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Kelly Avery, Department Secretary 124 Williams Hall kellya@bgsu.edu | Kelly Avery is our new department secretary, coming to us from the Psychology Department. She has worked at BGSU for 14 years. | |
| Dr. Archer's research is in the area of International Political Economy and International Organizations. Specifically her work focuses on global financial issues, global financial crises and international financial organizations such as the IMF. Dr. Archer's recent academic work has examined the interactions between global credit rating agencies and developing countries. In 2005 she received an American Political Science Association small research grant to study this relationship, has presented several conference papers on the subject and has an article in International Organization entitled, " Democratic Advantage: Does Regime Type Affect Credit Rating Agency Ratings in the Developing Dr. Archer is away on Faculty Improvement Leave for the 2010-11 academic year. She can be reached by email.
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Dr. D.S. Chauhan | Dr. Chauhan's research interests in public administration include human resources management, public labor relations, and administrative theory. He is the author of, "Managing Mutual Commitments and Expectations: Contract Administration in Public Labor Relations," in Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, "Labor Management Rights and Responsibilities," in Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, Enhancing the Management Capacity Through Public Policy Analysis: Development, Effectuation and Evaluation of Public Policy”, published by the Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration and the U.S. Educational Foundation in Sri Lanka, Colombo, and Public Labor Relations: A Comparative State Study part of the Administrative and Policy Studies Series, Sage Publications. He has recently given presentations to the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (Mumbai), the Armenian National Assembly, Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
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 Dr. Albert Dzur Associate Professor Ph.D. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Political Theory 111 Williams Hall awdzur@bgsu.edu 419-372-7270 | Dr. Albert Dzur's work in democratic political theory focuses on the value of citizen participation in the professionalized and expert domains that impact public affairs. He is interested in how collaboration helps bridge the distance between professionals and the communities they serve, encourages mutual trust, develops skills, and builds networks for communication. His concept of "democratic professionalism" points to the importance of sharing previously professionalized tasks in order to enable and enhance broader citizen engagement in major social issues like crime and punishment. He is the author of Democratic Professionalism: Citizen Participation and the Reconstruction of Professional Ethics, Identity, and Practice (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008). Recent articles include “Four Theses on Participatory Democracy: Toward the Rational Disorganization of Government Institutions,” Constellations (forthcoming) and “Democracy’s ‘Free School’: Tocqueville and Lieber on the Value of the Jury,” Political Theory 38 (2010): 603-630. Dr. Dzur's CV can be accessed here | |
Dr. Neil Englehart | Dr. Neil Englehart does research in the area of human rights. He has held a number of prestigious grants and fellowships including an Andrew J. Mellon Foundation grant for collaborative research on comparative colonialism as well as a Post-doctoral fellowship, a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, A Fulbright Fellowship for research in Thailand, and a Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute Scholarship. Dr. Englehart has published extensively in journals such as International Political Science Review, Social Forces, Asian Survey, Dissents and Human Rights Quarterly.
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Nichole Fifer ABD, Wayne State University | Professor Fifer teaches courses in the MPA program, as well as undergraduate courses in Environmental Policy, State and Local Government, and Public Administration. She is currently completing her Ph.D at Wayne State University. | |
Dr. Martin Slavens Instructor, Pre-Law Advisor 124 Williams Hall martids@bgsu.edu 419-372-9539 | Dr. Slavens is the Pre-Law advisor for the College of Arts and Sciences as well as faculty advisor to the Pre-Law Society. He teaches courses in Constitutional Law and Comparative Politics, and also teaches for the International Studies program. | |
Dr. Christi Bartman | Dr. Bartman relocated with her family to Columbus, OH. At BGSU she taught courses in law, theory, and international relations and served as (an award winning!)pre-law advisor in 2010-11. Former students can still contact her by email. | |
| Dr. Stefan Fritsch focuses his research on international political economy. He has held a number of grants and fellowships including a Ph.D. scholarship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and a Fulbright grant. Dr. Fritsch is interested in the relationship between technology and international affairs. Other research interests include: global trade, globalization, theories of International Political Economy, Multinational Corporations, and European integration. Dr. Fritsch has published in journals such as The Austrian Journal of Political Science and Global Society: Journal of Interdisciplinary International Relations. He has also written book chapters on technology and international relations and issues of European integration. He is the author of Technologie und International Politische Okonomie im Zeitalter der Informationsgesellschaft (Technology and International Political Economy in the Information Age.). (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2006). | |
| David J. Jackson earned his Ph.D. from Wayne State University in Detroit in 1999. His major research interest is the relationship between entertainment and politics. Specifically, he examines connections between media use habits and political beliefs among the English-speaking young adult populations of the United States and Canada. His other research interests include organized labor's political activity in the U.S. and U.S. trade policy. Jackson is the author of Entertainment and Politics: The Influence of Pop Culture in Young Adult Political Socialization (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2002), and articles in such scholarly journals as Political Research Quarterly, Polish American Studies, American Politics Research, and Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics. Jackson teaches courses on U.S. Politics, Research Methods, American Political Thought, Politics and Mass Media, and Canadian Government. He is a Gemini. | |
| Dr. Neal Jesse's research interests include British and Irish Politics, Electoral Studies, Ethnic Conflict, Game theory and Formal Theory. He is the co-author of Identities and Institutions: Conflict Reduction in Divided Societies (SUNY Press 2005), and has published in journals such as International Political Science Review, Journal of Public Policy, International Studies Quarterly, Political Psychology, Representation, Electoral Studies and Political Research Quarterly. For the 2006-2007 academic year he is the Hallsworth Visiting Professor and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. | |
Steven O. Ludd | Dr. Ludd taught at BGSU for 30 years, retiring in 2007. A passionate and effective teacher, he won numerous teaching awards, including the university's prestigious Master Teacher award in 1983. He helped hundreds of students learn the principles of constitutional law, administrative law, and ethics in their preparation for law school and careers as lawyers, judges, and elected officials. His research was both scholarly and applied, including work on administrative discretion, drafting policy documents for US Federal District Court, mediating disputes between county governments, and working with litigants in discrimination cases. | |
| Dr. Melissa Miller is a specialist in American Politics. Her research interests include gender and politics, political participation, and political behavior. Her forthcoming published work will appear in Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, and Social Science Journal. At present Dr. Miller is Co-Principal Investigator (with colleague Jeff Peake) on a project assessing press coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign. The study examines coverage during both the primary and general election seasons read in a total of 35 leading newspapers from across the United States. Dr. Miller also has worked as a public policy consultant. In this capacity, she has co-authored reports on the effectiveness of welfare-to-work programs in the U.K., including Labour's New Deal for Lone Parents and Employment Zones. In the U.S., she has participated in several large-scale evaluations of U.S. Department of Education initiatives. | |
| Dr. Tim Newman Instructor American Government,Political Theory Williams Hall 108 419-372-4680 tnewman@bgsu.edu | Dr. Newman teaches courses in American Government, Political Theory, and Public Policy. | |
| Dr. Shannon Orr works in the area of environmental policy with particular attention to the tension among competing interests in the policy formation process. Her research includes the areas of national parks policy and climate change negotiations at the United Nations. She has published research in Policy Studies Journal, PS: Political Science and Politics, State and Local Government Review, American Review of Politics, International Journal of Politics and Ethics and State Politics and Policy Quarterly. | |
| Becky Lentz-Paskvan served as the Administrative Secretary for the department for 16 years, but retired on April 1, 2011. Becky was with BGSU for 22 years in various capacities on campus. She was involved with the Food Operations Dept., Student Recreation Center and the Student Life Office prior to coming to work for the department. Becky is having a great time in retirement, but we miss her!! | |
 Dr. Jeff Peake Professor jpeake@bgsu.edu | After 11 years at BGSU, Dr. Peake left in July 2011 to become chair of the political science department at Clemson University. We miss him already!
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| Scott Piroth teaches in both the Political Science department and the Canadian Studies Center. His research focus is nationalism in Quebec – examining both the reasons why Quebecers support or oppose a sovereign Quebec and the factors that influence opinions toward Quebec among Canadians in the rest of Canada. Scott has recently published articles on the subject in Nationalism, Ethnic Politics, Québec Studies. | |
| Dr. Simon's research focuses on international and domestic conflict processes and conflict resolution. His published work has examined war, revolution, economic sanctions, environmental policy and techniques of conflict resolution. His articles have appeared in Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Interactions, Journal of Environmental Education, Journal of Borderland Studies, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Interactions and Environment and Planning. Dr. Simon is the coordinator for the Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) minor. He is also faculty advisor to the International Relations Organization and works with Dr. Candace Archer in the BGSU Model UN program. | |
 Dr. Tom Wiseman Instructor Ph.D. Andrews University Public Administration 118 Williams Hall wisemantom@hotmail.com 419-372-7498 | Dr. Tom Wiseman is a former mayor of the city of Defiance, OH. In addition to teaching, he provides consultation services on intergovernmental mediation. |
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