David.Ahern@notes.udayton.edu

David Ahern received his Ph.D. from The University of Maryland in 1976. He joined the faculty at the University of Dayton in 1977 after teaching for a year at California State College-Bakersfield. His primary research interests are in the areas of women in the political process and the impact of the political process on women. He is also interested in innovations in teaching political science. As a result of the latter, he constructed and implemented the award winning simulation RURITANIA. His most recent publications include the revised editions of his books (with Conway and Steuernagel) Women and Political Participation, 2nd edition and Women and Public Policy: A Revolution in Progress 3^rd edition. He has taught courses at UD that include, The Presidency, Political Parties and Interest Groups, Public Opinion and Political Behavior, Global Politics, and American Political Institutions. From 1992-2001 he served as Chair of the department. He has also been a frequent participant in the University’s Study Abroad program, and particularly enjoys taking students to Australia.

Jaro.Bilocerkowycz@notes.udayton.edu

Jaro Bilocerkowycz is an Associate Professor of Political Science who joined the UD faculty in 1985.  He earned his M.A. and PhD degrees from the University of Washington--Seattle.  His teaching focuses on comparative politics and international relations—Russia and the New States; West Europe; US National Security; Nationalism and Ethnopolitics; and Global Politics.  Dr. Bilocerkowycz is involved with the Cross Cultural and Social Justice clusters and the Core program.  For several years he was the coordinator of the Cross Cultural Cluster.  He organized and was on-site co-director for several UD study abroad programs: USSR/Poland (1989); Yaroslavl, Russia (1994); Russia/Poland (1997) and also taught in ISSAP’s London program (2002).  Jaro published a book Soviet Ukrainian Dissent: A Study of Political Alienation (Westview Press, 1988) and has authored numerous articles, conference papers, book reviews, and op-ed pieces. His most recent publications are “The Problem of Human Sexual Trafficking in Post-Communist Europe,” a book chapter (in Children’s Human Rights: Progress and Challenges  (Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming 2005);“Russian-Polish  Relations: A New Era,” (DISAM, Fall 2003); four book reviews for Nationalism: A Multidisciplinary Annotated Bibliography, volume 2 (Academic International Press, forthcoming); and an op-ed article “Power to the People of Ukraine,” for the Dayton Daily News, Dec. 6, 2004.  

Christopher.Duncan@notes.udayton.edu

Christopher M. Duncan received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Wayne State University in 1992. He taught political theory and American politics at Mississippi State University for nine years and in his last three he coordinated The Office of Distinguished External Scholarships. He joined the Department of Political Science at the University of Dayton in 2001 as Professor and Chair. He has published two books on American political thought: The Anti-Federalists in Early American Political Thought (1995) and Fugitive Theory: Political Theory, the Southern Agrarians and America (2000). His current research agenda includes work on the relationship between religious belief and political activism in American politics and thought in a tentatively titled book: Radical Conversions: Catholicism and the Left in American Political Thought. He has also done work on welfare reform and American political culture. While at Mississippi State, he won a number of university-wide teaching awards including the John Grisham Faculty Excellence Award, the Alumni Association's Upper Division Teaching Award, and the Honors Professor of the Year. His published work has also appeared in American Political Science Review, Polity, The Review of Politics, Public Administration Review and numerous other journals.

Mark.Ensalaco@notes.udayton.edu

Mark Ensalaco is currently Director of the International Studies and Human Rights Studies programs and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Dayton.  He joined the faculty of the University of Dayton in 1989. He received an M.T.S. in Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School in 1984.  In 1988 he was awarded a Fulbright-Hays fellowship to conduct doctoral research at the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia.  He was awarded a Ph.D. in Political Science from the State University of New York in 1991. He received advanced training in human rights at the Inter-American Institute for Human Rights in San José, Costa Rica in 1993 and 1994. His teaching and research concern human rights and political violence, with a regional emphasis on Latin America.  He has traveled extensively in Latin America, and has taught or conducted research in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Chile.  In 1990, he served as an international observer to the Nicaraguan elections.  In 1991, he was invited to be visiting professor at the School of Law at the Universidad de Concepción, in Chile, in order to teach, conduct research, and draft a set of recommendations aimed at re-instituting the social science program eliminated by the Pinochet dictatorship. He has published articles in the Journal of Latin American Studies, Armed Forces and Society, and the Human Rights Quarterly, and given numerous public and academic presentations on human rights, political violence, Latin American politics and US-Latin American Relations. His first book, Chile Under Pinochet:  Recovering the Truth, was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in October, 1999.  He is currently researching and writing his second book, The Mark of Cain: The Prosecution of Pinochet and the Search for the Disappeared. Dr. Ensalaco is also the founding director of the Human Rights Committee at the University of Dayton and a founding member of the International Human Rights Education Consortium.

Richard.Ghere@notes.udayton.edu

Originally from Warren, Ohio, Richard Ghere received a B.A. in History and Political Science from Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota), an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Toledo, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Wayne State University. Prior to university teaching, Dr. Ghere served in a planning and analysis role in a new town development project undertaken by Lucas County (Ohio) in the early 1970's.  Prior to coming to the University of Dayton in 1984, he served at Winthrop College for five years and at other universities (while his wife was in graduate school). He is the father of a seven-year-old son. Dr. Ghere teaches courses in Public Policy Analysis; American Government; Public Administration; Organization Theory; and various public service electives in the Master of Public Administration Program. His research interests include: public-private partnerships and ethical issues in public administration. In recent years, he has published articles in Public Integrity, Journal of Urban Technology, Public Organization Review, and Public Administration Review. His edited volume with George Fredrickson, Ethics in Public Management is currently forthcoming from M.E. Sharpe.

Natalie Florea Hudson, Assistant Professor

Natalie.Hudson@notes.udayton.edu

Jefferson.Ingram@notes.udayton.edu

Jefferson L. Ingram received his J.D. in Law from the University of Dayton in 1978 and holds a M.A in American History.  He taught Constitutional History for the Department of History at the University of Dayton in 1978 and 1979.  He taught Criminal Law, The Law of Evidence, Criminal Procedure and Labor Relations in Justice Administration for the Criminal Justice Program before joining the Department of Political Science in 2003.  Ingram taught in the School of Business Administration for the Department of Accounting, teaching a course for their C.P.A. candidates. He has published four books with a focus on Criminal Procedure and Evidence.  The most recent books were published in 2004: Criminal Procedure: Theory and Practice (2005) and Criminal Evidence 9^th edition with John Klotter (2004).  The focus of his current research is directed at death penalty and related Eighth Amendment issues as well as ongoing research in the law of evidence and criminal procedure.  Ingram is a member of the Ohio Bar, the Florida Bar, and is also a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Frederick.Inscho@notes.udayton.edu

Frederick Inscho received his Ph.D. from State University of New York at Buffalo in 1976. He joined the Department of Political Science at the University of Dayton in 1976 after having taught in Tennessee while finishing his degree. A graduate of the University of Detroit in 1968, Dr. Inscho served as a Lieutenant in the United States Army from 1968-1970. From 1977 to 1983, Dr. Inscho directed the Masters of Public Administration Program in the Department of Political Science, and between 1990 and 1992 he served as Chair. His teaching areas include: Statistics and Research Methodology, Public Policy Analysis, Public Financing and Budgeting as well as Environmental Politics and Policy, Public Administration and American Government. His published work has appeared in American Behavioral Scientist, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, and in several edited volumes.

Margaret.Karns@notes.udayton.edu

Margaret P. Karns is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Dayton, former director of the International Studies Program, and the founding director of the University of Dayton's Center for International Programs from 1983 to 1995. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan and specializes in international politics, foreign policy analysis, and international organizations, with a particular emphasis on U.S. foreign policy and multilateral institutions. With Professor Karen Mingst of the University of Kentucky she has published three books: Networks of International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance (Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004), The United States and Multilateral Institutions: Patterns of Instrumentality and Influence (1990) and The United Nations in the Post-Cold War Era (1995; second edition, 2000) as well as numerous articles on UN peacekeeping, global governance, and the future of the UN system. Professor Karns has worked with two UD undergraduate students on collaborative research projects, one with Jason Enia (1999) on the consequences of the Asian financial crisis for regional cooperation and another with Jill Marie Gerschutz (2002) on implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Both papers were presented at professional meetings. During 1995-96, Professor Karns was Visiting Professor of International Relations at the John Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China. She returned to Asia from February through May 1998 to teach a training course on “Multilateral Diplomacy and the United Nations System” for mid-career Vietnamese officials at The Institute of International Relations in Hanoi. She is a past Vice President of International Studies Association, member of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations, and long-time board member and current President of the Dayton Council on World Affairs. She serves on the editorial boards for Rowman & Littlefield’s Millennium Series, the International Studies Quarterly, and Global Governance.

Nancy.Martorano@notes.udayton.edu

Nancy Martorano received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Rice University in 2002, and joined the University of Dayton as part of the Political Science faculty as an assistant professor in the fall of that year.  She teaches the following courses in the Department of Political Science: American Political Systems, Political Analysis, Urban Politics, Public Opinion and Political Behavior, and Interest Group Politics.  She also teaches courses on Urban Administration and Intergovernmental Relations in the Masters of Public Administration program.  Her primary research interest is the legislative process in state legislatures, but she also conducts research in the areas of urban politics, Southern politics, political parties and interest groups, and state legislative electoral politics.  Her work has appeared in the following academic journals: American Review of Politics, Journal of Legislative Studies, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, and Legislative Studies Quarterly (forthcoming).

Grant.Neeley@notes.udayton.edu

Peter.Nelson@notes.udayton.edu

Peter Nelson received his Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi in 1982. He also holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Florida State University and additional bachelor’s degree and MPA degrees from Florida International University. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant through Florida State Army ROTC. He served for three years active duty and then continued his service in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve for an additional 24 years. He retired in 1996 as a Lieutenant Colonel. He has directed the Masters in Public Administration Program for much of his time at UD, including the last seven years. He teaches the gateway course for MPA students as well as courses in Administrative Law and State and Local Government. Dr. Nelson has been active in both NASPAA as well as APSA. Dr. Nelson has served on numerous community boards and committees as well as consulted with local governments and non-profit organizations. He has served the university in a number of ways including his work on the graduate Council and the ROTC Advisory Committee. His published work has appeared in Public Administration Quarterly, Teaching Political Science and elsewhere.

Jason.Pierce@notes.udayton.edu

Jason L. Pierce received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002.  He joined UD's Department of Political Science that year as an assistant professor.  His first book, Inside the Mason Court Revolution: Transforming the High Court of Australia from Within, was published in 2006 by Carolina Academic Press based on his Fulbright-sponsored research in Australia.  His publications have appeared in The Green Bag, Australian Journal of Political Science, and the Alternative Law Journal.

John.Putka@notes.udayton.edu

Fr. John Putka, S.M. is a Marianist priest whose mentor as a political scientist was Brother Al Rose, S.M., the legendary founder of the Political Science program at the University of Dayton. He earned his S.T.B. from University of Fribourg (Switzerland) in 1967, his M.A. in Historical theology from St. Louis University in 1969, and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Cincinnati in 1979. Immediately prior to coming to UD, Father John taught at Moeller HS. Fr. John is the Director of the Congressional Internship Program, and teaches classes in American political systems, legislative politics, and issues of church and state in U.S. politics. He forms a team with Professor Allen Sultan of the School of Law in teaching LAW 762, a course that explores the role of Natural Law in the interpretation and practice of the law in our country. His research interests include: American political institutions (especially Congress and the judiciary), issues of church and state in U.S. politics and political theory. He has served as Guest Chaplin for both the U.S. House and Senate and is asked to give numerous talks and speeches around the country and has been widely quoted in the national media on various political races and events. Last year he appeared as a guest on The O’Reilly Factor on FOX.

Jean.Poindexter@notes.udayton.edu