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| The political science faculty study, teach, and do politics. They maintain active relationships with local, state, and national elected and appointed officials. They have worked on campaigns, run for office, and consulted on the problems of governing at all levels. They actively engage in research and are members of prestigious academic societies and associations. Students are strongly encouraged to participate as well. Click on a faculty member's name to learn more about them. |
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Glenn Barkan, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
(616) 632-2157
E-mail: barkagle@aquinas.edu
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School
B.A., Hobart College |
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Roger J. Durham, Ph.D.
Chair & Professor of Political Science
(616) 632-2840
E-mail: durharog@aquinas.edu
About Prof. Durham
Ph.D., University of Oregon
M.A., University of Oregon
B.S., Southern Oregon University |
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Bruce Nanzer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science; Director, Community Leadership Program
(616) 632-2926
E-mail: nanzebru@aquinas.edu
Ph.D., Western Michigan University
M.B.A., Seidman College of Business, Grand Valley State University
B.S., William James College, Grand Valley State University |
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Molly Patterson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
(616) 632-2841
E-mail: pattemol@aquinas.edu
Ph.D., University of California - Irvine
M.A., University of California - Irvine
B.A., Carleton College |
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Don B. Chaffee, Ph.D.
Professor, In-the-College
Ph.D., University of California, Davis
B.A., Middlebury College |
Rick Chapla
Adjunct Assistant Professor
M.A. University of Michigan
B.A., Aquinas College |
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Amy Clapp, J.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
J.D. Detroit College of Law, Michigan State University
B.A. Aquinas College |
Michaeleen Kelly, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
B.A., St. Mary's College |
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Bradford Winkler, J.D.
Director, Pre-Law Program
J.D., Thomas M. Cooley Law School
M.A., Bowling Green State University
B.A., The College of Wooster |
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| Professor Barkan has been at AQ since 1973 and has served as Department Chair since 1974. His contributions to the College, the Grand Rapids Community and the discipline of Political Science are significant. He is a member of the World Affairs Council Board, the Public Defenders Board, the ACLU Board and he is a court-appointed advocate for families in trouble. He has been very influential in the Grand Rapids urban public planning process as a driving force in the creation of the Metro Council and the Aquinas-Eastown Project. He is a well known expert on state and local politics and continues to publish and comment on political and election issues. Professor Barkan teaches many of the domestic politics courses including Politics and the News Media, Politics and Elections and American Political Thought. He has published many articles and book reviews and is currently engaged in a research project on managed health care. In the summer of 2004 he was named Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. |
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| Professor Durhamjoined the Aquinas College community in fall of 1996. He teaches the international relations and comparative politics courses and coordinates the International Studies Degree. He has been honored with the AQ Student Senate Outstanding Faculty Award four times for the years 1996-97, 1998-99, 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. |
| His research interests include: post-Cold War dynamics between strong and weak states; development issues; just war theory; Caribbean politics; international political economy and human rights issues. He recently published “Expanding the Scope of Policy Leadership through Networks: Grand Rapids, Michigan” Chapter 9 in the text The Facilitative Leader in City Hall: Reexamining the Scope and Contributions, James H. Svara, Editor, Arizona State University, CRC Press. This was co-Authored with former AQ student Eric S. Zeemering, Ph.D., now of San Francisco State University. |
| He is a past President of the Michigan Conference of Political Scientists (2001-2002). On campus he is the advisor to the POLIS Political Studies Club and serves on many committees including the Haiti Connection Committee. He has twice accompanied students on a service learning trip to Haiti, and recently returned from Honduras. |
| He is a member of the International Studies Association and the American Political Science Association and has presented research at several conferences. Visit his homepage for his vitae, course material, information about him and Model United Nations and Model Arab League. In January 2004 he was appointed Chair of the Political Science Department. |
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| Professor Chaffee is currently a Professor In-the-College. |
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| Professor Chapla is an extremely active citizen and adjunct member of Political Science Department. He is a native of Grand Rapids and has been involved with community development and land use planning for 25 years. His formal education includes a BA degree in Urban Studies from Aquinas College, received in 1975, and a master’s degree in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan, received in 1977. He is a Past President of the Michigan Society of Planning Officials now known as the Michigan Society of Planning, a statewide planning organization with almost 5,000 members. His work experience includes 16 years with the City of Muskegon, a West Michigan shoreline community of 40,000 where he served in a variety of positions, including Director of Planning and Economic Development. He is a past member and Chair of the East Grand Rapids Planning Commission. He also worked with EARTH TECH, a multi disciplinary consulting company where he specialized in land-use planning, grantswriting, environmental studies and lay planner training. |
| Professor Chapla has been with The Right Place Program since June 1996 as Vice President for Redevelopment. His responsibilities include assisting the City of Grand Rapids with implementing a variety of economic development policies and programs involving the use and re-use of buildings and properties. He is staff to the Grand Rapids Brownfield Redevelopment Authority. He is a member of the Grand Valley Metro Council's Public Information and Education Committee and a member of Michigan State University’s Victor Institute for Responsible Land Development and Use. He also serves on MSU’s United Growth for Kent County’s Urban Committee. He is a member of the AccessKent Enhanced Access Board and the Kent County Purchase of Development Rights Study Committee. He is a member of the Aquinas College Alumni Board of Directors. He and his wife Willow, have twin boys Gabe and Nathaniel who attend the East Grand Rapids High School. They have a daughter, Hannah, who attends Lakeside Elementary School. Professor Chapla also coaches girls' soccer. |
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| Professor Clapp is an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Mecosta County. After graduating from Aquinas College in 1999 she went to Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University where she graduated in 2003. In addition to keeping Mecosta County residents safe she teaches Constitutional Law here at AQ! |
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| Professor Kelly is a member of the philosophy department who contributes to the Political Science Department by teaching many of the political philosophy and theory courses. These include PH-PS 250 Gender Issues in the Law and PH-PS 218 History of Political Thought. Her research interests include feminism, moral reasoning and rights and power. She has published articles such as "Rights and Power: A Feminist Perspective" in the Journal of Social Philosophy and "Commentary on Robin Dillon's Moral Reasoning among Middle-Level Managers" in the Journal of Business Ethics. Most recently Professor Kelly spent several weeks in Ghana as part of a Fulbright study with Professor Barkan of the political science faculty and Professor Kaiser of the art department. |
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| Professor Nanzer is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Community Leadership program at Aquinas College. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from Western Michigan University and an MBA from the Seidmen College of Business at Grand Valley State University. Dr. Nanzer teaches courses in community leadership, public policy, public administration, management and organizations. His research and scholarship pursuits involve communities, civil society, and sustainability. |
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| Professor Patterson arrived at Aquinas College in fall of 2005. She teaches courses in American politics, political and feminist theory, political psychology and research methods. Her research interests involve issues of power and social justice, including democratic theory, new democratic practices, and citizenship education and empowerment. |
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| Professor Winkler has been at Aquinas since 1979. He is a graduate of Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1996. He also holds degrees from Bowling Green State University and Michigan State University in student affairs administration. He served in student affairs positions at Aquinas as Director of Residence Life from 1979-87, Associate Dean of Students from 1987-90, and Dean of Students from 1990-2008. This past fall, Brad moved full-time to the faculty as Associate Professor In-the-College. He is a licensed attorney in the Michigan and federal courts. He teaches a variety of law classes in Political Science, Business Administration, Graduate Management, Education, and Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. He also teaches a section of Inquiry and Expression (GE 101) and coordinates the Moot Court class in which students compete against other undergraduate students in appellate argument. He serves as an advisor to students preparing for legal careers and serves as advisor to the Pre-Law Club. |
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