Author: Robert E. Keohane
Alternate names: Robert Emmet Keohane
Born: 1903
Died: 1974
Bio: <b><a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/Robert_E._Keohane">Robert E. Keohane</a></b> (1903–1974) was a professor of social science and a writer on social science pedagogy.  He was a key figure in the development of the social science component of the <a href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/curriculum/index.cfm">Great Books curriculum</a> practiced at the University of Chicago and <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a>.  He published widely on pedagogy and also authored two widely-used high-school textbooks, <i>American Government</i> and <i>Government in Action</i>.  He taught at the University of Chicago in the 1930s and 1940s, moving to Shimer College in 1950 and remaining there until his retirement in the early 1970s. (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/Robert_E._Keohane#Brief_description">Shimer College Wiki</a>)