A member of the department since 1973, he received his B.A. from Willamette University, his M.A. from the University of Hawaii, and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Professor Youngblood is the author of Marcos Against the Church: Economic Development and Political Repression in the Philippines (1990) and co-editor of Patterns of Power and Politics in the Philippines: Implications for Development (1994). He has also published articles in journals such as Asian Survey, Asian Affairs: An American Review, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Comparative Political Studies, AustralianOutlook, Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Pilipinas, and the Journal of Asian and African Studies.  His current teaching and research interests are focused on church-state relations in the Philippines, human rights in Southeast Asia, and Asian political economy.

Course Syllabi, Fall 2005