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Message from the Director

Global citizenship...this concept might seem vague at first, but the idea is actually a foundational principle to your education at Shorter.  We live in a highly interconnected world.  We truly are global citizens who need to work for mutual understanding between countries and cultures. 

Over the years, we have witnessed that an event in one part of the world can have a real impact upon our own part of it.  As today's university students and tomorrow's world leaders, you can only be successful in the future by understanding that we all have responsibilities and duties as global citizens.  That's what Shorter's Campus Globalization commitment is all about.

Welcome to our global community!

Global Perspectives Forum - Fall 2011

September 21, 2011: "Embracing Japan:  The March 11th Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Crisis".

November 16, 2011: "Embracing Japan:  The Impact of the March 11th Triple Disasters." 

Location for both dates: Austin Moses Room

Time: 3 PM

SPEAKER - Dr. Brian Woodall
Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Director of Graduate Programs, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology

Education Ph.D., Political Science, University of California-Berkeley M.A., Political Science, University of California-Berkeley B.A., Political Science, University of Utah B.A., History, University of Utah Research Focus Dr. Brian E. Woodall received his PhD in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley. He joined the faculty in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in 1994. His research focus is comparative politics with an emphasis on Japan and East Asia, international relations, and political economy. Dr. Woodall has taught at the University of California at Irvine and at Harvard University. He is the author of Japan Under Construction: Corruption, Politics, and Public Works (University of California Press 1996) and Japan's Changing World Role (Asia Society 1993), and co-editor of Elections in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan Under the Single Non-Transferable Vote (University Michigan Press 1999).

In addition, he has authored numerous articles, served as Chair of the Southern Japan Seminar, and serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals. His current research projects explore energy security in East Asia, campaign finance and political corruption in Japan, and the evolution of Japanese democracy. He has received research support from the U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission, the Abe Fellowship Program of the Social Science Research Council, the University of California Pacific Rim Research Program, and the Japan Foundation. His teaching includes graduate and undergraduate courses in comparative politics, East Asia, Japanese politics and political economy, and U.S.-Japan relations*.

* Source: Georgia Institute of Technology Website

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION - Embracing Japan: Lessons of the Cascading Disasters of March 11th

Part 1
Part 2