Stan Luger

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Education

Stan Luger received his B.A from SUNY Oswego, an M.A. in Political Economy from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the City University of New York Graduate Center.

Professional/Academic Experience

He was the Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs from 1999-2023. Before coming to UNC Prof. Luger taught at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY.

Prof. Luger was actively involved as a citizen of the campus and served on numerous committees, task forces, and boards and chaired the Faculty Senate, the Senate’s Welfare Committee, and Salary Equity Committee. He also has chaired the Academic Appeals Board, the Faculty Grievance Committee, the Tenure Appeals Committee, as well as the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Policy and Procedures Committee. Off campus, he testified before both houses of the Colorado State Legislature.

Before beginning his graduate studies, he worked for three seasons as a seasonal forest fire fighter for the U.S. Forest Service in the Olympic National Forest, near Forks, Washington.

Other Experience

Prof. Luger has been actively involved as a citizen of the campus and has served on numerous committees, task forces, and boards and has chaired the Faculty Senate, the Senate’s Welfare Committee, and Salary Equity Committee. He also has chaired the Academic Appeals Board, the Faculty Grievance Committee, the Tenure Appeals Committee, as well as the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Policy and Procedures Committee. Off campus, he has testified before both houses of the Colorado State Legislature.

Before beginning his graduate studies he worked for three seasons as a seasonal forest fire fighter for the U.S. Forest Service in the Olympic National Forest, near Forks, Washington.

Research/Areas of Interest

His primary area of interest is corporate power.

Publications/Creative Works

Prof. Luger is the author of two books, Corporate Power, American Democracy, and the Automobile Industry (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000) and What American Government Does, with Brian Waddell, (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017).

He has also published articles in a variety of journals including the Journal of Policy History, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Environmental History Review, and PS: Political Science and Politics and was an editorial consultant for the Social Sciences Research Counsel.

Honors and Awards

He received the Mortar Board teaching award (1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2010), the Favorite Professor Lunch Guest (1997) and the Delta Zeta’s Outstanding Professor Award (2007). In addition, his book, Corporate Power, American Democracy, and the Automobile Industry, won the Michael Harrington Award, bestowed by the American Political Science Association's organized section New Political Science, for the best book published in 2000.