Robert A. Saunders, Ph.D. |
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Assistant Professor |
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Farmingdale State College, a campus of the State University of New York Department of History, Economics & Politics (HEP)
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Dr. Robert A. Saunders is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Economics & Politics at Farmingdale State College-SUNY, where he teaches courses on global politics and world history. His research interests include post-totalitarian states, mass media, and minority nationalism. He received his Ph.D. from the Division of Global Affairs at Rutgers University in 2005.
Professor Saunders, described by Harper’s Magazine as the “world’s leading Boratologist,” is the author of The Many Faces of Sacha Baron Cohen: Politics, Parody, and the Battle over Borat (2008) and the forthcoming The Web of Identity: Minority Nationalism and Ethnopolitics in Cyberspace, both from Lexington Books. His next book is the Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Russia (Scarecrow Press), co-authored with Vlad Strukov of the University of Leeds. Drs. Saunders and Strukov are also writing New Media Zones: Digital Technologies in Post-Soviet Russia, to be published by the University of Michigan Press. Saunders is an editor of The Russian Cyberspace Journal, an associate editor of the Globality Studies Journal, and consulting editor of the Journal of Global Change and Governance, as well as a regular contributor to Zovnishni Spravy (Ukrainian Foreign Affairs) and the online journal Transitions. Dr. Saunders’ research has appeared in Nations and Nationalism, Slavic Review, Russia in Global Affairs, Nationalism & Ethnic Politics, Identities, Journal of Albanian Politics, East Asia, and Global Media and Communication. He has contributed chapters to the following edited volumes: The Post-Soviet Russian Media: Conflicting Signals (2008), Playing Politics with Terror: A User’s Guide (2007), International Migration and the Globalization of Domestic Politics (2005), and Cul’tura “Post”: At the Crossroads of Cultures and Civilizations (2004).
Prior to completing his doctorate, he held the position of Director at The Eastern Management Group (TEMG), an international consultancy specializing in information and communications technology. Dr. Saunders received his M.A. in History from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his undergraduate degree in History from the University of Florida.
For more information, please see Dr. Saunders’ CV. |
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Farmingdale State College Department of History, Economics & Politics 2350 Broadhollow Road Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA Office: + 1 631 420 2739 Direct: +1 631 420 2721 Fax: + 1 631 420 2235 Mobile: + 1 732 991 2416 Email: saunder@farmingdale.edu
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“Buying into Brand Borat: Kazakhstan’s Cautious Embrace of Its Unwanted ‘Son,’” Slavic Review
“The Ummah as Nation: A Reappraisal in the Wake of the ‘Cartoons Affair,’” Nations and Nationalism
“In Defence of Kazakshilik: Kazakhstan’s War on Sacha Baron Cohen,” Identities
“Transnational Reproduction and Its Discontents: The Politics of Intercountry Adoption in a Global Society,” Journal of Global Change and Governance
“Welcome to Boratistan,” Transitions Online
“A Recap From the World's Leading Boratologist,” Harper’s
“Talking Up China: An Analysis of China’s Rising Cultural Power and Global Promotion of the Chinese Language,” East Asia: Am International Quarterly (co-authored with Sheng Ding)
“Digital Dragons and Cybernetic Bears: Comparing the Overseas Chinese and Near Abroad Russian Web Communities,” Nationalism & Ethnic Politics (co-authored with Sheng Ding)
“Denationalized Digerati in the Virtual Near Abroad: The Paradoxical Impact of the Internet on National Identity among Minority Russians,” Global Media and Communication
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