Core Faculty

Bruce Arrigo
Professor
Criminal Justice
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Beth Bjerregaard
Professor
Criminal Justice
Yang Cao
Associate Professor, Director of Sociology Graduate Studies
Sociology
Joanne Carman
Associate Professor, Bonnie E. Cone Professorship in Civic Engagement
Political Science and Public Administration
Jacqueline Chattopadhyay
Associate Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
Scott Fitzgerald
Professor, Sociology Department Chair
Sociology
Jason Giersch
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM and ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political Science- PPOL Class of 2012
William Graves
Professor
Geography and Earth Sciences
Eric Heberlig
Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
Martha E. Kropf
Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
Suzanne Leland
Professor, MPA Director
Political Science and Public Administration
Shelley Listwan
Professor
Criminal Justice
Roslyn Mickelson
Chancellor’s Professor
Sociology
Stephanie Moller
Professor
Sociology
Isabelle Nilsson
Associate Professor
Geography and Earth Sciences
Jaclyn Piatak
Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
Stephanie Potochnick
Associate Professor
Sociology
Benjamin J. Radford
Assistant Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
Beth Rubin
Professor Emeritus
Sociology
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Teresa Scheid
Professor
Sociology
Lisa Schulkind
Associate Professor
Economics
Dale Smith
Professor and Chair
Global Studies
Elizabeth Stearns
Professor and Director, Public Policy Doctoral Program
Sociology
John Stogner
Professor
Criminal Justice
John Szmer
Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
Jean-Claude Thill
Knight Distinguished Professor
Geography & Earth Sciences
Jim Walsh
Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
Jason Windett
PROFESSOR
Political Science
Artie Zillante
Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Belk College of Business
Economics