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As
a graduate of UNI, Jane is very familiar with campus resources.
As the Political Science department secretary, she is available
to help you with your general questions as well as direct you to other
appropriate persons. |
Department
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Professor
Agbese received his PhD from Northwestern University in 1984 and he
has been with the department since 1985. He publishes widely
on Third World politics and he teaches courses on African politics,
international relations, and international law. |
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Professor Cohn received her Ph.D. from Duke University in 2007 and spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin and the Johns Hopkins SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations in Washington DC before joining the UNI faculty in 2009. Her research interests are in civil-military relations, military organizations, operations, and law, international law, and asymmetric conflict. She teaches courses on civil-military relations, international law, international relations, foreign policy, and international security. |
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Professor
Basom received his PhD from Wisconsin-Madison in 1989 and joined the
department in 1991 after teaching at Franklin and Marshall College
and Middlebury College. He publishes and teaches in the areas
of nationalism and East European politics. |
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Professor Hays received his PhD from the University of North Carolina
in 1977 and joined the faculty in 1979. He is currently the
director of the university’s Masters in Public Policy program.
He publishes in American public policy and teaches courses on the
policy process, local government, and political methodology. |
Donna Hoffman
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Vitae
CBB 5E
273-5916
Office Hours
M 2:30-3:30, and by appt. |
Professor Hoffman received her PhD from the University of
Oklahoma and joined the faculty in the fall of 2001. She
publishes in the area of the presidency and voting
behavior. Her research interests include
presidential-congressional relations, presidential rhetoric,
realignment, and southern politics. She teaches courses in
American politics including legislatures, the presidency,
and campaigns & elections.
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Justin Holmes
CBB 5B
273-6305
Office Hours
T Th 3:30-4:30 & by appt.
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Professor Holmes will receive his PhD from the University of Minnesota in the Fall of 2008. He has previously taught at the University of Minnesota and Gustavus Adolphus College. His teaching and research interests include political communication, particularly the impact of new media technology on citizens, public opinion, and political psychology. |
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Alexandra
Kogl joined the Political Science faculty in 2003. She is a
Californian with Midwestern roots who received her Ph.D. from the
University of Maryland. A political theorist with an eclectic
research agenda, Dr. Kogl’s interests include the role of place in
democratic practice, contemporary American class consciousness, political
corruption, and the role of property in democratic political thought. |
Christopher Larimer
Vitae
CBB 5C
273-6047
Office Hours
T Th 11 - 12:15 and by appointment |
Professor Larimer received his PhD from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln and joined the faculty in the fall of
2006. His research interests are in the areas of public
administration, state politics, and political psychology. He
teaches courses in public administration, including public
budgeting, public personnel, and American politics. |
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Professor Licari received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
in 1997 and he taught at SUNY-Binghamton before joining the faculty
in the Fall of 2001. He publishes in public policy and he teaches
courses on the policy process, public budgeting, and public organizations. |
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Professor Mauceri received his PhD from Columbia University in 1991 and has taught at UConn, UMass-Amherst and Penn. His main research interests include the privatization of armed force, Andean politics, civil-military relations and democratization. He is currently the Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. |
 Ramona McNeal
Vitae
CBB 5A
273-6493
MWF 10-11; MW 1-3
and by appointment
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Professor McNeal received her PhD from Kent State University in 2005. She previously taught at the University of Illinois at Springfield before joining the faculty in Fall 2008. Her research interests are in the areas of participation and elections with an emphasis on the impact of the Internet, campaign finance, state politics, and public policy with an emphasis on e-government. She teaches classes in American politics, public policy and quantitative research methods. |
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Professor Peters joined the department in the fall of 2003. His current research interests revolve around state judicial elections, particularly the effects of ethical restrictions that govern campaign speech. He teaches courses on judicial process, Constitutional
law and civil liberties. He also serves as the pre-law advisor. Other interests include film, music (especially jazz), and playing soccer. He spends a lot of his free time chasing his toddler daughter around the house. |
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Professor Vajpeyi received his PhD from Michigan State University
in 1971. He publishes extensively
in the areas of comparative politics, comparative environmental
policymaking, the politics of India, and public
policy. He teaches courses on comparative politics,
comparative public policy and public administration. |
Taifa Yu
Vitae
CBB 5H
273-2709
Office Hours
T Th 12:30-2:00 pm, 3:15-4:00 pm, & by appt. |
Professor Yu has been with the department since he received his PhD
from the University of South Carolina in 1988. He publishes
on East Asian politics and he teaches courses on international relations,
the politics of China and Japan, and comparative foreign policy. |
