MARCUS FRANDA

TITLE
       
Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park

TEACHING AND RESEARCH

Teaching Fields: international law, international organizations, information technology politics and diplomacy, political economy, comparative politics

HONORS

University of Maryland Landmark Award "for unprecedented contributions to the international life of the university," 2001

Distinguished Service Award (the highest award granted to Beloit College Alumni), 1999

Officer of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, appointed by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 1986

Shell Oil Company National Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1968

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Chicago, 1966

A.M., Political Science, University of Chicago, 1960

B.A. cum laude Double Major, History and Government (honors in Government), Beloit College, 1959

ADDRESS AND CONTACT BY E-MAIL

The Department of Government & Politics
University of Maryland
3140 Tydings Hall
College Park, MD 20742

mfranda@gvpt.umd.edu

LINKS

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PUBLICATIONS

2006: The United Nations in the 21st Century: Management and Reform Processes in a Troubled Organization (Rowman and Littlefield)

2003: China and India Online: Information Technology Politics and Diplomacy in the World's Largest Nations (Rowman and Littlefield)

2002: Launching into Cyberspace: Internet Development and Politics in Five World Regions (Lynne Rienner Publishers)

2001: Governing the Internet: The Emergence of an International Regime (Lynne Rienner)

2000 and EARLIER: 17 other books and more than 100 articles

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Director of International Affairs, University of Maryland, 1989-1999

President, World College, 1988-1989

Headed the Asia Foundation Office, Washington, D.C., 1986-1988

Representative for Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, based in Bangkok, The Asia Foundation. 1983-1986

Director, Institute of World Affairs, Salisbury CT, 1980-1983

Senior Associate for Asia, Universities Field Staff International (headquartered at Dartmouth College, based in Asia), 1971-1983

Research Associate, MIT, Center for International Studies, 1967-1977

Associate and Assistant Professor, Colgate University, 1965-1977