Dr. Steven D. Roper
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Phone: (561) 297-4920
Email: ropers@fau.edu
Website
Research: International Law and Organizations, Human Rights and Constitutional Design (Google Scholar Profile)
Teaching: International Law, Human Rights and Comparative Politics
Dr. Steven D. Roper is a Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University. He serves as the Department's Director of Graduate Studies and the Academic Director of the FAU Florida Legislative Internship Program (FFLIP). His research explores the design and the implementation of transitional justice with a focus on conflict resolution mechanisms. He has held grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, the International Research & Exchanges Board, the Social Science Research Council and was a Fulbright Scholar and Fulbright Senior Specialist. Dr. Roper has served as a consultant to the US Agency for International Development, US Department of State and the World Bank. Dr. Roper is the Human Rights Pedagogy Section Editor of Human Rights Review and serves as an Officer in the Human Rights Section of the American Political Science Association. In addition to his work in the area of human rights, Dr. Roper has an extensive experience in international education and has served as a consultant on the Bologna process and models of national accreditation. He is the author of five books and over fifty articles and book chapters.