Scott Pegg
Associate Professor
Phone number: 317-278 5749
Room number: CA 503K

Scott Pegg joined the Department in August 2001. He came to IUPUI from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. He primarily teaches courses on International Relations, War and Conflict, US Foreign Policy, Globalization and African Politics.

Scott received his BA in History and Political Science from the University of Richmond in 1987, his M.Sc in International Relations from the London School of Economics in 1991, and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of British Columbia in 1997. He is the author of International Society and the De Facto State (Ashgate, 1998) and the co-editor of Transnational Corporations and Human Rights (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003). Scott has published journal articles in African Affairs, International Studies Perspectives, Journal of Cleaner Production, Naval War College Review, PS: Political Science and Politics, Security Dialogue, Third World Quarterly, and The Washington Quarterly, and he is also the author of the non-governmental organization report Poverty Reduction or Poverty Exacerbation? World Bank Group Funding for Extractive Industries in Africa. Scott's current research interests focus on the human rights and security implications of transnational corporations and the resource curse.

Beyond research and teaching, Scott is Chairman of the International Friends Committee of Bebor Nursery/Primary School in Bodo City, Ogoni, Nigeria, where he is actively raising money to build nursery and primary schools in two rural villages in southeastern Nigeria. Scott is also a member of the International Advisory Board of the Center for Environment, Human Rights and Development, a non-governmental organization working in the Niger Delta and based in Eleme, Rivers State, Nigeria. He is married to Tijen Demirel Pegg. They have a son, Kerem, and a dog, Sugaree.

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