Richard Ashley

Courtesy Affiliate,

Retired Faculty or Staff

COOR 6704 TEMPE, AZ 85287-3902
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Long Bio

Richard Ashley retired in 2018. Prior, he was an associate professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies. His research focused on critical international theory, with primary attention to questions of statecraft; law, sovereignty, territoriality, and the production of rights-bearing citizen subjects; and the place and function of the modern university in all of these things.

He received his doctorate in political science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with specialization in international relations, foreign policy and defense studies.

Education

Ph.D. Political Science (Fields of specialization: International Relations and Foreign Policy, Defense Studies.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1977
B.A. Political Science; minors: History and Mathematics, University of California-Santa Barbara 1970

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Critical international theory, with primary attention to questions of statecraft, law, sovereignty, terriftoriality, the production of rights-bearing citizen subjects, and the place and function of the modern university in all of these things.

Publications

Ashley, Richard. On Territoriality. (2000)
Ashley, Richard. Critical Spirits, Realist Specters (2016)

Service

International Studies Organization, Panel Organizer and Chair (2008 - 2011)
Model United Nations, Faculty Advisor (2005 - 2006)
Pi Sigma Alpha, Faculty Advisor (2004 - 2006)
Model United Nations, Faculty Advisor (2005 - 2006)
Delta Chapter, Pi Sigma Alpha, Faculty Advisor (2004 - 2006)
Colloquium Committee, Political Science, Chair (2004 - 2006)
Africanist Search Committee, Department of African American Studies, Member (2000 - 2001)

Expertise Areas

International Relations

Political Science