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Biography (Current as of September, 2006)
Robert Compton earned his doctorate and Masters of Public Administration from the State University of New York at Binghamton (1998). As Associate Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York at Oneonta, he teaches courses in comparative politics and international relations in the areas of Political Development, East and Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Comparative Public Administration, and International Political Economy.
Compton's research interests include East Asian and Southern
African political development, especially the linkages among culture, economics,
and politics, and their impact on ordinary citizens. He is editor of and contributor to Transforming East Asian
Domestic and International Politics, Ashgate 2002, and author of
East
Asian Democratization: Impact of Globalization, Culture, and Economy,
Praeger 2000. Other publications, including articles and book reviews, have appeared in
the Journal of African Policy Studies, Perspectives on Politics,
International
Journal on World Peace, and Africa Today.
Dr. Compton's
current research focuses on Southern Africa (i.e., South Africa,
Zimbabwe, and Namibia). He is researching the past and future role
of redistributive justice and its link to political institutions and
laws and policies in ameliorating past grievances. These
grievances include ethnic conflict and genocide, land issues, and
workplace reorganization in the post-colonial era.
Compton envisions a better and stronger SUNY Oneonta. Currently, as
Vice President for Academics of United
University Professions, Oneonta Chapter, he believes in the importance
of organized labor in academe. He is also the
Presiding Officer of the College Senate at Oneonta.
He also assists with the Center for International Development's (SUNY-CID) Legislative Fellows Program as Academic Mentor. He is on their Advisory Council. He also teaches and advises the Oneonta Model UN program.
Dr. Compton grew up in Japan. He is an able chef, a philatelist, and a fan of the Baltimore Orioles. Rob and Joyce have five children: Kelly, Christopher, Kayla, Colin, and Kathryn.