Andrew Oros
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies
E-mail: aoros2@washcoll.edu
Phone: (800) 422-1782, ext. 7436
Office: Goldstein 225
Education
- B.A., University of Southern California, 1991
- M.S., University of London, 1992
- M.Phil., Columbia University, 1997
- Ph.D, Columbia University, 2002
Office Hours
TWTh 2:30-3:30pm & TTh 11:15-11:45
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Biography
Professor Oros is a specialist on the international and comparative politics of East Asia and the advanced industrial democracies, with an emphasis on theoretical approaches to managing security and on the linkage between domestic and international politics. He is the author of Normalizing Japan: Politics, Identity, and the Evolution of Security Practice (Stanford University Press, 2008) and the co-editor of and contributor to Japan's New Defense Establishment: Institutions, Capabilities, and Implications (Stimson Center, 2007), Can Japan Come Back? (Pacific Council, 2003), and Culture in World Politics (Macmillan Press, 1998). His research also has appeared in over a dozen scholarly articles and numerous mass-media quotations.
At Washington College, Professor Oros offers a number of courses related to his research interests in addition to introductory courses on political science and world politics. His current research interests include an examination of recent changes to Japan's security posture (such as the "nuclear option" and recent acquisition of surveillance satellites and missile defense capabilities), cross-national efforts to reform intelligence-gathering organizations, U.S.-Japan-China trilateral security cooperation, and how to use classroom debate most effectively to benefit student learning. In his courses, he stresses the linkages between theory and practice, drawing on recent media reporting to supplement the study of historical cases. He uses structured classroom debates in most of his courses to promote active learning. Prior to coming to Washington College, he taught courses at George Washington, American, and Columbia universities.
Professor Oros is a Southern California native, and joined the Washington College faculty in the fall of 2002 after receiving his Ph.D from Columbia University earlier that year. He earned his B.A. from the University of Southern California in 1991, after which he was awarded a Marshall scholarship from the British government to study for a Master's of Science degree in the Politics of the World Economy at the London School of Economics (University of London). He also has studied at three universities in Japan: Nanzan University in Nagoya (1987-88), Osaka University of Foreign Studies (1989-90), and the University of Tokyo (1997-99).
Prior to earning his Ph.D, Professor Oros worked as the editor of Millennium: Journal of International Studies and as a studies associate for the Pacific Council on International Policy, the western partner of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations. In his spare time, Professor Oros enjoys swimming, biking, tennis, and traveling (including a recent "run with the bulls" in Pamplona, Spain).