Georgia State University

Dr. William M. Downs
Associate Dean for Social and Behavioral Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-413-5104
Fax: 404-413-6156
wdowns2@gsu.edu

Dr. William M. Downs (Ph.D, Emory University 1994) is Associate Dean for Social and Behavioral Sciences at Georgia State University. His research and teaching interests comprise comparative politics, European politics with emphases on western and northern Europe, and political economy. He is the author of Coalition Government, Subnational Style: Multiparty Politics in Europe's Regional Parliaments (Ohio State University Press, 1998), which investigates the machinations of postelection alliance building in the subnational legislatures of Germany, France, and Belgium. He is editor as well as contributor to "Regionalism in the European Union," a special issue of The Journal of European Integration, and has published research articles in Government and Opposition, South European Society & Politics, The Journal of Legislative Studies, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Regional and Federal Studies, Electoral Studies, West European Politics, Journal für Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung, Romanian Journal of Political Science, Political Leaders of Western Europe (David Wilsford, ed.), History Behind the Headlines:  The Origins of Major Twentieth Century Geopolitical Conflicts (Meghan O'Meara, ed.), and The New Europe at the Crossroads (Ursula E. Beitter, ed).  Prior to joining the GSU faculty, Professor Downs taught at Emory University (1996-97), Aarhus University in Denmark (1995-96), and Odense University in Denmark (1994-95). He spent one year as a research fellow at the Harvard University Center for European Studies (1993-94) and has held research fellowships (Fulbright, Belgian-American Educational Foundation) in Belgium (1992-93).