Political Science Faculty
Philip Jos
Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-5704
Email: josp@cofc.edu
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 203
Fall 2009 office hours: M 9:30-10:30am; R 1:30 -2:30 pm and by appointment.
Ph.D. University of South Carolina; M.A., B.A. Western Kentucky
Field of Specialization:Public Policy; Public Administration
John Creed
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-8137
Email: creedj@cofc.edu
Office: 26 Coming Street Rm. 201
Fall 2009 office hours: MW 3:00 - 4:00 pm; TR 9-11 am or by appointment.
Ph.D. M.A. University of South Carolina; B.A. Texas Christian University
Field of Specialization: International Politics; Comparative Politics – Middle East
Claire Curtis
Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-6510
Email: curtisc@cofc.edu
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 206
Fal 2009 Office hours: M 12:30-2:30 pm; R 12:00-1:30 pm
Ph.D., M.A. Johns Hopkins University; A.B. Bowdoin College
Field of Specialization: Political Theory
Helen Delfeld
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-5915
Email: DelfeldH@cofc.edu
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Room 301
Fall 2009 Office Hours: TR 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., T 2:00-4:00 pm.
Ph.D. Rutgers University; B.A. University of Minnesota
Field of Specialization: International Relations, Human Rights, Comparative Politics, Gender and Politics
Arthur Felts
Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-727-6480
Email: feltsa@cofc.edu
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Room 107
Fall 2009 office hours: M 10:00 am - 12:00 pm; W 2:00-4:30 pm and by appointment.
Ph.D., M.A. Pennsylvania State University, B.A. Miami University.
Field of Specialization: Public Administration
Brian Fisher
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-TBD
Email: FisherB@cofc.edu
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Room 102
Fall 2009 Office Hours: MWF 11-12 pm in the library coffee shop; MW 1-3 in office.
Ph.D. Univeristy of California, Irvine; J.D. Loyola University; B.A. Auburn Univeristy.
Field of Specialization: Global Environmental Policy, International Law and Environmental Justice.
Lynne Ford
Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-6531
Email: fordl@cofc.edu
Office: 114 Wentworth St., Rm. 207
Fall 2009 office hours: MW 10:00 am-12:00 pm and by appointment.
Ph.D., M.A. University of Maryland; B.A. Pennsylvania State University;
Field of Specialization: American Politics
Hollis France
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-6324 Email: franceh@cofc.edu
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 302
Fall 2009 office hours: M 11:00 am-12:00 pm; T 3:30-4:30 pm.
Ph.D., M. Phil., City University of New York Graduate School; B.A. Jersey City State College.
Field of Specialization: Comparative Politics-Latin America & the Caribbean; International Politics
Douglas Friedman
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-5701
Email: friedmand@cofc.edu
Homepage: http://friedmand.people.cofc.edu/
Office: 26 Coming Street, Rm. 202
Fall 2009 office hours: MWR 2:00-3:00 pm or by appointment.
Ph.D., M. Phil., City University of New York Graduate School; B.A. Richmond College, CUNY
Field of Specialization: Comparative Politics-Latin America
Kevin Keenan
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-TBD
Email:KeenanK@cofc.edu
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Room 101
Fall 2009 Office Hours: M 3:30-5:30 pm; R 2-4 pm, and by appointment.
Ph.D. Clark University (geography), Worcester; M.A. CUNY Hunter College; M.A. SUNY Stony Brook; B.A. SUNY Stony Brook.
Field of Specialization: Urban Geography, Terrorism, Qualitative Research Methods
Tim LaPira
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-6515
Email: LapiraT@cofc.edu
Homepage: http://people.cofc.edu/~lapirat/
Blog: http://blogs.cofc.edu/lapirat/
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Room 106
Fall 2009 office hours: T 4:00-5:00 pm and by appointment.
PhD Rutgers University; B.A. La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA.
Field of Specialization: American Politics
Guoli Liu
Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-5883 Homepage
Email: liug@cofc.edu
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 103
Fall 2009 office hours: MW 8:45-11:45 am and by appointment.
Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo; M.A., B.A. Peking University
Field of Specialization: International Politics; Comparative Politics – China, Russia
Mark Long
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-1883
Email: longm@cofc.edu
Office: 26 Coming St., Rm. 102
Fall 2009 office hours: T 9:00-11:00 am; W 5:30-6:30 pm
Ph.D. University of South Carolina; M.A., B.A. University College Cork, Ireland
Field of Specialization: Political Geography; Europe
David Mann
Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-5703 Homepage
Email: mannd@cofc.edu
Office: 26 Coming Street, Rm. 101
Fall 2009 office hours: TR 10:30-11:30 am and by appointment on MWF.
Ph.D. Washington State University; M.A. University of Southern California; B.A. California State University
Field of Specialization: Public Law, American Politics
Jack Parson
Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-7662 Homepage
Email: parsonj@cofc.edu
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 105
Fall 2009 office hours: MWF 2:00-3:00 pm and by appointment.
Ph.D. University of Sussex; M.A. Southern Illinois University; B.A. University of Minnesota
Field of Specialization: Comparative Politics – Africa; International Politics
Alex Sanders
Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953- 5755
Email: sandersa@cofc.edu
Office: 94 Wentworth Street
Fall 2009 office hours: Call to confirm availability. MF 8:30 am- 5:00 pm; TWR 8:30-2:30 pm and by appointment.
J.D. University of South Carolina; LL.M. University of Virginia; B.S. University of South Carolina
Field of Specialization: Public Law
Kendra Stewart
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, MPA Director,and Interim Director, Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Studies
Phone: 843-953-6691
Email: StewartK@cofc.edu
Office: 14 Coming Street Room 101
Fall 2009 Office Hours: TR 9:00 - 11:00 am.
PhD, M.PA., University of South Carolina; B.A. University of Central Florida.
Field of Specialization: Public Administration
Annette Watson
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-5864
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Room 104
Email: WatsonAM@cofc.edu
Fall 2009 Office Hours: W 2:00 - 5:00 pm or by appointment.
PhD, University of Minnesota; M.A., University of Alaska-Fairbanks;
B.A. College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME.
Field of Specialization: Human Environmental Geography
Visiting Professors and Adjunct Instructors:
Marguerite Archie-Hudson
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-8138
Email: archiehudsonm@cofc.edu
Office: 72 George Street, Rm. 101
Fall 2009 office hours: TR 3:15 - 5:15 pm and by appointment.
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles; Ed.M. Harvard University; B.A. Talladega College
Field of Specialization: Public Policy; Public Administration
Tom Chorlton
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-5724
Email: zebracove@aol.com
Fall Office hours: W 3:00 -4:00 pm; held at the coffee shop in the College of Charleston library
M.A. Webster University; A.B St. Louis University
Field of Specialization: American Politics
Meredith Coker
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-853-9907
Email: mcoker@altmancoker.com
Office: no on campus office
J.D. William and Mary School of Law; B.A. Washington and Lee University
Field of Specialization: Corporate Litigation
David Gillespie
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-4936
Email: GillespieD@cofc.edu
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 301
Fall 2009 office hours: TR 3:10 - 4:00 pm.
PhD Kent State University; M.A. Wake Forest University; BA Wake Forest University
Kea Gorden
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-7858
Email: GordenK@cofc.edu
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Room 205
Fall 2009 Office Hours: M 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz; B.S. Cornell University
Field of Specialization: International Politics, Comparative Politics – sub-Saharan Africa, Feminist and Postcolonial Theory.
David Hinton
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-4936
Email: hintond@cofc.edu
Office: 26 Coming, Rm. 301
Fall 2009 office hours: T 11:15 am -12:15 pm; W 12:30 - 1:30 pm and by appointment.
M.A. Vanderbilt University; B.A. University of Alabama- Huntsville.
Ann Walsh (Assistant Federal Public Defender)
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-727-4148
Email: ann_walsh@fd.org
Office: no on campus office
J.D. Southwestern University School of Law; B.A. Barnard College, Columbia University
Field of Specialization: Criminal Law
Faculty Affiliate:
Catherine Veninga
Faculty Affiliate
Email: VeningaC@cofc.edu
Office: no on campus office
Ph.D. (geography) University of Washington.
Staff:
Erin Blevins
Administrative Coordinator, Department of Political Science
Phone: 843-953-5724
Email: blevinse@cofc.edu
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 202
M.P.A. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; B.A. College of Charleston
