Wouter van Erve, PhD
Associate Professor of Political Science
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Office: CFO 609
Phone: 940-898-2148
Email: wvanerve@twu.edu
Website: http://wouter.vanerve.nl
Wouter van Erve is interested in political institutions, and his research focuses on the impact of institutional design in subnational political environments. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Social Science Quarterly and American Politics Research.
He received his PhD in political science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He also earned law degrees in The Netherlands at Tilburg Law School and the United States at the University of Minnesota Law School, and worked for the Dutch Public Prosecution Service, the equivalent of the District Attorney’s office. While he no longer practices law, he still enjoys teaching constitutional and comparative law courses, as well as advising students as they embark on their law school journeys. He is faculty advisor of TWU’s Barristers Club.
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