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CHRISTOPHER D. VAN ALLER


Christopher D. Van Aller, Associate Professor of Political Science

Biography

Dr. Chris Van Aller was promoted to Professor of Political Science effective 2008.  He specializes in International Relations, Post Soviet Politics, and European Politics.  Dr. Van Aller holds a MA and Ph.D. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA.  Dr. Van Aller joined the faculty at Winthrop University in 1990.  His research focuses on international affairs, and security policy.  He is the director of the annual Model United Nations Conference. 
Dr. Van Aller received a Fulbright Award to study Poland in the EU during the summer of 2003, and was selected to serve on the 2008 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference program committee.

Selected Publications

  • A Short Guide to Writing About Social Science 4th ed., co-author with Lee Cuba, September, 2001, Longman Publishers.
     

  • The Culture of Defense, Lexington Books, January 2001.

Courses Taught (selected syllabi are linked)
    PLSC 205:  International Politics
   
PLSC 205H:  International Politics (Honors)
   
PLSC 260:  Model United Nations
    PLSC 261: Model United Nations Symposium
   
PLSC 325:  Environmental Politics
   
PLSC 336:  Post Soviet Politics
    PLSC 345:  European Politics

    PLSC 345H: European Politics (Honors)
    PLSC 390:  Canadian Politics
   
PLSC 504:  American Foreign Policy
    PLSC 508:  National Security
   
HMXP 102:  The Human Experience, Who Am I?

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