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The Political Science faculty is committed to teaching as well as to research. Faculty members give papers at scholarly conferences throughout the nation, write books and publish articles in the best journals in the profession. At the same time, faculty members are dedicated teachers. They teach all the courses within the department, from the introductory to the most advanced. They are evaluated and rewarded as much by the quality of their teaching as the quality of their scholarship.


Devin T. Hagerty, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and

Chair

International relations,

national security,

Asia-Pacific region

POLI 280, 380, 381, 385, 488

Office: PUP 317

Phone: 410-455-2185

on-campus: 5-2185

dhagerty@umbc.edu

Assistant Professor

Public law and American politics

POLI 230, 334, 337, 339, 438

Office: PUP 316
Phone: 410-455-2181
on-campus: 5-2181
davisj@umbc.edu

Carolyn Forestiere, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Comparative Politics, Western Europe, Institutions, and Research Methodology

POLI 260, 301, 360, 374, 460, 461, 462

Office: PUP 306

Phone: 410-455-8160

on-campus: 5-8160
forestie@umbc.edu

 



Brian Grodsky, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Comparative Politics, Human Rights, Democratization, Post-Communist Politics POLI 260, 360

Office: PUP 308

Phone: 410-455-8047
on-campus: 5-8047

bgrodsky@umbc.edu .

  

Cynthia A. Hody, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and
Undergraduate Program Director

International relations, political economy
POLI 200, 280, 380, 480, 487

Office: PUP 305

Phone: 410-455-2193

on-campus: 5-2193
hody@umbc.edu

Arthur T. Johnson, Ph.D.

Professor and
UMBC Provost Emeritus

Public administration, personnel management

POLI 354, 458

Office: AD 1002

Phone: 410-455-2333

on-campus: 5-2333
ajohnson@umbc.edu

Assistant Professor

Congress, African-American politics,

electoral behavior

POLI 100, 324, 427

Office: PUP 309

Phone: 410-455-2194

on-campus: 5-2194
tkingmea@umbc.edu

George R. LaNoue, Ph.D.

Professor

Public law, educational policy,

civil rights

POLI 230, 431, 432, 445

Office: PUP 413

Phone: 410-455-2180

on-campus: 5-2180
glanoue@umbc.edu

 

 

Roy Meyers , Ph.D.

Professor

Director, Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program

American politics, budgeting, public administration & policy

PA 150, POLI 353, POLI 623

Office: PUP 318

Phone: 410-455-2196

on-campus: 5-2196
meyers@umbc.edu


Cheryl M. Miller, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and

Associate Dean
College of Arts, Humanities,

and Social Sciences

Public administration, policy analysis,

social welfare policy

Office: PUP 311

Phone: 410-455-2183

on-campus: 5-2183
cmiller@umbc.edu

Nicholas R. Miller, Ph.D.

Professor

American politics, elections, methodology, theory

POLI 100, 300, 325, 388, 423

Office: PUP 321

Phone: 410-455-2187
on-campus: 5-2187
nmiller@umbc.edu




Thomas F. Schaller, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

American politics, American political institutions

POLI 100, 323, 327, 425, 428

 

Office: PUP 314

Phone: 410-455-2845

on-campus: 5-2845
schaller@umbc.edu




Carol Barner-Barry, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus
Biology and politics, law, political psychology
POLI 233, 352, 435

 

 

Harold Levy, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Legal studies, political theory, American politics
POLI 473




Emma Sellers

Program Management Specialist & Program Coordinator


Office: PUP 310

Phone: 410-455-2568

on-campus: 5-2568
sellers@umbc.edu


Delana Gregg

Assistant Director
Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program



Office: PUP 315

Phone: 410-455-2916

on-campus: 5-2916

delana1@umbc.edu


Paula Todd Sutherland

Administrative Assistant



Office: PUP 304

Phone: 410-455-2568

on-campus: 5-4186

ptsuther1@umbc.edu

TBA
Pre-Law Advisor

Office Assistants: Available in Public Policy Building, Room 304/307 for further assistance.


 
Department of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250
Office: Public Policy Building, 3rd floor Phone: (410) 455-2568 Fax: (410) 455-1021 Voice/TTY: (410) 455-3233