Adam Luedtke

I am an Associate Professor of Political Science at City University of New York - Queensborough Community College, where I begin teaching in Fall 2012. Most recently, I taught at Stockton College (2011-12) and Washington State University (2010-11).

My research explains how political and economic factors affect immigrant rights and freedoms, particularly as policy regulation shifts between different levels of authority (ranging from global to local). I demonstrate how political institutions mediate public xenophobia, and how public opinion interacts with political economy to shape parties' incentives on immigration.

My Ph.D. is from the University of Washington (2006), where I began my teaching career in Fall 2000, as a TA for Intro to US Politics during the Bush v. Gore election. I have received several teaching awards and grants, and I have 20 years of experience, teaching a broad range of topics.

In 2001 I began researching EU immigration policy under the mentorship of Terri Givens, and in 2004-5 I carried out my doctoral research in Brussels, Paris and London, with support from the German Marshall Fund. My dissertation committee was chaired by James Caporaso. The thesis analyzes the politics of EU-level immigration policy. It won honorable mention for the European Union Studies Association's Best Dissertation prize.

Starting in 2006 I taught at the University of Utah, until taking a 2009-10 research fellowship at Princeton's Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance. While at Princeton I worked on two books, both published in 2010. I am the co-author of RISK REGULATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND EU: CONTROLLING CHAOS (Palgrave), with Lina Svedin and Thad Hall. I am also editor of MIGRANTS AND MINORITIES: THE EUROPEAN RESPONSE (Cambridge Scholars Publishing).