Dr. Barry N. Sweet
DEGREES EARNED / CERTIFICATIONS / PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
- Professor of Political Science
- Ph.D., Political Science, West Virginia University
- J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- M.A., Political Science/Policy Analysis, West Virginia University
- A.B., Economics, Washington and Jefferson College
PRIMARY COURSES TAUGHT
- American Government
- Constitutional Law of the United States
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- Congress and the Legislative Process
- International Politics
- Empirical Political Analysis
- Criminal Procedure
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- American Government
- Constitutional Law
- Civil Liberties and Civil rights
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS
- Plessy v. Ferguson: Race and Inequality in Jim Crow America, by Williamjames Hull Hoffer. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 2012. In The Law and Politics Book Review, Vol. 23 No. 2 (February 2013) pp. 98-102.
- Complex Justice: the Case of Missouri v. Jenkins, by Joshua M. Dunn, Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2008. In The Law and Politics Book review, Vol. 17 No. 6 (June 2008) pp. 419-423.
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Outstanding Faculty Equity Award Clarion University of Pennsylvania, November 10, 2004
- Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Political Science, West Virginia University,1995-1996
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Licensed Attorney in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania