For the most current information on the activities and accomplishments of our faculty, click on the profile links for each faculty member below, or visit the faculty section of our blog, GV PS.

Staff and Department Information

Academic Office Coordinator
Norene Hendricks
(616) 331-2320
hendricn@gvsu.edu

plsdept@gvsu.edu
(616) 331-2320
Fax: (616) 331-3550

Department of Political Science
1121 AuSable Hall
1 Campus Drive
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49401-9403

Faculty

John Constantelos, Ph.D. (Duke University)
1125 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2869
constanj@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: comparative politics, Western Europe, international political economy   

Paul Cornish, Ph.D. (State University of New York at Buffalo)
1129 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3502
cornishp@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: political theory, American politics

Kevin den Dulk, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
1126 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2991
dendulkk@gvsu.edu
website
profile
Fields: religion and politics, interest groups, judicial politics

Polly Diven, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Director, International Relations Program
1107 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3282
divenp@gvsu.edu
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Fields: international relations, U.S. foreign policy, American politics

Gamal Gasim, ABD (Texas Tech University)
Assistant Professor
111 Lake Ontario Hall
(616) 331-8106
gasimg@gvsu.edu
Fields: comparative politics, Middle Eastern Politics

Whitt Kilburn, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Assistant Professor
1124 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8831
kilburnw@gvsu.edu
website
profile
Fields: American politics, public opinion, political psychology

Erika King, Ph. D. (Northwestern University) 
1131 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2295
kinge@gvsu.edu
Fields: American politics, media and politics, public opinion

Jacques Mangala, Ph.D. (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)
Director, African and African American Studies Program
113 Lake Ontario Hall
(616) 331-8512
mangalaj@gvsu.edu
Fields: international relations, international law 

Michelle Miller-Adams, Ph.D. (Columbia University)
1105 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2864
millmich@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: international relations, international and domestic development

Mark Richards, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Political Science Dept. Chair
1106 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3457
richardm@gvsu.edu
website
profile
Fields: constitutional law, freedom of expression, judicial politics

Andrew Schlewitz, Ph.D. (The New School)
1112 Lake Ontario Hall
(616) 331-8110
schlewia@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: Latin American politics, comparative politics, international relations

Laura Schneider, Ph.D. (Purdue University)
1130 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8988
schneila@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: public policy, environmental policy, women and politics

Heather Tafel, Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
1128 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8511
tafelh@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: democratization, federalism, Russia and Eastern Europe

Darren Walhof, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota)
1103 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-2835
walhofd@gvsu.edu
profile
Fields: political thought, religion and politics, constitutional law

Yi Zhao, Ph.D. (Yale University)
1108 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8523
zhaoy@gvsu.edu
Fields: comparative politics, Chinese politics, judicial politics

Donald Zinman, Ph.D. (University of Texas-Austin)
1127 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8714
zinmand@gvsu.edu
Fields: American politics, presidency, parties, elections

Faculty Emeriti

John Batchelder, Ph.D. (University of Michigan)
Professor Emeritus of Political Science

William Baum, Ph.D. (University of Iowa)
Professor Emeritus of Political Science

Robert Clarke, Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame)
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Public Administration

Robert Junn, Ph.D. (University of Illinois)
Professor Emeritus of Political Science

Affiliate Faculty

Roger Moiles, M.A. (Michigan State University)
1104 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-3283
moilesr@gvsu.edu
Fields: American politics, research methods, international relations

Visiting Faculty

Todd Harcek, ABD (Western Michigan University)
1123 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8732
harcekt@gvsu.edu
Fields: research methods, American politics, international relations

Elizabeth Snyderwine, M.A., ABD, (Duke University)
1102 AuSable Hall
(616) 331-8713
snyderwe@gvsu.edu
Fields: international relations, political theory