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Phone: 216.687.4541
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Faculty

 

FULL-TIME FACULTY PROFILES

David R. Elkins, Department Chair and Associate Professor

Michele A. Gilbert, Assistant Professor

Rodger M. Govea, Associate Professor

Charles B. Hersch, Associate Professor

Leon H. Hurwitz, Professor and Associate Dean

Jeffrey Lewis, Associate Professor

Joel A. Lieske, Professor

Forrest Qingshan Tan, Professor

Justin Vaughn, Assistant Professor

Neda Zawahri, Assistant Professor

 

 

EMERITI FACULTY

  Ronald J. Busch, Associate Professor Emeritus. (Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1969) Interests include American political institutions, public opinion formation and political party functioning, urban politics, local policy issues such as financing public education, democratic choice processes and the impact of institutional choices (such as representational rules) on ethnic and minority representation. r.busch@csuohio.edu
Professor Robert B.Charlick

Robert B. Charlick, Professor. Interests include conflict resolution and prevention, political transitions, democratic governance processes particularly in the non-western world, the impact of democratization on public policy and governance practices.
r.charlick@csuohio.edu
Fall 2007 Courses:

PSC 231 International Politics

PSC 326 Politics of the Third World

 

 

Everett F. Cataldo, Professor Emeritus. (Ph.D.,The Ohio State University, 1965) Interests include public policy issues in advanced democratic states, particularly related in resolving conflicts over education and integration, and environmental issues affecting the Great Lakes region, such as toxic waste and acid rain. Canadian politics. e.cataldo@csuohio.edu

 

 

Barbara B. Green, Professor Emeritus. (Ph.D., Harvard, 1959) Interests include comparative political dynamics in former communist states of the USSR and Eastern Europe, German politics, comparative study of democratization in former communist states, election observer and analyst in that region. Comparative political theory of freedom and liberty.
b.green@csuohio.edu

 

 

 

John D. Holm, Professor Emeritus

John D. Holm, Professor Emeritus.
(Ph.D., UCLA, 1969) Interests include comparative democratic development, particularly in Africa and other non-western states, processes of political participation, political leadership succession, and political leadership choice. A recent paper presented by Dr. Holm is, "Traditional Authority: Its Ambivalent Role in Botswana Politics."
j.holm@csuohio.edu

 

 

 

B. James Kweder, Associate Professor Emeritus. (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1971) Interests include urban politics and policy processes, intergovernmental aid, communityand neighborhood development, practitioner in urban leadership training (Sterling Institute graduate trainer) for both governmental and non- governmental organizations.
b.kweder@csuohio.edu

 

Hans E. Segal, Associate Professor, Emeritus (Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1968) Interests include Middle East politics, international politics and political theory.
h.segal@csuohio.edu

 

 

PART-TIME FACULTY

 

 

MARYLU T. GORDON

M.A., University of Oklahoma, 1965, J.D., Oklahoma City University, 1975, Lecturer.

Interests include Introduction to Legal Studies, Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, and Politics of Law. maryluokc@sbcglobal.net

 

JENEEN HOBBY

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1996, Lecturer.


Interests include Introduction to Political Theory, Democratic Thought, Ancient and Medieval Political Theory, Modern Political Theory, American Political Thought, Feminist Theory, Contemporary Social & Political Thought, International Relations, American Government.
j.hobby@csuohio.edu

 

MARTIN PLAX

Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1969, Lecturer.


Interests include American Politics, Politics of Diversity, Controversial Issues in American Politics and in World Politics, Ancient Political Philosophy, The Practice of Conflict Resolution and Church/State Constitutional Issues.
m.plax@csuohio.edu

 

BETHANY G. SNEED

Ph.D., Wayne State University, 2004, Lecturer.

Interests include Public Administration, Public Personnel Management, Representative Bureaucracy, Nonprofit Organizations, and State and Local Government. b.g.sneed@csuohio.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

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