Faculty members in the Department of Political Science represent a wide range of interests and come from a variety of outstanding graduate schools. The department emphasizes close and informal contacts between its graduate students and faculty.
Teaching is highly regarded, and several members have been selected by students as University Professors--the university's highest award for teaching--while others have been named outstanding teachers in the College of Arts and Sciences and as outstanding graduate faculty members.
The faculty is engaged in research, publication, and other scholarly activities. In addition, a number have served in government agencies, worked with political parties, and traveled widely.
PATRICIO ABINALES, assistant professor, Ph.D., Cornell University.Dr. Abinales' research has focused on questions of state authority and local power in the Philippines, including the examination of religious, revolutionary, and grassroots movements.
LISA AUBREY, assistant professor, Ph.D., Ohio State UniversityDr. Aubrey has carried out extensive research in Africa, particularly in Kenya and Ghana. Her research has dealt with questions of the role of nongovernmental organizations and foreign aid in Africa, gender and political development, and ethics and democratization.
RICHARD BALD,
professor emeritus, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Dr. Bald's research has focused on the role of the Free Democratic Party. He has also worked extensively on questions of arms control and disarmament. He has been selected for the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award.
EDWARD BAUM,
professor emeritus, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles.
Dr. Baum's current research centers on methods for improving management performance in the public sector. He has also taught and done research in Nigeria and published on politics and leadership in Africa.
DELYSA BURNIER,
associate professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois.
Dr. Burnier is currently doing research on enterprise zones and on women in public administration. She has also done work in the area of symbolic and interpretive approaches to public policy. She has been selected for the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award and the Jeanette G. Grasselli Teaching Excellence Award.
MICHAEL BURTON,
assistant professor, Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany.
Dr. Burton has considerable firsthand knowledge of the operations of the U.S. Congress and the executive branch. His research has focused on the senate confirmation of candidates for the Supreme Court.
LISA CONANT,
assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Washington.
Dr. Conant's research has focused on the process of European integration and especially the role of the European Court.
DAVID DABELK0,
professor emeritus, Ph.D., University of Illinois.
Dr. Dabelko has worked extensively on computer-assisted statistical analysis of political behavior and has also published on questions of social policy, defense expenditures, and arms transfers.
FELIX GAGLIANO,
professor emeritus, Ph.D., University of Illinois.
Dr. Gagliano has done extensive field research and teaching in Malaysia and has published materials relating to southeast Asian politics.
JOHN GILLIOM,
associate professor, Ph.D., University of Washington.
Dr. Gilliom's work centers on the interaction of legal structures and American life, with special emphasis on the struggles over surveillance policies. He has published a book on employee drug testing and is currently studying the surveillance of welfare recipients. He has been selected as a University Professor and as a College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher.
JAMES FRANKLIN HENDERSON,
associate professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri.
Dr. Henderson's research and teaching interests are liberty, morality, justice, and the Supreme Court. He has been selected for the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award and the Jeanette G. Grasselli Teaching Excellence Award. He has been chosen as a University Professor so many times that he now holds the title in perpetuity.
RONALD HUNT,
associate professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University. Dr. Hunt's research and teaching have focused on the political economy of capitalism, Marxism, and the interface of sexuality and politics. His most recent work deals with the history of the international gay movement. He has been selected for the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award and the Jeanette G. Grasselli Teaching Excellence Award. He is currently the department's graduate chair.
SUNG HO KIM,
associate professor, Ph.D., Columbia University.
Dr. Kim's current research interest has been in the field of international organization and international political economy, including sources of stability and instability within the framework of hegemonial systems. He is also a former University Professor.
NANCY MANRING,
assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Dr. Manring's research has focused on decision making in the U.S. Forest Service and on alternative dispute resolution and administrative responsiveness. She recently served on the Ohio Wetlands Task Force. She is the associate director of the Environmental Studies Program.
HAROLD MOLINEU,
professor, Ph.D., American University.
Dr. Molineu is the author of a book on U.S. policy toward Latin America; he has also published on questions of human rights. He has worked at NATO in Brussels and has taught and done research in several European nations. He has received the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award and the Honors Tutorial College Outstanding Tutor Award.
MICHAEL MUMPER,
professor, Ph.D., University of Maryland.
Dr. Mumper's teaching and research interests are in the area of the politics of higher education, social welfare, and economic policy. His most recent book deals with questions of the funding of higher education. He has been selected as a University Professor and for the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award and the Jeanette G. Grasselli Teaching Excellence Award.
ALEXANDER PRISLEY,
associate professor, Ph.D., Brown University.
Dr. Prisley combines his interest in American political thought with involvement in politics at the local and state levels. He has served as a member of the Ohio Elections Commission and as the director of the Athens County Board of Elections.
LEWIS RANDOLPH,
assistant professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University.
Dr. Randolph has conducted extensive research on urban problems and the politics of protest, especially focusing on policies affecting the African-American community, in Columbus, Ohio, Richmond, Virginia, and other cities.
PATRICIA
RICHARD, professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University.
Dr. Richard has published on split-ticket voting, public policy issues, and the women's movement. Her research has focused primarily on reproductive rights issues but has also included democratization and elections in Nicaragua. She is currently the dean of University College.
TAKAAKI SUZUKI,
assistant professor, Ph.D., Columbia University.
Dr. Suzuki's research has focused on the politics of Japanese budgetary and fiscal policy. He is interested in the domestic determinants of Japanese foreign and economic policy. He has carried out research in the Japanese Ministry of Finance and has served as a consultant to the Japan Development Bank.
JOSEPH TUCKER,
professor, Ph.D., Cornell University.
Dr. Tucker has investigated issues in Ohio politics and has published on the politics of higher education. He has served as the associate vice president for lifelong learning.
THOMAS WALKER,
professor, Ph.D., University of New Mexico.
Dr. Walker's research and publications have concerned Latin America in general and Brazil, Nicaragua, and Central America in particular. He served in Colombia in the Peace Corps, has lived in several other Latin American countries, and has written and edited numerous books on Nicaragua. He is currently the director of the Latin American Studies program. He has received the Honors Tutorial College Outstanding Tutor Award.
MARK WEINBERG,
professor, Ph.D., University of North Carolina.
Dr. Weinberg is director of the Institute of Local Government Administration and Rural Development and also of the Center for Public and Environmental Affairs. His research interest is financial management in government and business incubators. He has been selected for the Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award.
PATRICIA WEITSMAN
, assistant professor, Ph.D. Columbia University
Dr. Weitsman's research has dealt with various problems confronting the international community in the post-Cold War era. Her publications have dealt with problems of alliance cohesion, the politics of European integration, and ways to enforce cooperation on "risky " states. She has been selected as a University Professor.
JULIE WHITE,
assistant professor, University of Wisconsin/Madison
Dr. White's research has investigated questions of community collaboration and the politics of paternalism as it relates to social policy and the practice of care. She has been selected as a University Professor.
DAVID L. WILLAMS
, associate professor, Ph.D., Columbia University.
Dr. Williams has published on the communist movement and is doing research on education and cultural policies under Gorbachev and Yeltsin. He has twice been a University Professor and is currently the department chair.
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