Faculty  |  Lecturer  |  Emeritus Faculty  |  Staff

Faculty

Name	Title	Contact information
Travis Ridout	Professor and Director Research Interest: Political communication, campaigns and elections, political advertising, campaign finance Subfields: American politics	Johnson Tower 816 509-335-2264 tnridout@wsu.edu
Joe Campbell	Professor Research Interest: Free will, moral responsibility, skepticism, and David Hume Subfields: Philosophy of science and religion, metaphysics, early modern, and logic	Johnson Tower 821 509-335-9106 josephc@wsu.edu
Cornell Clayton	Professor and Director, Thomas S. Foley Institute and WSU Pre-Law Advisor Research Interest: American politics, constitutional law and judicial politics, political theory	Johnson Tower 818 or Bryan Hall 316 509-335-2427 or 509-335-4262 cwclayton@wsu.edu
Richard Elgar	Assistant Professor Career Track Assistant Director, Thomas S. Foley Institute Research Interest: Latin American politics, gender, inequality, global politics Subfields: Comparative Politics	Bryan Hall 316 509-335-3477 relgar@wsu.edu
Cheryl Ellenwood	Assistant Professor Research Interest: Equity in Public Organizations, Minority-led & Indigenous-led organizations, Indigenous Data Sovereignty	Johnson Tower 715 cheryl.ellenwood@wsu.edu
Mark Fagiano	Assistant Professor Career Track	Johnson Tower 810 mark.fagiano@wsu.edu
Tricia Glazebrook	Professor Research Interest: Environmental philosophy with focus on climate change, policy, and finance, women's farming in Africa, and ecofeminism; philosophy of science and technology; data ethics, policy, and regulation; military ethics.	Johnson Tower 826 509-335-8037 tricia.glazebrook@wsu.edu
Michael Goldsby	Associate Professor Associate Director and Director of Undergraduate Studies Research Interest: Philosophy of Science (general, as well as biology, ecology, climate science and epidemiology), Epistemology, and Environmental Ethics/Policy.	Johnson Tower 824 509-335-0942 michael.goldsby@wsu.edu
Season Hoard	Associate Professor Career Track Project Manager, DGSS Research Interest: Comparative public policy, gender and politics, applied research methods	Hulbert Hall 311F 509-335-4093 hoardsa@wsu.edu
Bill Kabasenche	Professor Career Track Research Interest: Bioethics Subfields: Ethics of health care professions; ethics of biotechnologies; research ethics	Johnson Tower 814 509-335-8719 wkabasenche@wsu.edu
Claudia Leeb	Associate Professor Research Interest: Power and rebellion, feminist political subjectivity, guilt and democracy, and the Far Right Subfield: Political theory with a focus on 19th and 20th century Continental political thought, feminist political thought, Frankfurt school of critical theory, and psychoanalysis	VMMC 202F, WSU Vancouver 360-546-9552 claudia.leeb@wsu.edu
Jacob Lewis	Assistant Professor Research Interest: African politics, conflict processes, political psychology Subfields: Comparative politics, international relations	Johnson Tower 808 509-335-5225 js.lewis@wsu.edu
Carolyn Long	Associate Professor	VMMC 102A, WSU Vancouver 360-546-9043 coelong@wsu.edu
Anthony C. Lopez	Associate Professor Research Interest: Psychology of war, deterrence, leader-follower dynamics, violent extremism and hate	VMMC 202X, WSU Vancouver 360-546-9284 anthony.c.lopez@wsu.edu
Amy Mazur	Professor Research Interest: Feminist comparative policy and French politics Subfields: Comparative politics, public policy and methodology	Johnson Tower 822 509-335-1415 amygmazur@wsu.edu
Samantha Noll	Assistant Professor	Johnson Tower 825 509-335-5225 sam.noll@wsu.edu
Thomas Preston	Professor Research Interest: International relations, security studies, foreign policy analysis, political Psychology	Johnson Tower 813 509-335-5225 tpreston@wsu.edu
Michael Ritter	Assistant Professor Career Track Research Interest: American politics, public policy, election administration, voting and elections Subfields: American politics, comparative politics, methodology	Johnson Tower 815 509-335-5451 michael.ritter@wsu.edu
Michael Salamone	Associate Professor & Graduate Studies Director Research Interest: Public perceptions of courts, institutional legitimacy Subfields: American politics, judicial politics, research methods	Johnson Tower 812 509-335-7569 michael.salamone@wsu.edu
Steven Stehr	Sam Reed Distinguished Professor in Civic Education and Public Civility Research Interest: Science policy; environmental policy Subfields: Public policy; environmental policy; public administration	Johnson Tower 819 509-335-2544 stehr@wsu.edu
Mark Stephan	Associate Professor Research Interest: Environmental policy and politics Subfields: Environmental policy; political theory; American politics	CLS 208V, WSU Vancouver 360-546-9467 stephanm@wsu.edu
Matt Stichter	Associate Professor Research Interest: Moral Psychology, Ethical Theory, Philosophy of Expertise, Applied Ethics, Virtue Ethics, Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy, Virtue Epistemology	Johnson Tower 817 509-335-7121 mstichter@wsu.edu
Paul Thiers	Associate Professor Research Interest: Political Economy; Political Ecology; China; Global economic integration; Climate Change Subfields: Comparative Politics; Public Policy; Environmental Policy	VMMC 102S, WSU Vancouver 360-546-9466 pthiers@wsu.edu

Lecturer

Joe W. Huseby	Global Lecturer	jwhuseby@wsu.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Name	Title	Contact information
Martha Cottam	Professor Emeritus	cottam@wsu.edu
Dan Holbrook	Associate Professor Emeritus	holbrodm@wsu.edu
Nicholas Lovrich	Regents Professor Emeritus	nlovrich@hotmail.com
Michael Myers	Professor Emeritus	myers@wsu.edu
David Nice	Professor Emeritus	dnice@wsu.edu
Harry Silverstein	Professor Emeritus	silverst@wsu.edu

Staff

Name	Title	Contact
Diane Scott	Academic Advisor Advisor for: Philosophy major, political science additional degrees & majors, political science, philosophy, & ethics minors.	Johnson Tower 801 509-335-2545 Advising webpage scottdj@wsu.edu
Teresa Woolverton	Academic Coordinator Advisor for: Political science majors	Johnson Tower 827 509-335-1291 Advising webpage twool@wsu.edu
Debbie Heston	Fiscal Specialist	Johnson Tower 701 509-335-0443 djengle@wsu.edu
Brandy Wiser	Finance/Budget Manager	Johnson Tower 701 509-335-4626 bwiser@wsu.edu
Darby Smith	Administrative Assistant	Johnson Tower 801 509-335-2544 darby.smith@wsu.edu