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George Klay Kieh Jr.

George Klay Kieh Jr. is the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of West Georgia, effective July 1, 2009. Prior to accepting the deanship at UWG, he was professor of political science and dean of International Studies (2001 to 2003) at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. His previous academic appointments were chairman of the Department of Political Science and professor of Political Science and International Studies, and director of the Conflict and Development Studies Project at Morehouse College, in Atlanta, Georgia.

George Kieh received his B.A. in political science from the University of Liberia and his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Kieh's research interests are in the areas of conflict and peace studies, security studies, American foreign policy, international organizations, democratization, civil society, and the military in Africa. He has authored Dependency and the Foreign Policy of a Small Power: The Liberian Case, other books, numerous monographs, book chapters, and articles in scholarly journals, including The Western Journal of Black Studies, Social Science Journal, Arab Studies Quarterly, Small Wars and Insurgencies, Peace Review, Low Intensity Conflict and Law Enforcement; four others books are forthcoming.