Faculty & Staff

SPIA Administration

 

                 Program Director

Political Science Faculty & Staff

Full-Time Faculty

  • William A. Boettcher
    • Associate Professor
    • Ph.D., Ohio State University
    • American foreign policy, political psychology
  • Michael Cobb
    • Associate Professor
    • Ph.D., University of Illinois
    • American politics, voting behavior, race
  • Steven Greene
    • Associate Professor
    • Ph.D., Ohio State University
    • American politics, public opinion, political parties, gender and politics
  • Clifford E. Griffin
    • Associate Professor
    • Ph.D., University of Rochester
    • Latin American and Caribbean politics
  • Patrick Hamlett
    • Associate Professor
    • Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
    • Science and technology, public policy, political theory
  • Heidi H. Hobbs
    • Associate Professor & Director of Masters in International Studies
    • Ph.D., University of Southern California
    • International relations
  • Sanford H. Kessler
    • Associate Professor
    • Ph.D., Boston College
    • Political theory
  • Lada V. Kochtcheeva
    • Assistant Professor
    • Ph.D. University of Oregon
    • Comparative politics, environmental politics, public policy
  • Robert S. Moog
    • Associate Professor and Chair
    • Ph.D., University of Chicago
    • Comparative legal systems, criminal justice administration, Middle East politics
  • Mark Nance
    • Assistant Professor
    • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
    • International political economy, international organization, European politics
  • Philip M. Pavlik
    • Lecturer
    • ABD, University of North Carolina
    • American politics, public policy
  • Traciel V. Reid
    • Associate Professor
    • Ph.D., University of Virginia
    • Public law
  • Amanda Ross Edwards
    • Director
    • Leadership in the Public Sector
    • Ph.D., University of Connecticut
    •           American Government, Presidency and Congress
  • Elisha Savchak
    • Assistant Professor
    • PhD University of South Carolina
    • Judicial politics and American politics.
  • Marvin S. Soroos
    • Professor Emeritus, Political Science
    • Ph.D., Northwestern University
    • International relations, global environmental policy
  • Roland F. Stephen
    • Associate Professor
    • Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
    • International political economy, European politics (on leave).
  • Michael Struett
    • Assistant Professor
    • Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
    • International relations, international organizations, international law
  • Andrew J. Taylor
    • Professor
    • Ph.D., University of Connecticut
    • American politics, Congress, presidency
  • J. Oliver Williams
    • Professor Emeritus, Political Science
    • Ph.D., University of North Carolina
    • Methodology, Chinese politics

Adjunct Faculty

 

  • Dan Figgins
    • Ph.D., Maxwell School, Syracuse University
    • International Law, Global Environmental Policy, United Nations and Global Order
  • Dan Graham
    • Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • American Government, Environmental Law and Policy, Science Technology and Public Policy
  • John Kuzenski
    • Ph.D., University of Georgia
    • J.D.(Hons.), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Law
    • Law & Justice
  • Walter Lackey
    • Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • American Government, Supreme Court and Public Policy
  • Phil Lyons
    • M.A., University of California at Riverside
    • Administration of Courts
  • John Mandeville
    • Ph.D., North Carolina State University
    • American Government State and Local Government
  • Don Overby
    • J.D., Campbell University
    • Criminal Law
  • Matt Peterson
    • NC State Federal Relations
  • James Wehrli
    • Ph.D., Binghampton University
    • Comparative Politics

Staff

 

Department of Public Administration Faculty

  • Hyunhoe Bae
    • Assistant Professor
    • Ph.D., Syracuse University
    • Public policy analysis and quantitative policy analysis
  • Rajade Berry-James
    • Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs
    • Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University
    • Social equity, program evaluation, and research methods
  • Thomas A Birkland
    • William T. Kretzer Distinguished Professor
    • Ph.D., University of Washington
    • Public policy process, environmental politics and policy, and disaster policy and management
  • James R. Brunet
    • Associate Professor, Public Administration
    • Ph.D., North Carolina State University
    • Foundations of public administration and police management
  • Richard Clerkin
    • Assistant Professor
    • Ph.D., Indiana University
    • Nonprofit studies, organizational behavior, and organization theory
  • Charles K. Coe
    • Professor
    • D.P.A., University of Georgia
    • Budgeting and financial management
  • Jerrell Coggburn
    • Professor
    • Ph.D., University of South Carolina
    • Human resources management, ethics, and strategic planning
  • Dennis M. Daley
    • Professor
    • Ph.D., Washington State University (Pullman)
    • Human Resource Management, performance appraisal, strategic management, and benefits
  • G. David Garson
    • Professor
    • Ph.D., Harvard University
    • Advanced research methodology, geographic information systems, information technology, e-government, and American government
  • Richard C. Kearney
    • Professor and Director of the School of Public and International Affairs Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
    • Public administration, human resource management, labor  relations, state and local politics, and public policy (particularly  environmental policy)
  • Branda L. Nowell
    • Associate Professor
    • Ph.D., Michigan State University
    • Organizational behavior, change management, organizational theory, and program evaluation
  • Elizabethann O'Sullivan
    • Associate Professor Emeritus
    • Ph.D., University of Maryland
    • Research methods, program evaluation, and nonprofit management
  • Stephen K. Straus
    • Coordinator of Training and Visiting Assistant Professor
    • Ph.D., Duke University
    • Organizational behavior, team building, and management skills and practices
  • James E. Swiss
    • Associate Professor
    • Ph.D., Yale University
    • Policy analysis and public management
  • Mary Tschirhart
    • Professor and Director of the Institute for Nonprofits
    • Ph.D., University of Michigan
    • Organizational behavior and human resource management
  • Michael L. Vasu
    • Associate Professor and Associate Director, Leadership in the Public Sector
    • Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
    • Public policy, social-science computing and public-opinion research methodology

Staff

 

Master of International Studies

Staff

 

 

Leadership in the Public Sector Faculty

 

  • Dr. Tracy Appling
    • External Relations and Internship Director
    • Ed.D., North Carolina State University
    • tracy_appling@.ncsu.edu
    • Vitae upon request
  • William A. Boettcher
    • Associate Professor, Political Science
    • Ph.D., Ohio State University
    • American foreign policy, political psychology
  • James R. Brunet
    • Associate Professor, Public Administration
    • Ph.D., North Carolina State University
    • Foundations of public administration and police management
    Marina F. Bykova
    • Associate Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion
    • Ph.D., and Dr.Habil., Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences
    • History of philosophy
    Charles K. Coe
    • Professor
    • D.P.A., University of Georgia
    • Budgeting and financial management
    Keith Earnshaw
    • Adjunct Professor
    • Ph.D., Rensselaer Poytechnic Institute
    • Health Physics, Environmental Toxicology, Engineering Science
    Steven Greene
    • Associate Professor, Political Science
    • Ph.D., The Ohio State University
    • Political Science, partisanship, public opinion, and voting behavior
    Ali Ozturk
    • Adjunct Faculty
    • M.A., School of Economics, Istanbul University (Istanbul, Turkey)
    • Social Politics and Industrial Relations of European Union
    Philip M. Pavlik
    • Lecturer
    • ABD, University of North Carolina
    • American politics, public policy
    Richard W. Slatta
    • Professor, History
    • Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
    • Latin American history
    Andrew J. Taylor
      Professor, Political Science
    • Ph.D., University of Connecticut
    • American politics, Congress, presidency
    J. Oliver Williams
    • Professor Emeritus, Political Science
    • Ph.D., University of North Carolina
    • Methodology, Chinese politics
    Mark A. Wilson
    • Associate Professor, Psychology
    • Ph.D., The Ohio State University
    • Industrial/Organizational Psychology

 

Adjunct & Affiliated Faculty

  • Isaac Avery
  • Darla Deardorff, Ph.D. North Carolina State University, Executive Director of the Association of International Education Administrators
  • Sherry Dutton, MPA North Carolina State University, Lutheran Family Services
  • Dan Figgins, Ph.D. Maxwell School, Syracuse University, International Law, Global Environmental Policy, United Nations and Global Order
  • Dan Graham, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, American Government, Environmental Law and Policy, Science Technology and Public Policy
  • Teresa Helmlinger, Ph.D. North Carolina State University, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Executive Director of NC State University's Industrial Extension Service
  • Cynthia Irvin, Ph.D. Duke University
  • John Kuzenski, Ph.D. University of Georgia; J.D.(Hons.), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Law, Law & Justice
  • Phil Lyons, MA University of California at Riverside, Administration of Courts
  • John Mandeville, Ph.D. North Carolina State University, American Government State and Local Government
  • Steven McCallister, JD Wake Forest University, Shanahan Law Group LLC
  • Patricia Mitchell, Ph.D. University of Georgia, Legal Assistant, SAS Institute
  • Dmitri Mitin, PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
  • Don Overby, JD Campbell University, Criminal Law
  • Ruth Peebles, MPA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, President and Founder of The INS Group
  • Matt Peterson, NC State Federal Relations
  • Kenneth Ratashak, NC State University, Army ROTC
  • Don Reuter, NC Department of Environmental and Natural Resources
  • David Rice
  • Martha Rogers
  • Mitchell Silver, City of Raleigh Director Planning
  • Mildred Spearman, JD University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of Corrections
  • Kevin Strom, PhD. University of Maryland, RTI International, Senior Research Criminologist
  • Deborah Weisel, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago