Mark A. Boyer (born June 15, 1961) is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Connecticut.^[1] He is a specialist in international relations theory.^[2] His recent scholarship analyzes governmental responses to climate change at the regional and local level.^[3] He has also investigated pedagogical methodologies.^[4]

Boyer has served as executive director of the International Studies Association since 2015.^[5] He previously served as a co-editor of International Studies Review (2008–2012) and editor of International Studies Perspectives (2000–2004); he continues to serve as an editorial board member for both journals.^[6][7] He is also co-director of the GlobalEd 2 project,^[8] which conducts computer-assisted international studies simulations for middle school and high school students throughout the United States.^[9]

Boyer received the Ladd Hollist Service Award in 2008^[10] and the Rowman & Littlefield Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science in 2000.^[11]

Publications

Books

• Global Politics: Engaging a Complex World. Co-author with Natalie F. Hudson and Michael J. Butler. (McGraw-Hill, 2012). [1]
• Defensive Internationalism: Providing Global Public Goods in an Uncertain World. Co-author with Davis B. Bobrow. (University of Michigan Press, 2005). [2]
• International Cooperation and Public Goods: Opportunities for the Western Alliance. (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993). [3]