Dr. John Linantud

Degrees Earned

2000Ph.D. Political ScienceArizona State University, Tempe
1992 M.A. International AffairsGeorge Washington University, Washington D.C.
1989B.A. PoliticsCatholic University, Washington D.C.

Courses Taught

POLS 2305Federal Government
POLS 2306Texas Government
POLS 3308 Introduction to World Politics
POLS 4308 East and Southeast Asian Politics
POLS 4309Dictatorship and Democracy in the Developing World
POLS 4312Dictatorship and Democracy in Europe, Russia, and the United States
POLS 4322Politics of the Americas
POLS 4390Directed Study
POLS 4399Political Science Capstone (UHD High Impact Practice class)
SOS 4301Special Projects in the Social Sciences

Experience Qualifications

Dr. Linantud has been teaching political science since January 1997. He received a Ph.D. from Arizona State in 2000, and began work at UHD in 2002. Linantud has published articles, book reviews, and political risk essays in journals such as Contemporary Southeast Asia, Geopolitics, The International Journal of Heritage Studies, International Perspectives IQ, and The International Social Science Review. In support of his teaching responsibilities, he has recently traveled to Cuba, Israel, the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Republic of China.

Fall 2008 - Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Houston-Downtown
2002-2008Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Houston-Downtown
2001-2002Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Studies, Arizona State University
2000-2001Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Arizona State University
2000-2001Instructor, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Arizona
1999-2000Philippines Politics Analyst, Intertech Technologies, Los Angeles
1999-2000Herman Kahn Fellow in National Security, Hudson Institute, Indianapolis
1994-1998Teaching Assistant, Political Science, Arizona State University

High Impact Teaching Practices
•Comparative politics country reports
•Electronic rooms with computers for each student
•Role play (in-class improvisation assignment)
•Statecraftsims.com (online immersive online world politics simulation)
•Student mentoring for course credit, primarily of other students playing Statecraft
•UHD Student Research Conference for course credit

More Information

Joanna Kaftan and John Linantud (JL), "Ideologies and Competition: Student Reflections on Their Statecraft Experience," Journal of Political Science Education (published online 19 June 2020). DOI: 10.1080/15512169.2020.1777145

JL and Joanna Kaftan, "The Statecraft Effect: Assessment, Attitudes, and Academic Honesty, Journal of Political Science Education 15, 1 (2019) pages 64-81. DOI: 10.1080/15512169.2018.1476253

JL, "China, Rebalance, and the 'Silent War,'" International Social Science Review Vol. 91 Issue 2 (2015) pages 1-31. https://digitalcommons.northgeorgia.edu/issr/vol91/iss2/4/

JL, "Pressure and Protection: Cold War Nation-Building in South Korea, South Vietnam, Philippines, and Thailand," Geopolitics 13, 4 (October 2008) pages 635-56. DOI: 10.1080/14650040802275487

JL, "War Memorials and Memories: Comparing the Philippines and South Korea," The International Journal of Heritage Studies 14, 4 (July 2008) pages 347-61. DOI: 10.1080/13527250802155869

JL, "The 2004 Philippine Elections: Political Change in an Illiberal Democracy," Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs, 27, 1 (April 2005): 81-102. DOI: 10.1355/CS27-1E

JL, "Whither Guns, Goons, and Gold? The Decline of Factional Election Violence in the Philippines," Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs, 20, 3 (December 1998): 298-318. DOI: 10.1355/CS20-3E

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