Faculty

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Kenneth Long, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science Joined USJ:
Academic Degrees Ph.D., The University at Albany
MPA, Syracuse University
B.A., The University at Albany 
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About

Kenneth Long is is Professor of History and Political Science. He is the author of three books: The Trouble with America; Contemporary Anti-Muslim Politics; and Problems of Political Secularism. He has also published many articles on American politics, foreign policy, international relations, and political theory. He was Visiting Fulbright Professor at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria and Concurrence Researcher at Linnaeus University in Vaxjo, Sweden. He has guest lectured at various universities in Austria, China, Sweden, Turkey and the U.S.

Affiliations

Member, American Political Science Association

Courses Taught

  • Political Theory
  • American Government
  • American Foreign Policy
  • Inequality in America
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Comparative Politics
  • Israel and Palestine
  • International Relations

Research

Dr. Long’s research focuses on contemporary political difficulties, especially the ways in which limiting government power inadvertently advances the threat to representative governance by leaving inadequately addressed increasingly pressing human crises.