Positive Economic Linkage in German Ostpolitik from Bismarck to   Kohl."  Paper currently under review by International Studies Quarterly.
• "Poland and German Unification:  A Study in Economic and Political Statecraft."  Paper    currently under review by The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies.
• "The Soviet Union and German Unification:  The Role of Economic Linkage."  Paper    currently under preparation for German Studies Review
•  Review of Trade Growth in Transition Economies:  Export Impediments for Central and    Eastern Europe, Richard Cooper and Janos Gacs, Eds., for Canadian-American Slavic    Studies, 1998.
• "Soviet Oil and Gas Trade with Eastern Europe:  Developments in the 1980's," Monograph    112, California Seminar on International Security and Foreign Policy, 1990.
• "Gorbachev and the Soviet Military:  A Chronology," in T. Karasik and W. Green, Eds.,    Gorbachev and His Generals.  Westview:  1990.

• "Sovereignty for Sale?  The Purchase of Diplomatic Recognition by West Germany, Taiwan, and South Korea."  International Studies Assn. (ISA), Minneapolis, MN, March 1998.
• "Germany and Eastern Europe:  'Rich' or 'Reich?'"  American Political Science Assn.(APSA) Northeast meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 1997.
• "The New German Ostpolitik."  German Studies Assn., Washington, DC, September 1997.
• "Prime Real Estate for Sale:  Japan and the Kurile Islands."  ISA, Toronto, Canada, March    1997.
• "More Flies with Honey:  A Comparison of German and Japanese Economic Linkage Policies."  APSA Northeast meeting, Boston, MA, November 1996.
• "How to Win Friends and Influence People:  A Comparison of German and Japanese Economic Linkage Strategies." Joint meeting of the ISA and the Japan Assn. of International Relations (ISA-JAIR), Makuhari, Japan, September 1996.
• "Economic Statecraft in German Ostpolitik from Bismarck to Kohl,"  ISA, San Diego, CA,    April 1996
• "Deutschmarks and Diplomacy:  Economic Linkage and German Reunification," ISA Western   Regional meeting, Boulder, CO, October 1995 and APSA Northeast meeting, Newark, NJ, November 1995.
• "The Warsaw Pact:  Prospects for Reform," Trilateral Graduate Student Conference, Berkeley, CA, April 1990

• "Nationalist and Extremist Groups in Eastern Europe" (with Tom Szayna) 1992-93
• "Central European Security" (with Steve Larrabee) 1992
• "The USSR, Poland, and German Reunification" (with James Brown) 1991
• "Bibliographic Outline:  The Future of East European Security Policy" (with John van Oudenaren)  1990
•  "The East German Contribution to Soviet High Technology" (with Steven Popper) 1989

•  Research Development Grants, Penn State University, Spring 1996 and Fall 1997
•  DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship, 1993-94
•  UCLA ISOP (International Studies and Overseas Program) Graduate Fellowship, 1993-94
• Center for German and European Studies (UC Berkeley) Pre-Dissertation Research Grant, 1992  (Used for research in Germany, August-September, 1992)
•  RAND/UCLA Center for Soviet Studies Fellowship, 1988-91
•  Winner, 1988-89 Research Paper Competition, California Seminar on International Security and Foreign Policy
•  John White Graduate Fellowship, Penn State Faculty Senate, 1988-89

• Secretary, International Studies Association-Northeast Region, 1997-1999
• American Political Science Association (APSA), and Comparative Politics, International    Political Economy and International Security Sections, APSA
• Northeastern Political Science Association (NPSA)
• International Studies Association (ISA), and Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the ISA
• Conference Group on German Politics (CGGP)
• German Studies Association (GSA)
• American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)