Richard Haesly

I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at California State University, Long Beach. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

My primary research interests are in nationalism and national identities. My dissertation research emphasized the nature of Welsh and Scottish national identities in a climate of changing British identities and nascent European identities. This research project yielded several publications (for details see "Bio") and has led me to develop a theory of "bounded imagined communities," which I believe helps us to make the study of nationalism and national identities more political, rather than primarily historical. Furthermore, the emphasis on the barriers to the creation of a national identity has led me to consider what boundaries Amrican citizens (usually with the help of various political entrepreneurs, interest groups and/or the media) place upon the imagined community that is their nation. These boundaries will influence their attitudes on policies directly and indirectly related to patriotism and nationalism.

My teaching interests are equally varied. While at CSULB I have taught the following courses:

Undergraduate Courses:
*POSC 100 Intro to American Gov't
*POSC 210 Issues in American Gov't
*POSC 220 Issues in Global Politics
*POSC 300 Scope/Methods in POSC
*POSC 463 Nationalism and National Identities
*POSC 469 Seminar in Comparative Politics (Issue: "Human Rights and Human Wrongs")

Graduate Courses:
*POSC 500 Foundation/Scope in POSC
*POSC 610 Comparative Politics Graduate Seminar