Bob Beatty, PhD

Associate Professor
E-Mail: bob.beatty@washburn.edu
Courses Taught:
PO 200A: China and Asia through Film
PO 225: Introduction to International Politics
PO 235: Introduction to World Governments
PO 300A: Model United Nations
PO 353: American Foreign Policy
PO 354: Current Issues in International Politics and Security
PO 361: European Politics
PO 362: Mexico and Latin American Politics
PO 106: Government of the United States
PO 300A: Special Topics: The 2004 Presidential Primaries

Dr. Bob Beatty teaches most of the courses in the department concerning international and comparative politics; although he also teaches American Government and special topics courses on American politics (see below for the list of Dr. Beatty's classes).

Bob comes to Washburn from Arizona State University, where he received his PhD in Comparative Politics in 2000, and the University of Kentucky, where he received his M.A. in International Affairs and Diplomacy in 1993. He received his B.A. from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota in 1988 and originally hails from the land of the Duck and Beaver, Oregon.

Dr. Beatty has spent time in China and Japan, where he taught English and Government, and Hong Kong, where he has done extensive research for his book on Hong Kong and Chinese politics (Praeger Press, 2003). Bob has also conducted research and curriculum development projects in Cuba, England, Ireland, Burma and Albania.

In American politics Bob has taken a great interest in Kansas politics and is the host of a series of television programs that have aired on WUCT TV and KTWU TV and has served as the in-studio political analyst for KSNT TV in Topeka. Bob is currently working on a project analyzing the "Kansas politician" that will eventually involve interviews with every living Kansas senator, member of congress, and senator.

Bob is the faculty advisor for the Model United Nations club, the Denver Hargis Politics Club, and the International Politics Club. In January of 2003 Bob led a group of 16 Washburn students to Montreal for the McGill Model United Nations Conference. Bob is an avid fan of the Washburn men's and women's basketball teams and has been known to (although rarely) teach his son to heckle opposing players in the MIAA.

If you have any questions at all about studying international politics at Washburn, becoming involved in political science-orientated clubs, or why Bob thinks the women athletes at Washburn should be called the "Annies" instead of the "Lady Blues," please send him an email.