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Faculty Profile: Dr. Bernard Ivan Tamas

Dr. Bernard Ivan Tamas

Dr. Bernard Ivan Tamas

Dr. Bernard Ivan Tamas, Department of Politics and Government, received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 1999. During the upcoming Founders Day Convocation on February 15th, Tamas will be recognized for receiving the University Teaching Initiative Award. He will also be honored at the CAS Awards Ceremony on February 28th. “Bernie is a superb teacher and a maturing scholar," said Dr. Jamal Nassar. "He is the ideal faculty for any department that aims for excellence.”

After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Tamas spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard-MIT Data Center and visiting scholar at Harvard’s Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences. Recently, Dr. Tamas authored a book entitled Bush Controversies: Pro and Con Primary Documents. He has received the Hibbert R. Roberts Teaching Excellence Award, as well as the Pi Sigma Alpha Teaching Excellence award two years in a row.



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