Donald Beahm
Lecturer/T Political Science University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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OLDH 522
Lincoln NE 68588-0328 - Phone
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402-472-2341 On-campus 2-2341
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dbeahm2@unl.edu
Bio
Dr. Donald (Don) L. Beahm was born and raised in Minden, Nebraska. His father, Merle Beahm (deceased in 2005), worked for the Department of Agriculture and was a decorated World War II Veteran, and his mother Mary was a one-room country school teacher, who turned 96 last summer. He has two sisters, Linda (deceased) and Bonnie, and one brother, Merlin. He is married to Renee Beahm and they have two adult children, Tonya Jolley and Jeramie Beahm, both of whom live and work in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Education
Don received his B.S. in Political Science from Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota, and he completed his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where his studies focused on Normative Political Theory, Public Law, American Institutions, and Empirical Theory and Methodology.
Publications
His book, Conceptions of and Corrections to Majoritarian Tyranny, was published with Lexington Books in 2002. Dr. Beahm has presented numerous papers at conferences, and is currently working on a book titled The Deliberative Process of Establishing Rights.