RC 4 Board

Since the Election at the Fukuoka, Japan IPSA Conference in July, 2006

Executive Board

President Emeritus

Dr. (Mr.) R. B. Jain
Formerly of University of Delhi, India
rbjain@ndf.vsnl.net.in

Board Member Emeritus

Dr. (Mr.) Onkar Dwivedi
University of Guelph, Canada
odwivedi@uoguelph.ca

President/Chair

Dr. (Mrs.) Renu Khator
University of South Florida, United States of America
rkhator@acad.usf.edu
http://www.acad.usf.edu/Office/Provost/

Vice Presidents

Dr. (Mr.) Lenneal Henderson
University of Baltimore, United States of America
LENNEALH@cs.com

Dr. (Mr.) Rainer Pitschas
German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer, Germany
rpitschas@dhv-speyer.de

Secretary

Dr. (Mr.) Edward Kissi
University of South Florida, United States of America
ekissi@cas.usf.edu

Board Members

Dr. (Mr.) P. S. Bhatnagar
Formerly of Rajasthan University, India
b191@sify.com

Dr. (Mr.) Hartmut Elsenhans
University of Leipzig, Germany
helsen@rz.uni-leipzig.de

Dr. (Mr.) Harald Fuhr
University of Potsdam, Germany
hfuhr@rz.uni-potsdam.de

Dr. (Mr.) Abdelrahman Hadi
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates
D.hadi@hotmail.com

Dr. (Mr.) Shamsul Haque
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Polhaque@nus.edu.sg

Dr. (Mr.) Godwin Onu
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria
godwinonu2003@yahoo.com

Dr. (Mrs.) Dora Orlansky
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
orlansky@mail.retina.ar

Dr. (Mr.) Michael Pinto-Duschinsky
Brunel University and International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), United Kingdom
pintoduschinsky@btopenworld.com

Dr. (Mr.) Keshav Sharma
University of Botswana, Botswana
SHARMAKC@mopipi.ub.bw

Dr. (Mrs.) Alice Sindzingre
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
sindzingre@wanadoo.fr

Dr. (Mrs.) Amita Singh
Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
amitasingh@yahoo.com

Dr. (Mrs.) Vidu Soni
Central Michigan University, United States of America
soni1v@cmich.edu

Dr. (Mr.) Dhirendra Vajpeyi
University of Northern Iowa, United States of America
dhirendra.vajpeyi@uni.edu

Dr. (Mr.) Habib Zafarullah
University of New England, New South Wales, Australia
hzafarul@metz.une.edu.au

Duties

President Emeritus’ Duties:

  • Provide guidance and direction to the Research Committee.

Board Member Emeritus’ Duties:

  • Provide guidance and direction to the Research Committee.

President’s/Chair’s Duties:

  • Serve as the central contact person with the International Political Science Association (IPSA) headquarters and to lead the Board in making programmatic and Conference decisions.
  • Endeavor to be present at all the meetings, including the triennial World Congresses and the mid-term Round Table meetings.  Attendance is not required, but the President must make an earnest attempt to attend.
  • Make scholarly contributions to the mission of the Research Committee.
  • Continue to be a dues-paying member to IPSA.

Vice Presidents’ Duties:

  • Assist the President with her duties, as necessary.  The President's duties are to be the central contact person with the IPSA headquarters and to lead the Board in making programmatic and Conference decisions.
  • Endeavor to be present at all the meetings, including the triennial World Congresses and the mid-term Round Table meetings.  Attendance is not required, but the Vice Presidents must make an earnest attempt to attend.
  • Help organize the Round Table meetings: assist in deciding where the meetings will be held and assist in deciding the themes of the meetings.
  • Make scholarly contributions to the mission of the Research Committee.
  • Continue to be a dues-paying member to IPSA.

Secretary’s Duties:

  • Communicate, as necessary, with the RC 4 Board and IPSA.
  • Endeavor to be present at all the meetings, including the triennial World Congresses and the mid-term Round Table meetings.  Attendance is not required, but Secretary must make an earnest attempt to attend.
  • Make scholarly contributions to the mission of the Research Committee.
  • Continue to be a dues-paying member to IPSA.

Board Members’ Duties:

  • Endeavor to be present at all the meetings, including the triennial World Congresses and the mid-term Round Table meetings.  Attendance is not required, but Board Members must make an earnest attempt to attend.
  • Be available to assist in the selection of abstracts and papers to be presented at the World Congresses and Round Table meetings.  The President will choose two or three of the Board Members to assist in this task.
  • Assist in organizing the Round Table meetings: assist in deciding where the meetings will be held and assist in deciding the themes of the meetings.
  • Make scholarly contributions to the mission of the Research Committee.
  • Continue to be a dues-paying member to IPSA.