Department of Public and International Affairs

Eric McGlinchey

Assistant Professor of Government and Politics

 

Eric McGlinchey received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2003.  Prior to joining George Mason University as an Assistant Professor of Politics and Government in August 2005, Dr. McGlinchey held positions as an Assistant Professor of Politics at Iowa State University (2003-05) and as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Central Asian Studies at Stanford University (2002-2003). 

Dr. McGlinchey's areas of research include comparative politics, Central Asian regime change, political Islam, and the effects of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on state and society. He has written articles on regime change and on political Islam for Democratization, Current History, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Freedom House's Countries at the Crossroads, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, and the Journal of Central Asian Studies. He is currently revising a manuscript on Patronage and Authoritarian Rule in Central Asia and is a co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation supported study, “The Effect of the Internet on Society: Incorporating Central Asia into the Global Perspective.”  In addition to his academic affiliation, Professor McGlinchey is a member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Program on New Approaches to Russian Security and is an advisor to the Eurasia Program at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR).

 

 

Eric McGlinchey
Department of Public and International Affairs
George Mason University, Robinson A201 - MSN 3F4
4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
Tel: 703-993-2960, Fax: 703-993-1399, emcglinc@gmu.edu
Updated: Spring 2007