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Department of Political Science and Geography





 Faculty and Staff

Main office, BAL 7000

 

t: (757) 683-3841
f: (757) 683-4763

 

department webpage

 

 

 

 

 

Administration

Dr. Francis Adams

 

Political Science, Professor and Chair

 

fadams@odu.edu

Ms. Deborah Giles

 

Office Manager

 

dgiles@odu.edu

Ms. Vinecia B. Parraway

 

Assistant Office Manager

 

vparrawa@odu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Faculty

Dr. Guliz Dinc Belcher 

 

Political Science, Visiting Assist. Prof.

 

gbelcher@odu.edu 

Dr. Tom Chapman

 

Geography, Assistant Professor

 

techapma@odu.edu

Dr. Michael L. Clemons

 

Political Science, Associate Professor 

 

mclemons@odu.edu

Dr. David Earnest

 

Political Science, Associate Professor

 

dearnest@odu.edu

Ms. Elizabeth H. Esinhart 

 

Political Science, Senior Lecturer 

 

eesinhar@odu.edu 

Dr. Kurt Taylor Gaubatz

 

Political Science, Associate Professor

 

kgaubatz@odu.edu

Dr. Kimberly Karnes

 

Political Science, Assistant Professor  

 

kakarnes@odu.edu

Mr. Aaron Karp

 

Political Science, Senior Lecturer

 

akarp@odu.edu

Dr. Regina Karp

 

Political Science, Associate Professor

 

rkarp@odu.edu

Mr Timothy C. Kidd

 

Geography, Lecturer

 

tkidd@odu.edu

Dr. Jonathan Leib

 

Geography, Associate Professor

 

jleidb@odu.edu

Dr. Hua Liu

 

Geography, Assistant Professor

 

hxliu@odu.edu

Amb. Bismarck Myrick 

 

Ambassador-in-Residence 

 

bmyrick@odu.edu 

Dr. Benjamin D. Neimark

 

Geography, Assistant Professor

 

bneimark@odu.edu

Dr. Jesse Richman

 

Political Science, Associate Professor

 

jrichman@odu.edu

Dr. Simon Serfaty

 

Political Science, Eminent Professor

 

sserfaty@odu.edu

Dr. Glen Sussman

 

Political Science, University Professor

 

gsussman@odu.edu

Dr. G. William Whitehurst

 

Kaufman University Lecturer

 

drbillodu@cox.net

Dr. Kathleen H. Winters

 

Political Science, Assistant Professor

 

khwinter@odu.edu

Dr. Steve Yetiv

 

Political Science, Professor 

 

syetiv@odu.edu

Dr. Donald J. Zeigler

 

Geography, Professor

 

dzeigler@odu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Peter G. Anderson  

 

Geography

 

panderso@odu.edu

Ms. Melodee Baines 

 

Political Science    

 

mbain003@odu.edu 

Dr. Catherine M. Banks 

 

Political Science 

 

cmbanks@odu.edu  

Dr. Joshua G. Behr

 

Political Science

 

jbehr@odu.edu

Ms. Johnna Coleman-Yates 

 

Political Science 

 

jyates@tcc.edu  

Mr. Gilbert W. Crippen

 

Geography

 

gcrippen@odu.edu

Dr. John Damron

 

Geography

 

jdamron@odu.edu

Ms. Maria L. Fornella

 

Political Science 

 

mfornell@odu.edu  

Ms. Renata Giannini 

 

Political Science 

 

rgiannin@odu.edu  

Ms. Judith Gooch 

 

Political Science 

 

jgooch@odu.edu  

Dr. Sabine Hirschauer 

 

Political Science 

 

shirs003@odu.edu  

Dr. Georgeanne Hribar

 

Geography

 

ghribar@odu.edu

Dr. Khaled R. Hussein

 

Geography

 

khussein@odu.edu

Ms. Heather Jersild

 

Geography 

 

hjersild@odu.edu  

Mr. Donald Lam

 

Political Science

 

dlam@odu.edu

Ms. Lauren E. McKee 

 

Political Science 

 

lmckee@odu.edu  

Mr. George M. McLeod

 

Geography

 

gmcleod@odu.edu

Ms. Michele T. Mitchell

 

Political Science

 

mmitchel@odu.edu  

Ms. Rosemarie A. Pelletier

 

Political Science

 

rpelleti@odu.edu

Mr. Aaron Sander 

 

Political Science 

 

asander@odu.edu  

Ms. Roopa Swaminathan 

 

Political Science 

 

rswam001@odu.edu 

Dr. Corliss Tacosa

 

Political Science

 

ctacosa@odu.edu

Mr. Zachary Wilhide

 

Political Science

zwilhide@odu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Faculty Emeriti

Dr. Chris Drake

 

Emerita Professor of Geography

 

cdrake@odu.edu

Dr. Justin C. Friberg

 

Emeritus Associate Professor of Geography

 

jfriberg@odu.edu

Dr. David Hager

 

Emeritus Professor of Political Science

 

dhager@odu.edu

Dr. Philip S. Gillette

 

Emeritus Associate Professor of Political Science

 

 

Dr. John W. Ramsey

 

Emeritus Professor of Political Science

 

 

Dr. Thomas L. Wells

 

Emeritus Professor of Political Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publications 

 

 

 

 

Contemporary Security Policy,
Journal of Race and Policy 

 

Aaron and Regina Karp, editors
Dr. Michael Clemons, editor