Difference between revisions of "Andrew Nathan"
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Nathan teaches [[Introduction to Human Rights]] and [[Chinese Foreign Policy]] among other courses. He lectures mostly from memory, rarely turning to his notes or using PowerPoint, which can be quite a relief after going through dozens of large Columbia lectures that use overhead presentations as a crutch. | Nathan teaches [[Introduction to Human Rights]] and [[Chinese Foreign Policy]] among other courses. He lectures mostly from memory, rarely turning to his notes or using PowerPoint, which can be quite a relief after going through dozens of large Columbia lectures that use overhead presentations as a crutch. | ||
| − | Many of Nathan's students consider him to be among the best professors at Columbia. | + | Many of Nathan's students consider him to be among the best professors at Columbia. He is about to receive an award for this, as will be reported in the Bwog and the Spec. |
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 12:40, 23 April 2008
Andrew Nathan is the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, the Chairman of the Political Science Department, and a member of the Interdepartmental Committee on Human Rights. He achieved fame editing and translating the Tiananmen Papers.
Nathan teaches Introduction to Human Rights and Chinese Foreign Policy among other courses. He lectures mostly from memory, rarely turning to his notes or using PowerPoint, which can be quite a relief after going through dozens of large Columbia lectures that use overhead presentations as a crutch.
Many of Nathan's students consider him to be among the best professors at Columbia. He is about to receive an award for this, as will be reported in the Bwog and the Spec.
