Faculty and Staff
Research and Professional Interests: Political Philosophy, Politics and Literature, and Strategic Thought and National Security.
Philosophy
Research and professional interests: 19th and 20th century continental philosophy; Feminist philosophy; Logic; Ethics
Research and professional interests: Critical thinking
Research and professional interests: Normative ethics; Applied ethics
Research and professional interests: Ancient philosophy; Critical data studies; Information ethics; Philosophy of race and Social and political philosophy
Research and professional interests: W.E.B. Du Bois; Ancient philosophy; African American studies
Research and professional interests: Philosophy of sport; Bioethics; Feminist philosophy
Research and professional interests: Contemporary French and German philosophy (Derrida, Benjamin, Bourdieu, Hegel)
Political Science
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Research and professional interests: Political Behavior, Political Psychology, American Politics, Partisanship, Political Identities, Public Opinion.
Research and professional interests: State legislative politics; job satisfaction; survey research methodology; applied survey research for governmental, commercial, and non-profit organizations
Research and professional interests: Modern political thought; American political thought; Politics and literature; Religion and politics
Dr. James B. Kaatz
Associate Professor
Master of Public Administration Program Director
Research and professional interests: Employee motivation; local government employee compensation; Public service motivation; cooperation and conflict among local elected officials
Research and professional interests: Provision of public goods and services by non-state actors in weak/failed African states; Increasing mobilization of minority groups in democratizing countries; Peace and conflict processes
Research and professional interests: International conflict and political psychology with an area focus on China
Dr. Gabriel A. Ondetti
Professor
Master of International Affairs Program Director
Research and professional interests: Latin American politics (especially Brazil, Mexico and Bolivia); social movements; land reform; taxation; social policy
Research and professional interests: Chilean labor politics and women’s social and political participation in Latin America; Latin-American student movements and attempts to explain why student mobilization varies across the region
Research and professional interests: The law of church and state; constitutional law; modern and contemporary liberal political thought; American political thought; religion and politics
Research and professional interests: Public risk management; public procurement; politics in state budgeting; interstate fiscal disparities; revenue forecasting; China’s pension system; China revenue policies China’s health policies
Research and professional interests: Nationalism; Social movements; Non-state actors; Politicized Islam; Middle-East and Mediterranean politics (special emphasis on Turkey, Iraq, the Kurds, and other Middle Eastern minorities); Forced migration
Research and professional interests: Bureaucracy; red tape; leadership; strategic management; program evaluation
Emeriti faculty
Dr. George Connor