UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 29, Page 10
April 30, 1992
Robert Denemark selected international affairs fellow

     Robert Denemark, assistant professor of political science and
international relations, has been awarded a Pew Faculty Fellowship in
International Affairs and will study this summer at Harvard
University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
     Denemark is one of 24 fellows selected from more than 200
applicants.
     The award recognizes Denemark's academic accomplishment,
dedication to teaching and his leadership.
     The fellowship is a year-long program that provides faculty from
leading colleges and universities with instruction and support
materials for case method teaching. In addition to tuition and travel
expenses to the intensive two-week institute at Harvard, it provides a
$9,000 stipend for adapting or developing and teaching a course using
the case method.
     "The case method is an alternative to lecturing," Denemark
explained.  "It's a way to get students involved in what they are
learning. Instead of lecturing-pouring facts in and expecting the
students to pour them back out during an exam-the case method gives
students some set of facts to consider and calls for them to make
decisions and an analysis of those facts by working together. It's a
way to get them invovled in their education."
     At the University, Denemark teaches courses in international
political economy, trans-national relations and world politics,
introduction to international relations and speciality courses in
multi-national corporations and world politics and trade and global
political enconomy.
     Denemark joined the University in l988. He received his
bachelor's degree from Purdue University and his doctorate from the
University of Minnesota.
     In the fall he will become a Fellow of the University's Center
for Teaching Effectiveness.
     -Beth Thomas