Department of Political Science

Richard C. Kearney, Professor and Chairperson

(BS, Mississippi State University; MPA, PhD, University of Oklahoma)

Steve Ballard, Professor and Chancellor

(BA, University of Arizona; PhD, Ohio State University)

Jody C. Baumgartner, Assistant Professor

(BA, University of Maine; MA, PhD, Miami University)

David P. Conradt, Professor

(BA, Valparaiso University; PhD, Brown University)

Thomas Floyd Eamon, Associate Professor

(BA, University of the South; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Peter L. Francia, Assistant Professor

(BA, University of Rochester; MA, PhD, University of Maryland)

Jeannie Grussendorf, Visiting Assistant Professor

(BA, University of Stirling; MA, University of Bradford; PhD, University of Bradford, UK)

Richard J. Kilroy, Jr., Visiting Assistant Professor, Assistant Director for Military Programs

(BS, Santa Clara University, California; MA, PhD, University of Virginia)

Lauriston King, Associate Professor

(BA, Tufts University; MA, PhD, The University of Connecticut)

William R. Mangun, Professor

(BA, Syracuse University; BA, University of Akron; MAPA, University of Oklahoma; PhD, Indiana University)

Bonnie G. Mani, Associate Professor

(BM, East Carolina University; MPA, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University)

Patricia Mitchell, Visiting Assistant Professor

(BA, Berry College; MPA, DPA, University of Georgia)

Jonathan S. Morris, Assistant Professor

(BA, Miami University; MA, PhD, Purdue University)

Leslie O. Omoruyi, Assistant Professor

(BSc, University of Jos, Nigeria; MS, Management from Worcester State College; MA, PhD, University of Connecticut)

Carmine P. F. Scavo, Associate Professor

(BA, University of Virginia; PhD, University of Michigan)

Nancy L. Spalding, Associate Professor

(BA, University of Central Florida; MA, PhD, State University of New York, Binghamton)

Robert J. Thompson, Associate Professor and Director of Institutional Planning, Research and Effectiveness

(BA, Miami University; MA, PhD, University of Oklahoma)

John H. P. Williams, Assistant Professor

(BA, University of Virginia; MA, College of William and Mary; PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)