Political Science & International Affairs Contact Information

Craig Greathouse, Ph.D.Profile page
Professor & Department Head
Office locationHansford Hall, 328,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Security and Defense Policy, European Politics

Raluca Viman-Miller, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor & Associate Department Head
Office locationStrickland Academic, 159,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Comparative Politics, International Relations, European Politics
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Faculty & Staff

Area(s) of Expertise: American National Institutions, Political Parties, Elections

Bibek Chand, Ph.D. Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationStrickland Academic, 148,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Security studies, Sino-Indian relations, small states in international politics, geopolitics

Area(s) of Expertise: Collaboration and Watershed Grassroots Protection

Douglas Ealey, Ph.D., M.Div.Profile page
Professor
Office locationStrickland Academic, 152,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: American Government, Religion, Religion and Politics, Leadership, and Conflict Management and Mediation

Joseph Gershtenson, Ph.D.Profile page
Assistant Professor
Office locationBarnes Hall, 123,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Authoritarianism and anti-democratic attitudes; Incivility in American politics; Political polarization; American elections

Area(s) of Expertise: Public Administration

Cristian Harris, Ph.D.Profile page
Professor
M.A.I.A. Program Coordinator
Office locationHansford Hall, 316,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: International Political Economy, Comparative Global Development, Latin American Politics, Global Governance

Area(s) of Expertise: Policy innovation and diffusion; Risk and risk management; Gender issues (such as gender equality); Big data and Public Administration

Charlene Hudson, M.P.A.Profile page
Senior Lecturer
Office locationStrickland Academic, 209,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Public Administration, Nonprofit Organizations, U.S. Government, State and Local Government


Area(s) of Expertise: Public Administration, Networks, Organizational Theory

Area(s) of Expertise: National Security; International Relations; Chinese Philosophy; Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China; Indo-Pacific Security

Edward Mienie, Ph.D.Profile page
Executive Director, Strategic Studies Program & Partnerships and Professor of Strategic & Security Studies
Office locationHansford Hall, 314,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Strategic & Security Studies; State Fragility; Why Nations Fail

Area(s) of Expertise: U.S. Foreign Policy, Middle East Politics, International Law

Area(s) of Expertise: History of Political Philosophy; Modern Political Philosophy; Enlightenment Thought; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Civic Education

Larry Morton, MIPPProfile page
Part-Time Communications Assistant
Office locationHansford Hall, 304,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: International Affairs / Security Studies

Christopher Newkirk, M.A.Profile page
Administrative Assistant IV
Office locationHansford Hall, 304,
Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Public Administration, Complexity/Network Theory, Organizational/Group Behavior

Area(s) of Expertise: Populism, the European Union, Voting behavior in Western Europe and the United States

Area(s) of Expertise: Secession, Maritime Crime, Terrorism, and Leadership Style and Trait Analysis

Area(s) of Expertise: Public Law, Interest Groups, Bureaucracy, American Political Development

Seyed Hamid Serri, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationHansford Hall, 313,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Strategic & Security Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, Quantitative & Qualitative Text Analysis, Middle Eastern Politics

Area(s) of Expertise: Media, Political Psychology, Research Methods

Area(s) of Expertise: International relations of East Asia; Chinese foreign policy; US-China relations; and politics on the Korean Peninsula

Eric Wilk, Ph.D.Profile page
Assistant Professor
Office locationStrickland Academic, 210,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: American Politics and Empirical Methods

Charles (Trey) Wilson, J.D.; Ph.D.Profile page
Professor
Office locationStrickland Academic, 106,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Early American Law and Legal History, History of women's higher education

Dwight Wilson, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationStrickland Academic, 158,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Latin American Politics, Political Theory