简介

Ralph G. Carter, Professor, teaches introductory courses in political science and international politics as well as advanced courses in U.S. foreign policy, Russian foreign policy, and Mideast conflicts. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of Essentials of U.S. Foreign Policy Making (2015); Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy: From Terrorism to Trade (5th ed., 2014); IR, with James M. Scott and A. Cooper Drury (2nd ed., 2016); the 44 essay Foreign Policy Analysis component of the International Studies Encyclopedia, with Steven B. Redd, Valerie M. Hudson, Patrick James, and Jeffrey Pickering (2010); Choosing to Lead: Understanding Congressional Foreign Policy Entrepreneurs, with James M. Scott (2009); Making American Foreign Policy, with John T. Rourke and Mark A. Boyer(2nd ed. 1996), and author or co-author of 70 journal articles, book chapters, and other professional publications. From 2004-2009, he served as one of the inaugural editors of the journal Foreign Policy Analysis, and he has served on the editorial boards of both Foreign Policy Analysis and International Studies Perspectives. His research agenda focuses on the making of U.S. foreign, trade, and defense policy, with a particular emphasis on the roles played by members of Congress. In 2014, Professor Carter was named one of ten Piper Professors of Texas and also received TCU’s highest faculty award – the Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement as a Creative Teacher and Scholar. In its 2012 inaugural edition, Princeton Review named Professor Carter one of The Best 300 Professors in the United States. In 2006, he became the first person from a non-doctoral program to receive the International Studies Association’s Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award. He received TCU’s Deans’ Teaching Award in 2007 and was also named one of five ‘Best Professors’ at TCU by the Texas Monthly 2004 Guide to Texas Colleges and Universities. His TCU service includes participation in its strategic planning processes, two terms as department chair, and stints as director of TCU’s Washington Internship Program, Pre-Law Advisor, and Truman Scholarship Faculty Representative. His professional service includes membership on the program committee of the American Political Science Association and a variety of roles within the International Studies Association, including service as president of ISA’s Midwest Region, president of ISA’s Foreign Policy Analysis Section, member of ISA’s Executive Committee and Governing Council (twice), and associate section editor for the ISA Compendium Project. A native of Wichita Falls, Texas, his BA is from Midwestern State University and his M.A. and Ph.D. are from The Ohio State University.