2005-06 Visiting Fellow

321 Hesburgh Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Phone: (574) 631- 2628
Fax: (574) 631-6973
E-mail: mcginnis@indiana.edu

Home page: http://mypage.iu.edu/~mcginnis/

Michael D. McGinnis is professor in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. For 2003-05 he served as co-director for the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, an inter-disciplinary research group focused on the study of institutions, development, and governance.

McGinnis received a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Minnesota in 1985. His teaching and research interests center on international conflict and governance. He teaches courses in world politics, institutional analysis, and research methods. He recently developed a course on the use of rational choice theory to understand the behavior and institutions associated with religious organizations.

His current research addresses institutional arrangements for the organization of rebellion and the peaceful resolution of disputes, with particular attention on contemporary conflicts in Africa. His chief project at the Kroc Institute is on “Faith, Conflict, and Reconciliation: Religion's Contributions to Political Violence and its Resolution.” McGinnis plans, first, to finish his book manuscript on conflict in the Horn of Africa (Strategies for Improving Global Response to Conflict: Lessons from the Horn of Africa), which offers an explanation for the seemingly chaotic patterns of conflict within and between the countries of the Horn. He will then begin work on a research project on the dynamic interplay among religious and political organizations in the diverse processes of peace and reconciliation in these countries.

McGinnis has published several articles in political science and international relations journals, as well as a few chapters in edited volumes. He is co-author, with John T. Williams, of Compound Dilemmas: Democracy, Collective Action, and Superpower Rivalry (University of Michigan Press, 2001) and editor of three volumes of readings on governance issues written by scholars associated with the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. He was co-editor of International Studies Quarterly (1994-98).

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