Alisa Gaunder Assistant Professor of Political Science MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley BA, Washington University Location: MBH 241 Phone: 512-863-1418 Political Science Home Page

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD Assistant Professor Southwestern University 2002-present   CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS ASIANetwork Freeman Faculty/Student Collaborative Research Grant, 2005-2006 Mundy Faculty Fellowship 2005-2006 Cullen Research Grants 2003-2007 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley, 1999   RESEARCH AREAS Comparative Politics with a secondary concentration in East Asian Politics. Within East Asia, Professor Gaunder focuses on the domestic policy making process in Japan. In particular, she is interested and when and why politicians pass political reform and the role of political leadership in the policy making process.   REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS Political Reform in Japan: Leadership Looming Large. London: Routledge, 2007. "Reform Leadership in Japan and the United States and Japan: A Comparison of John McCain and Ozawa Ichiro." Leadership. 3.2 (2007): 173-190.   MORE INFORMATION Please visit Dr. Gaunder's Who's Who from SU profile.