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| Mike LeMay |
Michael LeMay is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, California State University--San Bernardino, where he served as director of the National Security Studies program, Chair of the Department of Political Science, and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. LeMay took his B.S. and M.S. Degrees from the University of Wisconsin; and his Ph.D. Degree from the University of Minnesota.
His thirty five years of teaching includes service at several institutions of higher learning. He taught at Seido Juku, Ashiya, Japan; at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; at Frostburg State University (in Western Maryland); and at CSUSB. He served as Department Chair for 18 years and has received awards as a university administrator, as a teacher, and as a scholar.
He has authored 21 published academic books, including numerous immigration history/ policy titles: The Struggle for Influence (University Press of America, 1985); From Open Door to Dutch Door (Praeger Press, 1987); The Gatekeepers (Praeger Press, 1989); Anatomy of a Public Policy (Praeger, 1994); American Immigration and Naturalization Laws and Issues: A Documentary History (with Elliott Barkan) (Greenwood Press, 1999); U.S. Immigration: A Reference Handbook (ABC-CLIO, 2004); Guarding the Gates: Immigration and National Security (Praeger, 2006); and Illegal Immigration: A Reference Handbook (ABC-CLIO, 2007). He was organizer and series editor and authored chapters to each of a three-volume set of immigration history books: Transforming America: Perspectives on Immigration, Vol. 1: The Making of a Nation of Nations—the Founding to 1865; Vol. 2: Transforming a Nation of Nations—1865-1945; Vol. 3: The Making of a Superpower-1945-2010 (Praeger/ABC-CLIO, 2013).
Professor LeMay has sole-authored two text books within which immigration is a major focus: The Perennial Struggle: Race, Ethnicity and Minority Relations in the United States, 3e (Prentice-Hall, 2009); and Public Administration: Clashing Values in the Administration of Public Policy, 2e. (Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2006).
He is currently writing Doctors at the Borders: Immigration and the Rise of Public Health.
Dr. LeMay is published in several scholarly journals: American Politics Quarterly; Teaching Political Science; National Civic Review; Southeastern Political Review; Journal of Politics; Social Science Quarterly; Journal of American Ethnic History; International Migration Review. He served as a reviewer for: International Migration Review; Social Science Quarterly; and the Journal of American Ethnic History.
