Downs M. William

Dr. William M. Downs (Ph.D., Emory University 1994) is the Dean of Harriot College at East Carolina University. His research and teaching interests include comparative politics, European politics, particularly in Western and Southern Europe, and political economy. He is the author of "Coalition Government, Subnational Style: Multiparty Politics in Europe’s Regional Parliaments" (Ohio State University Press, 1998), which explores the mechanisms of post-election coalition formation in the regional parliaments of Germany, France, and Belgium. He is the editor and author of 'Regionalism in the European Union', a special issue of The Journal of European Integration, and has published articles in numerous academic journals.