Stephen Wright

Administration and Management: My administrative skills have been developed in both public and private institutions, in the United States, several European countries, and Nigeria. I have experience of budget management, personnel decision-making, curriculum development, and many other associated aspects of administration within an academic setting. Through my work in international education, including as Director of NAU’s Center for International Education, I have considerable cross-cultural experience of working with alternative forms of management and administration. My management style is consensual and transparent, and I am a strong supporter of faculty governance. I have worked my whole career with international and minority students and faculty, and support diversity initiatives in curriculum and in the workplace.

INTERESTS

Teaching

My major teaching fields include International Relations (World Politics, International Political Economy); Comparative Politics and Cross-Cultural Studies (including regional trade areas); Europe (European Union, Central/Eastern and Russia); Africa; and Negotiations and Conflict Resolution. I have taught courses in these fields in the United States, Europe (Britain, France, Czech Republic and Russia), and Nigeria. I have also considerable experience of teaching on programs for working professionals, and am comfortable teaching in face-to-face, blended, or purely on-line environments.

Research

My major research interests are centered upon issues of transition, economic reform, trade, governance, globalization, regionalization, capacity building, business ethics, leadership, and corporate responsibility; these interests include broad issues within international political economy. I have strong interests in business reform and sustainability within the US, and around the world; the growth of influence of civil society; the European Union (EU), the nature of relations between the EU and Central Europe/Russia, the EU and Africa, and the EU and the US.

Education

• MBA University of London (2002 — 2006)
• Ph.D. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (1975 — 1980)
• BA Staffordshire University (1972 — 1975)

Book

• Wright, S. J. (1999). African Foreign Policies (p. ). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
• Wright, S. J. (1998). Nigeria: Struggle for Stability and Status (p. ). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
• Wright, S. J., & Okolo, J. E. (1990). West African Regional Cooperation and Development (p. ). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
• Wright, S. J., & Brownfoot, J. N. (1987). Africa in World Politics: Changing Perspectives (p. ). London: Macmillan.