Department of Political Science

Faculty and Staff

Full-time Faculty

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Dr. Allison Bramwell
Allison Bramwell Assistant Professor; BA, MA University of Western Ontario; PhD, University of Toronto. Teaching Areas:   Urban Politics, governance & political economy, Comparative public administration focusing on network governance, labor market policy and Innovation policy and regional economic development

Courses:  PSC 399, 520, 560, 630, 645

(336) 256-0510
Dr. Susan J. Buck
Dr. Susan Buck Associate Professor; BS, University of Florida; MS, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Teaching areas: environmental law and policy, public policy, administrative law, and ethics. Research areas: common pool resources and state wildlife management. 

Courses: PSC 300, 310, 313, 314,510K, 601; ENV 100
sjbuck@uncg.edu

(336) 256-0520
Dr. James H. Clotfelter
Dr. Jim Clotfelter Vice Chancellor for Information Technology Services
and Professor, M.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison) and B.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)		  

james_clotfelter@uncg.edu
Dr. William E. Crowther
Dr. Crowther Professor and Department Head; BA, Humboldt State University; MA, PhD, UCLA Teaching areas: comparative politics, democratization. Research areas: Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union, nationalism, and inter-ethnic politics.

Courses: PSC 260, 350, 352, 355K, 361 
wecrowth@uncg.edu

(336) 256-0519
Dr. Ruth H. DeHoog
Dr. Ruth DeHoog Professor and Director of the MPA Program; BA, Calvin College; MA, PhD, Michigan State University Teaching areas: public administration, organizational behavior, urban management,and privatization. Research areas: community development, government-nonprofit relations. 

Courses: PSC 600, 612, 613, 630
rhdehoog@uncg.edu

(336) 256-0511
Dr. Robert J. Griffiths
Dr. Griffiths Associate Professor; BS, University of Vermont; MA, PhD, University of Connecticut Research and teaching areas: comparative and international politics, African politics, civil-military relations, and the politics of development 

Courses: PSC 250,290, 340, 341W, 347, 391
rjgriffi@uncg.edu

(336) 256-0518
Dr. David Holian
Dr. Holian Associate Professor; BA, Northwestern University; PhD, Indiana University Research and teaching areas: the presidency, legislative politics, mass media, public opinion, and political methodology.

Courses: PSC 100, 300, 333, 334
dbholian@uncg.edu

(336) 256-0514
Dr. Susan W. Johnson
Associate Professor; BA, Carson-Newman College, MA, Appalachian State University;
PhD, University of South Carolina		 Research areas: American politics; judicial politics, Supreme Court decisionmaking, Canadian Supreme Court

Courses: PSC 100, 316, 318, 320, 336
swjohnso@uncg.edu

(336) 256-0514
Dr. Fabrice Lehoucq
Associate Professor; BA, University of Pittsburgh, MA, PhD., Duke University Teaching areas: Comparative politics, Latin American Politics, Political Economy of Development

Courses: PSC 260, 300, 355P Fabrice_Lehoucq@uncg.edu ;

WEBSITE

(336) 334-9822
Dr. Kenneth Klase
Dr. Klase Associate Professor; BA, Ohio State University; MBA, Auburn University; DPA, University of Georgia Teaching and research areas: public administration, public budgeting and finance, and public financial management. 

Courses: PSC 399, 512, 560, 603, 603L, 604, 645
kaklase@uncg.edu

(336) 256-0510
Dr. Gregory McAvoy
Dr. McAvoy Associate Professor; BA, Pomona College; PhD, University of Minnesota Teaching and research areas: public policy, research methods, environmental policy, and program evaluation.. 

Courses: PSC 210, 301, 302, 329, 601, 611 
gemcavoy@uncg.edu; website

(336) 256-0517

 
Tamaki Onishi
Tamaki Onishi Assistant Professor;  BA, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music; MA, AICHI Prefectural University of Fine Arts & Music; MA, Columbia University; PhD, Indiana University Teaching Areas:  Nonprofit Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Program & Performance Evaluation, Philanthropy, Fund Raising & Funding

Courses:  PSC 540, 650, 511S.
t_onishi@uncg.edu   

(336) 256-0523
Dr. Charles L. Prysby
Professor; BS, Illinois Institute of Technology; PhD, Michigan State University Teaching and research areas: research methods, elections, voting behavior, political parties, southern politics, and contextual analysis .

Courses: PSC 301, 327, 332, 328, 602
prysby@uncg.edu; website

(336) 334-5048
Dr. Jerry Pubantz
Dean, Lloyd Honor's College; Professor; BS, Georgetown University; PhD, Duke University Teaching and research areas: international politics, Middle East politics, the United Nations, American Foreign Policy, and globalization

Courses: PSC 240, 342, 344, 348, 355
j_pubant@uncg.edu

(336) 256-0516
Dr. Carisa R. Showden
Associate Professor; AB, Syracuse University;
PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 		Teaching and research areas: feminist theory, theoretical and cultural constructions of agency, domestic violence, democratic theory, women and politics, modern political thought, and post-structuralism

Courses: PSC 105, 270, 335, 336
crshowde@uncg.edu

(336) 256-0515
 
 
 
       

Retired Faculty

Dr. B. David Meyers Associate Professor; BA, SUNY at Binghamton; MA, Boston University; PhD, UCLA
Dr. David M. Olson Professor; BA, MA, PhD,University of California at Berkeley

Lecturers

Jeff Colbert, mjcolber@uncg.edu - PSC 100, 105, 210, 399
Leigh Sink alsink@uncg.edu - PSC 100, 105, 240

Part-Time Faculty

Dr. Thom Little, sllfthom@aol.com - PSC 100, 322, 330, 530,
Elizabeth McNamara e_mcnama@uncg.edu - PSC 105, 260

 

Staff

Agnes Szarka, Administrative Secretary a_szarka@uncg.edu
Cheryl Hylton, Graduate Program Assistant cmhylton@uncg.edu

 

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