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Robert Knight

Social & Communication Arts
Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Phone: 308-432-6284
Office: Old Admin 220
E-mail: rknight@csc.edu

Education/Background

B. A., San Diego State University
M.A., University of California, Davis
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Teaching Areas

• HIST 331 Latin American History
• PS 231 American National Government
• PS 332 International Relations
• PS 334 Public Opinion and Propaganda
• PS 341 Comparative Politics
• PS 420/520 American Political Thought
• PS 431/531 History of Political Thought
• PS 434/534 Congress and The Presidency

Campus Involvement

• Sponsor, Political Science Club

Professional Activities and Awards

• American Political Science Association
• Western Political Science Association
• Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies

Research Interests and Conference Papers

• Comparative political institutions
• Democratic Consolidation
• Legislative Studies
• Religion and Politics
• Civic Engagement and Participation
• Latin American Politics
• "Party Unity and Coalitional Voting: The Mexican Chamber of Deputies during the Fox Sexenio."
• Presented at the PCCLAS Annual Conference, November 2007
• "Parties in the Mexican Congress: Party Unity, Coalitions and Policy Decisiveness"
• Presented at the WPSA Annual Conference, March 2007
• "Religion and Latino Political Participation"
• Presented at the SDICCCA Behavioral & Social Sciences Regional Conference, September 2004
• "Web Based Course Management Systems in The Traditional Classroom"
• Presented at the Lilly Conference of College and UniversityTeaching- West, March 2004
• Scholarly Papers