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Department of Political Science and Geography




Faculty and Staff

Main Office

Jie Chen

Ph.D., Washington State University
Professor
Department Chair
Comparative Politics
International Relations
East Asian Politics
Chinese Politics
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Deborah Giles

Secretary Senior

Vinecia B. Goodman

Office Services Assistant

Office Phone: (757) 683-3841
Office Fax: (757) 683-4763

Full Time Faculty

Political Science

Francis Adams

Ph.D., Cornell University
Associate Professor
Chief Departmental Advisor
Latin America Politics
Developing Countries
International Relations
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Joshua Behr

Ph.D., University of New Orleans
Assistant Professor
Urban and Minority Politics
American Institutions
Public Policy

Michael L. Clemons

Ph.D., Atlanta University
Associate Professor
African-American Politics
Research Methods
Southern Politics

David Earnest

Ph.D., George Washington University
Assistant Professor
Internship Coordinator
International Relations
International Political Economy
Methodology

Elizabeth H. Esinhart

J.D., Duke University School of Law
Senior Lecturer
Pre-Law Advisor
Public Law
Constitutional Law
Judicial Behavior

Maria Fornella-Oehninger

M.A., Old Dominion University
Senior Lecturer in Political Science
Director of Model UN Society
International Politics
International Organizations

Kurt Taylor Gaubatz

Ph.D., Stanford University
Associate Professor
International Law
International Security
Foreign Policy Theory
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Aaron Karp

Instructor in Political Science
MPhil Colombia
American Foreign Policy
National Security Policy
Technology and War
Weapons of Mass Destruction
http://www.contemporarysecuritypolicy.org/

Regina Karp

Ph.D., University of Lancaster (England)
Associate Professor
Arms Control
Collective Security
German Politics
http://www.contemporarysecuritypolicy.org/

Bismarck Myrick

Political Science
Former U.S. Ambassador
Politics of Africa
International Relations - - Africa

Frederick Quayle

State Senator
Lecurer
State and Local Government
Virginia Government

Jesse Richman

Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Assistant Professor
Congress
Electoral Politics
Quantitative Methods

Simon Serfaty

Ph.D., John Hopkins University
Professor
U.S. Foreign Policy
Euro-Atlantic Relations
NATO/EU
French Politics

Glen Sussman

Ph.D., Washington State University
Professor
American Presidency
Environmental Politics
Political Behavior
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Corliss Tacosa

Ph.D., Old Dominion University
Visiting Assistant Professor
Russian Politics
Intelligence
Global Security

Steve Yetiv

Ph.D., Kent State University
Professor
Middle East Politics
International Relations Theory
American Foreign Policy

Geography

Peter Anderson

Ph.D., University of Utah
Visiting Assistant Professor
Mountain Geography
Wilderness Recreation
Natural Heritage Conservation

Timothy Kidd

M.S., University of Alabama
Geography
Cultural Geography

Jonathan Leib

Ph. D., Syracuse University
Associate Professor
Political Geography
Race and Ethnicity
American South

Li Li

Ph.D., State University of New York
Assistant Professor
Geographic Information Science
Health Geography
Environmental Modeling
Spatial Analysis

Hua Liu

Ph. D., Indiana State University
Assistant Professor
Remote Sensing
Geographic Information Systems
Urban Environmental Change
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Donald J. Zeigler

Ph.D., Michigan State University
Professor
Political Geography
Middle East
Urban Geography
Marine and Coastal Geography
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Emeritus Faculty

Chris Drake

Ph.D., Rutgers University
Professor
Resource and Development Issues
Indonesia and Southeast Asia
Francophone World
Africa
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Justin C. Friberg

Ph.D., Syracuse University
Associate Professor
Natural Hazards
Latin America
Research Methods
Environmental Geography

David Hager

Ph.D., University of Virginia
Professor
International Organizations
International Law

Adjunct Faculty

Venice Cadwallader

Political Science
Criminal Procedure
Public Law

Gilbert Crippen

Geography
US and Canada
Latin America

Georgeanne Hribar

Geography
Europe & Russia

Donald Lam

Political Science
Criminal Procedure
International Law

Thomas Pauls

Geography
Urban Geography and Planning

G. William Whitehurst

Political Science
Kaufman University Lecturer
Former Member of Congress
Lobbies and Interest Groups
American Diplomacy
20th-Century Dictatorships
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