Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College | The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

Faculty & Staff

• Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

  781 Marietta Street, NW
  Room 153
  Atlanta, GA 30332

• Phone: 404-894-1902

• E-mail: brian.woodall@inta.gatech.edu

• Office Hours: By Appointment

• Curriculum Vitae

Brian Woodall

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Programs

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, University of California-Berkeley
M.A., Political Science, University of California-Berkeley
B.A., Political Science, University of Utah
B.A., History, University of Utah

Research Focus

Dr. Brian E. Woodall received his PhD in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley. He joined the Georgia Tech faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in 1994 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1996. His research focus is comparative politics with an emphasis on Japan and East Asia, international relations, and political economy. Dr. Woodall has taught at the University of California at Irvine and at Harvard University. He is the author of Japan Under Construction: Corruption, Politics, and Public Works (University of California Press 1996) and Japan’s Changing World Role (Asia Society 1993), and co-editor of Elections in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan Under the Single Non-Transferable Vote (University Michigan Press 1999). In addition, he has authored numerous articles, served as Chair of the Southern Japan Seminar, and serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals. His current research projects explore energy security in East Asia and campaign finance and political corruption in Japan. He has received research support from the U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission, the Abe Fellowship Program of the Social Science Research Council, the University of California Pacific Rim Research Program, and the Japan Foundation. His teaching includes graduate and undergraduate courses in comparative politics, East Asia, Japanese politics and political economy, and U.S.-Japan relations.

Courses Taught

INTA 4803/8803: Special Topics Japanese Society and Politics
INTA 6202: Comparative Politics