Michael D. Kennedy

Name: Michael D. Kennedy

Title(s):

• Howard R. Swearer Director, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
• Professor, Sociology and International Studies, Brown University

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• CREES

Department Affiliation(s):

• Center for Russian & East European Studies

Education Background: Ph.D., Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1985; M.A., Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1981; A.B., Sociology and Anthropology, Davidson College, 1979

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

• Russian and East European Studies
• European Studies
• International and Comparative Studies

Related Countries:

• Poland
• Russia
• Ukraine

Research/Teaching Specialization: Social and cultural theory, comparative political sociology, intellectuals and expertise, Eastern Europe, European Union energy security

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Eastern European Societies and Institutions; Transformations of Communist and Post-Communist Systems; Nations and Nationalisms; Identity Formation and Social Problems in the Former Soviet Union; Colloquium in Russian, Post-Soviet, and East European Studies; Political Behavior: Politics and Society of the EU; Survey of Central and Eastern Europe and the Enlarged European Union