Paul Musgrave is an assistant professor of government at the

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and an expert in American foreign policy matters. He teaches courses in international relations theory, history and international relations, energy politics, U.S. foreign policy, and politics and science fiction. Musgrave received a Ph.D. in government from

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. During that time he served as a visiting assistant professor at

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and as a research fellow at the

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. Prior to that he earned a master of arts degree in politics from the

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and a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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, where he was selected as a Wells Scholar and named one of twelve nationwide recipients of the

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. A graduate of

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, he participated on the speech and debate team where he competed in foreign extemporaneous speaking. Musgrave's writing and expertise has been featured in ''

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'', and '' PS: Political Science & Politics''. Previously he served as an assistant editor at ''

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'', the flagship publication of the

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. For three years, from 2006 to 2009, he served as a special assistant at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Musgrave, Paul Living people American political scientists University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty People from Evansville, Indiana Year of birth missing (living people)