Occupation Professor Website Campaign site Party Democratic Party | Political party Democratic Spouse Aedin Clements Children Anna Clements | |
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Born 1961 Dallas, Texas Alma mater Harvard University
Princeton University Education Princeton University (1992–1996), Princeton University (1992), Harvard University (1984) Similar Paul Clemens, Paul Clement, Thomas Jefferson | ||
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Paul Clements (born 1961) is an American academic. He is a professor of political science at Western Michigan University. A member of the Democratic Party, Clements is running for Congress in Michigan's 6th congressional district.
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Paul clements bio
Personal life and education
Clements was born in Dallas, Texas in 1961. His father was a social worker with a Methodist Church, and Clements spent much of his childhood in India and Hong Kong. Clements met his wife, Aedin, while both were volunteering in Africa. In 2006, Clements's older daughter was involved in a near-fatal auto crash, spending 10 days in a coma before ultimately making a recovery.
Clements graduated with High Honors from Harvard University in 1984. Clements earned a Ph.D. in Public Affairs from Princeton University in 1996, writing a dissertation titled "Development as if Impact Mattered: A Comparative Organizational Analysis of USAID, the World Bank and CARE." Ben Bernanke served as one of Clements's doctoral advisers.
Career
Clements served in the Peace Corps, teaching math in The Gambia from 1985 to 1987. Clements remained in Africa until 1990, serving with ActionAid and USAid.
Clements was hired as an assistant professor at Western Michigan University in 1996, becoming a full professor in 2009. Clements serves as the director of Western Michigan University's International Development Administration Program, which has affiliations with the Peace Corps. His areas of expertise include the evaluation of foreign aid, social science methodology, African politics, political development, and political philosophy. Some of Clements's projects include evaluating Heifer International's programs in Tanzania and Ghana, developing a quality assurance program for the United Nations Development Programme, and developing an evaluation system for a water infrastructure project in Brazil.
2016 Congressional candidacy
Clements is running for Congress in Michigan's 6th congressional district. The seat is currently held by Republican Fred Upton.
His campaign was endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders on 7 June, 2016