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SPIA Faculty

  • Thomas Birkland  (Professor); William T. Kretzer Distinguished Professor, Ph.D., University of Washington--Public policy process, environmental politics and policy, and disaster policy and management.
  • William A. Boettcher (Associate Professor); Ph.D., Ohio State University--American foreign policy, political psychology.
  • Ryan C. Bosworth (Assistant Professor); Ph.D. University of Oregon--Environmental economics and education economics.
  • James R. Brunet (Assistant Professor); Ph.D., North Carolina State University; M.P.A., University of Connecticut--Ethics and criminal justice.
  • Richard M. Clerkin (Assistant Professor); Ph.D., Indiana University, M.P.A. (concentration in Nonprofit Management) University of Delaware--Advocacy and accountability of nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations, and charitable gaming.
  • Michael Cobb (Associate Professor); Ph.D., University of Illinois--American politics, voting behavior, race
  • Charles K. Coe (Professor) D.P.A., University of Georgia; MPA, University of Michigan--Budgeting and financial management with local governments and state agencies.
  • Jerrell D. Coggburn (Associate Professor and Chair of Public Administration); MPA and Ph.D., University of South Carolina-- Human resources management, public management, and public procurement.
  • Dennis M. Daley  (Professor); Ph.D., Washington State University (Pullman)-- Human Resource Management focusing on performance appraisal, strategic management, and benefits.
  • G. David Garson (Professor): Ph.D. Harvard--Advanced research methodology, geographic information systems, information technology, e-government, and American government.
  • Steven Greene (Associate Professor); Ph.D., Ohio State University--American politics, public opinion, political parties, gender and politics.
  • Clifford E. Griffin (Associate Professor); Ph.D., University of Rochester--Latin American and Caribbean politics.
  • Patrick Hamlett (Associate Professor); Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara--Science and technology, public policy, political theory.
  • Heidi H. Hobbs (Associate Professor & Director of Masters in International Studies); Ph.D., University of Southern California--International relations.
  • James Horner (Director); Administrative Officers Management Program
  • Richard C. Kearney (Professor and Director of the School of Public and International Affairs). Ph.D., University of Oklahoma--Public administration, human resource management, labor relations, state and local politics, and public policy (particularly environmental policy).
  • Sanford H. Kessler (Associate Professor); Ph.D., Boston College--political theory.
  • Lada V. Kochtcheeva (Assistant Professor): Ph.D. University of Oregon--comparative politics, environmental politics, public policy.
  • Robert S. Moog (Associate Professor); Ph.D., University of Chicago--comparative legal systems, criminal justice administration, Middle East politics.
  • Mark Nance (Lecturer); ABD, University of Wisconsin--international political economy, international organization, European politics.
  • Branda Nowell (Assistant Professor); Ph.D., Michigan State University--Collaboration, inter-organizational networks, and multi-stakeholder collaborations in the public sector.
  • Elizabethann O'Sullivan (Associate Professor); Ph.D., University of Maryland-- Nonprofits, especially partnerships between public and nonprofit agencies, and nonprofits' use of program evaluation.
  • Ali Osman Ozturk (Program Director of Leadership in the Public Sector) Ph.D., North Carolina State University--New public management, results-based management, organizational culture, public opinion research, and European Union administration.
  • Philip M. Pavlik (Lecturer); ABD, University of North Carolina--American politics, public policy.
  • Traciel V. Reid (Associate Professor); Ph.D., University of Virginia--Public law.
  • Amanda Ross-Edwards (Lecturer); PhD University of Connecticut, American Government, Presidency and Congress.
  • Elisha Savchak (Assistant Professor); PhD University of South Carolina--Judicial politics and American politics.
  • Marvin S. Soroos (Professor Emeritus); Ph.D., Northwestern University--International relations, global environmental policy.
  • Roland F. Stephen (Associate Professor); Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles--international political economy, European politics.
  • Steven K. Straus  (Coordinator of Training and visiting Assistant Professor); Ph.D., Duke University--Provides training and consultation to public, nonprofit, and private sector organizations.
  • Michael Struett (Assistant Professor); Ph.D., University of California, Irvine--international relations, international organizations, international law.
  • James Swiss (Associate Professor); Ph.D., Yale University--Governmental management.
  • Andrew J. Taylor (Professor and Chair); Ph.D., University of Connecticut--American politics, Congress, presidency.
  • Mary Tschirhart (Professor and Director of the Institute for Nonprofits); Ph.D., University of Michigan-- Management and governance issues.
  • Michael L. Vasu (Associate Professor); Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Public policy, social-science computing and public-opinion research methodology.
  • J. Oliver Williams (Professor Emeritus of Political Science); Ph.D., University of North Carolina--methodology, Chinese politics.