Dr. Luehrmann received her Ph.D. in Political Science from The Ohio State University in 2000, completing a dissertation titled Officials Face the Masses: Citizen Contacting in Modern China . She pursues a number of research areas relating to comparative politics of the Third World , with an emphasis on Asian politics and foreign policy. Her primary area of research is modern Chinese politics, including state-society relations, institutional development, political participation, the print media, and Sino-Vatican relations. She
co-authored (with December Green) Comparative Politics of the Third World: Linking Concepts and Cases (Lynne Rienner: 2003) now in its second edition, and has published articles in Legislative Studies Quarterly and Asian Survey. She teaches courses on the Third World , political ideologies, social movements, Chinese domestic and foreign policy, and transitions to democracy.

Contact Information

313 Millett Hall

(937) 775-3197

laura.luehrmann@wright.edu

Office Hours - Spring 2008

Tuesdays 9:45-11:45am
Wednesdays 1:30-3:00pm
and by appointment

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Master of Arts Program, International and Comparative Politics (ICP)