Paul Kaiser (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Submitted:  Mon, 26 June 2005


Dr. Paul Kaiser
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Associate Director, African Studies Center
University of Pennsylvania
646 Williams Hall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19104

phone:  215-898-6449
fax:    215-573-7379
e-mail: pkaiser@sas.upenn.edu -or- pauljkaiser@hotmail.com

Webpage: http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/polisci/faculty/bios/kaiser.html

Dr. Kaiser.s work focuses on the political and economic transitions
currently underway in sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular emphasis on
East Africa. His special areas of interest include democratization, the
politics of identity, and the study of ethnic and religious conflicts. He
has received Fulbright funding and support from the International Peace
Academy, the United States Institute of Peace, and the Associational
Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development to conduct field
research in Tanzania (including Zanzibar) and Burundi. In 1998, Dr. Kaiser
participated in a faculty and curriculum development seminar in Japan
funded by the Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Areas of Interest

. Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa
. Environmental Policy-Making in Sub-Saharan Africa
. Structural Adjustment and Economic Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa
. Conflict Prevention and Resolution
. Citizenship Theory
. Politics of Identity

Selected Publications

"Zanzibar: A Multi-Level Analysis of Conflict Prevention."  From
Promise to Practice: Strengthening UN Capacities for the Prevention of
Violent Conflict, edited by Chandra Sriram and Karin Wermester.
Boulder: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2003, pp. 101-133.

"The Policy Dilemmas of Pesticides Management and Disposal in Tanzania,"
(with John C. Morris). Journal of African Policy Studies, Vol. 8,
No. 1, Fall 2002 8, pp. 37-60.

"Religion and Identity in Tanzania," (with Bruce E. Heilman). Third
World Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 4, August 2002, pp. 691-709.

"Modern Folklore, Identity, and Political Change in Burundi,"
(with Rose M. Kadende-Kaiser). African Studies Review, Vol. 40,
No. 3, December 1997, pp. 29-54.

"Structural Adjustment and the Fragile Nation: The Demise of Social
Unity in Tanzania."  The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol.
39, No. 2, June 1996, pp. 227-37.