Robert DeVries, Professor, Emeritus
Political Science
616-526-6230
rdevries@calvin.edu
Office: DeVos Center 273C
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Educational Background
Professor DeVries received his Bachelor of Arts in history from Calvin College in 1961. He went on to earn a Master of Arts in 1964 and a Ph.D. in 1974 from the University of Michigan. His dissertation topic was “The Formulation of American Policy on the Control Provisions of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.”
He joined Calvin College’s political science faculty in 1969 and in addition to teaching full time here, he taught courses at Hope College and Aquinas College.
Academic Interests
International Politics, International Organizations, American Foreign Policy, African Politics, Terrorism, International Development
Recent Activities
Professor DeVries retired from full-time teaching in 2006, but he continues to teach a number of international relations courses for the Department and a course for the International Development Studies Program. In the summer of 2008, he taught an International Organizations class at Lithuania Christian College in Klaipeda, Lithuania. He also taught a short course on Islam and Terrorism for the Calvin Academy of Lifelong Learning.
Hobbies
Traveling, reading, gardening, hiking, biking, and “grandfathering”
Additional Information
Professor DeVries directed the Semester in Ghana in 2003 and the Semester in Hungary in 2005, as well as many Interim courses in Europe (East and West), Africa, Central America, and the United Nations in New York City (12 times).
He especially enjoys directing off-campus programs because they help students understand how they can serve in God’s world.
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