Emmanuel Balogun
Contact Information & Background:
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Office: Ladd Hall #317
Phone: 518-580-5236
Email: ebalogun@skidmore.edu
Website:
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Education:
- Ph.D. & M.A. in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Delaware
- M.A. in Political Science from Western Illinois University
- B.A. in Political Science from New England College
Biography
Professor Emmanuel Balogun teaches in the Department of Political Science at Skidmore College. He is an affiliate of the Black Studies program.
In Professor Balogun鈥檚 Introduction to International Politics class, Skidmore students learn what it's like to build a country from scratch. Students discover their countries must work together to survive. They practice their creative problem solving during this semester-long simulation. In his upper level classes, students write to gain practical skills. They practice communicating through public writing and policy briefs. Students love learning how to make a podcast in this class.
His favorite part of being a teacher is seeing students get excited about making connections. He enjoys when students collaborate with him on his current project about how Africa engages with the world. Professor Balogun鈥檚 focuses on African politics, especially how Africa engages with other countries to position themselves in international policy and trade agreements.
Emmanuel received the 2021 Skidmore College President鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Service and Leadership.
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Research Interests:
- African Politics
- African Agency
- Regional Organizations
- International Organizations
- Global Health Governance
- Peace and Security Governance
- Civil Society in Africa
Courses:
- Introduction to Comparative and International Politics
- Contemporary African Politics
- Hip-Hop, Politics, and Protest
- International Organizations and Global Governance
- International Relations of the Global South
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- Recommendation Request Form
- Internship List
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Book
- Emmanuel Balogun鈥檚 book, (Routledge 2022), shows how regional organizations such as the Economic Community
of West African States (ECOWAS) influence regional governance. By collaborating with
bureaucrats and other regions, practitioners are able to create policy while deepening
relationships with civilians. His current research project focuses on Africa鈥檚 role
in global governance.
Email for media requests, book tour, and speaking, email ebalogun@skidmore.edu
Select Publications
- Region-Building in West Africa: Convergence and Agencyin ECOWAS, from Routledge 2022
- With Aarie Glas, 鈥淒on鈥檛 expect regional organizations to rein in coups鈥� for The Monkey Cage on The Washington Post, July 14, 2021
- 鈥淐omparative Regionalism,鈥� an entry in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, 2021
- 鈥淎frican Agency in Practice: Acquiring Agency and Institutional Change in the West African Health Organization,鈥� an article in African Spectrum, 2021
- With Amy Patterson, 鈥淎frican Responses to COVID-19: The Reckoning of Agency?鈥� an article in African Studies Review, 2021