BS  Arizona State University
MA  Arizona State University

Assistant Professor of Political Science David Doerge has been with Mount Mercy since 2001.

Professor Doerge has held various positions in the U.S. Congress including the Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus and the Senate Armed Services Committee. He is instrumental in introducing students to the political realm through internships in Washington, D.C., Congressional offices, and on presidential campaigns. Doerge has worked extensively with the United Nations and spends part of his summers researching and lecturing on U.S. and international law at the Gould School of Law, University of Southern California. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, where he is a member of the academic council and on the Arthur Ross Book Award nominating committee. He recently participated in a teleconference with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sponsored by the Council.

Doerge is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York, the Pacific Council on International Policy, Los Angeles, and the Academic Council on the United Nations System, Wilfrid Laurier University.

His interests include the changing domestic base of U.S. foreign policy, national security and arms control, and international law and organizations.