Marek Payerhin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science
Lynchburg College
Experience/ Background
2005-present: Associate Professor of Political Science, Lynchburg College
1999-2005: Assistant Professor, Political Science, Alma College
1998-1999: Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science, Alma College
1997-1998: Adjunct Professor, Political Science, University of Connecticut
1996-1997: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History and Political Science, Quinnipiac College
1991-1994: Lecturer, Political Science, University of Connecticut
1990-1994: Instructor, Center for Academic Programs, University of Connecticut
Degrees and Certifications
1996 Ph.D., Political Science, University of Connecticut
1988 M.A., Political Science, University of Connecticut
1984 M.A., Political Science and Journalism, Jagiellonian University
1984 B.A., Political Science and Journalism, Jagiellonian University
1982 Diploma in International Studies, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University: The Bologna Center, Italy
Honors and Awards
2006: Lynchburg College Summer Research Grant
2003, 2005: Post-Secondary Curriculum Development Grant, Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies, University of Michigan
2003-2004: Service Learning Faculty Fellow, Alma College
2002: Wal-Mart Environmental Community Grant
2000, 2001: Michigan Campus Compact Venture Grant
2000: McGregor Foundation Instructional Technology Grant, Alma College
1999: Universities as Citizens Grant for the development of the Eastern European cooperation project
1993: Norman Kogan Fellowship in Western European Politics, University of Connecticut
Information on Courses Taught
Global Politics
Terrorism and Revolution
World Geography
Quest for Justice
Publications
"Damming It: Why Environmentalists Doomed an Environmental Protest," The Polish Review
"On Movement Frames and Negotiated Identities: The Case of Poland's First Solidarity Congress," (with Cyrus E. Zirakzadeh), Social Movement Studies 5, 2 (September 2006): 91-115.
"Perceptions, Cultural Shackles, and Social Mobilization," International Psychology Reporter 9, 3 (Fall 2005): 27-29.
"Frame Globally, Block Locally: Ecological Direct Action and Democratization in Poland," chapter in R.F. Farnen, H. Decker, C. De Landtsheer, H. Sunker, and D. B. German (eds.) Democratization, Europeanization, and Globalization Trends, Peter Lang Publishers, 2005.
"Activist Frames and 'Pictures in Our Heads,'" International Psychology Reporter 8, 1 (Spring 2004): 10-12.
"Have Case Will Travel: Taking Political Science On (and Off) the Road," PS: Political Science and Politics 26, 3 (July 2003): 441-445.
"Terms of Endearment: Intellectuals and Workers Mobilizing for a Social Movement," Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 29, 2 (June 1996): 185-212.
"Terrorism as a Symbiotic Process: A Study of Mass Media and Violence," (with Russell Farnen), in Clinton R. Sanders (ed.) Marginal Conventions, Popular Culture, Mass Media and Social Deviance, Bowling Green: Popular Press, 1990.
"Terrorism and Media," Zeszyty Prasoznawcze (Cracow) 26, 4: 23-36.
Personal Information
Languages Spoken/ Understood:
Polish
English
Russian
Italian
Slovak