David Mayers Professor Office: PLS 201 Phone: 617.353.2543 E-mail: dmayers@bu.edu Education: B.A., Oberlin; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago Areas of Specialization: International Relations, Diplomatic History, Political Biography.

David Mayers holds a joint appointment in the History and Political
Science departments at BU. He has served as a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Relations.
He was chair of Political Science from 2001-2007. Mayers has published
six books, among them THE AMBASSADORS AND AMERICA'S SOVIET POLICY
(1995), which won the American Academy of Diplomacy book award, and
GEORGE KENNAN AND THE DILEMMAS OF US FOREIGN POLICY (1988). Mayers's
most recent book is DISSENTING VOICES IN AMERICA'S RISE TO POWER
(2007). His new research/writing is centered on FDR's wartime
diplomacy.

Professor Mayers regularly teaches the following courses:
History of American Foreign Policy Since 1898 (PO 366)
The United States as a World Power (PO 674)
Political Biography (PO 676)

For more information:
Curriculum Vitae
List of Selected Publications