• David Yamanishi

    David Yamanishi

    Professor of Politics



Academic History

  • PhD in Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles
  • CPhil in Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles
  • MA in Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles
  • BA in Political Theory & Constitutional Democracy, Michigan State University

Areas of Expertise

  • Human rights
  • Comparative politics (especially Latin America)

Courses Taught

  • International Politics
  • Comparative Politics
  • Human Rights
  • Latin American Politics
  • American Foreign Policy
  • International Political Economy
  • International Organizations
  • Capstone Seminar for Politics
  • Occasional special topics writing classes, including Tocqueville's Democracy in America and The War to End War