Political Science

 

Holloway Hall

Faculty and Staff Bios

Michael O'Loughlin (Associate Professor and Chair) received a B.A. in political science from the University of Pittsburgh (1973) and his Ph.D. in political science from The Ohio State University (1984). His teaching fields are courses in American politics and government, public policy analysis, and political theory. Dr. O'Loughlin's office is in Fulton Hall 254, phone number is 410-548-2149.  E-Mail: mgoloughlin@salisbury.edu 
Bobbi Adams (Assistant Professor) received a B.A. degree in the College of Social Studies from Wesleyan University (1991), an M.A. degree in Political Theory from McGill University in Montreal, Canada (1993), and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania (2000). Her teaching fields are introduction to politics, public law, constitutional theory, and environmental politics. Her dissertation " A Social Contract Theory of Pluralism" develops a constitutional theory of pluralism. Dr. Adams' office is in Fulton Hall 263, phone number is 410-677-5426.  E-Mail: raadams@salisbury.edu 
Harry Basehart (Professor and Co-Director, PACE) received a B.A. degree in political science from Kent State University (1964) and an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from The Ohio State University (1965, 1972). His teaching interests include state and local politics, political parties, U.S. Congress, research methods, and the Vietnam War. He is coauthor, with David Saffell, of State and Local Government: Politics and Policies, 8th ed., published in 2005. He received the SU Outstanding Faculty Award in 1993. Dr. Basehart's office is in Fulton Hall 256, phone number is 410-543-6242.                   
E-Mail
: hhbasehart@salisbury.edu 
Greg Cashman (Professor) received a B.S.ED. in History (1968) and an M.A. in International Relations (1973) from Ohio University, and his Ph.D. in International Studies (1977) from the University of Denver. His teaching fields are introduction to politics, American foreign policy, international relations, international law, causes of war, European politics, and Russian politics. His college text, What Causes War? was published in 1993. He received the SU Outstanding Faculty Award in 1994. Dr. Cashman's office is in Fulton Hall 258, phone number is 410-543-6247.  E-Mail: gecashman@salisbury.edu 
Taehyun Nam Assistant Professor Taehyun Nam  (Asistant Professor) Joined the Political Science Department in 2006 after teaching at Rhodes College, Memphis, TN. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Kansas (2005), an M.A. from American University, Washington D.C. (1998) and a B.A. from the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea, (1996). His teaching fields are international relations and the comparative politics with emphasis on East Asia. His major research interests include protest and political development.   Dr. Nam’s office is in Fulton Hall 226B, phone number is 410-677-5360. For data and other information, please visit his website: www.poliscience.org. E-mail: txnam@salisbury.edu
Timothy G. O'Rourke (Professor and Dean of the Fulton School) is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (1970) and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Duke University (1977). Co-author of State and Local Government (1998) and author of The Impact of Reapportionment (1980), he has testified before congressional committees on various voting issues. His articles on the federal Voting Rights Act have appeared in the Virginia Law Review, among other legal journals. Dr. O'Rourke previously taught at Campbell University, the University of Virginia, Clemson University, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis; he was from 1985 to 1992, Executive Director of the Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. His teaching interests include American politics, constitutional law, state politics, school law, and voting rights. E-Mail: tgorourke@salisbury.edu 
Len Robinson (Associate Professor) received a B.A. degree in government and politics from the University of Maryland at College Park (1986), an M.A. in international studies from the University of South Carolina (1991), and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Utah (1999).  His teaching fields are introduction to politics, international relations, comparative politics of developing states, political violence, international political economy, international organizations, and Middle Eastern politics.  He is author of the article, "Rentierism and Foreign Policy in Syria," which appeared in the Arab Studies Journal (Spring 1996), and coauthor, with Hanna Freij, of the article, "Liberalization, the Islamists, and the Stability of the Arab State: Jordan as a Case Study," which was published in the journal The Muslim World (January-April 1996).  Dr. Robinson's office is in Fulton Hall 252,  phone number is 410-543-6388. E-mail: lcrobinson@salisbury.edu