College of Behavioral and Social Science: Political Science

Faculty Expert Database List

College of Behavioral and Social Science

Phone: 530-898-6171

Political Science

Phone: 530-898-5301

Mahalley D. Allen

Assistant Professor, Political Science
PhD, University of Kansas
JD, University of Missouri-Columbia
Constitutional Law and Judicial Politics, Environmental Law and Policy, Public Policy, U.S. Political Institutions and Processes

Phone: 530-898-6489
Email: MDAllen@csuchico.edu

Dane Cameron

Assistant Professor, Political Science
JD, Golden Gate University
Legal Rights of the Disabled, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Phone: 530-898-4935
Email: DCameron@csuchico.edu

Michael J. Coyle

Assistant Professor, Political Science
PhD, Arizona State University, School of Justice and Social Inquiry
M.A., Harvard University, American Studies
Social Justice and Criminal Justice, the Criminal Justice System (Minority Populations and Public Policy), Restorative Justice, Social Control, Discourse Analysis (Media and Justice Language), Crime and Justice Theory, Sociology of Everyday Life, Qualitative Research Methods, the teaching and acquisition of Critical Learning Skills, Moral Entrepreneuring, and the construction of socially discarded persons as "criminals" and/or "punishment-worthy."

Phone: 530-898-4965, (Cell) 480-242-6887
Email: MJCoyle@csuchico.edu

Teodora Delorenzo

Professor, Political Science
JD, New College of California
Legal Research, Consumer Law, Court Administration, Micronesian Law

Phone: 530-898-6478
Email: TDelorenzo@csuchico.edu

Diana Dwyre

Professor, Political Science
PhD, Syracuse University
Campaign Financing, Parties and Elections, and Congressional Elections

Phone: 530-898-6154
Email: DDwyre@csuchico.edu

Jon Ebeling

Professor Emeritus, Political Science
PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Telephone Surveys, Evaluation Research, Peace Corps Work in Ethiopia, Statistics, Input-Output Analysis, Implan, Local Government Finance, Development Impact Fees, Revenue Forecasts for Local Government, Cost of Annexation, Racial Profiling Analysis

Phone: 530-898-4512
Email: EBeling@csuchico.edu

Beau Grosscup

Professor, Political Science
PhD, University of Massachusetts
Terrorism, American Foreign Policy, International Political Economy, Middle East Politics

• Book: The Newest Explosions of Terrorism: Latest Sites of Terrorism in the 90s and Beyond

Phone: 530-898-5692
Email: BGrosscup@csuchico.edu

James Jacob

Professor, Political Science
PhD, Cornell
Western European Terrorism

Phone: 530-898-5140
Email: JJacob@csuchico.edu

Donna Kemp

Professor, Political Science
PhD, University of Idaho
Mental health in the workplace, personnel,mental health and health policy and administration, and crisis and disaster management.

Phone: 530-898-5734
Email: DKemp@csuchico.edu

Margaret Leigey

Assistant Professor, Political Science
PhD, Washington State University
Policing

Phone: 530-898-5335
Email: RPatten@csuchico.edu

Charles Ostrom

Professor Emeritus, Political Science
PhD, Claremont
Southeast Asia, International Relations, Third World Nations, Model U.N., Pacific Basin

Phone: 530-898-5335
Email: ROstrom@csuchico.edu

Ryan Patten

Assistant Professor, Political Science
PhD, Claremont
Southeast Asia, International Relations, Third World Nations, Model U.N., Pacific Basin

Phone: 530-898-5335
Email: ROstrom@csuchico.edu

Diane E. Schmidt

Professor, Political Science
PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Survey Research, Public Policy Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Collaboration

Phone: 530-898-6176
Email: DSchmidt@csuchico.edu

Matthew O. Thomas

Associate Professor, Political Science
PhD, University of Maryland
Police Policy and Evaluation, Juvenile Justice, Urban Politics (especially post-Katrina New Orleans)

Phone: 530-898-5739
Email: MOThomas@csuchico.edu

Charles C. Turner

Associate Professor, Political Science
PhD, Claremont Graduate University
State and Local Politics, U.S. Presidency, Congress

Phone: 530-898-6506
Email: CCTurner@csuchico.edu

Lori M. Weber

Professor, Political Science
PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder
Public Opinion and Polling, Public Deliveration and Dialogue, Town Hall Meetings, and Civic Engagement

Phone: 530-898-4504
Email: LWeber@csuchico.edu