Doctoral Dissertation Activity
Claude
E. Welch, Jr.
Revised
as of December 23, 2009
Asterisk indicates chair of doctoral
committee. Unless otherwise noted, all dissertations were submitted at
SUNY/Buffalo.
M. Seymen Atasoy
“The Dynamics of German Foreign Policy Shifts” (Ph.D. awarded 1992).
*Gehad
Auda “An Inquiry into Sadat's Political Order in
*Amilcar Barreto “Nationalism,
Linguistic Security and Language Legislation in
Gabriel Bayemi
“Macroeconomic Structural Adjustment Effects on Formal Education in
Celestine Bassey “The
Role of Military Power in Nigerian Foreign Power: An Assessment of Motivation,
Goals, and Utility (Ph.D. awarded 1985, Dalhousie University) (external
reader).
*Peter Baxter “The
Tripartite Relation between Multinational, State and Local Organization in the
Dominant Product Economy of Senegal: State-Local Relations in Comparative
Perspective” (Ph.D. awarded 1992).
Valerie Plave Bennett “The
Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in
James Brown “The
Military in Politics: A Case Study of Greece” (Ph.D. awarded 1971).
Dong-gun Byun “Development
and Environment in a Developing Country: The Case of Economic Growth vs.
Developmental Problems in
*Timothy Callan
“National Interests versus Moral Imperatives: Foreign Aid in Complex
Humanitarian Emergencies” (Ph.D. awarded 2000)
*T-Y Emerson Chang “The
Military and Transitions toward Democracy in Chile and Taiwan” (Ph.D. awarded
1995).
*Chia-sheng (Michael) Chen
“Taiwan and the Development of a Late Modern Military” (Ph.D. awarded 2009).
Chun-ming Chen
“Party Politics and Democratic Transition in
*Hsiao-shih Cheng “The
Political Commissar System in the Military: A Comparison of the PRC's Peoples
Liberation Army and the ROC's National Army” (Ph.D. awarded 1988) (Published by
Westview, 1990, as Party-Military
Relations in the PRC and Taiwan, with foreword by Claude E. Welch, Jr.).
Chi Chun-chieh “The
International Context of Development and Environment: Theories Applied to
*Chou Chih-chieh (Bernard) International
Effects on the Process of Democratization in East Asia and
Chinweizu Ibekwe “The
West and the Rest of Us” (Ph.D. awarded 1976, Department of History) (published
by Random House, 1975).
Gary Ciurczak “US
and
*Lawrence E. Cline
“Islamic Insurgencies: A Comparative Study” (Ph.D. awarded 2000).
Abdul W. Coulibaly
“Factors that Influence the Supply of Primary School Teachers in
*Karla J. Cunningham
“Regime and Society in
*A.J.C. Daniel “Radical
Resistance to Minority Rule in
Leo Dare “Military
Leadership in Transitional Societies: The Case of Western Nigeria” (Ph.D.
awarded 1972, Carleton University) (external examiner).
*Rafael
Davtian "A Theory of Ethnic Activity:
Political and Economic Determinants of the Initiation, Severity, and
Termination of Ethnonationalist Conflict"
Isaac Dim “Educational
Expansion and Equality of Opportunity in Secondary Schools in Imo State of
Nigeria” (Ph.D. awarded 1985, Department of Educational Administration).
Edward Chidizie Iwuofor Diogu “Teachers
and Politics in
Joanna Drzewieniecki
“Indigenous Politics, Local Power and the State in
Gervase Eleonu “Modernization
of the Educational System in
*Michael Filozof “Woodrow Wilson and the
Origins of International Human Rights” (Ph.D. awarded 2000).
*David Foley
“The Democratic Consolidation of a Federal Political System: The Case of
Russia” (Ph.D. awarded 2004)
*Tangie Fonchingong “Multilateral
Assistance for Self-Reliant Development: The United Nations Development Program
in
Alicia Fraser
“The Relationships among HIV/AIDS, Political Administration and HIV/AIDS Health
Care Policies in South Africa” (Department of Global Gender Studies)
Kathryn Bryk-Friedman “Institutions,
Interests and Ideas: The Political Economy of Economic Policy-Making in
Judith Gentleman “Mexican
Oil and Dependent Development” (Ph.D. awarded 1982). (Named by SUNY/Buffalo as
the outstanding dissertation of 1981-82, published by Peter Lang in 1985).
David Goldfischer “Mutual
Defense Emphasis: The History and Implications of an Alternative Approach to
Strategic Arms Control” (Ph.D. awarded 1989).
Annika Hagley “Going Rogue: Roll Call Voting, Discretionary Dissent and incumbent manipulation of Media messages in the United State Congress
Ann Helwege “Constraints
on the Economic Dependence of Developing Countries” (Ph.D. awarded 1984,
Department of Economics) (external reader).
*Carolina Hernandez “Civilian
Control of the Military in the
Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao “Assessing
and Comparing Government Agricultural Strategies in the Third World: The Cases
of Taiwan and
*David T. Hutt “Enforcement of International Human Rights Law:
Factors and Effectiveness of Coercive Foreign Policy Approaches” (Ph.D. awarded
2004).
Gordon Idang “The
Anglo-Nigerian Defense Treaty: A Case Study in Decision-Making” (Ph.D. awarded
1969).
*Farida
Jalalzai “Women Leaders in Comparative Perspective” (Ph.D. awarded 2004)
*Junhui Joo [now Junhui Park] “Women's International
Non-Governmental Organizations and an International Conference” (Ph.D. awarded
1984).
*Nantang Jua “The
ACP-EEC Lomé Regime: Implementing the Comprehensive Development Strategy”
(Ph.D. awarded 1982).
*Steven J. Jurek
“
Azubike Kalu-Nwiwu “Textbook
Contributions to National Integration: A Case Study of Nigeria” (Ph.D. awarded
1988, Department of Educational Organization, Administration and Policy).
Nabuyuki Kambara “Political
Economy of the Nation-State Public Education Decentralization and Privatization:
1975-1990” (Ph.D. awarded 2004, Department of Educational Leadership and
Policy)
Jidlaphe Kamoche “The
Doctrine of the Paramountcy of African Interests and the Settler Question in
Kenya, 1923-1963” (Ph.D. awarded 1977, Department of History) (published in
1981 by University Press of America).
Kijoo Kim “Post-Cold
War Civil-Military Relations in South Korea: Toward a Postmodern Military?”
(Ph.D. awarded 2009)
*J. C. Scott Lake
“Peacekeeping’s Failure in the Post-Cold War Era” (Ph.D. awarded 2003)
*Lee, Jinmyoung
“What Factors Determine the Success of Transnational Redress: Political
Leaders, Redress Movements, Regime Type, International Human Rights Regimes or
Economic Relationship” (Ph.D. awarded 2008).
Musindu Kanya-Ngambi “The
Relationship Between the Leadership Style of Upper Secondary School Principals
and the Achievement Level of Public Senior High School Students” (Ph.D. awarded
1982, Department of Educational Administration).
*Tony Khater “The
Palestinian Resistance Movement in
Chull Baum Kim “The
United States Withdrawal Decision from South Korea (September 1945-June 1949)”
(Ph.D. awarded 1984).
Sung Joo Kim “The
Great Power Triangle and Southeast Asian Security Since 1972” (Ph.D. awarded
1986).
Taewoo Kim “Nuclear
Proliferation: Long-Term Prospect and Strategy on the Basis of a Realistic
Explanation of the Indian Case” (Ph.D. awarded 1989).
Patricia
A. Maloney “Presidential Leadership, Change and
Community: SUNY-Buffalo from 1966 to 1981” (Ph.D. awarded 2001, Graduate School
of Education) (outside reader)
Yung Myung Kim “Political
Economy of Military Rule: A Comparative Study of Brazil,
Marshall King “Political
Recruitment in a Mono-Organizational Setting: The Soviet Central Party
Leadership in the Post-Stalin Period” (Ph.D. awarded 1980).
*Karl L. Krueckenberg “Student
Leaders and Politics: The Provincial Philippine Perspective” (Ph.D. awarded
1977).
Kenneth K. Kwaku “The
Political Economy of Peripheral Development: A Case Study of the Volta Region (
*Shelah G. Leader “Military
Professionalism and the Disposition to Intervene in
J. Harold Leaman “The
Spatial Role of Commercial Banking in Economic Development: The Example of
Ethiopia” (Ph.D. awarded 1976, Department of Geography).
Zosimo Lee “The
Political Conception of Justice: Rawls, Communitarianism, and Rational
Conflict-Resolution” (Ph.D. awarded 1990, Department of Philosophy) (external
reader).
Guoli Liu “States
and Markets in
*Zihua (David) Liu “Understanding Corruption through a Cross-National Comparison” (Ph.D. awarded 2007)
Brandon D. Lundy "Making a Living in Kassumba, Guinea-Bissau” (Department of Anthropology) (Ph.D. awarded 2009)
Patricia A. Mahoney
“Change in Higher Education: The University at
Joseph Maitha “Coffee
Production in
Denis Mbuyi “Educational
Messages in
*Hooshmand Mirfakhraei “The
Iranian Armed Forces and the Revolution of 1978-9” (Ph.D. awarded 1984).
George W. Musambira “Goals
and Interorganizational Communication: A Network Analysis of US and Canadian
Non-Governmental Organizations Active in the East African Region” (Ph.D.
awarded 1993, Department of Communication).
*Brian
R. Nottingham “American Civil-Military Relations in the
New Dark Ages”
Linus C. Okerere “Socio-Economic
and Cultural Aspects of Food and Food Habits within the Rural Community of
Owerri, Nigeria” (Ph.D. awarded 1979, Department of Anthropology) (published by
University Press of America, 1983).
Omo Omoruyi “National
Integration and Political Development in
Soungalo Ouedraogo “The
Political Economy of the Relationships Between Formal and Nonformal Education:
Exploring Cost-Effectiveness from
*
*Ben Pieczynski “Problems
of U.S. Military Professionalism, 1945-1950” (Ph.D. awarded 1985).
Frank Ponsi “
*Dale Posgate “Social
Mobilization, Nationalism, and Political Change in
Sooh-Rhee Ryu “Democratic
Representation in New Democracies: Government Responsiveness and Policy” (Ph.D.
awarded 2009)
*W. A. Sambo “Group
Violence and Governmental Response: A Nigerian Case Study” (Ph.D. awarded
1983).
*Joseph S. Sanko “Political Corruption as
a Dimension of Political Socialization in Sub-Saharan Africa, with particular
reference to
Eliz Sansarian “Women's
Movement as a Social Movement in
Nil Seda Satana “Third
Party Intervention in Civil Conflicts: Sorting Out the Effects of Domestic
Factors” (Ph.D. awarded 2006)
T. Jeffrey Scott
“Basic Human Needs, Human Rights, and Human Development” (Ph.D. awarded 2003,
Department of Philosophy).
Viberto Selocham “Professionalization
and Politicization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines” (Ph.D. awarded 1990,
National University of Australia) (external examiner).
Carolyn Price Singletary “Academic
Effectiveness of Elementary Magnet Schools: The Impact of Magnet School
Education (as a Vehicle for Desegregation) on the Academic Achievement of
African-American Pupils” (Ph.D. awarded 1992, Department of Educational
Organization, Administration and Policy) (outside reader).
*William Stover “Military
Politics in
Blake Strack “The
Uncommon Defense: Parochialism and Weapons Termination Decisions in
Congressional Defense Committees, 1989-1990” (Ph.D. awarded 1994).
*Mavis Bunker Taintor “An
Ecological Model of Peasant Revolution: The Indonesian Communist Experience
1952-1965” (Ph.D. awarded 1974).
Javier Torres “Military
Government, Political Crisis, and
Micah Tsomondo “Kwame
Nkrumah on Socialism and Continentalism as the Ideology for African
Development” (Ph.D. awarded 1970, Department of History).
*Offiong Udofia “Trade
Unionism and Socio-Political Change in
*Aimée Verdisco
“Between Accountability and `Revindicación’: Development and Intra-national
Differentiation in
*Robert C. Vogt “The
Development of a Sense of Political Community in a Plural Society:
Nation-Building in
*Q. Ken Wang “Achieving
Political Influence in Asia: Changes in
T.Y. Wang “The
Effect of Dependency on the Economic Development and Political Stability of
Less Developed Countries: A Pooled Cross-Sectional and Time-Series Analysis”
(Ph.D. awarded 1990).
Luo Xu
“Changes in the Values of Chinese Youth, 1976-1988” (Ph.D. awarded 1995,
Department of History)
*Kunchok Youdon “NGOs
and Human Rights in South Asia: A Comparative Study of Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet”
Ahmed Beita Yusuf “Legal
Pluralism in the Northern States of
Buslet/Theses