# Gregory Mahler > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gregory_Mahler > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gregory_Mahler.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Mahler > Source revision: 1323249828 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American political scientist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Gregory S. Mahler | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age |1950|8|12|mf=y}} | birth_place = [Palo Alto, California](/source/Palo_Alto%2C_California), United States | field = [political science](/source/political_science), [Canadian Studies](/source/Canadian_Studies), [Israeli politics](/source/Israeli_politics), [parliamentary studies](/source/parliamentary_studies) | work_institution = Earlham College | alma_mater = Oberlin College | known_for = | prizes = }} '''Gregory S. Mahler''' is an American political scientist with a general interest in [comparative politics](/source/comparative_politics), and more specific interests in [legislature](/source/legislature)s and [constitutionalism](/source/constitutionalism). == Education == Mahler completed his undergraduate studies at [Oberlin College](/source/Oberlin_College) and received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from [Duke University](/source/Duke_University).{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}} == Career == {{BLP sources section|date=March 2019}} Mahler taught political science at the [University of Vermont](/source/University_of_Vermont) for 12 years, then moved to the [University of Mississippi](/source/University_of_Mississippi) where he served as Chair of the Political Science Department. He subsequently moved to [Kalamazoo College](/source/Kalamazoo_College), where he served as the Chief Academic Officer of the College for ten years.{{cite news |title=Earlham gets new academic dean |publisher=[The Herald-Palladium](/source/The_Herald-Palladium) |date=5 April 2007|id={{ProQuest|441057208}} }} Thereafter he moved to [Earlham College](/source/Earlham_College), in [Richmond, Indiana](/source/Richmond%2C_Indiana), where he is a former Academic Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs.{{cite web |title=Greg Mahler |url=http://earlham.edu/profile/?t=dir&id=12034&r=3058&d= |website=Earlham College |accessdate=26 February 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Berrett |first1=Dan |title=For Cash-Strapped Colleges, Handling Donors' Conditions Can Be a Delicate Dance |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/For-Cash-Strapped-Colleges/129671 |accessdate=26 February 2019 |work=The Chronicle of Higher Education |date=6 November 2011}} Professor Mahler's scholarly work has been published widely. He has contributed to numerous journals and edited volumes, and has authored or edited over twenty-five books that fall into three broad groups: [comparative politics](/source/comparative_politics), [politics of Israel](/source/politics_of_Israel) and the Middle East, and [politics of Canada](/source/politics_of_Canada). In 1996 he was a visiting professor at the [Hebrew University of Jerusalem](/source/Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem), at which time he also served as a visiting scholar at the [Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs](/source/Palestinian_Academic_Society_for_the_Study_of_International_Affairs) where he ran a workshop and authored a book titled ''Constitutionalism and Palestinian Constitutional Development''. Dr. Mahler was one of the co-founders of the [Association for Israel Studies](/source/Association_for_Israel_Studies) in the United States,{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} and served as President of that group for a two-year period.{{citation|title=Message From the President|first=Gregory|last=Mahler|journal=Newsletter of the Association for Israel Studies|volume=7|issue=1|date=Fall 1991|page=3|jstor=41804668}} He also served as President of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States. Mahler has lectured widely on [Israeli politics](/source/Politics_of_Israel), the [Middle East peace process](/source/Middle_East_peace_process), constitutional development, [Canadian politics](/source/Canadian_politics), [Quebec politics](/source/Quebec_politics), and many other topics. In addition to numerous speaking engagements in the United States, he has lectured in such foreign settings as [Albania](/source/Albania), [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam), [Beijing](/source/Beijing), [Cardiff](/source/Cardiff), [Côte d'Ivoire](/source/C%C3%B4te_d'Ivoire), [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem), [Liberia](/source/Liberia), [Mauritania](/source/Mauritania), [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City), [Minsk](/source/Minsk), [Moldova](/source/Moldova), Moscow, [Port-of-Spain](/source/Port-of-Spain), and [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv). Mahler has had numerous grants to support his research over the years, including support from the [U.S. Department of Education](/source/U.S._Department_of_Education) (two [Fulbright](/source/Fulbright) grants), the [U.S. Department of State](/source/U.S._Department_of_State), the [Government of Canada](/source/Government_of_Canada), the [Organization of American States](/source/Organization_of_American_States), the [Government of Israel](/source/Government_of_Israel), the [Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs](/source/Palestinian_Academic_Society_for_the_Study_of_International_Affairs), and the U.S.S.R. Institute for the Study of the U.S. and Canada. ==Books== *''Comparative Politics: Exploring Concepts and Institutions Across Nations'' (6th ed., Lynne Riener Pub., 2019) *''Principles of Comparative Politics'' (Pearson, 2013) *''The Arab-Israeli Conflict An Introduction and Documentary Reader'' (with Alden R. W. Mahler, Routledge, 2008; 2nd ed., 2018)Review of ''The Arab—Israeli Conflict: An Introduction and Documentary Reader'': * {{citation|last=Jensehaugen|first=Jørgen|date=May 2010|issue=3|journal=Journal of Peace Research|jstor=20752179|pages=350–351|title=none|volume=47}} *''Politics and Government in Israel: The Maturation of a Modern State'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004; 3rd ed., 2016)Reviews of ''Politics and Government in Israel: The Maturation of a Modern State'': * {{citation|last=Safran|first=William|date=Winter 2005|issue=2|journal=Israel Studies Forum|jstor=41805151|pages=150–153|title=none|volume=20}} * {{citation|last=Cohen-Almagor|first=Raphael|date=July 2012|doi=10.1080/14725886.2012.686571|issue=2|journal=Journal of Modern Jewish Studies|pages=286–288|title=Politics and Government in Israel. The Maturation of a Modern State|volume=11|s2cid=145012645}} * {{citation|last=Sinai|first=Joshua|date=August 2016|issue=4|journal=Perspectives on Terrorism|jstor=26297640|page=107|title=none|volume=10}} *''Israel in the Nineties: Development and Conflict'' (edited with Frederick Lazin, University of Florida Press, 1996)Reviews of ''Israel in the Nineties: Development and Conflict'': * {{citation|last=Kumaraswamy|first=P R.|date=July 1997|issue=3|journal=Domes|page=51|title=Review|volume=6|id={{ProQuest|205056409}}|doi=10.1111/j.1949-3606.1997.tb00744.x}} * {{citation|last=Mendilow|first=Jonathan|date=Fall 1998|issue=1|journal=Israel Studies Bulletin|jstor=41805401|pages=15–17|title=none|volume=14}} * {{citation|last=Brinner|first=William M.|date=Winter 1998|issue=2|journal=Middle East Studies Association Bulletin|jstor=23061844|page=275|title=none|volume=32|doi=10.1017/S0026318400038116}} *''Contemporary Canadian Politics, 1988–1994: An Annotated Bibliography'' (Greenwood Press, 1995) *'' Israel at the Crossroads'' (edited with [Efraim Karsh](/source/Efraim_Karsh), British Academic Press, 1994)Reviews of ''Israel at the Crossroads'': * {{citation|last=Tal|first=Lawrence|date=January 1995|doi=10.2307/2624084|issue=1|journal=International Affairs|jstor=2624084|page=187|title=none|volume=71}} * {{citation|last=Silverbrug|first=Sanford R.|date=July 1995|issue=3|journal=Domes|page=24|title=Review|volume=4|id={{ProQuest|205039161}}|doi=10.1111/j.1949-3606.1995.tb00567.x}} *''Israel after Begin'' (edited, State University of New York Press, 1990)Reviews of ''Israel After Begin'': * {{citation|last=Dowty|first=Alan|date=Fall 1991|issue=1|journal=Newsletter of the Association for Israel Studies|jstor=41804677|pages=29–31|title=none|volume=7}} * {{citation|last=Peretz|first=Don|date=Summer 1992|doi=10.2307/2537673|issue=4|journal=Journal of Palestine Studies|jstor=2537673|pages=105–106|title=none|volume=21}} *''Israel: Government and Politics in a Maturing State'' (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990)Review of ''Israel: Government and Politics in a Maturing State'': * {{citation|last=Peretz|first=Don|date=December 1990|issue=2|journal=Middle East Studies Association Bulletin|jstor=23060948|pages=229–231|title=none|volume=24|doi=10.1017/S0026318400023440}} *''Contemporary Canadian Politics: An Annotated Bibliography, 1970–1987'' (Greenwood Press, 1988) *''New Dimensions of Canadian Federalism: Canada in a Comparative Perspective'' (Fairlegh Dickinson Press, 1987)Reviews of ''New Dimensions of Canadian Federalism: Canada in a Comparative Perspective'': * {{citation|last=Cody|first=Howard|date=Spring 1988|doi=10.2307/3330470|issue=2, Bicommunal Societies and Polities|journal=Publius|jstor=3330470|pages=175–178|title=none|volume=18|doi-access=free}} * {{citation|last=Chandler|first=William Mayhew|date=December 1988|issue=4|journal=Canadian Public Administration|pages=635–638|title=none|volume=31}} *''Bibliography of Israeli Politics'' (Westview Press, 1985) *''Comparative Politics: An Institutional and Cross-National Approach'' (Schenkman Pub. Co., 1983; Prentice Hall, 2008) *''Readings in the Israeli Political System: Structures and Processes'' (edited, University Press of America, 1982) *''The Knesset: Parliament in the Israeli Political System'' (Fairleigh Dickinson Press, 1981)Reviews of ''The Knesset: Parliament in the Israeli Political System'': * {{citation|last=Mikardo|first=I.|issue=3|journal=The Parliamentarian|page=193|title=none|volume=63|year=1982}} * {{citation|last=Divine|first=Donna Robinson|date=December 1982|doi=10.2307/1963037|issue=4|journal=The American Political Science Review|jstor=1963037|pages=936–937|title=none|volume=76}} * {{citation|last=Habib|first=Henry|date=December 1982|issue=4|journal=Canadian Journal of Political Science|jstor=3229850|pages=849–850|title=none|volume=15|doi=10.1017/S0008423900052318}} * {{citation|last=Rothman|first=Rozann|date=February 1983|doi=10.2307/2130350|issue=1|journal=The Journal of Politics|jstor=2130350|pages=253–254|title=none|volume=45}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080429005600/https://earlham.edu/publicaffairs/content/pressroom/archive/2007/march/070330s-mahler.php/ Earlham College, Press Release. March 30, 2007. Earlham Welcomes Gregory Mahler as New Academic Dean] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahler, Gregory}} Category:American political scientists Category:1950 births Category:University of Vermont faculty Category:University of Mississippi faculty Category:Oberlin College alumni Category:Duke University alumni Category:Writers from Richmond, Indiana Category:Earlham College faculty Category:Living people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gregory Mahler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Mahler) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Mahler?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.