Associate Director/Research Assistant Professor of Political Science

Seifudein Adem was born in Ethiopia on January 8, 1967; he received B.A. (with Distinction) in political science from Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) in 1988, M.A. in International Relations from International University of Japan in 1994, and Ph. D. in International Political Economy from University of Tsukuba (Japan) in 1999, where he has also been teaching until he joined Binghamton University in January 2006 as Research Assistant Professor in the Institute of Global Cultural Studies (IGCS). In September 2006, Dr. Adem was also appointed as Associate Director of IGCS. Prior to going to Japan, Adem also taught political science for four years (1988-1992) at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia). Dr. Adem is author of three books, editor of one and has contributed a few chapters to volumes edited by other scholars. In addition Dr. Adem’s works have appeared in several academic journals including: Review of International Affairs, International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, International Review of Sociology, Tsukuba Journal of International Political Economy, African and Asian Studies, African Studies Quarterly, The Journal of Modern African Studies and Journal of Contemporary African Studies. Dr Adem’s fields of training and research interest crisscross different academic boundaries, sometimes intersecting and sometimes overlapping with international relations (with emphases on theory and method), comparative politics, philosophy and area studies. Dr Adem is married and has two children.