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