Biography and Research Interests
Howard Lehman received his Ph.D. in political science
from the University of Minnesota in 1987 and has been teaching at the
University of Utah since 1986.
His initial research interests focused on international debt and
development problems in Africa and Latin America. A second research
project focused on the role of traditional authorities and demarcation
policies in recent municipal elections in South Africa. His most recent
research project examines Japan's foreign aid policy to Africa. Among
other grants and fellowships, he has received two Fulbright Lectureship
awards; to Slovakia in 1994-5 at Comenius University and to Japan at
Kyushu University in 2002-3. The Fulbright awards brought about his
invitation to serve as member on the executive board of the Utah
chapter of the National Fulbright Program.
In 2006, Professor Lehman was invited to be a Visiting
Scholar at Kobe University. As a result of an international
competition, he also was selected to present his most recent project on
Japanese aid to Africa at a UN-sponsored conference in Helsinki in June
2006.
His publications include articles on the political economy of South Africa, South African municipal elections, foreign debt negotiations in the developing world, comparative environmental policy, and African interest groups. They have appeared in World Politics, Political Science Quarterly, African Studies Review, Policy Studies Review and other journals. His book, entitled Indebted Development: Strategic Bargaining and Economic Adjustment in the Third World, was published in 1993. More recently, he published an article on Japan's foreign aid policy to Africa which appeared in Pacific Affairs in 2005 and an article on democratization and local elections in South, published in the Social Science Journal in 2007. He also is co-editing a book entitled, Japan and Africa: Globalization and Foreign Aid in the 21st Century.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Teaching Interests
Undergraduate Classes:
Introduction to International Politics
International Politics of Africa
Theories of International Relations
International Political Economy
Senior Seminar: Challenges of Globalization
Graduate Classes:
Field Seminar in International Relations
International Relations Research Design Workshop
International Relations Advanced Seminar
His teaching has brought him recognition as the recipient of the
Faculty Honorary Award in 1994 and as a semi-finalist for the College
of Social and Behavioral Science Superior Teaching award in 1997.
Fall 2007 Class: PS 6850, Field Seminar in International Relations
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154B Orson Spencer Hall
801-581-6246
lehman@poli-sci.utah.edu