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Emmanuel Balogun  

International Affairs Program Director and Associate Professor of Political Science

Office: Ladd Hall 317
Phone: 518-580-5236
Email: ebalogun@skidmore.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. & M.A. in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Delaware
• M.A. in Political Science from Western Illinois University
• B.A. in Political Science from New England College

Biography:

Professor Emmanuel Balogun teaches in the Department of Political Science at 撸短视频 College. He is an affiliate of the Black Studies program.

In Professor Balogun鈥檚 Introduction to International Politics class, 撸短视频 students learn what it's like to build a country from scratch. Students discover their countries must work together to survive. They practice their creative problem solving during this semester-long simulation. In his upper level classes, students write to gain practical skills. They practice communicating through public writing and policy briefs. Students love learning how to make a podcast in this class.

His favorite part of being a teacher is seeing students get excited about making connections. He enjoys when students collaborate with him on his current project about how Africa engages with the world. Professor Balogun鈥檚  focuses on African politics, especially how Africa engages with other countries to position themselves in international policy and trade agreements.

Emmanuel received the 2021 撸短视频 President鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Service and Leadership.

Research interests:

• African Politics
• African Agency
• Regional Organizations
• International Organizations
• Global Health Governance
• Peace and Security Governance
• Civil Society in Africa

Courses:

• Introduction to Comparative and International Politics
• Contemporary African Politics
• Hip-Hop, Politics, and Protest
• International Organizations and Global Governance
• International Relations of the Global South

Find these resources for students on Prof. Balogun's website

• How to ask your professor for a recommendation
• Recommendation request form
• Internship list
• Schedule a meeting with Professor Balogun

Book:

• Emmanuel Balogun鈥檚 book,  (Routledge 2022), shows how regional organizations such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) influence regional governance. By collaborating with bureaucrats and other regions, practitioners are able to create policy while deepening relationships with civilians. His current research project focuses on Africa鈥檚 role in global governance.
• Email for media requests, book tour, and speaking, email ebalogun@skidmore.edu 

Select publications:

• Region-Building in West Africa: Convergence and Agencyin ECOWAS, from Routledge 2022
• With Aarie Glas, 鈥淒on鈥檛 expect regional organizations to rein in coups鈥� for The Monkey Cage on The Washington Post, July 14, 2021
• 鈥淐omparative Regionalism,鈥� an entry in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, 2021
• 鈥淎frican Agency in Practice: Acquiring Agency and Institutional Change in the West African Health Organization,鈥� an article in African Spectrum, 2021
• With Amy Patterson, 鈥淎frican Responses to COVID-19: The Reckoning of Agency?鈥� an article in African Studies Review, 2021