John N. Paden
Clarence Robinson Professor of International Studies

jpaden@gmu.edu
703-993-2181
703-993-2175
East Bldg, rm. 207; MS 1D6, Fairfax campus

A distinguished Africanist, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of International Studies, Dr. John N. Paden has spent his career studying and teaching comparative government, international development, and conflict resolution. His publications range from a highly acclaimed interdisciplinary textbook series on African studies to a prize-winning study of Nigerian political culture and Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto, a biography of a Nigerian Muslim leader. Paden has been a Rhodes Scholar, Danforth Fellow, Ford Fellow, and Rockefeller Fellow, and has also earned Mellon, Lilly, Kettering and NEH grants. He is co-author of Black Africa: A Comparative Handbook, a major reference book on Africa, and is involved in developing global perspectives in the university curriculum. On campus he is co-director of the Center for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation and Former Director of the summer ICP China Trade program.