The Department of Political Science has a distinguished faculty that combines research excellence with a strong commitment to undergraduate education. Several faculty members have received outstanding teaching awards, including three recipients of the Idaho Professor of the Year Award from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Faculty research appears regularly in the discipline's leading journals and has been supported by grants from such prestigious bodies as the National Science Foundation. In addition, various faculty members have served as consultants to federal, state, and local government agencies.
Click on a faculty member's name to view their webpage. Some faculty teach for both the Department of Political Science and the Department of Public Policy and Administration; links have been provided to faculty home pages on the Department of Public Policy and Administration website (http://ppa.boisestate.edu/) for your convenience. Each page provides contact information including office hours, as well as information on their research interests, biography, and example syllabi from previous courses.
If the professor you are looking for is not on the table below, check the Adjunctive Faculty page.
| Political Science Faculty | |
|---|---|
| Ross Burkhart, Ph.D | Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department, Co-Director, Canadian Studies Program, Ph.D., University of Iowa (comparative politics and international relations). |
| Deniz Erkmen, Ph.D | Special Lecturer in Comparative Politics, PhD., University of Michigan (comparative politics and international relations). |
| John Freemuth, Ph.D | Professor, Political Science Department and Department of Public Policy and Administration, Ph.D., Colorado State University (environmental policy and public administration). Department of Public Policy and Administration home page |
| Lori Hausegger, Ph.D | Assistant Professor, Co-Director, Canadian Studies Program, Ph.D., Ohio State University (law and judicial politics). |
| Richard Kinney, Ph.D | Professor, Department of Politial Science and Department of Public Policy and Administration, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame (budgeting and public policy analysis). Department of Public Policy and Administration home page |
| Susan Mason, Ph.D | Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Department of Public Policy and Administration, Ph.D., University of Missouri-St. Louis (planning and urban politics). Department of Public Policy and Administration home page |
| Gary Moncrief, Ph.D | Professor, Ph.D., University of Kentucky (legislative behavior, state and local government, and elections and voting behavior). |
| Gregory A. Raymond, Ph.D | Frank & Bethine Church Chair of Public Affairs, Ph.D., University of South Carolina (world politics and foreign policy analysis). |
| Brian Wampler, Ph.D | Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin. (comparative politics, Latin America, Brazil). |
| Scott Yenor, Ph.D | Associate Professor, Ph.D., Loyola University (political philosophy). |
| Department of Public Policy and Administration Faculty | |
| Leslie Alm, Ph.D | Professor, Department of Public Policy and Administration, Ph.D., Colorado State University (methodology, environmental policy). |
| Elizabeth Fredericksen, Ph.D | Director of Graduate Studies for the Master of Public Policy and Administration Program, Ph.D., Washington State University (public sector human resource management; workplace aggression and policy administration) |
| Stephanie Witt, Ph.D | Chair, Department of Public Policy and Administration, Director of the Public Policy Center and the Social Science Research Center, Ph.D., Washington State University (American government and urban politics). |
| Emeritus Faculty | |
| Dennis Donoghue, Ph.D | Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Miami, Ohio (presidential politics, political parties, public opinion, and voting behavior). |
| William Skillern, Ph.D | Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Idaho (political philosophy). |
| James Weatherby, Ph.D | Associate Professor, Internship Coordinator and Director of the Policy Research Center, Ph.D., University of Idaho (public administration and intergovernmental relations). |
If the professor you are looking for is not on the table above, check the Adjunctive Faculty page.