Political Science & International Affairs Contact Information
Area(s) of Expertise: Security and Defense Policy, European Politics
Raluca Viman-Miller, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor & Associate Department Head
Office locationStrickland Academic, 159,
Area(s) of Expertise: Comparative Politics, International Relations, European Politics
For information or questions, you can also reach out to polsia-dah@ung.edu
Faculty & Staff
Area(s) of Expertise: American National Institutions, Political Parties, Elections
Area(s) of Expertise: Security studies, Sino-Indian relations, small states in international politics, geopolitics
Area(s) of Expertise: Collaboration and Watershed Grassroots Protection
Area(s) of Expertise: American Government, Religion, Religion and Politics, Leadership, and Conflict Management and Mediation
Area(s) of Expertise: Authoritarianism and anti-democratic attitudes; Incivility in American politics; Political polarization; American elections
Area(s) of Expertise: Public Administration
Cristian Harris, Ph.D.Profile page
Professor
M.A.I.A. Program Coordinator
Office locationHansford Hall, 316,
Area(s) of Expertise: International Political Economy, Comparative Global Development, Latin American Politics, Global Governance
Area(s) of Expertise: Policy innovation and diffusion; Risk and risk management; Gender issues (such as gender equality); Big data and Public Administration
Area(s) of Expertise: Public Administration, Nonprofit Organizations, U.S. Government, State and Local Government
Area(s) of Expertise: Public Administration, Networks, Organizational Theory
Area(s) of Expertise: National Security; International Relations; Chinese Philosophy; Foreign Policy of the People鈥檚 Republic of China; Indo-Pacific Security
Edward Mienie, Ph.D.Profile page
Executive Director, Strategic Studies Program & Partnerships and Professor of Strategic & Security Studies
Office locationHansford Hall, 314,
Area(s) of Expertise: Strategic & Security Studies; State Fragility; Why Nations Fail
Area(s) of Expertise: U.S. Foreign Policy, Middle East Politics, International Law
Area(s) of Expertise: History of Political Philosophy; Modern Political Philosophy; Enlightenment Thought; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Civic Education
Larry Morton, MIPPProfile page
Part-Time Communications Assistant
Office locationHansford Hall, 304,
Area(s) of Expertise: International Affairs / Security Studies
Christopher Newkirk, M.A.Profile page
Administrative Assistant IV
Office locationHansford Hall, 304,
Area(s) of Expertise: Public Administration, Complexity/Network Theory, Organizational/Group Behavior
Area(s) of Expertise: Populism, the European Union, Voting behavior in Western Europe and the United States
Area(s) of Expertise: Secession, Maritime Crime, Terrorism, and Leadership Style and Trait Analysis
Area(s) of Expertise: Public Law, Interest Groups, Bureaucracy, American Political Development
Area(s) of Expertise: Strategic & Security Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, Quantitative & Qualitative Text Analysis, Middle Eastern Politics
Area(s) of Expertise: Media, Political Psychology, Research Methods
Area(s) of Expertise: International relations of East Asia; Chinese foreign policy; US-China relations; and politics on the Korean Peninsula
Area(s) of Expertise: American Politics and Empirical Methods
Area(s) of Expertise: Early American Law and Legal History, History of women's higher education
Area(s) of Expertise: Latin American Politics, Political Theory