Dr. Leonard Ray CV: Education and Employment

Employment 2005 - Present: Associate Professor of Political Science Louisiana State University 2000 - 2005 Assistant Professor of Political Science Louisiana State University 1998 - 2000 Assistant Professor of Political Science Binghamton University 1997 - 1998 Fellow Center for Advanced Study of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Administrative Positions 2008 - Present: Director International Studies Program LSU 2007 - 2008: Associate Director International Studies Program LSU 2005 - 2008 Rector, Global Studies Residential College A living /learning community for first year students interested in world affairs, foreign languages, and international cultures Education 1998 Ph.D. Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Dissertation Title: Politicizing Europe: Political Parties and the Changing Nature of Public Opinion about the EU. Dissertation Committee Chair: Gary Marks Readers: George Rabinowitz, John Stephens, Francois Nielsen, Marco Steenbergen. 1992 MA Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Thesis Title: The Determinants of Political Party Structure: A Dialogue between Theory and Cases. 1990 BA Political Science and French, Tulane University Honors Thesis Title: Political Underdevelopment and Military Intervention in Politics.