Taylor Dark
Political Science
Office: E&T A-517
Phone: (323) 343-2247
E-mail: tdark@calstatela.edu
INTRODUCTION
Taylor E. Dark is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at California State University, Los Angeles. From 1996 to 2004 he was Associate Professor and Associate Dean in the Graduate School of American Studies at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.
He is the author of The Unions and The Democrats: An Enduring Alliance (Cornell University Press, 2001) and numerous articles on labor unions and party politics in the United States.
More information is available at Prof. Dark's personal web page: http://www.taylordark.com.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Parties; Elections; Congress; the Presidency; Interest Groups; the U.S. Constitution; American Political Development; Introduction to American Government.
RESEARCH
Parties and interest groups; labor unions in American politics; national policymaking; space policy (NASA).
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. Political Science 1993
- University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
M.A. Political Science 1986
- University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
M.Sc. Government 1984
- London School of Economics and Political Science
London, UK
B.A. Political Science 1983
- University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA