Faculty & Staff
J. Samuel Barkin, PhD
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Associate Professor; Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance
Graduate Program Director, International Relations
McCormack Graduate School - Telephone: 617.287.4845
- Email: Samuel.Barkin@umb.edu
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100 Morrissey Blvd. Office Location: Wheatley Hall, 4th Floor, Room 127
Areas of Expertise
International Relations Theory and International Organization, with particular attention to International Environmental Politics, International Monetary Politics, Theories of Sovereignty, and Constructivist Theory
Degrees
PhD, Columbia University
Professional Publications & Contributions
- Realist Constructivism: Rethinking International Relations Theory (Cambridge University Press, 2010)
- International Organization: Theories and Institutions
(Palgrave, 2006) - Social Construction and the Logic of Money: Financial Predominance and International Economic Leadership
(SUNY Press, 2003) - Anarchy and the Environment: The International Relations of Common Pool Resources, co-editor with George Shambaugh.
(SUNY Press, 1999)
Additional Information
J. Samuel Barkin, associate professor of global governance and human security, has been appointed Graduate Program Director [GPD] of the International Relations MSPA program as of July 2012. Barkin received his PhD and MPhil in Political Science from Columbia University, and MA and BA in Political Science from the University of Toronto.
His work has been published in International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, Foreign Policy Analysis, Global Environmental Politics, Global Governance, Millennium, and Environmental Politics, among other journals, as well as in numerous edited volumes. He has just completed a book manuscript (forthcoming from MIT Press) about the international politics of fish and fishing."
