Robert J. Beck
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| Robert J. Beck | |
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| Born | 1961 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Education | Marquette University Georgetown University |
| Occupation | UWM Associate Professor |
Robert J. Beck (born 1961) is an educator and scholar of international law and international relations.[1]
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[edit] Education
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and educated at Marquette University High School, Beck received an Honors B.A. Magna Cum Laude (Political Science, History, Latin), Phi Beta Kappa, from Marquette University in 1983. He received MA (1985) and PhD (1989, with distinction) degrees in International Politics from Georgetown University's Department of Government.
[edit] Academic career
An Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Beck also teaches in the Global Studies degree program. In addition, he currently serves as Chief Information Officer for UWM's College of Letters and Science.
Beck served UWM's Center for International Education from 2000 until June 2011. From 1998-2000, he served as Director of Tufts University's Center for Teaching Excellence. Beck earlier taught at the University of Virginia (Government & Foreign Affairs, 1989–90, 91-98) and the University of Minnesota (Political Science, 1990–91).
Beck maintains a website on Learning Objects called "Foreign Affairs Online". Beck has been a regular scholarly collaborator with his long-time friend, Anthony Clark Arend.[2] Since 2003, he has also been a regularly featured guest on the television series, "International Focus", produced by the Institute of World Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
[edit] Bibliography
- International Law volume of International Studies Encyclopedia (co-editor, with Henry F. Carey, 2010)
- International Law and the Rise of Nations (co-editor, with Thomas Ambrosio, 2001)
- International Rules: Approaches from International Law and International Relations (co-editor, with Anthony Clark Arend and Robert Vander Lugt, 1996)
- International Law and the Use of Force (co-author, with Anthony Clark Arend, second edition forthcoming, 1993 first edition)
- The Grenada Invasion: Politics, Law, and Foreign Policy Decisionmaking (author, 1993)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/polisci/faculty/beck.cfm
- ^ Anthony Clark Arend, Legal Rules and International Society (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), p. iii.
