GEORGE M. POLUSE
505 W. Walnut Ave., Painesville, OH 44077
Phone: (440) 655-2349
Email: gpoluse@kent.edu and gpoluse@gmail.com
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EDUCATION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, Kent, Ohio
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Political Science, Summer 2016 (expected)
Fields: Transnational/Comparative, and Policy Analysis
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, Kent, Ohio
Masters, Department of Political Science, May 2013
Fields: Transnational/Comparative, and Policy Analysis
NOTRE DAME COLLEGE , South Euclid, Ohio
Bachelor of Arts, May 2007
Fields: Accounting (major), Mathematics (major), Philosophy (minor)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
INSTRUCTOR, Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio – Fall 2015
 110– American National Government
INSTRUCTOR, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio – Fall 2014
 10500 – World Politics (International Relations)
INSTRUCTOR, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio – Fall 2013
 10004 – Comparative Politics
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio – Aug.2010-May 2012; Jan.
2014-Aug. 2014
TEACHER ASSISTANT, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio – Aug. 2012 – May 2013
 10500 - World Politics – Dr. Andrew Barnes Fall 2012
 10004 - Comparative Politics – Dr. Julie Mazzei Spring 2013
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
BOOK CHAPTERS
Schatteman, Alicia, Deborah Mohammed-Spigner, and George Poluse. 2012. “Citizen
Participation through Municipal Websites: A Global Scorecard.” In Active Citizen
Participation in E-Government: A Global Perspective, eds. Aroon Manoharan & Marc
Holzer. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
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BOOK REVIEWS
Review of Nonviolent Revolutions: Civil Resistance in the Late 20th Century, Oxford: Oxford
University Press by S.E. Nepstad. 2012. Journal of International and Global Studies,
4(1): 93-95.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2013.“Incentives for Regional Trade: An Institutional Alternative to the WTO.”
Presented at the 71st Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago,
IL April 11th-14th.
2014.“State Incentives for Regional Trade: An Institutional Alternative to the WTO.”
Presented at the 72nd Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago,
IL April 3rd-6th.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP
American Political Science Association 2012-Present
Midwest Political Science Association 2012-Present
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