Dr. Dan Slater

Biography

Dan Slater (Ph.D. Emory, 2005) specializes in the politics of enduring dictatorships and emerging democracies, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia. He joined the University of Michigan's faculty after twelve years at the University of Chicago, where he served as Director of the Center for International Social Science Research and was an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and an associate member of the Department of Sociology. His book, 'Ordering Power: Contentious Politics in Southeast Asia', published in 2010, examines how divergent historical patterns of contentious politics shape variations in state power and authoritarian durability across seven Southeast Asian countries. He is also the co-editor of 'Southeast Asia in Political Science: Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis' (2008), which assesses the contributions of Southeast Asian political studies to theoretical knowledge in comparative politics. His work has appeared in leading disciplinary journals such as the American Journal of Political Science and World Politics, as well as area-focused journals like Critical Asian Studies. Slater received his B.A. in international relations and history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his M.A. in international studies from the University of Washington. He was also a Fulbright scholar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His research interests include comparative politics, international relations, and methodology.

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