Franklin Barr Lebo, Esq. is an adjunct instructor and A.B.D. Ph.D. Candidate concentrating in Transnational/Comparative Politics and Policy and Justice Studies.  He earned his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 2003 with an International Law Concentration winning the Witkin and CALI Awards in Chinese Trade and Investment and the CALI Award in the American West: Law, Culture, and the Environment.  Franklin's research interests have centered around East Asia since his undergraduate studies at Brandeis University where, as a Presidential Scholar, he double majored in Politics and East Asian Studies graduating summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and Pi Sigma Alpha (the National Political Science Honor Society) receiving highest honors for a senior honors thesis on the Japanese bureaucratic system.  He is conducting fieldwork on the dynamics of Japan's political institutions and researching matters pertaining to international justice and security.

 
Publications:

• Hook, Steven W. and Lebo, Franklin Barr. (forthcoming 2009). "Global Development in Theory and Practice," in Robert A. Denemark (Ed.). The International Studies Compendium Project. Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
• Hook, Steven W. and Lebo, Franklin Barr.  2008. “Sino-American Trade Relations: Privatizing Foreign Policy,” in Ralph G. Carter (Ed.). Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy: From Terrorism to Trade, 3rd Edition. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press.
• Lebo, Franklin B. "Honest Patriots: Loving a Country Enough to Remember its Misdeeds" (review).  Human Rights Quarterly - Volume 28, Number 2, May 2006, pp. 551-553. The Johns Hopkins University Press.

• From James v. null to Williams v. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers: The Emergence of Pluralism in American Western Jurisprudence
• From Exclusion to Inclusion: The Evolution of the Chinese Experience in America from the 1840s to the 1940s

• POL205: Environmental Politics (B-W)
• POL10500: World Politics (KSU)

• "Emerald Planet: Must the U.S. Make the World Green?" Keys to a Sharp Mind lifelong learning series hosted by Laurel Lake Retirement Community on August 28, 2009.
• "Emerald City: Can the U.S. Build a Green City?" Keys to a Sharp Mind lifelong learning series hosted by Laurel Lake Retirement Community on August 20, 2009.
• "Applying the Geneva Conventions to the Iraq War." WAKR 1590 AM with Ray Horner. April 1st, 2008.
• "Democratization in East Asia."  Course Title: Asian Politics (POL 30530).  Regular instructor: Dr. Esook Yoon. Lecture delivered on March 9, 2006 at Kent State University.

e-mail: FranklinLebo@aol.com