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Mar 9th, 2009 by mbnelson

Mike is a husband, father, son, brother and friend.  After that he plays around at being a teacher and political scientist, picks at his guitar, travels to foreign lands, spends free time planning his next backpacking trip, and strives to continue the family tradition of making great swedish pancakes.

Fall 2009

Teaching:

Government 155, Introduction to International Relations

 


Currently Working On…

The political economy of Chinese infrastructure investment in Africa (focus on telecom (Angola/Ghana/Nigeria) and dams (Ghana + ???).

Update to earlier quantitative analysis of state participation in international organizations.

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  • Michael Nelson
    Assistant Professor
    Government Department
    Wesleyan University
    Middletown, CT 06459
    mbnelson -at- wesleyan.edu
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