Dylan S. McLean, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Civic Engagement and Public Service University College

678-839-4989
dmclean@westga.YYZpTum5aTLXOwRxoizAcedu

Boyd Building - Room 218
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Summer 2025: (by appointment)

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Dylan S. McLean, Ph.D.

Dr. Dylan S. McLean is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civic Engagement and Public Service at the University of West Georgia, where teaches courses on American foreign policy, politics, and government. His research interests are broad but primarily focus on how a society’s political culture influences politics and ultimately policy, particularly gun control policy. He has published peer reviewed articles in a variety of journals, and, along with UWG colleague Dr. Anthony Fleming, has written Guns and Values: Individualism in the American Gun Debate, a Palgrave Macmillan book that frames the American gun debate as primarily being driven by the strength individualism’s hold on our culture. Dr. McLean earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

  • B.A., Political Science and Sociology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2007
  • M.A., Political Science, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2009
  • Certificate, Advanced Graduate Certificate in Canadian Studies, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2013
  • Ph.D., Political Science, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2015

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Dylan S. McLean and Anthony K. Fleming. 2023. Guns and Values: Individualism in the American Gun Debate. Palgrave Macmillan. [View Publication External Resource]

Nicolas Baxter-Moore, Munroe Eagles, Dylan S. McLean, and Katryne Villeneuve-Siconnelly. 2023. “Two Nations or Four Regions? A Test of Alternative Explanations of Value Differences between Canada and the United States.” American Review of Canadian Stud [View Publication External Resource]

Dylan S. McLean and Jason P. Sorens. 2019. “The Changing Ideological Politics of U.S. State Firearms Regulation.” Politics & Policy. 47.4: 638-672.

Dylan S. McLean. 2018. “Gun Talk Online: Canadian Tools, American Values.” Social Science Quarterly. 99.3: 977-992

Anthony Fleming, Dylan S. McLean, and Raymond Tatalovich. 2018. “Debating Gun Control in Canada and the United States: Divergent Policy Frames and Political Cultures.” World Affairs. 181.4: 348–371. [View Publication External Resource]

Dylan S. McLean. 2015. “Guns in the Anglo-American Democracies: Explaining an American Exception.” Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 53.3: 233-252.

Dylan S. McLean and Munroe Eagles. 2014. “Governance Regimes for Cross-Border Infrastructure: A Comparative Study of Facilities on the Canada—United States Border.” International Journal of Canadian Studies. 49: 285-314.