BIOGRAPHY Ross Marlay, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science Education/Discipline: B.A., Brown University M.A., Ohio University Ph.D., Northern Illinois University Areas of Interest: Chinese Politics, Russian Politics, Middle Eastern Politics, American Foreign Policy, National Defense Biography: Ross Marlay, Professor of Political Science at Arkansas State University, received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Northern Illinois University in 1975. From 1983-1984 Dr. Marlay was a Fulbright Senior Lecturer in the Philippines. He has written extensively on Burma and has recently completed a book with Clark D. Neher entitled Patriots and Tyrants: Ten Asian Leaders. He has also authored twenty-two articles in the Historical Dictionary of the British Empire, and another book with Clark Neher titled Democracy and Development in Southeast Asia: The Winds of Change. His travels, both educational and recreational, have taken him to such diverse locales as: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Jordan, Syria, Ireland, Northern Ireland, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Russia, the Philippines, Mexico, French Polynesia, Iceland, China, and Japan.