Faculty
Dr. Marat Akopian |
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| Title | Assistant Professor of Political Science and Global Studies |
| Office | White Hall 319 |
Dr. Samuel Greene |
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| Title | Assistant Professor of Political Science and Global Studies |
| 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 |
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| Title | Chair and Professor of Political Science and Global Studies |
| mguirgui@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
| Phone | 304-876-5266 |
| Office | White Hall 312C |
| Dr. Max Guirguis is the chair of the Department of Political Science, Global Studies, and Geography. His primary teaching responsibilities are in the areas of U.S. Constitutional law and American Politics. He also teaches specialized international courses focusing on the Middle East and International Political Economy | |
Dr. Aart Holtslag |
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| Title | Director of Global Studies, Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Studies |
| aholtsla@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
| Phone | 304-876-5437 |
| Office | White Hall 332 |
| Dr. Aart Holtslag is 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. Ann Marie Legreid |
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| Title | Professor of Geography |
| alegreid@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
| Office | White Hall 102 |
| Dr. Legreid’s areas of concentration are cultural and urban geography, migration and population studies, and European and North American geography. | |
Dr. Stephanie Slocum-Schaffer |
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| Title | Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Studies |
| 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 |
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