Stephen Orvis (Ph.D., Wisconsin), Associate Professor of Government, studies
comparative politics with an emphasis on Africa. His articles
on rural development in Kenya and African democratization have
appeared in African Studies Review and Studies in Comparative International Development. His book, The Agrarian Question in Kenya, is published with University Presses of Florida. He also served
as an international election observer in Kenya's transitional
elections to democratic rule.
1997-98 Course Schedule:
Introduction to Comparative Politics (F)
Nationalism and Communal Conflict (S)
Political Economy of Development (S)
Senior Thesis (F, S)
Contact:
tel. x4310
e-mail: sorvis@hamilton.edu