Dylan S. McLean, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
678-839-4989
dmclean@west ga.edu
Pafford Social Science Building - Room 123
Office Hours
Fall 2024: Mon. & Wed. 11a-12p & 1:30p – 3:30p (also by appointment)
Dr. Dylan S. McLean is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civic Engagement and Public Service at the University of West Georgia, where teaches courses on American foreign policy, politics, and government. His research interests are broad but primarily focus on how a society’s political culture influences politics and ultimately policy, particularly gun control policy. He has published peer reviewed articles in a variety of journals, and, along with UWG colleague Dr. Anthony Fleming, has written Guns and Values: Individualism in the American Gun Debate, a Palgrave Macmillan book that frames the American gun debate as primarily being driven by the strength individualism’s hold on our culture. Dr. McLean earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
- B.A., Political Science and Sociology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2007
- M.A., Political Science, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2009
- Certificate, Advanced Graduate Certificate in Canadian Studies, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2013
- Ph.D., Political Science, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2015
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone)
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship)
- POLS-1101 (American Government)
- POLS-3501 (International Relations)
- POLS-4186 (Internship in Govt - UWG Legal)
- POLS-4503 (International Organizations)
- POLS-4505 (American Foreign Policy)
- POLS-4985 (Governmental Affairs Expernce)
Spring 2025 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (GLIP Lawmaking Process) Section: E07 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (GLIP American Leg. Politics) Section: E08 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (GLIP American Leg. Politics) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (GLIP Lawmaking Process) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (GLIP Capstone Experience) Section: E06 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (Government Relations 1) Section: E09 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (Government Relations 2) Section: E10 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (Governor's Internship) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4505 (American Foreign Policy) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship) Section: 05E eMajor Courses External Resource
Fall 2024 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-3501 (International Relations) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship) Section: 05E eMajor Courses External Resource
Summer 2024 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (Re-Entry Coalition Internship) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 01E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship) Section: 05E eMajor Courses External Resource
Spring 2024 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (Villa Rica Mayoral Campaign) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (GLIP American Leg. Politics) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (GLIP Lawmaking Process) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (GLIP Theory in Action) Section: E05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (GLIP Capstone Experience) Section: E06 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4503 (International Organizations) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 81E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship) Section: 05E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-4985 (Governmental Affairs Expernce) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4985 (Governmental Affairs Expernce) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2023 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-3501 (International Relations) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 81E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship) Section: 05E eMajor Courses External Resource
Summer 2023 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 01E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship) Section: 05E eMajor Courses External Resource
Spring 2023 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 19 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (UWG Legal Affairs Internship) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4505 (American Foreign Policy) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship) Section: 05E eMajor Courses External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-3501 (International Relations) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (Carroll County EMA Internship) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4186 (Internship in Govt - UWG Legal) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship) Section: 05E eMajor Courses External Resource
Summer 2022 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: E05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 01E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship) Section: 05E eMajor Courses External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: E05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 19 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship) Section: 05E eMajor Courses External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-3501 (International Relations) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4503 (International Organizations) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship) Section: 05E eMajor Courses External Resource
Summer 2021 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: E07 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 01E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship) Section: 05E eMajor Courses External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 10 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4505 (American Foreign Policy) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship) Section: 05E eMajor Courses External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-3501 (International Relations) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-4690 (Org Leadership Capstone) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-4900 (Organizational Internship) Section: 05E eMajor Courses External Resource
Dylan S. McLean and Anthony K. Fleming. 2023. Guns and Values: Individualism in the American Gun Debate. Palgrave Macmillan. [View Publication External Resource]
Nicolas Baxter-Moore, Munroe Eagles, Dylan S. McLean, and Katryne Villeneuve-Siconnelly. 2023. “Two Nations or Four Regions? A Test of Alternative Explanations of Value Differences between Canada and the United States.” American Review of Canadian Stud [View Publication External Resource]
Dylan S. McLean and Jason P. Sorens. 2019. “The Changing Ideological Politics of U.S. State Firearms Regulation.” Politics & Policy. 47.4: 638-672.
Dylan S. McLean. 2018. “Gun Talk Online: Canadian Tools, American Values.” Social Science Quarterly. 99.3: 977-992
Anthony Fleming, Dylan S. McLean, and Raymond Tatalovich. 2018. “Debating Gun Control in Canada and the United States: Divergent Policy Frames and Political Cultures.” World Affairs. 181.4: 348–371. [View Publication External Resource]
Dylan S. McLean. 2015. “Guns in the Anglo-American Democracies: Explaining an American Exception.” Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 53.3: 233-252.
Dylan S. McLean and Munroe Eagles. 2014. “Governance Regimes for Cross-Border Infrastructure: A Comparative Study of Facilities on the Canada—United States Border.” International Journal of Canadian Studies. 49: 285-314.