Northern Arizona University Academic Catalog 2004-05 Undergraduate and Graduate
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Name &Title |
Credentials |
Focus |
At NAU |
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Gary J. Buckley, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.A., Seattle University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Denver 1973) |
International relations, American foreign policy, security policy
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NAU 1972
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Thomas L. Brunell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California–Irvine 1997)
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American politics, Congress, elections, political parties, electoral systems, redistricting |
NAU 2003
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David E. Camacho, Ph.D., Professor, Special Assistant to the President, Director of Office of Affirmative Action |
(B.A., Washington State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington 1988) |
U.S. government and politics, public policy and administration, environmental policy, U.S. race politics, urban politics, political socialization |
NAU 1989
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Geeta Chowdhry, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.A., M.A., St. John’s College, Agra University, India; Ph.D., University of Florida 1987) |
World food politics, international political economy, comparative politics, South Asian politics, feminist theory, women and development |
NAU 1989
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Dan A. Cothran, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.A., University of California–Berkeley; M.A., Claremont Graduate University; Ph.D., Cornell University 1979) |
Public finance and budgeting, political economy, comparative public policy, health policy
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NAU 1982
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Volker Krause, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
(B.A., University of Mississippi; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan 2000) |
International relations, international security, research methodology, disability policy |
NAU 1999
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Sheryl Lutjens, Ph.D., Professor, Director of Women’s Studies Program |
(B.A., University of California–Riverside; M.A., Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley 1987) |
Comparative politics, public administration, Latin American politics, political economy, feminist theory, women and politics
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NAU 1987
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Sheila Nair, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
(B.A., M.A., University of South Carolina; Ph.D., University of Minnesota 1995) |
International relations, comparative politics, Southeast Asian politics, postcolonial theory, human rights, international political economy |
NAU 1997
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Joel Olson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
(B.S., Arizona State University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota 2001) |
Modern and contemporary political theory, democratic theory, race and political thought, social movements |
NAU 2003
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David M. Ostergren, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
(B.S., M.Ed., University of Minnesota; M.A., Ph.D., West Virginia University 1997) |
International protected area policy, American wilderness policy, environmental politics |
NAU 1999
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Glenn A. Phelps, D.A., Professor |
(B.A., Lebanon Valley College; M.A., D.A., Lehigh University 1978) |
Constitutional law, judicial politics, American politics
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NAU 1982
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Robert A. Poirier, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.A., St. Michael’s College; M.A., University of Arizona; Ph.D., University of Utah 1976) |
Comparative politics, Middle East, Australian politics, tourism
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NAU 1977
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David S. Schlosberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
(B.A., University of California–Santa Cruz; M.S., Ph.D., University of Oregon 1996) |
Political philosophy, environmental political thought, environmental politics, social movements
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NAU 1996
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Zachary A. Smith, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor |
(B.A., California State University–Fullerton; M.A., Ph.D., University of California–Santa Barbara 1984) |
Environmental and natural resource policy and administration
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NAU 1989
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Frederic I. Solop, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University–New Brunswick 1990) |
American politics, public opinion, political behavior, research methods, social movements
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NAU 1990
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Mary Ann E. Steger, Ph.D., Professor, Department Chair |
(B.M., Alverno College; M.S., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University 1978) |
Public policy, public administration, intergovernmental relations, state and local government |
NAU 1989
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Carol B. Thompson, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.A., University of Michigan; M.S., Georgetown University; Ph.D., Michigan State University 1976) |
Comparative political economy, global environmental politics, African politics, international relations, Southern Africa
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NAU 1994
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Jacqueline Vaughn, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.S.Ed., Boston University; M.A., San Jose State University; Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley 1979) |
Public administration, environmental politics, disability policy, public policy, American politics
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NAU 1997
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Stephen Wright, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.A., Staffordshire University, United Kingdom; Ph.D., University of London, London School of Economics, United Kingdom 1980) |
Comparative politics, international relations, European politics, African politics
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NAU 1985
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Adjunct Faculty |
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Rosa Gomez Dierks, Ph.D.
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(B.A., Albion College; M.B.A., American Graduate School of International Management; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1999) |
Public policy, comparative politics, international political economy, American politics, public administration
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NAU 2002
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Gretchen Knudson Gee, Ph.D.
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(B.S., M.A., University of Colorado–Boulder; Ph.D., Michigan State University 1995) |
Soviet Union and successor states, religion and politics, institutional politics
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NAU 2001
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Harriet Young, Ph.D.
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(A.B., Vanderbilt University; M.A., University of North Carolina; Ph.D., Rice University 1989) |
Congressional behavior, voting and interest group behavior, political parties
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NAU 1993
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Faculty Emeriti |
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Don L. Mansfield, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.A., San Diego State University; M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of Denver 1973) |
American foreign policy, Russian foreign policy, European politics, international relations
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NAU 1980 (retired 1999)
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Leonard G. Ritt, Ph.D., Professor |
(A.B., M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Tennessee 1967) |
Political parties, public opinion and voting behavior, legislative process, computer applications |
NAU 1967 (retired 1999)
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