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Faculty & Staff

Faculty & Staff

PIA Faculty List
Raymonde Kleinberg Department Chair of Public and International Affairs
Program Coordinator: Master of Conflict Management and Resolution (CMR)
Professor of Political Science and Conflict Management and Resolution

Faculty Advisor: International Affairs Minor

Teaching Areas: Comparative Politics/Developing World, International Relations

Romeo Abraham Assistant Professor of Public Administration

Faculty Advisor: Public Management

Teaching Areas: Human Resources Management, Quantitative Methods

Jennifer Biddle Associate Professor of Public Administration

Faculty Advisor: Coastal and Ocean Policy

Teaching Areas: Environmental Policy and Politics, Public Administration

John Brennan Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration 

Faculty Advisor: Public Administration Minor,  Public Policy Analysis

Teaching Areas: American Government, Public Administration, Research Methods, Public Policy, Data Analytics

Rich Clerkin Betty and Dan Cameron Family Distinguished Professor of Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector

Faculty Advisor: Nonprofit Management

Teaching Areas: Public Administration, Nonprofit Management

Nadine Gibson Assistant Professor of Political Science

Faculty Advisor: Campaign Management Minor

Teaching Areas: American Politics, Political Behavior, Elections, State Government, Methodology

Jennifer Horan Associate Professor of Political Science
Program Coordinator: Undergraduate Program in Political Science (PLS)

Teaching Areas: Comparative Politics, International Relations, Latin American Studies

Mark Imperial Professor of Public Administration
Program Director: Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Online Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA)

Teaching Areas: Environmental Policy, Human Resource Development, Administrative Theory, Public Management, Interorganizational Relations

Aaron King Associate Professor of Political Science

Faculty Advisor: Pi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Minor

Teaching Areas: American Political Institutions (Congress, Political Parties, Presidency), Research Methods

Kirsten Kinzer Associate Professor of Public Administration

Faculty Advisor: Urban & Regional Policy and Planning

Teaching Areas: Urban and Regional Planning, Sustainable Cities, Quantitative Methods

Julie Lane Lecturer of Political Science

Faculty Advisor: Pre-Law Minor

Teaching Areas: Political Theory, American Government, Public Law

Kara Lawrence

Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Political Science

Teaching Areas: NGO and Nonprofit Management 

Stephen Meinhold Professor of Political Science

Teaching Areas: American Government, Public Law/Judicial Politics

Anup Phayal Associate Professor of Political Science and Conflict Management and Resolution 

Teaching Areas: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Armed Conflict and Peacebuilding

Christopher Prentice Professor of Public Administration

Pi Alpha Alpha Advisor

Teaching Areas: Public Administration, Nonprofit Management, Financial Management

Jessica Weinkle Associate Professor of Coastal and Ocean Policy
Program Coordinator: Master of Coastal and Ocean Policy (MCOP)

Teaching Areas: Policy Analysis, Science and Technology Policy

Hongyu Zhang Assistant Professor of Political Science

Teaching Areas: Comparative Politics, International Relations, East Asian and Chinese Politics, Politics of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Retired Faculty

Earl Sheridan Former Political Science Department Chair and Professor, Retired
Milan Dluhy Professor, Emeritus
W. Lee Johnston Professor, Emeritus, Retired
Roger C. Lowery Professor, Emeritus, Retired
Syed Shazad Ahmad Associate Professor, Emeritus, Retired
James C. Dixon Former Political Science Department Chair and Professor, Emeritus
Lloyd P. Jones Associate Professor Emeritus and Former Director of the Survey Research Lab, Retired
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