Our Faculty

Core Course Faculty

  • Andrew Dowdle, Ph.D. (Miami University), Professor, Political Science
  • Valerie H. Hunt, Ph.D. (University of Arkansas), Associate Professor, Political Science, and Associate Director, Public Policy Ph.D. Program
  • Brinck Kerr, Ph.D. (Texas A & M University), University Professor, Political Science and Director, Public Policy Ph.D. Program
  • Joshua Mitchell, Ph.D. (Southern Illinois University), Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Margaret Reid, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma), Professor emerita, Political Science
  • William Schreckhise, Ph.D. (Washington State University), Professor and Chair, Political Science
  • Geoboo Song, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma), Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Anna Zajicek, Ph.D. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Sociology

Research and Methods

  • Kathleen Collins, Ph.D. (University of California-Santa Barbara), Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
  • Lori Holyfield, Ph.D. (University of Georgia), Professor, Sociology
  • Kit Kacirek, Ed.D. (University of Arkansas), Associate Professor, Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders
  • Joshua Mitchell, Ph.D. (Southern Illinois University), Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Geoboo Song, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma), Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Ronna Turner, Ph. D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Associate Professor, Educational Research

Specializations

Agriculture Policy

  • Lawson Connor, Ph.D. (North Carolina State University), Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
  • Alvaro Durand-Morat, Ph.D. (University of Arkansas), Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
  • Qiuqiong Huang, Ph.D. (University of California, Davis), Professor, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
  • Trey Malone, Ph.D. (Oklahoma State University), Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
  • Andrew McKenzie, Ph.D. (North Carolina State University), Professor, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
  • Jeff Miller, Ph.D. (Oklahoma State University), Professor, Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology
  • Lanier Nalley, Ph.D. (Kansas State University), Professor, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
  • Jennie Popp, Ph.D. (Colorado State University), Professor, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
  • Sabrina Trudo, Ph.D., R.D. (University of Washington), Associate Professor, Human Environmental Sciences

Community Development

  • Valerie H. Hunt, Ph.D. (University of Arkansas), Associate Professor, Political Science, and Associate Director, Public Policy Ph.D. Program
  • Jefferson Miller, Ph.D. (Oklahoma State University), Professor, Agricultural Communications
  • Lanier Nalley, Ph.D. (Kansas State University), Professor, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
  • Geoboo Song, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma), Associate Professor, Political Science

Education Policy

  • Christian Goering, Ph.D. (Kansas State University), Professor, College of Education and Health Professions
  • Ketevan Mamiseishvili, Ph.D. (University of Missouri), Interim Dean, College of Education and Health Professions and Professor of Higher Education
  • John W. Murry Jr., J.D., Ed.D. (University of Arkansas), Associate Professor, Higher Education
  • Kevin Roessger, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Associate Professor, Adult and Lifelong Learning
  • Tom E.C. Smith, Ed.D. (Texas Tech University), University Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
  • Ronna Turner, Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Professor, Educational Research

Health Policy

  • Page Dobbs, Ph.D. (University of Arkansas), Assistant Professor, Health, Human Performance, and Recreation
  • Thomas Kippenbrock, Ed.D. (Indiana University), Professor, Nursing
  • Susan Patton, Ph.D. (University of Arkansas), Interim Director and Assistant Professor, Nursing

Policy Management

  • Andrew Dowdle, Ph.D. (Miami University), Professor, Political Science
  • Najib Ghadbian, Ph.D. (CUNY), Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Joshua Mitchell, Ph.D. (Southern Illinois University), Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Janine A. Parry, Ph.D. (Washington State University), University Professor, Political Science
  • Margaret Reid, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma), Professor emerita, Political Science
  • William Schreckhise, Ph.D. (Washington State University), Professor and Chair, Political Science
  • Karen Sebold, Ph.D. (University of Arkansas), Assistant Professor, Political Science
  • Geoboo Song, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma), Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Patrick Stewart, Ph.D. (Northern Illinois University), Professor, Political Science

Social Justice Policy

  • Caree Banton, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University), Director and Associate Professor, African and African American Studies
  • Najja Baptist, Ph.D. (Howard University), Assistant Professor, Political Science
  • LaShawnda Fields, Ph.D. (Washington University in St. Louis), Assistant Professor, Social Work
  • Christian Goering, Ph.D. (Kansas State University), Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
  • Lori Holyfield, Ph.D. (University of Georgia), Professor, Sociology and Criminology
  • Valerie H. Hunt, Ph.D. (University of Arkansas), Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Brinck Kerr, Ph.D. (Texas A&M University), University Professor, Political Science and Director, Public Policy Ph.D. Program
  • Angie Maxwell, Ph.D. (University of Texas), Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Yvette Murphy-Erby, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina), Professor, Social Work
  • Michael D. Nino, Ph.D. (University of North Texas), Associate Professor, Sociology
  • Kathryn Norton-Smith, Ph.D. (University of Oregon), Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology
  • Marcia Shobe, Ph.D. (University of Kansas), Director of Research, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and Professor of Social Work
  • Kathy Sloan, Ph.D. (University of Kansas), Interim Dean of the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of History
  • Jacquelyn D. Wiersma-Mosley, Ph.D. (Texas Tech University), Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences
  • Anna Zajicek, Ph.D. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Sociology

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