Hayward Alker

Hayward R. Alker (1937–2007) was a Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California School of International Relations, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Yale University. Alker specialized in research methods, core international relations theory, international politics, and security [1].

He received his B.S. in mathematics from MIT, and both his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Yale.

He served as John A. McCone Professor of International Relations at USC from 1995 until his death in 2007. Previously, he was a senior professor of political science at MIT, and before that was a full Professor at Yale by age 29.[2] From 1992-1993, he was the President of the International Studies Association (ISA). Professor Alker received appointments as a visiting professor at a number of institutions, including Brown University, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and the University of Michigan. He was the first Olof Palme Professor at the University of Uppsala and in Sweden. He was awarded a 1996 fellowship to study chaos theory at the Santa Fe Institute.