Samuel Johnson Professorial Lecturer Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
- Degrees
- PhD, Conflict and Economic Development, George Mason University
MA, Economics, Ohio University
MA, International Affairs, Ohio University
BS, University of Liberia - Bio
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Samuel Wai Johnson, Jr. is a Professorial Lecturer of the School of International Service. His research and policy portfolio focuses on questions that lie at the intersection of the political economy of conflict, and economic development and post-conflict peacebuilding and reconstruction. These include questions of citizens’ subjective evaluations of government’s performance and political participation, violence and post-conflict political economies, international aid and poverty reduction, and development finance and the political participation of conflict-affected marginalized groups. Samuel makes extensive use of multidisciplinary theoretical approaches and sophisticated quantitative research methods in his pursuit of answers to these questions. His research has been published in the European Journal of Development Research, the Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy Journal, the Africa Peace and Conflict Journal, and the Liberian Studies Journal. He has taught courses about international development, development finance, globalization and conflict, conflict and political violence, and statistics and quantitative research.
Sam also has about 10 years of experience working with international development organizations, including the United Nations Children’s Agency (UNICEF) on Liberia’s transition from civil war to peace and stability. With UNICEF, Sam’s role included evaluating and documenting the disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration of former child soldiers in the country’s civil war.
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Teaching
Spring 2024
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HNRS-398 Honors Challenge Course
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SIS-600 Int'l Affairs Stats & Methods
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SIS-600 Int'l Affairs Stats & Methods
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SISU-310 Topics Peace/Glb Sec/Con Res: Peace, Conflict, and Econ Dev
Summer 2024
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SIS-600 Int'l Affairs Stats & Methods
Fall 2024
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SIS-600 Int'l Affairs Stats & Methods
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SISU-206 Intro to Int'l Studies Rsrch
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SISU-310 Topics Peace/Glb Sec/Con Res: Peace, Conflict, and Econ Dev