Professor of Political Science

Louis L. Goldstein Professor of Public Affairs

Chair, Department of Political Science

B.A., St. Mary’s College of Maryland – 1993

M.A., American University – 1997

Ph.D., American University – 1999

Taught American politics at American University

Research Associate with the Federal Judicial Center

Affiliated Scholar with the Public Religion Research Institute

Research Interests

Religion and politics

Women and politics

Political behavior

Local politics

B.A., Texas A&M University

Ph.D., Princeton University

Texas A&M Thesis Prize

Fellowship at Harvard University

Studied at the Harvard Law School

Served as a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Directs new partnership between Washington College and the University of Oxford

Interim Chair

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies

Curator of Louis L. Goldstein ’35 Program in Public Affairs

Faculty Advisor for the Peace and Conflict Studies Concentration and Latin American Studies Concentration

B.A., Agnes Scott College – 1994

M.A., Georgia State University – 1996

Ph.D., Boston University – 2003

Joined Washington College faculty in 2003

2012 Washington College Aluni Award for Distinguished Teaching

Assistant Professor of Political Science

B.A., Hunter College – 2002

Ph.D., City University of New York Graduate Center - 2011

President of Washington College

Law degree from Columbia Law School

D.Phil. from Oxford University

Master’s degree from Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy

B.A. from Williams College

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies

Director of International Studies

Faculty Advisor, Asian Studies concentration

B.A., University of Southern California – 1991

M.S., University of London – 1992

M.Phil., Columbia University – 1997

Ph.D., Columbia University – 2002

Japan Foundation Abe Fellowship – Fall 2010

Associate Professor of Political Science

International Studies Faculty Advisor, African and Near Eastern Studies concentrationsTa

B.A., University of Sussex, U.K. – 1979

P.G.C.E., London University – 1980

M.A., University of Pittsburgh – 1982

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh – 1987

Joined Washington College faculty in 1990

Served as founding director of WAC International Studies program between 1990 and 2011

Associate Dean between 1995 and 1999

Curator of the Goldstein Program for Public Affairs between 2003 and 2010