Robert M. Rood

Robert M. Rood is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of South Carolina. He earned his BA from St. Lawrence University, his M.A. from rutgers, and his Ph. D. From the Maxwell School at Syracuse university. His primary research and teaching interests are in the areas of international relations theory and international conflict with strong secondary interests in research methodology and American politics. He is co-editor of International Events and the Comparative Study of Foreign Policy. He has published in the American Political Science Review and International Interactions. Two recent publications include a study of American politics and foreign policy in the 1960s and American politics and foreign policy in the 1980s. Most recent research has focused on the impact of state-by-state economic conditions on the vote within each state. In his spare time her exhibits his golden retriever in obedience trials and runs them in field events. He is also an AKC obedience trial judge.