Simon D. Perry
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Classes
Dr. Perry has been a member of the University faculty since 1962. He has been known to take attendance by memory.
- Currently, Perry teaches the following classes in political science:
- American National Government and Politics
- American Political Parties
- Public Opinion and Propaganda
- American Executive Process
- Politics of Conflict and Revolution
- Power in American Society
Works, honors and achievements
Leonard D. White Memorial Award (best dissertation) - Presented by the American Political Science Association for his Conflict of Expectations and Roles in 'Policy Science' Behavior
Marshall University Distinguished Service Award - 1990
Member: Huntington Human Relations Commission
Morality, Self-Interest and the Cities
Drawing from the works of both classical and contemporary political thinkers, Dr. Perry lays out his explanation of why ghettos exist and how he believes the United States can solve this problem.
Quotes
- “The world belongs to the dead, the living and the unborn.”
- “For me the best wine would never be more than twelve dollars...I'm a connoisseur of cheap wine.”
- “Is there not grandeur in complexity--in the interrelatedness of all things?”
- “Our sins catch up with us eventually.”
Works
- Morality, Self-Interest, and the Cities, 1997 (ISBN 1891607014) (1997)
Colleagues
- Robert W. Behrman, Ph.D (Indiana University)
- Cheryl Brown, Ph.D. (Georgia State University)
- Stephen Cupps, Ph.D (Princeton University)
- Judith Kullberg, Ph.D (Michigan State University)
- Jean Edward Smith, Ph.D (Drinko Professor)
- Troy M. Stewart, Jr., Ph.D (West Virginia University)
- Jamie Warner, Ph.D (Penn State University)
External links
- [Simon D. Perry bio (http://www.marshall.edu/drinko/perry.htm)]