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Expertise and Activity Statement |
Joining the ISU faculty in 1990, Samory Rashid previously served at the
University of Maine, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Lincoln
University of Missouri. He was an Analyst with the Illinois Bureau of the Budget
and the Illinois House of Representatives Appropriations staff under both
Republicans and Democrats. He also coordinated the State Government internship
program at Lincoln University and worked briefly in city government in St. Louis
County and as a free-lance writer for the St. Louis Argus Newspaper. He was a
Visiting Associate Professor at UCLA in 1998 and his wife is an Associate
Professor of Geography at ISU. Dr. Rashid earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from The
University of Chicago, B.A. and M.A. degrees from Southern Illinois University
and completed a year of graduate study at Northwestern University. His areas of
specialization are International relations, African studies, and Islamic
studies. Since arriving at ISU, Dr. Rashid has traveled extensively throughout
the Middle East, Africa, Western Europe, and North America. He has also taught
American government, Theory, Public Administration, methods and a special topics
course devoted to international terrorism. |
