Bruce Auerbach, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science, Chair
(610) 921-7571
bauerbach@alb.edu
Dr. Bruce Auerbach is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Albright College. He joined the Faculty of Albright College in 1994. He received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Political Science from Drew University, and Doctorate in Political Science from the University of Minnesota. Before coming to Albright he taught at Wilkes University and Minnesota State University—Moorhead.
Dr. Auerbach’s fields of study include Public Law and Political Theory. His book, Unto the Thousandth Generation, an examination the concept of intergenerational justice, was published in 1994. Other writings focus on the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, and the incorporation of the Bill of Rights.
Dr, Auerbach has been an active pre-law advisor for 20 years. He is a past president of the Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors (NAPLA), and a former member of the Board of the Pre-Law Advisor’s National Council (PLANC).
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Thomas C. Brogan, Ph. D.
Professor of Political Science (sabbatical, fall 2009)
(610) 921-7572
tbrogan@alb.edu
Dr. Thomas Brogan is Professor of Political Science at Albright College and former adjunct graduate professor of Management and Information Systems at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. He served as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Albright College from 1999-2002. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from LaSalle University, and earned his Master's and Doctorate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh as a NDEA Fellow.
He served as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association for ten years and is currently Treasurer, and was President of the Northeastern Political Science Association (1997-1998) where he currently serves on the Executive Council as Treasurer.
His public service activities include election as a presidential convention delegate by the voters of Berks County, an appointment as special assistant in the Office of the Mayor, City of Pittsburgh under a grant from the American Political Science Association, an appointment as American Council of Education Fellow at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., and a trustee of the Reading Area Community College. He has also served as a member of the Long-Range Planning Task Force in Reading and a member of the Task Force on the City Charter.
He has been consultant to the Traffic Safety Institute, Oklahoma City, OK; the Planning Department, City of Reading; various health service agencies in Berks County; ATT-Reading Works; and the Pennsylvania Humanities Council.
He was Pennsylvania State Manager of Voter News Service from 1984 to 2002, where he was responsible for the collection and tabulation of election returns for the television networks and wire services during national elections.
His research publication and conference papers deal with legislative reapportionment and leadership in state legislatures.
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Irene Langran, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
(610) 921-7570
ilangran@alb.edu
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In 2003, Dr. Irene Langran joined the Political Science Department at Albright College, where she now serves as assistant professor. Dr. Langran’s research interests include democratization, international development, and global health. Her recent work in global citizenship was published in New Global Studies and presented at the March 2009 Association of American Colleges and Universities Global Learning Conference. She has published in several academic journals, including, Asian Studies, Canadian Journal of Political Science, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, and Journal for Peace and Justice Studies. Dr. Langran received her doctorate from the University of Toronto in 2002, specializing in the comparative politics of developing countries. The field research for her dissertation focused on health sector reform in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao. Before joining Albright’s faculty, she worked with NGOs in the Philippines, Cambodia, South Africa, France, and the United States.
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Theresa C. Smith, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor of Political Science
(610) 921-7539
tsmith@alb.edu
Dr. T.C. Smith holds a B.A. from Indiana University (Independent Learning Program/Social Sciences/Russian) and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota (Political Science/International Relations). She has participated in the US Department of State Scholar Diplomat Program, given a lecture at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, and completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Columbia University's Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the (Post-)Soviet Union.
Prof. Smith traveled in the Soviet Union just prior to its collapse in 1991.
Prof. Smith is the author of a classic study in quantitative International Relations, "Arms Race Instability and War", as well as other articles, books and monographs on arms racing, deterrence, and nuclear war. Macmillan published her study of the Soviet repression of dissent via their mental hospitals, No Asylum.
Before coming to Albright in 1996 Prof. Smith taught at Minnesota State University-Mankato, Macalester College, Indiana Univerisity's Russian Institute, and Rutgers University.
T.C. Smith lives outside Pottstown with her husband Dr. Bruce Auerbach and their son Benjamin George, as well as a variable number of pets and wildlife.
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