Faculty & Staff


Department of Political Science

1121 Au Sable Hall
1 Campus Drive
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49401-9403

[email protected]
(616) 331-2320
Fax: (616) 331-3550

Ashley Savage

Academic Department Coordinator

[email protected]
(616) 331-2320

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Faculty

Darren Walhof

Darren Walhof

Political Science Department Chair
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Professor
1126 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-2835
[email protected]
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Fields: political thought, religion and politics, constitutional law

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Polly Diven

Polly Diven

Director, International Relations Program
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor
1107 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-3282
[email protected]
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Fields: international relations, U.S. foreign policy, American politics

 

 


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C. Tyler Godines Camarillo

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Assistant Professor

1101 Au Sable Hall

(616) 331-2782

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Fields: American politics; race, ethnicity, and politics; social movements; political behavior

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John Constantelos

John Constantelos

Ph.D., Duke University
Professor
1125 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-2869
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Fields: comparative politics, Western Europe, international political economy

 

 


Paul Cornish

Paul Cornish

Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Associate Professor
1129 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-3502
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Fields: political theory, American politics

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Gamal Gasim

Gamal Gasim

Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Associate Professor
111 Lake Ontario Hall
(616) 331-8106
[email protected]
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Fields: comparative politics, Middle Eastern Politics

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Whitt Kilburn

Whitt Kilburn

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate Professor
1103 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-8831
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Fields: American politics, public opinion, elections and voting behavior

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Jacques Mangala

Jack Mangala

Ph.D., Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Professor
113 Lake Ontario Hall
(616) 331-8512
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Fields: international relations, international law

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Michelle Miller-Adams

Michelle Miller-Adams

Ph.D., Political Science, Columbia University
Professor
1105 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-2864
[email protected]
Twitter: @mmilleradams
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Fields: international relations, US social policy, economic and community development

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Mark Richards

Mark Richards

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison
Professor
1106 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-3457
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Fields: constitutional law, freedom of expression, judicial politics

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Andrew Schlewitz

Andrew Schlewitz

Ph.D., The New School
Assistant Professor
112 Lake Ontario Hall
(616) 331-8158
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Fields: Latin American politics, comparative politics, international relations

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Laura Schneider

Laura Schneider

Ph.D., Purdue University
Associate Professor
1124 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-8988
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Fields: public policy, environmental policy, women and politics

 


Heather Tafel

Heather Tafel

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor
1128 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-8511
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Fields: democratization, federalism, Russia and Eastern Europe

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Thomas Walker

Thomas Walker

Ph.D., Rutgers University
Associate Professor
1102 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-8713
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Fields: international relations, history of international political thought, causes of war

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Yi Zhao

Yi Zhao

Ph.D., Yale University
Associate Professor
1108 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-8523
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Fields: comparative politics, Chinese politics, judicial politics

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Donald Zinman

Donald Zinman

Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin
Professor
1127 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-8714
[email protected]
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Fields: American politics, presidency, parties, elections

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Professor Zivi

Karen Zivi

Ph.D., Rutgers University
Professor
1130 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-8157
[email protected]
Fields: Human rights, political theory and feminist politics

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Affiliate Faculty

Rodger Moiles

Roger Moiles

Senior Affiliate
M.A., Michigan State University
1104 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-3283
[email protected]
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Fields: American politics, research methods, international relations

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Contributing Faculty

Farid Hassanzadah

M.A., Islamic Azad University - Kabul
Visiting Faculty of Instruction
1109 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-2475
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Field: Human Rights

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Pamela Galbraith

M.A., Michigan State University
Adjunct Professor
1110 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-2320
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Field: Human Rights

 


Robert E. Kumpf Jr.

M.S., Northeastern University
Adjunct Professor
1110 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-3497
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Fields: International Relations, American Government, Stability Operations, Low Intensity Warfare, Irregular Warfare, American History

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Matthew M.C. Roberts

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Adjunct Professor
KHS 4437
(616) 331-9085
[email protected]
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Fields: Constitutional Law, Judicial Politics, Democratic Theory, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Instructional Technology


Sheri Rogers

M.A., Western Michigan University
Adjunct Professor
1121 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-2320
[email protected]
Fields: American Politics, International Relations

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Nadeja Bontcheva-Loyaga

Ph.D., National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo
Adjunct Professor
1109 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-8987
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Field: International Relations


Emily Zerndt

Ph.D., Western Michigan University
Adjunct Professor
1110 Au Sable Hall
(616) 331-3061
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Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations and Political Theory

 

Retired Faculty and Staff


Richard Hiskes

Richard Hiskes

Ph.D., Indiana University
Professor
[email protected]
Fields: human rights, political theory


Erika King

Erika King

Ph.D., Northwestern University
Emerita Professor
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Fields: American politics, media and politics, public opinion


Deb Rotman

Deb Rotman

Former Academic Department Coordinator

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