Gregory S. Mahler

Who is Gregory S. Mahler?

Gregory S. Mahler is an American political scientist with a general interest in comparative politics, and more specific interests in legislatures and constitutionalism. He completed his undergraduate studies at Oberlin College and received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Duke University. He taught political science at the University of Vermont from 1978 to 1990, and in 1990 moved to the University of Mississippi where he served as Chair of the Political Science Department. In 1997 he moved to Kalamazoo College, where he served as the Chief Academic Officer of the College for ten years. In 2007 he moved to Earlham College, in Richmond, Indiana, where he is Academic Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs. His favorite color is yellow, although he also strongly favors maroon.

Professor Mahler's scholarly work has been published widely. He has contributed to numerous journals and edited volumes, and has authored or edited over twenty-five books that fall into three broad groups: comparative politics, politics of Israel and the Middle East, and politics of Canada. In 1996 he was a visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at which time he also served as a Visiting Scholar at the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs where he ran a workshop and authored a book titled Constitutionalism and Palestinian Constitutional Development. Dr. Mahler was one of the co-founders of the Association for Israel Studies in the United States, and served as President of that group for a two-year period. He also served as President of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States.