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Richard A. Joseph

Visiting Professor 1995-1997 Asa G. Candler Professor, Department of Political Science, Emory University Fellow, The Carter Center, Emory University

I knew what [Dr. King] was looking for, and I knew he’d found it when our eyes connected for a moment…I was from the more militant school. With the passage of time, I have developed more regard for the emphasis on nonviolence, on the need for multiple tactics. I feel differently about Dr. King now. It’s been an intellectual process. Perhaps it’s maturity.
— Richard A. Joseph

Background

Richard A. Joseph is a political scientist and the Asa G. Candler Professor of Political Science at Emory University. Joseph holds an AB degree (1965) from Dartmouth College, a BPhil (1969) from New College, Oxford University and a DPhil (1973) from Nuffield College, Oxford.

Interests

Joseph’s teaching interests include African politics, comparative democratization, political theory, social and political thought and politics and literature. He has also conducted research in politics and governance in Africa with a special focus on democratic transitions, state building and state collapse, and conflict resolution.

He directed the African Governance Program at the Carter Center (1988-1994) and coordinated elections missions in Zambia (1991), Ghana (1992), peace initiatives in Liberia (1991-1994), and has been a longtime member of the Council of Foreign Relations. Joseph is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, including a Rhodes scholarship, a Kent fellowship, and a Guggenheim fellowship. He has held visiting fellowships at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the National Endowment for Democracy and was a Fulbright scholar in France and a Fulbright professor in Nigeria.

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