Robert J. Beck
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Robert J. Beck (1961- ) is an educator and scholar of international law and international relations.
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[edit] Education
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and educated at Marquette University High School, Beck received an Honors B.A. (Political Science, History, Latin), Phi Beta Kappa, from Marquette University in 1983. He received MA (1985) and PhD (1989) degrees in International Politics from Georgetown University's Department of Government.
[edit] Academic Career
Dr. Beck spent nine years in full-time teaching and research at the University of Virginia (Government & Foreign Affairs, 1989-90, 91-98) and the University of Minnesota (Political Science, 1990-91). He served as Director of Tufts University's Center for Teaching Excellence from 1998-2000, thereafter moving to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. As an Associate Professor of Political Science, he currently serves the Center for International Education and teaches in the Global Studies degree program.
An expert on technology-enhanced pedagogy, Beck maintains a nationally recognized website on Learning Objects. Beck's "Foreign Affairs Online" was in 2006 called "perhaps the best comprehensive Web site on international affairs."
[edit] Bibliography
- International Law and the Rise of Nations (co-editor, with Thomas Ambrosio, 2001)
- International Rules: Approaches from International Law and International Relations (co-editor, with Anthony Clark Arend and Robert Vander Lugt, 1996)
- International Law and the Use of Force (co-author, with Anthony Clark Arend, second edition forthcoming, 1993 first edition)
- The Grenada Invasion: Politics, Law, and Foreign Policy Decisionmaking (author, 1993)
