Political Science Department

 

Philip Jos
Professor and Chair, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-5704
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 203
Fall 2008 graduate student office hours: in MYBK 305 on W 3:30 - 4:30 pm.
Ph.D. University of South Carolina; M.A., B.A. Western Kentucky
Field of Specialization:Public Policy; Public Administration

 

 

John Creed
Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-8137
Office: 26 Coming Street Rm. 201
Fall 2008 office hours: MW 9-10 am; TR 1:30-3 pm
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, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-6510
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 206
Fall Office hours: MW 1-3 pm
Ph.D., M.A. Johns Hopkins University; A.B. Bowdoin College
Field of Specialization: Political Theory

 

 

Helen Delfeld
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-5915
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Room 301
Fall 2008 Office Hours: MWF 9-9:45am; M 2-4 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, Political Science Department and Director, Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Studies
Phone: 843-727-6480
Office: 284 King Street 2nd Floor
Fall 2008 office hours: TBD
Ph.D., M.A. Pennsylvania State University, B.A. Miami University. Field of Specialization: Public Administration

Lynne Ford
Professor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-6531
Office: 114 Wentworth St., Rm. 107
On Sabbatical Fall 2008 and Spring 2009
Ph.D., M.A. University of Maryland; B.A. Pennsylvania State University;
Field of Specialization: American Politics

 

Hollis France
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-6324
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 302
Fall 2008 office hours: M 11-12 pm; W 1:30- 2:30 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, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-5701 Homepage
Office: 26 Coming Street, Rm. 202
Fall 2008 office hours: MW 3-5 pm and 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

Tim La Pira
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-6515
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Room 106
Fall 2008 Office Hours: MW 1 -2 pm.
PhD Rutgers University; B.A. La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA.
Field of Specialization: American Politics

 

 

 

Guoli Liu
Professor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-5883 Homepage
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 103
Fall 2008 office Hours: MW 2-3 pm; T 8:30- 11:30 pm
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, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-1883
Office: 26 Coming St., Rm. 102
On sabbatical- Fall 2008
Ph.D. University of South Carolina; M.A., B.A. University College Cork, Ireland
Field of Specialization: Political Geography; Europe

 

David Mann
Professor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-5703 Homepage
Office: 26 Coming Street, Rm. 101
Fall 2008 office hours: T-F 1:30 - 2:30 and by appointment
Ph.D. Washington State University; M.A. University of Southern California; B.A. California State University
Field of Specialization: Public Law, American Politics

 

William Moore
Distinguished Professor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-8141
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 207
Fall 2008 office hours: MW 10-11 am; TR 9:30 -10:30 am
Ph.D. Tulane University; M.A., B.A. Southern Illinois University
Field of Specialization: American Politics; Southern Politics

 

Jack Parson
Professor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-7662 Homepage
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 105
On sabbatical - Fall 2008 and Spring 2009
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, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953- 5755
Office: 94 Wentworth Street
Fall 2008 office hours: TBD
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, Political Science Department and MPA Director
Phone: 843-953-6691
Office: 14 Coming Street
Fall 2008 Office Hours: TR 9 -10:30 am
PhD, M.PA., University of South Carolina; B.A. University of Central Florida.
Field of Specialization: Public Administration

 

 

Catherine Veninga
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-7532
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 102
Fall 2008 office hours: T 2 - 4 pm.
Ph.D., M.A., University of Washington; BA Colorado College
Field of Specialization: Urban Geography

 

Annette Watson
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-5864
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Room 104
Fall 2008 Office Hours: W 11-2 pm.
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, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-8138
Office: 26 Coming Street, Rm. 302
Fall 2008 office hours: TR 11- 12 pm and 3-5 pm.
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles; Ed.M. Harvard University; B.A. Talladega College
Field of Specialization: Public Policy; Public Administration

Judge Robert Carr (Federal Magistrate)
Adjunct Instructor, Political Science Department
Phone: 579-1440
Office: Hollings Judicial Center
Fall 2008 office hours: MW 2:30 - 3:30 pm
J.D. University of South Carolina; B.S. Furman University
Field of Specialization: Public Law

Tom Chorlton
Adjunct Instructor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-4936
Office hours will be held at the coffee shop in the C of C library
Fall 2008 office hours: W 3-4 pm
M.A. Webster University; A.B St. Louis University
Field of Specialization: American Politics

Kea Gorden
Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-7858
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Room 205
Fall 2008 Office Hours: M 1 - 2:30 pm; T 3:30 - 4:30 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
Adjunct Instructor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-4936
Office: 26 Coming, Rm. 301
Fall 2008 office hours: T 11:15 am - 1:15 pm; W 12:30- 1:30 pm
M.A. Vanderbilt University; B.A. University of Alabama- Huntsville.

Jon Marcantel (Professor, Charleston School of Law)
Adjunct Instructor, Political Science Department
Phone: (843) 329-1000
Office: no on campus office, but available by appointment
J.D. University of South Carolina School of Law; B.A. College of Charleston

Martin Tomlinson
Adjunct Instructor, Political Science Department
Office: no on campus office, but available after class and by appointment.
J.D. Yale Law School; B.A. College of Charleston

Nick Velluzzi
Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-5679
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 101
Fall 2008 office hours: MW 12:30 - 1:30 pm.
Ph.D. University of Washington; M.A. in Urban Planning UCLA; BA International Studies University of Oregon.
Field of Specialization: Economic and Regional Development

Ann Walsh (Assistant Federal Public Defender)
Adjunct Instructor, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-727-4148
Office: 145 King St., Suite 325
Fall 2008 Office Hours: available before class and by appointment
J.D. Southwestern University School of Law; B.A. Barnard College, Columbia University
Field of Specialization: Criminal Law

Staff:

Erin Blevins
Administrative Coordinator, Political Science Department
Phone: 843-953-5724
Office: 114 Wentworth Street, Rm. 202
M.P.A. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; B.A. College of Charleston