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Faculty Profile

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Dr. Paul A. Mego

Associate Professor of Political Science

Degrees:

B.A.; M.A.; Ph.D., University of Alabama

Areas of Expertise:

  • Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
  • Political Anthropology
  • Post-Cold War Europe
  • Former Soviet Bloc/Eastern Europe

Courses Taught:

  • Introduction to Political Science
  • International Relations
  • U.S. Government and Politics
  • Comparative Politics
  • Political Theory
  • Comparative Government: Latin America
  • Comparative Government: The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
  • Comparative Government: Africa
  • International Organization and Law
  • Senior Seminar in Political Science and History
  • Cultural Anthropology
  • International Political Economy
  • History of Political Thought
  • Senior Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies: The 20th Century

Publishing Credits:

Chapter: "Slovakia: National Consciousness Born From Repeatedly Denied Autonomy" in Europoean Nations and Nationalism in a Historical Perspective. Editors: Look HagenDoorn, George Csepeli, Haenk Dekker, and Russell Farnen, 2000, Ashgate Publishers.

Conferences Attended:

  • "Nationalism as Political Capital: Slovakia, 1989-1998." Paper presented: International Studies Association South annual conference, 20-22 October 2000, Birmingham, AL
  • Roundtable participant: "The anomalies of Slovak electoral politics in a Central European perspective" at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies 29th National Convention, 20-23 November 1997, Seattle, WA
  • "One Flew East and One Flew West: Slovak Politics and European Integration." The Ninth Annual Thomas Kukucka Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Department of Slavic Languages and Literature Slovak Studies Program, 6 April 1997.
  • "Slovak National Identity (1989-1993): Nationalism as a Political Resource." Paper presented: American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies 28th National Convention, 14-17 November 1996, Boston, MA
  • Co-sponsor and organizer of The Alabama Conference on Europe After Communism 19 September 1992, University of Alabama.
  • "Slovak Nationalism and the Dissolution of the Federative Republic." Paper presented: The Alabama Conference on "Europe After Communism" 19 September 1992, University of Alabama.
  • "Sociology and International Relations: Theoretical Explorations" with Dr. Paul Jacobson (Lambuth University). International Studies Association Midwest Annual Conference, November 1-2, 2002, St. Louis, MO.

Professional Memberships:

  • American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
  • Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
  • Slovak Studies Association (AAASS affiliate)
  • International Studies Association (ISA)

Other:

Dr. Mego is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship (1994-1995) to conduct dissertation research on Slovak national identity and electoral politics in the Slovak Republic. At Lambuth, Dr. Mego serves as an advisor for Lambuth's International Studies program, and is the University's pre-law advisor, along with Prof. Gary Boutwell.

Lambuth International Studies Program Advisor

Lambuth Pre-Law Advisor (along with Prof. Gary Boutwell)

Dr. Mego is also the advisor and coordinator for Lambuth's Model United Nations team, Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (TISL) delegation, and Mock Trial team.

Links:

Description of TISL

Description of Mock Trial

American Mock Trial Association Website

Model UN Description

Model UN Association Website
 
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