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Index of biographies by last name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Andrew Bentley
Collection Manager of Ichthyology, Museum of Natural History since January 2001
EDUCATION:
M.Sc. Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1996.
B.Sc. Hons, Zoology, University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1991.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Marine fishes (mainly reef species) and echinoderms (particularly Clypeasteroids sand dollars)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Bentley, A.C. "Reproductive cycle and gonadal histology of Echinodiscus bisperforatus along the southern coast of South Africa." Echinoderms, San Francisco. Eds. R. Mooi and M. Telford. 1998
COURSES TAUGHT AT KU:
Elements of museum studies
LANGUAGES:
English, Afrikaans

Raj Bhala
Raymond F. Rice Professor of Law (tenured)
EDUCATION:
J.D. Harvard University
M.A. Oxford University
M.A. London School of Economics
B.A. Duke University
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
International trade (particularly GATT, developing countries, and agriculture), social justice theory, Islamic law
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
GATT Law: A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Sweet & Maxwell, forthcoming 2005)
Trade, Development, and Social Justice (Carolina Academic Press, 2003)
"Saudi Arabia, the WTO, and American Trade Law and Policy," (September 2004)
"World Agricultural Trade in Purgatory," 79 North Dakota Law Review 691(Spring 2003);
COURSES TAUGHT AT KU:
International Trade Regulation
Advanced International Trade Regulation
Islamic Law
LANGUAGES:
English, moderately proficient in French, learning Chinese, Arabic.
DISTINCTIONS:
Member, Council on Foreign Relations
Member, Royal Society of Asian Affairs
Member, American Law Institute

Surendra Bhana
Tenured Professor, History; at KU since 1988
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1971
M.A., University of Kansas, 1968
B.A. Hons., University of South Africa, 1965
B.A. University of Witwatersrand, 1962
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
South African history with special reference to Asian minorities
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
The Making of a Political Reformer: Gandhi in South Africa, 1893-1914, New Delhi: Manohar Publishers, March 2005.
Gandhi's Legacy: The Natal Indian Congress, 1894-1994. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1997.
"Indianness Reconfigured, 1944 1960: The Natal Indian Congress in South Africa." Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East 17:2 (1997): 100 07.
"Indentured Labor Migration in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries with special reference to Natal South Africa." 199 223 in Carl Strikwerda and Camille Guerin Gonzales, eds., The Politics of Immigrant Workers. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1993.
COURSES TAUGHT AT KU:
South African History in the 20th Century with special focus on the apartheid era
Introduction to African History
U.S. History
Asian American Experience
LANGUAGES:
Native fluency in Afrikaans, fluency in Gujarati and English, and basic knowledge of Zulu
DISTINCTIONS:
Regular KU travel grants to travel to and do research in South Africa and India.
Langston Hughes Visiting Professor, University of Kansas, 1986.
OAH Distinguished Lecturer, 2004-06

Melissa Birch
Director of KU CIBER, Tenured Associate Professor in the School of Business; at KU since 1995
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1984
M.S., University of Illinois, 1980
B.A., New College, Sarasota, Florida, 1975
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Public enterprise management and privatization, strategic management in developing countries: competition policy in liberalizing markets
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
"Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: New Trends and Old Patterns," with Garrett Halton, Latin American Business Review, Summer 2001.
"The Economic Performance of State-Owned Enterprise in Argentina: An Empirical Assessment." Review of Industrial Organization Vol. 14, No. 4, pp 355-75. June 1999. With Zhenhui Xu.
Privatization in Latin America: New Roles for the Public and Private Sectors, edited with Werner Baer, Greenwood Press, 1994.
"Privatization," in Encyclopedic Dictionary of Business Ethics," edited by R. Edward Freeman and Patricia Werhane, (London: MacMillan Press, 1997).
COURSES TAUGHT AT KU:
Problems of General Management
Business in Latin America
Management of International Business
Global Business Environment.
LANGUAGES:
English, fluent in Spanish and Portuguese
DISTINCTIONS:
Provost's Award for Leadership in International Education, University of Kansas, Fall 2002
Principal Investigator, Title VI Center for International Education and Research (CIBER) 1999-2002, 2002-2006
Fulbright Group Projects Abroad (Mexico), May-June 1996
Dean's Award for Special Contributions, School of Business, KU, 1996

Hannah Britton
Assistant Professor of Political Science(tenure track) since 2005
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. 1999, Political Science. Syracuse University.
Certificate in African Languages. 1995. University of California, Berkeley, African Languages Summer Institute.
M.A. 1995, Political Science. Syracuse University.
B.A. 1992, Politics and English, Wake Forest University.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
African Politics, Gender Politics, Democratization & Development, Civil Society-State Relations, Transnational Movements
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
From Resistance to Governance: Women in the South African Parliament. University of Illinois Press, August 2005.
Women in African Parliaments, co-edited with Gretchen Bauer of the University of Delaware, Lynne Rienner Publishers, January 2006.
"Coalition Building, Election Rules, and Party Politics: South African Women's Path to Parliament," Africa Today, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 32-67. Winter 2002.
"The Incomplete Revolution: South African Women's Continued Search for Liberation." International Feminist Journal of Politics, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 1-29. 2002.
"New Struggles, New Strategies: Emerging Patterns of Women's Political Participation in the South African Parliament," International Politics, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 173-199. June 2001.
COURSES TAUGHT AT KU:
The Politics of Africa
Contemporary Feminist Political Theory
Comparative Politics
Gender and Globalization
LANGUAGES:
English, IsiXhosa (intermediate), Spanish (some knowledge).
DISTINCTIONS:
Research Initiation Grant, 2003, Office of the Vice President of Research, Mississippi State University.
Research Travel Award Grant, 2003, Office of the Vice President for Research, Mississippi State University.
Institute for Development Anthropology Associate, 2001-4. USAID's Women and Legal Rights Project.
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, 1996, U.S. Department of Education.
Roscoe Martin Fund Dissertation Award, 1996, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, 1995, Ohio State University, funded attendance to the Cooperative African Languages Summer Institute held at the University of California at Berkeley.