PLS Faculty and Staff
For the most current information on the activities and accomplishments of our faculty, click on the profile links for each faculty member below, or visit the faculty section of our blog, GV PS.
Staff and Department Information
Academic & Office Coordinator
Norene Hendricks
(616) 331-2320
hendricn@gvsu.edu
plsdept@gvsu.edu
(616) 331-2320
Fax: (616) 331-3550
Department of Political Science
1121 AuSable Hall
1 Campus Drive
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49401-9403
Faculty
John Constantelos, Ph.D. (Duke University)
Professor
1125 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2869
constanj@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: comparative politics, Western Europe, international political economy
Paul Cornish, Ph.D. (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Associate Professor
1129 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3502
cornishp@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: political theory, American politics
Polly Diven, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Professor
Director, International Relations Program
1107 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3282
divenp@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: international relations, U.S. foreign policy, American politics
Gamal Gasim, Ph.D. (Texas Tech University)
Assistant Professor
111 Lake Ontario Hall
(616) 331-8106
gasimg@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: comparative politics, Middle Eastern Politics
Whitt Kilburn, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Assistant Professor
1103 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8831
kilburnw@gvsu.edu
website
profile
Fields: American politics, public opinion, elections and voting behavior
Erika King, Ph. D. (Northwestern University)
Professor
1131 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2295
kinge@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: American politics, media and politics, public opinion
Jacques Mangala, Ph.D. (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)
Associate Professor
113 Lake Ontario Hall
(616) 331-8512
mangalaj@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: international relations, international law
Michelle Miller-Adams, Ph.D. (Columbia University)
Associate Professor
1105 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2864
millmich@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: international relations, international and domestic development
Mark Richards, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Associate Professor
Political Science Dept. Chair
1106 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3457
richardm@mail.gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: constitutional law, freedom of expression, judicial politics
Andrew Schlewitz, Ph.D. (The New School)
Assistant Professor
1112 Lake Ontario Hall
(616) 331-8110
schlewia@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: Latin American politics, comparative politics, international relations
Laura Schneider, Ph.D. (Purdue University)
Assistant Professor
1124 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8988
schneila@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: public policy, environmental policy, women and politics
Heather Tafel, Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Associate Professor
1128 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8511
tafelh@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: democratization, federalism, Russia and Eastern Europe
Darren Walhof, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota)
Associate Professor
1126 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2835
walhofd@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: political thought, religion and politics, constitutional law
Thomas Walker, Ph.D. (Rutgers University)
Assistant Professor
1102 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8713
walkerth@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: international relations, history of international political thought, causes of war
Yi Zhao, Ph.D. (Yale University)
Associate Professor
1108 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8523
zhaoy@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: comparative politics, Chinese politics, judicial politics
Donald Zinman, Ph.D. (University of Texas-Austin)
Associate Professor
1127 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8714
zinmand@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: American politics, presidency, parties, elections
Faculty Emeriti
John Batchelder, Ph.D. (University of Michigan)*
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
William Baum, Ph.D. (University of Iowa)*
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Robert Junn, Ph.D. (University of Illinois)
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
* deceased
Affiliate Faculty
Roger Moiles, M.A. (Michigan State University)
1104 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3283
moilesr@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: American politics, research methods, international relations
Page last modified April 7, 2013
