Dr. Bruce Altschuler
123 Mahar Hall
(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 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
708 Culkin Hall
(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 Chief of Staff to SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley. 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. She has also been an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow, in which capacity she spent the 2007-2008 academic year at the University of Rochester.

Dr. Lisa Glidden
438 Mahar Hall
(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. She is actively involved in SUNY Oswego's Global and International Studies program and currently serves as Study Abroad Liaison for the Political Science Department.

Ms. Miriam Jiménez
451 Mahar Hall
(315) 312-3279
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Professor Jiménez holds Master's degrees in Political Science from Columbia University and the City University of New York (CUNY), and is currently completing her dissertation at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her research focuses primarily on U.S. Congressional politics, and she teaches American politics and public policy courses for the department. Before coming to Oswego, Professor Jiménez taught at universities in New York City including two CUNY campuses and Fordham University.

Dr. Helen Knowles
439 Mahar Hall
(315) 312-3453
www.helenjknowles.com
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Professor Knowles received her PhD from Boston University. From 2001-2005, she was a teaching fellow and lecturer at Boston University, and 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. For her research and teaching, Professor Knowles has received funding from the Institute for Humane Studies, Institute for Constitutional Studies, C-SPAN, and Boston University. Her book, The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty, is the first book-length analysis of Kennedy.

Dr. Walter C. Opello, Jr.
437 Mahar Hall
(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, and serves as Program Director for Global and International Studies at SUNY Oswego. 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 J. 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.

Dr. Stephen J. Rosow
435B Mahar Hall
(315) 312-3448
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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 serves as Political Science Department Chair and sometimes teaches courses for the Honors program.

Dr. Michael Ruddy
212 Mahar Hall
(315) 312-3414
www.oswego.edu/~ruddy
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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 American politics classes 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.

Dr. Craig Warkentin
435A Mahar Hall
(315) 312-4080
www.oswego.edu/~warkenti
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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 book, Reshaping World Politics: NGOs, the Internet, and Global Civil Society, was awarded the 2002 Chadwick F. Alger Prize by the International Studies Association.