Robert Bates is currently the Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University. His area of focus is on political economy, specifically development. Most of his work foccusses on Africa. He is the author of several books, including: Markets and States in Tropical Africa: The Political Basis of Agricultural Policies ; Prosperity and Violence: The Political Economy of Development ; Essays on the Political Economy of Rural Africa (California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy, No 8). Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Political economy was the original term for the study of production, the acts of buying and selling, and their relationships to laws, customs and government. ... // Etymology World map showing Africa (geographically) The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — land of the Afri (plural, or Afer singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day...
Bates, who earned his bachelors degree at Lewis & Clark, a masters degree at Washington State University, and a doctorate in microbiology with a specialty in virology at Colorado State University, leveraged his scientific expertise and liberal arts education into a longtime administrative position at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Bates first goal is to implement the strategic long-term plan recently completed for Washington State, a land grant university with a tradition of strong collaboration in the tripartite mission of teaching, research, and community outreach.
Bates is a member of the American Society of Biological Chemists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society of Sigma Xi, and American Society for Virology.
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