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Political Science and Global Studies Faculty

Dr. Marat Akopian
Title	Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science and Global Studies
Office: White Hall 319

Dr. Samuel Greene
Title	Assistant Professor of Political Science and Global Studies
Email	sgreene@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Office: White Hall 322 Dr. Samuel Greene is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Global Studies at Shepherd University. Prior to coming to Shepherd, he worked at the National Defense College in the United Arab Emirates, the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, DC, and Howard Payne University in Texas. Dr. Greene holds a doctorate in Politics from the Catholic University of America, a master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Cambridge, and a bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science from George Fox University. His research interests include insurgency and counterinsurgency, democratization, and internal conflict, with an emphasis on Latin America and the Middle East. His first book, Pathological Counterinsurgency, a critique of U.S. counterinsurgency strategy, was published by Lexington Books in 2018. His articles and policy research have appeared in venues such as Third World Quarterly, Comparative Strategy, the International Journal on World Peace, Electoral Studies, the online version of the Journal of Democracy and the Defense and Technology Papers series at the National Defense University.

Dr. Max Guirguis
Title	Co-Chair and Professor of Political Science and Global Studies
Email	mguirgui@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5266
Office: White Hall 312C

Dr. Aart Holtslag
Title	Co-Chair and Director of Global Studies, Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Studies
Email	aholtsla@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5437
Office: White Hall 332 Dr. Aart Holtslag is Co-Chair of the Department of Political Science and Global Studies and Director of Global Studies. Dr. Holtslag previously taught at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. His specialization is in International Relations, specifically International Organization, International Law and Human Rights. His research focuses around the role of the individual in Global Politics as related to International Organization, International Law, and Human Rights.

Dr. Stephanie Slocum-Schaffer
Title	Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Studies
Email	sslocums@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Office: White Hall 333B Dr. Slocum-Schaffer’s Curriculum Vitae Course Syllabus: PSCI 101 American Federal Government Course Syllabus: PSCI 210 Conduct of Political Inquiry I Course Syllabus: PSCI 211 Conduct of Political Inquiry II Course Syllabus: PSCI 302 Introduction to Political Theory Course Syllabus: PSCI 305 U.S. Congress Course Syllabus: PSCI 420 Critical Political Issues

Grace Adams-Square
Title	Adjunct faculty
Email	gadamssq@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5011
Professor Adams-Square earned her B.A. in Political Science from Indiana University-Bloomington and an M.Ed. in Curriculum Instruction from the University of Toledo. Professor Adams-Square has taught both online and seated courses, with topics ranging from Congress, American Government, Public Administration, and Perspectives on Diversity.

Anthony Delligatti
Title	Adjunct Faculty
Email	adelliga@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Anthony Delligatti received his J.D. from West Virginia University Law School and practices law in the local area.

John Isner
Title	Adjunct faculty
Email	jisner@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5011
John Isner recently earned his J.D. from West Virginia University’s Law School and is also a Shepherd alum, earning his B.A. in Political Science in 2014. John’s legal studies have largely centered on the interplay between labor law and American and international political institutions.