Robert Gorman Texas State University, USA

Dr. Robert Gorman is Professor in the Political Science Department at Texas State University – San Marcos. Dr. Gorman is a graduate of The University of Oregon with an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science, and with a B.A. in Political Science from Seattle University. He teaches a number of undergraduate and graduate level classes. He was also named Distinguished Professor of Humanities from 1999-2002, and University Distinguished Professor in 2011. He is Honorary Professor of International Studies and received the International Studies Professor of the Year in 2016. Dr. Gorman has been with Texas State since 1979, serving as the Director of International Studies in the early 1980s and later as the Graduate Advisor of Political Science. He served as a visiting Lecturer at George Mason University, Africare, and the Foreign Service Institute and at the Institut Teknologi MARA in Malaysia. Dr. Gorman has participated in and spoken to many organization forums and conferences. He specializes in international law and organization and international refugee and humanitarian policy as well as African politics. Among his most recent books are Toward the Common Good: A Catholic Critique of the Discipline of Political Science (Scarecrow, 2011) and What’s Wrong with Global Governance (Acton Institute, 2016).