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Department of Political Science

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department faculty  

Front Row (from left to right): Linda Chen, Neovi Karakatsanis, Teresa
Andrade, and Elizabeth Bennion. Second Row: Steven Gerencser, Tracey
Trottier, George Candler, Gabriel Popescu and Jamie Smith.


Full-Time Faculty

 
Elizabeth Bennion
Associate Professor
Wiekamp 2181
(574) 520-4128 
ebennion@iusb.edu  
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 2001.
American politics, parties and interest groups, public opinion and political participation, race and gender politics, campaigns and elections.  
   

George Candler
Associate Professor
Wiekamp 2173
(574) 520-4136
gcandler@iusb.edu  

Ph.D., Indiana University, 1998
Public and nonprofit management and comparative politics

   
Linda Chen, Graduate Director
Professor
Wiekamp 2189
(574) 520-4520 
lchen@iusb.edu  
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1988.
Latin American politics, comparative politics, women and politics. 
Steven Gerencser
Associate Professor
Wiekamp 2183
(574) 520-4514 
sgerencs@iusb.edu  
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1996.

Political theory, history of political thought, democratic theory, corporate citizenship and civil society.

Neovi Karakatsanis, Chair
Associate Professor 
Wiekamp 2185 
(574) 520-4861 
nkarakat@iusb.edu  
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1996.
European politics, comparative politics, international relations, international political economy. 
Gabriel Popescu
Assistant Professor
Wiekamp 2177
(574) 520-4147
 gpopescu@iusb.edu
Ph.D., Florida State University, 2006.
Political Geography, Critical Geopolitics, Boundaries and Cross-Border Regionalization, State Reterritorialization, Diasporas and Transnationalism, Central and Eastern Europe.
James Smith
Assistant Professor
Wiekamp 2179
(574) 520-4817
jms21@iusb.edu
A.B.D., University of Illinois-Chicago
Urban politics, economic development, institutions of local government and Chicago politics.

Tracey Trottier
Assistant Professor
Wiekamp 2171
(574) 520-4130
ttrotie@iusb.edu

Ph.D., University of Central Florida, 2005.
Public and nonprofit management.

Affiliated Faculty 

Leda Hall
Associate Professor
Associates Building D53
(574) 520-4803
lhall@iusb.edu

Ph.D., Wayne State University, 1984.
Public and environmental affairs.

Doug Singh
Associate Professor
Wiekamp 2213
(574) 520-4171
dsingh@iusb.edu

Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1994.
Health care delivery and hospital administration.

Otis Grant
Associate Professor
Wiekamp 2250
(574) 520-4157
ogrant@iusb.edu

J.D., University of Connecticult, 1997.
Constitutional law, organizational leadership behavior.

 


Part-Time Faculty 

Judge Allen Sharp
Adjunct Assistant Professor
(574) 520-4334 
J.D., Indiana University, 1957.
Constitutional law.

Tom Sutula
Adjunct Lecturer
(574) 520-4334

J.D., University of Notre Dame, 1979.
M.D., Indiana University Purdue University, 1986.
Health services delivery and management.