Wesley Chapin

Professor and Department Chair
member of graduate faculty

Start Year: 1997

Political Science
Office: 355a Kleinpell Fine Arts
Phone: 715-425-3318

Email: wes.chapin@uwrf.edu

Education

Ph.D - University of Illinois (1996)
M.A. - Marquette University
B.A. - University of Wisconsin - River Falls

Areas of Specialization

• International Relations
• Comparative Politics
• European Politics
  
• Political Economy
• American Politics

Courses Taught

• POLS 245 Introduction to Comparative Politics
• POLS 260 Introduction to International Relations
• POLS 346 Politics of Western Europe
• POLS 364 International War and Peace
• POLS 365 American Foreign Policy
• POLS 369 Politics of the World Economy
• POLS 371 The Politics of German-speaking Europe
• POLS 372 The Politics of Scotland
• POLS 377 The United Nations
• POLS 378 Semester Abroad Research
  
• POLS 480 Seminar: Political Science
• INTS 200 International Studies
• INTS 365 Contemporary Europe
• INTS 370 International Study Tour
• INTS 377 Semester Abroad
  
• INTS 480 International Studies Senior Seminar

Dr. Wes Chapin began working at the UWRF in 1997 and was promoted to full professor in 2008. He remains involved in study-abroad, is leading the 2012 International Traveling Classroom, and is chairing both the International Studies and Political Science programs. In May 2011 he was elected for the second time to chair the Faculty Senate.