Post Communist Area Studies

DePaul University
990 W. Fullerton Ave.
Chicago. IL. 60614
Phone: (773) 325-1977
Fax: (773) 325-7337
E-Mail: dfarkas@ depaul.edu

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Dept. of Gov. & International Studies, Univ. of South Carolina, 1972
B.A. Dept. of Political Science, Northwestern University, 1967

PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Current: Professor of Political Science, DePaul University, 1974 --
Fall term '94 Visiting Professor, Budapest Univ. of Economic Sciences
Fall term ‟99 Visiting Lecturer, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Semester-at-Sea
Fall term '02 Visiting Professor, Budapest Univ. of Econ. & Public Admin.
Fall term '06 Visiting Lecturer, Univ. of Virginia, Semester-at-Sea
Previous: Department of Political Science, State University of New York, Geneseo, NY, 1970 - 74.

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
Member, Board of Advisors, OASIS, Senior Center Organization, 2003 --
Executive Board Member, Girls Catholic Athletic Assn., 1990 -- 2004
Member, Board of Directors, Internt‟l Visitors‟ Center of Chicago, 2000-03
Member, Governance & Compliance Committee/NCAA Certific. Comm.'94
University Delegate to the NCAA National Convention, 1993, 1994
President, Midwest International Studies Association, 1993-94
Chairperson, University Athletic Board, 1991 -
Advisory Board, National Strategy Forum, 1991
Executive Director, Midwest Political Science Assn. 1980 - 90.
Financial Director, American Journal of Political Science, 1980 - 90.
Executive Council, Midwest Political Science Assn., 1977 - 90.
Board of Directors: Chicago Center for US-USSR Relations 1984 - 90.
Chicago-Kiev Consortium for Academic Exchange, 1988-90
Administrator, Multi-year (1987-91) Soros Foundation Grant Program
Director of Foreign Study, College of Liberal Arts, DePaul Univ. 1984-86
Chairperson, Department of Political Science, DePaul U. 1974 - 76.
Research project administration:
Military Evaluation Project, US Army War College, 1977
Personality Theories & Political Participation, 1975
Social Science in Communist States, 1973

EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS
Associate Editor, Studies in Comparative Communism, 1976 - 87.
Editor, Publications Section, Newsletter on Comparative Studies of Communism, ACLS, 1971 - 73.
Co-editor, Trends in the Integration of the East European Community,
Sijtoff Publishers, Leyden, 1979.

For additional information, please refer to the curriculum vitae on the Political Science website.