Peter Loedel

Peter Loedel
  • Full Professor
  • Department: Political Science
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: PLoedel@wcupa.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara
  • M.A. University of California, Santa Barbara
  • B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara

Research Interests

international relationsEuropean monetary politics

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Biography

Dr. Loedel is originally from San Diego, California and received his university education in California. After gaining degrees, he taught one year at the University of Utah and another year at the University of Puget Sound before coming to West Chester University. He is married with three kids and lives in Downingtown. All three kids are successful WCU Alums. Go Rams!

Contact Information

Phone: 610-436-2728

List of Publications

  • The European Central Bank: The New European Leviathan?, 2nd edition, co-authored with David Howarth, Palgrave, 2005. Deutsche Mark Politics: Germany in the European Monetary System, 1999. Lynne Rinner Publishers. The Promise and Reality of European Security Cooperation, co-edited with Mary McKenzie, 1998, Praeger Publishers. Dr. Loedel has also published numerous articles in leading journals, and book chapters on the subject of European monetary politics as well as teaching/pedagogy in the field of international relations. His most recent publication focuses on the impact of gender on attitudes toward European monetary union and the Euro. The article, co-authored with Dr. Susan Banducci from the University of Exeter, can be found in: David Howard and Amy Verdun, Economic and Monetary Union at Twenty: A Stocktaking of a Tumultuous Second Decade, (Routledge, 2021). Susan Banducci and Peter Loedel, “Gender and Women’s Support of the Euro,” in European Monetary Union at 20, Journal of European Integration, Special Edition, December 2019.