Dr. Bruce Altschuler
Office: 123 Mahar Hall
Phone: (315) 312-3451
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Professor Altschuler received his PhD from the City University of New York. His books include Running in Place: A Campaign Journal; Understanding Law in a Changing Society; LBJ and the Polls; and Keeping a Finger on the Public Pulse: Private Polling and Presidential Elections. He has won both the SUNY Research Foundation and SUNY Chancellor's awards for outstanding scholarship. Dr. Altschuler serves as Internship Coordinator for the department and teaches courses primarily in American Politics. He has been a commentator on public radio and television in the United States and Canada, and his radio commentary is featured regularly on WRVO-FM.

Dr. Lorrie Clemo
Office: 708 Culkin Hall
Phone: (315) 312-2212
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Professor Clemo received her PhD from the State University of New York at Binghamton. Currently on leave from the Political Science Department, she serves as SUNY Oswego's Assistant to the President for Special Projects and Campus Communications. Her teaching and research interests are in the area of public administration and public policy, with a specialization in U.S. health policy. Dr. Clemo is the Director of the Public Administration and Public Policy minor, as well as the NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative for SUNY Oswego. Dr. Clemo was recently selected as a 2007-2008 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow and will spend her fellowship year at the University of Rochester.

Dr. Richard Funk
Office: 435 Mahar Hall
Phone: (315) 312-2350

Professor Funk received his PhD from the University of Notre Dame. Since retiring in 2002, he occasionally returns to campus to teach a class for the department.

Dr. Lisa Glidden
Office: 438 Mahar Hall
Phone: (315) 312-3277
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Professor Glidden received her PhD from the University of Washington at Seattle. She teaches courses in comparative politics, with a focus on the global South. Her research interests include social movements, indigenous politics in Latin America, and environmental politics.

Dr. Helen Knowles
Office: 439 Mahar Hall
Phone: (315) 312-3453
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Professor Knowles received her PhD from Boston University. Her dissertation examined the classical liberal origins and "dialogical vision" of the jurisprudence of Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. In 2005, she received the U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society's Hughes-Gossett Award, which included publication of her article in the Journal of Supreme Court History. From 2001-2005, Professor Knowles was a teaching fellow and lecturer at Boston University, and in 2002 she received the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award for Political Science. For her research and teaching she has received funding from the Institute for Humane Studies, Institute for Constitutional Studies, C-SPAN, and Boston University.

Dr. Walter C. Opello, Jr.
Office: 437 Mahar Hall
Phone: (315) 312-3486
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Professor Opello received his PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He teaches classes in comparative politics, with a focus on Europe and Africa. His research interests include political violence and the development of the state system. Among his publications are The Nation-State and Global Order (co-authored with Stephen Rosow), now in its second edition; Portugal: From Monarchy to Pluralist Democracy; and Portugal's Political Development. His latest book, European Politics: The Making of Democratic States, is co-authored with Katherine A. R. Opello and will be published in 2008. 

Dr. Stephen Rosow
Office: 435B Mahar Hall
Phone: (315) 312-3448
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Web: www.oswego.edu/~rosow

Professor Rosow received his PhD from the University of Massachusetts. He is the author of The Nation-State and Global Order (co-authored with Walter C. Opello, Jr.), now in its second edition, and various articles on political theory and international political economy. Dr. Rosow teaches classes in political theory and has particular interests in critical theory, the history of political thought, and the political theory of globalization. He also directs SUNY Oswego's Global and International Studies major, serves as Political Science Department Chair, and sometimes teaches courses for the Honors program.

Dr. Michael Ruddy
Office: 435 Mahar Hall
Phone: (315) 312-2350
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Web: www.oswego.edu/~ruddy

Professor Ruddy received his PhD from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has taught a variety of Political Science and History courses, at both the high school and college level, and currently teaches a section of American Government and Politics (POL 205) for the department. Dr. Ruddy has been involved in numerous state and local political campaigns, and has also worked in the executive office of the mayor of Washington, D.C., the national office of Job Corps, and as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Labor.

Mr. Jeffrey Sachse
Office: 451 Mahar Hall
Phone: (315) 312-2350
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Professor Sachse is currently completing his PhD at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He teaches courses in public policy, Congress, and international political economy. His research interests include public utilities regulation, institutional learning, public authorities, and small business development. Mr. Sachse is currently conducting research on the viability of small business development in Western Africa. Additionally, he has extensive professional experience in workforce development, economic development, and sports stadium finance. Prior to joining the faculty at SUNY Oswego, Mr. Sachse taught at Marquette University and the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Mr. John T. Sullivan, Jr.
Office: 435 Mahar Hall
Phone: (315) 312-2350
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Professor Sullivan is a 1968 graduate of SUNY Oswego and a 1975 graduate of Syracuse University Law School. He teaches American politics courses for the department. His extensive experience includes serving on the Oswego County Legislature, chairing the Oswego County Democratic Party, and being a member of the Oswego College Council. Mr. Sullivan was elected Mayor of Oswego in 1988 and was Co-Chair of the New York State Democratic Party from 1995-98. He has also been a member of the Democratic National Committee and, in 1996, the Electoral College for New York. In 2003, he was appointed Assistant Attorney General in Charge of the Watertown, New York, office.

Dr. Craig Warkentin
Office: 435A Mahar Hall
Phone: (315) 312-4080
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Web: www.oswego.edu/~warkenti

Professor Warkentin received his PhD from the University of Kentucky. He teaches courses in international politics, global issues, and women's studies, and serves as Political Science Advisement Coordinator. Dr. Warkentin's research interests are in the areas of international organization and global gender issues, and his publications include articles and book chapters on NGOs, global civil society, women's movements, gender and development, the United Nations, and multilateral diplomacy. His first book, Reshaping World Politics: NGOs, the Internet, and Global Civil Society, was awarded the 2002 Chadwick F. Alger Prize by the International Studies Association.