Dr. Chad Raymond
- Professor
- Associate graduate program director
Areas of Expertise
- Comparative political history and the political economy of development, particularly in Asia and the Middle East
- Innovations in teaching and learning with a focus on AI
Education
- B.S. in political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989
- M.S. in political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989
- Ph.D. in political science, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2000
What's My Why?
I was a first-generation college student who grew up in a small, rural town in Maine. As a child, I read about people, places and things that were far different from those of my immediate environment. While I didn’t know why these differences existed, from a very young age I wanted to encounter them firsthand, which meant leaving a community where people had limited horizons. College was like trying to take a drink of water from a fire hose. I had to push myself beyond what I believed I was capable of, but for the first time in my life, I felt at home. My Ph.D. program involved going to Vietnam, learning the language and interviewing farmers. These were just a few of the experiences that I otherwise would not have had if I had not been curious enough to explore the unfamiliar.
Selected Publications
"AI and the Case for Project-Based Teaching," The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 27, 2024.
“Simulations in the Social Sciences,” Simulations and Student Learning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, Matthew Schnurr and Anna MacLeod, eds, University of Toronto Press, 2021.
“Using Experimental Research to Test Instructional Effectiveness: A Case Study,” co-authored with Dr. John Tawa, Dr. Sally Gomaa, and Ms. GinaMarie Tonini. Journal of Political Science Education 14(2): 167-176 (2018).
“Lost in Non-Translation: Politics of Misrepresenting Arabs,” co-authored with Dr. Sally Gomaa, Arab Studies Quarterly 36(1): 27-42 (2014).