Political Science & International Affairs Contact Information
Area(s) of Expertise: Security and Defense Policy, European Politics
Raluca Viman-Miller, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Professor & Associate Department Head
Office locationStrickland Academic, 159,
Area(s) of Expertise: Comparative Politics, International Relations, European Politics
For information or questions, you can also reach out to PSIA@ung.edu.
Faculty & Staff
Area(s) of Expertise: American National Institutions, Political Parties, Elections
Area(s) of Expertise: Security studies, Sino-Indian relations, small states in international politics, geopolitics
Area(s) of Expertise: Collaboration and Watershed Grassroots Protection
Area(s) of Expertise: American Government, Religion, Religion and Politics, Leadership, and Conflict Management and Mediation
Area(s) of Expertise: Authoritarianism and anti-democratic attitudes; Incivility in American politics; Political polarization; American elections
Area(s) of Expertise: Public Administration
Area(s) of Expertise: International, Constitutional, Comparative and International Investment Law; International Political Economy; Latin America Area Studies
Cristian Harris, Ph.D.Profile page
Professor
M.A.I.A. Program Coordinator
Office locationHansford Hall, 316,
Area(s) of Expertise: International Political Economy, Comparative Global Development, Latin American Politics, Global Governance
Area(s) of Expertise: Policy innovation and diffusion; Risk and risk management; Gender issues (such as gender equality); Big data and Public Administration
Area(s) of Expertise: Public Administration, Nonprofit Organizations, U.S. Government, State and Local Government
James Jarrard
Professor of Practice
Office location
Area(s) of Expertise: Public Administration, Networks, Organizational Theory
Area(s) of Expertise: Political Theory and the South Asian region
Area(s) of Expertise: National Security; International Relations; Chinese Philosophy; Foreign Policy of the People鈥檚 Republic of China; Indo-Pacific Security
Edward Mienie, Ph.D.Profile page
Executive Director, Strategic Studies Program & Partnerships and Professor of Strategic & Security Studies
Office locationHansford Hall, 314,
Area(s) of Expertise: Strategic & Security Studies; State Fragility; Why Nations Fail
Area(s) of Expertise: U.S. Foreign Policy, Middle East Politics, International Law
Christopher Newkirk, M.A.Profile page
Administrative Assistant IV
Office locationHansford Hall, 304,
Nathan Price, Ph.D.Profile page
Interim Executive Director, Blue Ridge Campus
Office locationBuilding A, 109,
Area(s) of Expertise: Populism, the European Union, Voting behavior in Western Europe and the United States
Area(s) of Expertise: Secession, Maritime Crime, Terrorism, and Leadership Style and Trait Analysis
Area(s) of Expertise: Public Law, Interest Groups, Bureaucracy, American Political Development
Area(s) of Expertise: Strategic & Security Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, Quantitative & Qualitative Text Analysis, Middle Eastern Politics
Area(s) of Expertise: Media, Political Psychology, Research Methods
Area(s) of Expertise: International relations of East Asia; Chinese foreign policy; US-China relations; and politics on the Korean Peninsula
Michael Westberg, Ph.D.Profile page
Assistant Professor
Office locationStudent Resource Center, 588,
Area(s) of Expertise: Eastern European Politics, Comparative Methods and Political Theory
Area(s) of Expertise: American Politics and Empirical Methods
Area(s) of Expertise: Early American Law and Legal History, History of women's higher education
Area(s) of Expertise: Latin American Politics, Political Theory