Stella Z. Theodoulou is currently Interim Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at California State University as well as a Professor of Political Science. She received her Ph.D. from Tulane University in 1984 and is the author or coauthor of several publications in the areas of public policy and political science. Amongst her texts are PUBLIC POLICY: THE ESSENTIAL READINGS; AIDS: THE POLITICS AND POLICY OF DISEASE and METHODS FOR POLITICAL INQUIRY. Her most recent book is POLICY AND POLITICS IN SIX NATIONS: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON POLICY MAKING (Prentice Hall, 2002).