Staff
Dr. Francis Kane
 Dr. Francis Kane, co-director of PACE, has taught in the Philosophy Department at SU
for more than 33 years, primarily in political philosophy, ethics and biomedical ethics. Dan Rather, CBS news anchor, praised
Dr. Kane's recent
book, "Neither Beasts Nor Gods: Civic Life and the Public Good" as "necessary to the health of any community."
Dr. Kane has developed a nationally recognized policy for teaching about
religion in the county school system and, in his spare time, coaches youth
soccer.
Dr. Creston Long
 Dr. Creston Long, co-director of PACE, is
assistant professor in the History Department. Dr.
Long wrote his doctoral dissertation on migration to the
Southern backcountry before the American Revolution. He is the
co-author of “Community as Laboratory: Maryland’s Eastern
Shore and the History of Freedom and Democracy in America”
Teaching American History grant, funded by the Department of
Education. In addition to history, Dr. Long
teaches Presidential Citizen Scholar Program courses and in fall
2008, he will spearhead PACE's voter registration drive.
_______________________________________________________________Ginie Lynch
 Ginie Lynch,
Managing Director of PACE, has 20 years of
public relations and management experience working with
government, nonprofits and the private sector. Lynch has extensive
leadership skills working as a strategic communications advisor,
spearheading media campaigns, press events and educational
conferences. Her professional tenure includes
speechwriting and media relations at HUD, and supervising national
client accounts in the education and corporate sector. An experienced
writer/editor and former journalist, Lynch has published news and
feature articles in newspapers, magazines and on the
web. Lynch holds a
B.A. degree in Latin American Studies from The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and a M.A. in journalism and public affairs from
The American University.
Dr. Harry Basehart
 Dr. Harry Basehart, co-founder
of PACE, is
professor of Political Science.
Dr. Basehart co-authored
the book, "State and Local Government: Politics and Public Policies" which is used extensively across the country in university
government courses.
During his 37-year tenure at SU,
Dr. Basehart has conducted over 15 voter and citizen satisfaction surveys and
supervised over 300 students in governmental internships,
many in the Maryland General Assembly. Within the community, he has served for several years as chair of the City of
Salisbury Ethics Commission.
Kasey Wright and
Shima Daneshpour are PACE's student office assistants.
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