OBERLIN COLLEGE            POLITICS DEPARTMENT Rice 230 10 North Professor Oberlin, OH 44074 (440)775-8490 phone (440)775-8898 fax Paul Dawson - Professor Office Hours: T 10:00-11:30 Th 4:30-6:00 paul.dawson@oberlin.edu Accessibility: You may find the three steps up from the 2nd floor a barrier. If so, please ring the bell on the west wall (next to the women's restroom). The Administrative Assistant from the Economoics office should come down to ask who you would like to come to you.
Home Introduction   Faculty & Staff   Syllabi   Curriculum Transfer of Credit   Oberlin Initiatives in Electoral Politics   Department Prizes	Paul Dawson, Professor of Politics, received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. His chief interest is in policy analysis, focusing on how leaders accumulate the "political capital" to be effective and on helping students learn to become such leaders. Dawson has been a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution, published National Science Foundation funded research on campaign spending and election outcomes, and has authored a textbook on American politics and policy. Dawson teaches a First Year Seminar on political leadership and various courses on American Government, especially electioneering, public policy, and the presidency. In 2005, he received the Distinguished Teaching Award from Oberlin College and the Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education. Fall 2007 Spring 2008 POLT 209: Public Policy in America POLT 305: Seminar: The Presidency POLT 105: American Government FYSP 139: Political Leadership       Archives     Student Services Professional Activities Need a Letter of Recommendation? Vitae Office Hours Policy Directions to Office So you think you want to go to Kennedy...