The Faculty
Natalie Fuehrer Taylor, Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science Department
Degrees: Ph.D. & M.A., Fordham University; B.A., Kenyon College
Subdiscipline: American Politics (Social Movements and Public Policy)
Courses Taught: GO 101: Introduction to American Government, GO 223: Current Issues in Public
Policy, GO 236: American Political Thought, GO 313: Politics of Contemporary Social
Movements GO 332: American Political Development, GO 354: Feminist Political Thought
Feryaz Ocakli, Assistant Professor and Associate Chair of Political Science Department
Degrees: Ph.D. & M.A., Brown University; B.S., Middle East Technical University, Ankara,
Turkey
Subdiscipline: Comparative Politics/International Relations (Middle East with a special focus
on Turkey)
Courses Taught: GO 103: Introduction to Comparative and International Politics, GO 239: Nationalism
and Politics in the Middle East, GO 251A: States, Markets and Politics in Developing
Markets, GO 251A: Political Islam, GO 365: Making States, Building Democracies
Beau Breslin, Dean of the Faculty/VP for Academic Affairs and Professor of Political Science
Degrees: Ph.D. & M.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Hobart College
Honors: Skidmore College Ralph A. Ciancio Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2008
Subdiscipline: American Government (Constitutional Law)
Courses Taught: GO 101: Introduction to American Government, GO 211: Courts, Politics, and Judicial
Process in the United States, GO 213: Comparative Constitutional Systems, GO 311:
Constitutional Law, GO 312: Contemporary Constitutional Problems, GO 314: Civil
Liberties, LW 200: Law, Justice and Citizenship
Roy H. Ginsberg, Professor of Political Science
Degrees: Ph.D. & M.A., The George Washington University; B.A., Bradley University
Honors: Moseley Lectureship
Subdiscipline: Comparative Politics (Western Europe)
Courses Taught: GO 103: Introduction to Comparative and International Politics, GO 201: Principles
of International Politics, GO 203: Comparative European Politics, GO 219: Political
Economy of European Integration, GO 228: United States Foreign Policy in a Changing
World, GO 229: International Law, GO 301: Contemporary International Politics and
Law, GO 339: International Political Economy and the Environment
Katherine Graney, Associate Professor of Political Science and Joseph C. Palamountain, Jr. Chair in
Government
Degrees: Ph.D. & M.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison; B.A., College of the Holy Cross
Subdiscipline: Comparative Politics/International Relations (Former Soviet Union)
Courses Taught: GO 103: Introduction to Comparative and International Politics, GO 227: Russia:
A Century of Change, GO 241: Ethnic Conflict and the Global System, GO 327: Politics
in Russia and the Soviet Successor States, GO 328: Nationalism, Communism, and Democracy:
Politics in East Europe, GO 340: The International Human Rights Regime: Promise
and Peril, GO 357: Sexing Global Politics: Gender and International Relations
Ronald P. Seyb, Associate Dean of Faculty for Student Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of
Political Science
Degrees: Ph.D., M. Phil & M.A., Yale University; B.A., University of California, Irvine
Honors: Skidmore College Ralph A. Ciancio Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2005
Subdiscipline: American Politics (Presidency & Congress)
Courses Taught: GO 101: Introduction to American Government, GO 252: The Psychology
of Politics, GO 334: The United States Presidency, GO 362: Politics of the Congress
Flagg Taylor, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Degrees: Ph.D. & M.A., Fordham University; B.A., Kenyon College
Subdiscipline: Political Theory
Courses Taught: GO 102: Introduction to Political Philosophy GO 103: Introduction to Comparative
and International Politics, GO 242: Liberty, Commerce and the Moral Life, GO 251:
Abraham Lincoln as a Statesman, GO 251D: The Scottish Enlightenment, GO 311: Constitutional
Law, GO323: Dissident Political Thought, GO 341: French Liberal Tradition, GO 351:
Rousseau’s Political Philosophy
Bob Turner, Associate Professor of Political Science
Degrees: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison; B.A., Middlebury College
Subdiscipline: American Politics (State and Local Government & Public Administration)
Courses Taught: GO 101: Introduction to American Government, GO 222: State and Local Government,
GO 231: Environmental Politics and Policy, GO 305: Interest Groups and Public Policy,
GO 315: Immigration Politics and Policy, GO 316: Public Administration, GO 331:
State and Local Economic Development Policy, GO 333: American Political Research
Aldo C. Vacs, Professor of Political Science
Degrees: Ph.D. & M.A., University of Pittsburgh; B.A., Universidade de Sao Paulo
Subdiscipline: Comparative Politics/International Relations (Latin America & International Political
Economy)
Courses Taught: GO 103: Introduction to Comparative and International Politics,
GO 209: The Latin American Puzzle, GO 228: United States Foreign Policy in a Changing
World, GO 309: Latin America and the United States, GO 338: International Diplomatic
Negotiations, GO 339: International Political Economy and the Environment, GO 366:
Understanding Globalization