Contact
Professor
Department of Political Science
1125 Au Sable Hall
Grand Valley State University
1 Campus Drive
Allendale, MI 49401-9403
e-mail: constanj@gvsu.edu
tel.: 616-331-2869
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, Duke University, 1996
M.S., International Food and Nutrition Policy, Tufts University, 1986
M.A., International Relations, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, 1980
B.A., Political Science, Tufts University, 1978
Courses
Issues in World Politics
International Political Economy
Government and Politics of Western Europe
The European Union
Political Analysis
International Relations Capstone
Selected Publications
“Explaining Generosity: Comparing U.S. and European Public Opinion on Foreign Aid” (with Polly J. Diven). Journal of Transatlantic Studies 7:2 (2009).
"Interest Group Strategies in Multi-level Europe." Journal of Public Affairs 7:1 (February 2007).Download
“The Europeanization of Interest Group Politics in Italy: Business Associations in Rome and the Regions.” Journal of European Public Policy 11:6 (December 2004).
"Continental Europe: France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece" in Research Guide to U.S. and International Interest Groups, Clive S. Thomas, ed. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004.
“Italy: The Erosion and Demise of Party Dominance” in Political Parties and Interest Groups: Shaping Democratic Governance, Clive S. Thomas, ed. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001.
"Multi-level Lobbying in the European Union: A Paired Sectoral Comparison Across the French-Italian Border." Regional and Federal Studies 6:3 (Autumn 1996).
Recent Presentations
“Political Responses to Globalization in Europe and the U.S.” Michael S. Dukakis Chair in Public Policy and Service, American College of Thessaloniki, March 4, 2009.
“Political Responses to Economic Structural Hypertransformation: A Research Design and Partial Findings from Ontario and Michigan.” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Vancouver, June 4-6, 2008.
“The Determinants of International Support for the United Nations” (with Polly J. Diven). Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, March 2008.
"Explaining Generosity: Comparing U.S. and European Public Opinion on Foreign Aid" (with Polly J. Diven), Transatlantic Studies Association, Cork, Ireland, July 2007.
"Strategie dei Gruppi d’Interesse nell’Europa Multilivello [Interest Group Strategies in Multi-Level Europe]," Faculty of Political Science, University of Perugia, May 3, 2006.
Biography
I developed and have taught a variety of comparative politics, international relations, and research methods courses at GVSU. I served as the department chair and international relations program coordinator from 2002-2006. My research focuses on the domestic politics of international integration, particularly in North America and the European Union. I have been working on a panel study of the "multi-level" lobbying strategies of business associations in Genoa, Italy and Marseille, France. My interest in Italy began as a graduate student at the Johns Hopkins Bologna Center. Later, I was a visiting fellow at the EU's European University Institute in Florence, and a Fulbright scholar in Genoa. I helped develop the department's faculty exchange with the University of Perugia, and have visited Grand Rapids' beautiful sister city several times. I also enjoy visiting Greece, where I have family in the Peloponnese and Chios. Before starting my academic career, I was an international economist for a management consulting firm, and a manager for two international development agencies, CRS in Senegal, and ACCION in Boston.
