Elon University - Department of Political Science and Public Administration

Faculty

Robert Anderson, Associate Professor - Political Science Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: anderso@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-6435 Office: Gray Pavilion 210C http://facstaff.elon.edu/anderso (A.B. St. Andrews Presbyterian College; M.A. American University, at Elon since 1984). Professor Anderson teaches The Global Experience (a first year seminar required of all Elon students), American government, foreign policy, international law and organization and African politics. His research interests include African politics (especially Ghana and South Africa), Globalization, foreign policy and American politics.

Hunter Bacot, Associate Professor – Political Science and Director of the Elon University Poll Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: hbacot@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-6418 Office: Gray Pavilion 101D (A.B. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D. University of Tennessee, at Elon since 2005) Professor Bacot teaches courses in public opinion polling and American government. His recent research focuses on urban affairs and public policy, with an emphasis on comparative state and local environmental policy and management. He is director of the Center for Public Opinion Polling, which conducts the Elon University Poll.

Chalmers Brumbaugh, Professor - Political Science Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: cbrumbaugh@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-6436 Office: Gray Pavilion 101C (A.B. College of Wooster; M.A., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, at Elon since 1986). Dr. Brumbaugh teaches classes in American politics, campaign management and Latin American politics. His dissertation dealt with political development in Costa Rica, which led him to direct the Costa Rican study abroad course at Elon for the past two decades. He wrote and administered a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to introduce a Latin American studies minor at Elon, and his conference presentations have emphasized experiential learning pedagogies. His research interests include Costa Rican politics and experiential learning in political science. He serves as chair of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration.

Jeff Colbert, Adjunct Instructor - Political Science Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: colbert@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-5251 Office: Gray Pavilion 203

Sean Giovanello, Assistant Professor - Political Science Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: sgiovanello@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-5901 Office: Gray Pavilion 203 (A.B. Stonehill College; M.A. and Ph.D. Brandeis University, at Elon since 2008). Dr. Giovanello teaches courses in international relations and American government. His research interests center around security studies, proliferation and the domestic politics of arms control treaty ratification in the United States.

Jason A. Kirk, Assistant Professor - Political Science Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: jkirk2@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-6633 Office: Gray Pavilion 210D (A.B. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, at Elon since 2008). Dr. Kirk teaches classes in comparative politics and international relations. His specialty courses include offerings in South Asian politics (the Indian subcontinent) and international security. His research interests relate to India's domestic politics, political economy and international relations. He has published articles in Foreign Policy Analysis and India Review, and chapters in edited volumes from Oxford University Press (India's Economic Transition, Rahul Mukherji, ed., 2007; Indian Foreign Policy, Sumit Ganguly, ed., forthcoming). He is currently working on a book to be titled India and the World Bank: The Politics of Development Assistance in an Emerging Power. He serves as reviews editor for Asian Security, a Taylor & Francis Group journal. Previously, he was assistant professor of international studies and politics at the Virginia Military Institute.

Mileah K. Kromer, Assistant Professor - Political Science and Assistant Director of the Elon University Poll Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: mkromer@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-5239 Office: Gray Pavilion 110B (A.B. Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.A. and Ph.D. Louisiana State University, at Elon since 2008). Dr. Kromer teaches political behavior public policy and American government. Her research focuses on state legislative behavior, with a focus on agenda setting and legislative participation. She is the assistant director for the Center for Public Opinion Polling, which conducts the Elon University Poll.

Betty Morgan, Associate Professor - Political Science and Public Administration and Director of the Center for Public Affairs Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: morganb@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-6428 Office: Gray Pavilion 101A (A.B. Elon College; M.P.A. University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, at Elon since 1996). Dr. Morgan teaches public administration courses, and the European Union Winter Term course. She recently published Introduction to the EU: An American’s Guide.

Laura Roselle, Professor - Political Science Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: lroselle@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-6433 Office: Gray Pavilion 210B (A.B. Emory University; M.A., Ph.D. Stanford University, at Elon since 1993). Dr. Roselle specializes in international political communication. She has edited two books on television and democracy: Democracy on the Air and Television and Elections, 2nd edition. In 2006 she published Media and the Politics of Failure: Great Powers, Communication Strategies, and Military Defeats with Palgrave/Macmillan. Collaborating with Elon colleague Dr. Sharon Spray, Dr. Roselle also published (in 2007) Research and Writing in International Relations, a supplementary text for students of international relations and comparative politics. Dr. Roselle is president-elect of the international communication section of the International Studies Association. She serves on the editorial board of the new journal Media, War, and Conflict.

Adam Short, Lecturer - Political Science Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: ashort2@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-6631 Office: Gray Pavilion 101B

G. "Granville" Simmons, Adjunct Instructor - Political Science Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: gsimmons@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-6630 Office: Gray Pavilion 203

Amanda Sink, Adjunct Instructor - Political Science Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: asink@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-6630 Office: Gray Pavilion 203

Kerstin Sorensen - Assistant Professor - Political Science Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: ksorensen@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-6438 Office: Gray Pavilion 210E (A.B. Hunter College; M.A., Ph.D. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, at Elon since 2003). Dr. Sorensen teaches classes in international relations, comparative politics, European politics, and general studies. She directs the Scandinavian study abroad course at Elon, which was taught for the first time during Winter Term 2008. Her research interests include: comparative social policy, issues of poverty, industrial relations, Scandinavian/European politics, impact of globalization (economic, political, cultural, etc.) and gender issues. She serves as the Pi Sigma Alpha advisor. She had an article published in the January 2008 issue of PS: Political Science & Politics titled “The Use of a Middle East Crisis Simulation in an International Relations Course," and co-authored with Dr. Chad Raymond.

Sharon Spray, Associate Professor - Political Science Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: sspray@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-6430 Office: Gray Pavilion 210H (A.B. University of Montana; M.A., Ph.D., Center for Politics and Economics, Claremont Graduate School, at Elon since 1999) teaches courses on American politics, Congress, the presidency, environmental policy in the United States and international environmental policy. Her research interests center around domestic and international environmental policy. She currently edits the book series, Exploring Environmental Challenges: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Rowman and Littlefield Publishing. Her edited works include volumes on climate change, the loss of biodiversity, and wetlands.

Safia N. Swimelar, Assistant Professor - Political Science Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: sswimelar@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-6630 Office: Gray Pavilion 210A (A.B. M.A. University of Texas - Austin; Ph.D. University of Nebraska - Lincoln, at Elon since 2008). Dr. Swimelar teaches courses in international relations and comparative politics. Her main teaching and research interests are human rights, international law, European and post-communist politics, democratization, nationalism and migration. Dr. Swimelar's research currently focuses on human rights and democracy in Southeast Europe. In 2006-07, she was a Fulbright Scholar in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where she taught at the University of Sarajevo and investigated how the international community played a role in promoting human rights and conflict resolution in Bosnia. She has recently published an article in the International Journal of Human Rights on the human rights of the Roma/Gypsies in the Czech Republic. She also has a special teaching and research interest in film and politics.

George Taylor, Professor - Political Science and Public Administration Director of the Elon Institute of Politics and Public Affairs Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: taylor@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-6429 Office: Gray Pavilion 210F (B.S. Baptist College of Charleston; M.A., Ph.D University of Georgia, at Elon since 1979). Dr. Taylor teaches American government, research methods, and various upper-level courses in public administration. His areas of research interest include political attitudes and civic engagement. Dr. Taylor coordinates Elon University students partnering with 19 other universities in the National Campaign for Political & Civic Engagement, located at Harvard’s Institute of Politics. He is also the director of the Elon Institute of Politics and Public Affairs, which houses the Center for Public Opinion Polling and the Center for Public Affairs.

Rudolf Zarzar, Professor - Political Science Address: 2333 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 E-mail: zarzar@elon.edu Phone #: (336) 278-6426 Office: Gray Pavilion 210G (A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, at Elon since 1967) teaches the following subjects: normative political theory; democratic theory and democratization particularly in the Arab world; peace and nonviolent studies; international terrorism; and Middle East politics. His research interests focus largely on Arab politics; the Arab-Israeli conflict; the rise of Islamic militancy; and on democratization in the Arab world.