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About Us

Brian L. Fife, Ph.D.

Director of Graduate Studies
Professor

  • Office: Neff 260H
  • Phone: 260-481-6961
  • E-mail: fifeb@ipfw.edu
  • Office hours are by appt.

Education

  • State University of New York at Binghamton Ph.D., 1990, Political Science
  • State University of New York at Binghamton M.A.,1986, Political Science
  • University of Maine B.A., 1985, Political Science

Research Interests

Dr. Fife's research agenda is largely focused on urban education and higher education policy issues; he is also interested in politics and elections.

Selected Publications

  • "Reexamining Carnegie Research Institutions: Evidence from IPEDS Data." Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Volume 4, 2004, 1-13, with Joseph Losco).
  • "The U.S. Supreme Court and the Politics of Vouchers." International Journal of Educational Reform (Volume 13, 2004, 74-83).
  • "American Political Parties, Political Culture, and Presidential Elections, 1972-2000." Midsouth Political Science Review (Volume 7, 2003, 55-84).
  • Political Culture and Voting Systems in the United States: An Examination of the 2000 Presidential Election (Praeger Publishers, 2002) (Co-author).
  • Higher Education in Transition: The Challenges of the New Millennium (Greenwood Publishing–a Bergin & Garvey imprint, 2000) (Co-editor).
  • School Desegregation in the Twenty-First Century: The Focus Must Change (Edwin Mellen Press, 1997).
  • Desegregation in American Schools: Comparative Intervention Strategies (Praeger Publishers, 1992).

Highlights of Community Service

Dr. Fife is the advisor to students in the legal studies major in the Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs degree. He joined the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne faculty in 1997 after serving seven years at Ball State University in the Department of Political Science.