Paul Kubicek
Professor of Political Science
Paul Kubicek, Ph.D., is professor and chair in the Department
of Political Science at Oakland University.
Since arriving in fall 2000, Dr. Kubicek has taught
Comparative Politics, Russian Politics, European Politics, Middle Eastern
Politics, Politics through Literature and several courses in the Honors
College.
Since 2008, Dr. Kubicek has coached Oakland University’s
award-winning Model United Nations team. The team has participated in
conferences in Cleveland and Toronto, competing against Model UN teams from
around the world. Several team members have been honored as top delegates,
representing the interests of diverse nations, including Israel, Turkey and
Russia.
Before coming to Oakland, Dr. Kubicek was a faculty member
at Koc University in Istanbul, where he taught International Relations and
Comparative Politics. His research interests include Turkish politics, Central
Asian politics and the European Union. He is currently working on a paper on
Israeli identity as portrayed in film and television.
In 2007, Dr. Kubicek received a prestigious Fulbright
Scholarship and spent six months in Slovenia teaching International Relations
and conducting research on the European Union. During his career, he has
conducted research in many countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Turkey,
Poland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Slovenia and Croatia.
Dr. Kubicek holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service
from Georgetown University and earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the
University of Michigan.
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