Department: Political Science
Areas of expertise:
- European Union
- Eastern Europe
- Women in Politics
With an expertise in Eastern Europe, the European Union and the rise of “Madame Ministers” in the world, Scherpereel can comment on the happenings in Europe and the implications for the rest of the world as well as the role of female leadership on the global stage. He is currently the Director of the European Union Policy Studies masters program, a one year program based in Florence, Italy, that gives students a specialization in the politics of the European Union. Through the program he posts concise videos explaining current EU issues.
He recieved his doctorate and master's from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his bachelor's from the University of Notre Dame.
Media contact: Eric Gorton, gortonej@jmu.edu
In the news
- Strife among European Commissioners stays secret in 'special minutes' for thirty years (Follow the Money)
- Governing the Czech Republic and Slovakia: Between State Socialism and the European Union (Lynne Rienner Publishers)
- Turnover in the Council of the European Union: What It is and Why It Matters (Wiley Online Library)
