New Chair of SPIA

We are pleased to announce that Laura Luehrmann, Ph.D., has been named the chair of the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) at Wright State University.

Luehrmann previously served as the director of the international and comparative politics master’s degree program. She has a master’s degree and a Ph.D in political science from Ohio State and a B.A. in international studies from the University of Dayton. She is the author of multiple books, including her book with December Green, Ph.D., Contentious Politics in Brazil and China: Beyond Regime, described by reviewers as