• Department of Political Science
  • Phone:
  • (208) 282-2211
  • Fax:
  • (208) 282-4833
  • Mailing address
  • Dept. of Political Science
  • Campus Box 8073
  • Pocatello, ID 83209
  • Email: Dept. of Political Science
Gravely Hall
Department of Political Science

Faculty and Staff

Department Chair

Professor

Education

Research Interests
Dr. Wayne Gabardi
 Wayne Gabardi B.A., 1977, Stockton State College; M.A., 1981; Ph.D., 1986, University of California, Santa Barbara. (1990)

History of Western Political Theory

Contemporary Social and Political Theory,

Democratic Thought,

Postmodernism, and Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

Professors

 . . .
Dr. David Adler David Gray Adler B.A., 1976, Michigan State University; Ph.D., 1982, University of Utah. (1985)

The Presidency

Constitutional Law

American Government

Sean K. Anderson B.A., 1975, Western Washington University; M.B.A., 1978, University of Washington; M.A., 1991; Ph.D., 1993, University of Oklahoma. (1993)

Case Study of Achille Lauro hijacking, Updating Historical Dictionary of Terrorism into third edition. Study of territorial motivations of Al Qaeda and similar Islamic revolutionary groups. Comprehensive study and integration of quantitative studies of terrorism and political violence to produce a convergent consensus on empirical findings. Also seeking to make these finding more accessible to non-academic counter-terrorism professionals, policy-makers, and first-responding agencies.
Richard H. Foster, Jr. Director, International Studies Program. B.A., 1968, Chico State College; M.A., 1970, McMaster University; M.P.A., 1972, University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., 1974, University of Oklahoma. (1973)

Decision-making

Administrative ethics

Foreign Policy

 

Dr. Mark McBeth Mark K. McBeth Graduate Program Director. B.A., 1987; M.P.A., 1989; D.A., 1992, Idaho State University. (1995)

Policy theory & methodology,

Social constructionism,

Narrative policy analysis,

Interest group & media narratives, Environmental conflict

Associate Professors

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Douglas C. Nilson B.A., University of Washington; M.A., 1971; Ph.D., 1976, University of Wisconsin - Madison (1989)

Assistant Professors

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Dr. James Newman James Newman B.S. 1991, University of Alabama; M.P.A. 1994, Jacksonville State Univ.; Ph.D. Mississippi State Univ.. (2006)

Public administration

State and local government

Program evaluation

Research methods
. Donna Lybecker

B.A.1992, Grinnel College

M.A. 1996, Tulane University

Ph.D. 2003, Colorado State University

International Relations

Latin American Politics

Environmental Politics

U.S.-Mexico Border

Emeritus Faculty

 . . .
. Victor (Butch) Hjelm . .
. Mary Jane Burns . .
Dr. Ralph Maughan Ralph B. Maughan B.A., 1967, Utah State University; M.A., 1969; Ph.D., 1971, University of Wisconsin - Madison. (1971) Elections

Public Opinion

Political Parties

Interest groups

Environmental politics, especially wildlife policy

Adjunct Faculty

 . . .
. Dr. Robert Chambers . .
. Michael Cleverley . .
. Thomas Eckert . .
. Dr. Earl Phippen . .
. Honorable Randy Smith (Sixth Judicial District Court Judge) .
. Richard Stallings Former member of US House, Pocatello City Council .
. Dr. Tim Tingey B.A. Utah State University, M.P.A. Idaho State University, D.A. Idaho State University Grant Writing and Economic Development Case Study Research. Group facilitator and focus group coordinator