
- shale@uwm.edu
- Bolton Hall 636
- CV
Shale Horowitz
- Professor, Political Science
Education
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, Political Science
- MA, University of California, Los Angeles, Economics
- BA, University of California, Berkeley
Office Hours
Sabbatical
Courses Taught
- Global 101 - People and Politics
- POL SCI 102 - Introduction to International Relations
- POL SCI 314 - Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy
- POL SCI 330 - The Politics of International Economic Relations
- POL SCI 337 - International Organization and the United Nations
- POL SCI 371 - Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
- POL SCI 500 - Capstone Course in Political Science
- POL SCI 702 - Advanced Techniques of Political Science Research
- POL SCI 818 - International Political Economy
- POL SCI 962 - Ethnic Conflict
Research Interests
Prof. Horowitz's research has examined international and ethnic conflict, with an emphasis on East and South Asia and on the post-communist world; the politics of international trade and finance; and the politics of market transition and institutional change in the post-communist countries and East Asia. His current research focuses on ethno-territorial conflicts, Chinese foreign policy, and Indo-Pacific security and political economy. He has taught for a year at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, and has done research in many countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, in India, and in China, Taiwan, and Korea.
International Politics & Foreign Policy Summer Seminar: New York and Washington, DC
Political science majors can also participate in the International Politics & Foreign Policy Summer Seminar. This is a yearly five-week program in New York City and Washington, DC, held each June. See the Program Brochure below. For the 2025 Program, see the information flyer and the contact information inside.