Kalu Ndukwe Kalu | |
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| Kalu at the 236th U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Event, Maxwell Air Force Base, 2011 | |
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| Occupation | Research Professor |
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| Alma mater | Rutgers University, Atlanta University, Texas Tech University, Yale University |
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| Discipline | Political Science/National Security/Organizational Systems |
Kalu Ndukwe Kalu is a Nigerian-born American political scientist specializing in comparative institutional development,national security policy,and organizational systems. [1] He is currently a Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science and National Security Policy at Auburn University Montgomery.; [2] and Docent Professor at the University of Tampere,Finland [3]
Kalu earned his B.Sc. in International Environmental Studies/Environmental Science from Rutgers University,New Brunswick,NJ,with a second major in Philosophy (Existentialism) in 1980; [4] MBA (Organization Theory &Behavior) from Atlanta University in 1982;and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Texas Tech University in 1994. [5] He did post-doctoral studies in political science (democratic theory and institutions,citizenship,and international conflict processes) at Yale University (1996–1999),and post-doctoral graduate coursework (Health Policy &Management) at the Yale School of Medicine (1998–2000). [6] He has taught at several institutions including the University of Connecticut,Storrs/Waterbury;and the University of Tampere,Finland (School of Management/Politics) as a Fulbright Scholar &Visiting professor,2013–2014. [7] Over the years,he has coordinated at Auburn University Montgomery the General Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Series:College Program –an outreach program of the U. S. Army War College,Carlisle,PA. [8] [9] His research emphasis is in the areas of institutional development and organizational change,citizenship and administrative theory,IT-leadership interface,technology and culture,complex adaptive systems,national security and intelligence policy,and health care politics and policies.