James S. Guseh is Professor of Law, Political Economy, and Public Administration at North Carolina Central University. He received his B.A. in Economics from Brandeis University, his M.S. in Economics from the University of Oregon, the joint J.D-M.P.A. in Law and Public Administration from Syracuse University, and the M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Economy from the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Guseh also completed studies at the Hague Academy of International Law. He has taught at the University of Liberia, the State University of New York at Fredonia, Shaw University and several other institutions.

In the government of Liberia, he held senior policy positions: Legal Advisor and Economist in the Ministry of Finance; Assistant Minister of Justice for Economic Affairs-Commercial Transactions in the Ministry of Justice. His research interests include the political economy of development, government reorganization, international law and development, and the economics of defense. His articles are published in various journals, including Current Politics and Economics of the United States, Journal of African Policy Studies, Journal of Macroeconomics, Liberian Studies Journal, and Presidential Studies Quarterly.