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Location: Howley 301
Phone: 401-865-2773
Fax: 401-865-1222
E-Mail: dougblum@providence.edu
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Douglas W. Blum
Professor

Education
Ph.D. Columbia University
MA Washington University
BA Washington University

Summary Biography
     Douglas W Blum is Professor of Political Science at Providence College, and Adjunct Professor of International Studies at the Thomas J. Watson, Jr., Institute of International Studies at Brown University. His current project addresses the international social and cultural dimensions of American decline. In recent years his research has centered on the connections between globalization, identity, and security in the former USSR. His works include National Identity and Globalization: Youth, State and Society in Post-Soviet Eurasia (Cambridge University Press, 2007), as well as an edited volume entitled Russia and Globalization: Identity, Security and Society in an Era of Change (The Johns Hopkins University Press and Woodrow Wilson International Center, 2008). He received his PhD in Political Science from Columbia University in 1991.



Fall 2008 Courses

Course # Section Title Time Comments
PSC 207 001 International Relations MW 10:00-11:15 IR field
PSC 207 002 International Relations MW 11:30-12:45 IR field
PSC 324 001 Government & Politics of Russia & the Former Soviet Union
TR 11:30-12:45 Comparative field