Glendon A. Schubert
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Glendon A. Schubert | |
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| Born | June 7, 1918 Oneida, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 15, 2006 (aged 87) |
| Other names | Glendon Schubert |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political Scientist |
| Sub-discipline | Biopolitics |
| Notable ideas | Evolutionary Politics |
Glendon A. Schubert (1918 – 2006) was an American author of political science studies and analyses, three-time Fulbright Scholar, and professor of political science, notably serving on the faculties of Syracuse University and the University of Hawaiʻi. Schubert was largely responsible for creating two subdisciplines within political science i.e. judicial behavior and biopolitical behavior. He wrote many books, journals, articles, and musings on these aspects of political science, and is internationally recognized as one of the leading authorities on judicial decision-making behavior. In his own words, his major fields of interest included "Social biological and psychobiological approaches to the study of political theory, methodology, and behavior; political socialization in relation to developmental psychology and psychophysiology; transactional relationships between public policy and the life sciences; political culture, subcultures, and the behavior of political (especially judicial) elites".[1]
Schubert was born in Oneida, New York on June 7, 1918. He attended Syracuse University where he received his AB (magna cum laude) in English and Mathematics in 1940 and a PhD in political science in 1948. He served in the United States Army Signal Corps (Intelligence) from 1942 to 1946 as a first lieutenant and was awarded a Bronze Star Medal. Schubert first married Betty Jo Neal, whose marriage produced two sons, both going on to follow in their father's footsteps in the field of political science. James, an accomplished political scientist (teaching at Northern Illinois University) and former executive director of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, a group both he and Glendon served as founding members of, also revolutionized the discipline of biopolitics in his own right. Frank A. Schubert, his first son, taught criminal justice at Northeastern University for 25 years and wrote several lines of introductory textbooks. After the death of his first wife, Schubert welcomed 3 daughters with wife Elizabeth Schubert. Later in life, he went on to marry Natalie Klavans.[2] [3] [4]
