Dr. Paul Adams earned his PhD from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and specializes in comparative politics and international relations, specifically the study of the politics of Europe, the European Union, corporatism and state-society relations, as well as American foreign policy and international organizations. He is an Affiliated Faculty member of the Center for European Studies, a Jean Monnet European Union Center of Excellence, at the University of Pittsburgh (Oakland Campus). Dr. Adams is the Chair of the Behavioral Science Division and faculty advisor to the Pitt-Greensburg Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society. He is also a member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and Gamma Theta Upsilon, the International Geographical Honor Society. He has authored or co-authored chapters or entries in texts such as New Directions in Comparative Politics (2002) , Authoritarianism and Corporatism in Latin America Revisited (2004), The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Second Edition (2007),Globalization: Universal Trends, Regional Implications (2008), The Research Handbook of Voluntary and Nonprofit Associations (2016) and co-edited the text Western Europe and the United States: Foundations of Comparative Politics (2005). He has also published articles and book reviews in EUSA Review and Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs. Dr. Adams came to the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg in 2006 after a visiting position at the University of Richmond. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2013.
